- A traceless approach to amide and peptide construction from thioacids and dithiocarbamate-terminal amines
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A novel and traceless strategy has been devised that allows a coupling of thioacids and dithiocarbamate-terminal amines. This strategy had been assumed to be dependent on the attachment of a functional equivalent of a cysteine side chain in earlier native chemical ligation approaches. This approach enables the traceless removal of CS2 to directly generate the desired amide bond and is compatible with a range of unprotected side chains of amino acid. The ability to produce amide or peptides by a traceless removal of the auxiliary is a significant virtue of the method. Meanwhile, the application of this new peptide-bond-forming reaction to the synthesis of novel endomorphin (EM) derivatives with various binding potencies was realized.
- Chen, Wenteng,Shao, Jiaan,Hu, Miao,Yu, Wanwan,Giulianotti, Marc A.,Houghten, Richard A.,Yu, Yongping
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- Synthesis, in-vitro antiprotozoal activity and molecular docking study of isothiocyanate derivatives
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Novel isothiocyanate derivatives were synthesized starting from noscapine, bile acids, amino acids, and some aromatic compounds. Antiparasitic activities of the synthesized derivatives were tested against four unicellular protozoa, i.e., Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, T. cruzi, Leishmania donovani, and Plasmodium falciparum. Interestingly, seven isothiocyanate analogues displayed promising antiparasitic activity against Leishmania donovani with IC50 values between 0.4 and 1.0 μM and selectivity index (SI) ranged from 7.8 to 18.4, comparable to the standard drug miltefosine (IC50 = 0.7 μM). Compound 7h demonstrated the best antileishmanial activity with an IC50 value of 0.4 μM. Seven products exhibited inhibition activity against T. brucei rhodesiense with IC50s below 2.0 μM and SI between 2.7 and 29.3. Four primary amine derivatives of noscapine and five isothiocyanate derivatives exhibited antiplasmodial activity with IC50s in the range of 1.1–2.7 μM and SI values between 1.1 and 14.5. The isothiocyanate derivative 7c showed against T. cruzi with an IC50 value of 1.9 μM and SI 4. Molecular docking and ADMET studies were performed to investigate the interaction between active ligands and T. brucei trypanothione reductase active site. The docking studies showed significant binding affinity of noscapine derivatives to enzyme active site and good compatibility with experimental data.
- Al-Harrasi, Ahmed,Babanezhad Harikandei, Kosar,Bararjanian, Morteza,Ebrahimi, Samad Nejad,Kaiser, Marcel,Salehi, Peyman
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