629-80-1Relevant articles and documents
From T-antigen to plasmalogen-derived aldehydes: The identification of a marker of colorectal cancer in human rectal mucous
Krepinsky, Jiri J.,Kandel, Gabor P.,Yeung, Ka Sing,Chociej, Jacek,Chen, Min,Cohen, Gideon,Douglas, Stephen P.,Furrer, Rudolf,Kukreti, Vishal,Lupescu, Niculina,Richens, Enoka,Tanner, Keith L.
, p. 109 - 117 (2003)
Recently, a simple noninvasive screening test for colorectal cancer was proposed, based on a hypothesis involving galactose-containing carbohydrate moieties such as the Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen. According to the hypothesis, such carbohydrate moieties, present in the human rectal mucous of patients with colorectal cancer, can be specifically oxidized with galactose oxidase to form substances that, upon reaction with Schiff reagent, yield purple (magenta) coloured compounds. While evaluating this proposed test, we discovered that the colour formation is not due to the proposed reaction between oxidized galactose moieties present in rectal mucous and Schiff reagent. We found instead that the mucous from colorectal cancer patients contains compounds that form purple (magenta) adducts with the Schiff reagent directly, i.e., they do not require oxidation by galactose oxidase. We have identified these compounds as long-chain aliphatic aldehydes, mainly palmitic aldehyde C15H31CH=O and stearic aldehyde C17H35CH=O. We have further found that the aldehydes originate from plasmalogens present in the phospholipid fraction of the mucous obtained from colorectal cancer patients. The aldehydes, present in plasmalogens as enol ethers, are released by the acidity of the Schiff reagent and in turn react with the Schiff reagent to form the coloured adducts. Correct identification of these markers could lead to the development of a more accurate colorectal cancer screening tool and to a deeper understanding of colorectal carcinogenesis.
The ORF slr0091 of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 encodes a high-light induced aldehyde dehydrogenase converting apocarotenals and alkanals
Trautmann, Danika,Beyer, Peter,Al-Babili, Salim
, p. 3685 - 3696 (2013)
Oxidative cleavage of carotenoids and peroxidation of lipids lead to apocarotenals and aliphatic aldehydes called alkanals, which react with vitally important compounds, promoting cytotoxicity. Although many enzymes have been reported to deactivate alkanals by converting them into fatty acids, little is known about the mechanisms used to detoxify apocarotenals or the enzymes acting on them. Cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic organisms must cope with both classes of aldehydes. Here we report that the Synechocystis enzyme SynAlh1, encoded by the ORF slr0091, is an aldehyde dehydrogenase that mediates oxidation of both apocarotenals and alkanals into the corresponding acids. Using a crude lysate of SynAlh1-expressing Escherichia coli cells, we show that SynAlh1 converts a wide range of apocarotenals and alkanals, with a preference for apocarotenals with defined chain lengths. As suggested by in vitro incubations and using engineered retinal-forming E. coli cells, we found that retinal is not a substrate for SynAlh1, making involvement in Synechocystis retinoid metabolism unlikely. The transcript level of SynAlh1 is induced by high light and cold treatment, indicating a role in the stress response, and the corresponding gene is a constituent of a stress-related operon. The assumptions regarding the function of SynAlh are further supported by the surprisingly high homology to human and plant aldehyde dehydrogenase that have been assigned to aldehyde detoxification. SynAlh1 is the first aldehyde dehydrogenase that has been shown to form both apocarotenoic and fatty acids. This dual function suggests that its eukaryotic homologs may also be involved in apocarotenal metabolism, a function that has not been considered so far. Aldehyde dehydrogenases play an important role in detoxification of reactive aldehydes. Here, we report on a cyanbacterial enzyme capable in converting two classes of lipid-derived aldehydes, apocaotenals and alkanals. The corresponding gene is a constituent of a stress-related operon, and homology to eukaryotic enzymes points to a yet not considered possibility of their being involved in scavenging of apocarotenals.
A dicarboxylic fatty acid derivative of paclitaxel for albumin-assisted drug delivery
Hackett, Michael J.,Joolakanti, Shyamsunder,Hartranft, Megan E.,Guley, Patrick C.,Cho, Moo J.
, p. 3292 - 3304 (2012)
Paclitaxel (PTX) is a potent chemotherapy for many cancers but it suffers from very poor solubility. Consequently, the TAXOL formulation uses copious amounts of the surfactant Cremophor EL to solubilize the drug for injection, resulting in severe hypersensitivity and neutropenia. In contrast to Cremophor EL, presented is a way to solubilize PTX by conjugation of a dicarboxylic fatty acid for specific binding to the ubiquitous protein, serum albumin. The conjugation chemistry was simplified to a single step using the activated anhydride form of 3-pentadecylglutaric (PDG) acid, which is reactive to a variety of nucleophiles. The PDG derivative is less cytotoxic than the parent compound and was found to slowly hydrolyze to PTX (～5% over 72h) in serum, tumor cytosol, and tumor tissue homogenate. When injected intravenously to tumor-bearing mice, [3H]-PTX in the TAXOL formulation was cleared rapidly with a half-life of 7 h. In the case of the PDG derivative of PTX, the drug is quickly distributed and approximately 20% of the injected dose remained in the vasculature experiencing a 23h half-life. These improvements from modifying PTX with the PDG fatty acid present the opportunity for PDG to become a generic modification for the improvement of many therapeutics.
Discovery of Anti-TNBC Agents Targeting PTP1B: Total Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationship, in Vitro and in Vivo Investigations of Jamunones
Hu, Caijuan,Li, Guoxun,Mu, Yu,Wu, Wenxi,Cao, Bixuan,Wang, Zixuan,Yu, Hainan,Guan, Peipei,Han, Li,Li, Liya,Huang, Xueshi
, p. 6008 - 6020 (2021/05/06)
Twenty-three natural jamunone analogues along with a series of jamunone-based derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory effects against breast cancer (BC) MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells. The preliminary structure-activity relationship revealed that the length of aliphatic side chain and free phenolic hydroxyl group at the scaffold played a vital role in anti-BC activities and the methyl group on chromanone affected the selectivity of molecules against MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells. Among them, jamunone M (JM) was screened as the most effective anti-triple-negative breast cancer (anti-TNBC) candidate with a high selectivity against BC cells over normal human cells. Mechanistic investigations indicated that JM could induce mitochondria-mediated apoptosis and cause G0/G1 phase arrest in BC cells. Furthermore, JM significantly restrained tumor growth in MDA-MB-231 xenograft mice without apparent toxicity. Interestingly, JM could downregulate phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway by suppressing protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) expression. These findings revealed the potential of JM as an appealing therapeutic drug candidate for TNBC.
Short asymmetric syntheses of sphinganine [(2S,3R)-2-aminooctadecane-1,3-diol] and its C(2)-epimer
Da Silva Pinto, Solange,Davies, Stephen G.,Fletcher, Ai M.,Newton, Sophie K.,Roberts, Paul M.,Thomson, James E.
supporting information, (2021/02/09)
A short asymmetric synthesis of sphinganine [(2S,3R)-2-aminooctadecane-1,3-diol] and its C(2)-epimer is reported. The synthesis of sphinganine employs diastereoselective aminohydroxylation of tert-butyl 2-octadecenoate [conjugate addition of lithium (S)-N-benzyl-N-(α-methylbenzyl)amide, then in situ enolate oxidation with (+)-camphorsulfonyloxaziridine (CSO)] and a stereospecific rearrangement of the resultant anti-α-hydroxy-β-amino ester into the corresponding anti-α-amino-β-hydroxy ester. Final hydrogenolysis and ester reduction completes the synthesis of the sphingoid base target. The synthesis of the C(2)-epimer follows a similar route, incorporating a diastereoselective reduction protocol to transform the anti-α-hydroxy-β-amino ester into its syn-α-hydroxy-β-amino ester counterpart.
3-Acetoxy-fatty acid isoprenyl esters from androconia of the ithomiine butterfly Ithomia salapia
Elias, Marianne,Mann, Florian,McClure, Melanie,Schulz, Stefan,Silva, Lisa de,Szczerbowski, Daiane
supporting information, p. 2776 - 2786 (2020/12/29)
Male ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Danainae) have hairpencils on the forewings (i.e., androconia) that disseminate semiochemicals during courtship. While most ithomiines are known to contain derivatives of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, dihydropyrrolizines, or ?-lactones in these androconia, here we report on a new class of fatty acid esters identified in two subspecies, Ithomia salapia aquinia and I. s. derasa. The major components were identified as isoprenyl (3-methyl-3-butenyl) (Z)-3-acetoxy-11-octadecenoate, isoprenyl (Z)-3-acetoxy-13-octadecenoate (12) and isoprenyl 3-acetoxyoctadecanoate (11) by GC/MS and GC/IR analyses, microderivatizations, and synthesis of representative compounds. The absolute configuration of 12 was determined to be R. The two subspecies differed not only in the composition of the ester bouquet, but also in the composition of more volatile androconial constituents. While some individuals of I. s. aquinia contained ithomiolide A (3), a pyrrolizidine alkaloid derived ?-lactone, I. s. derasa carried the sesquiterpene a-elemol (8) in the androconia. These differences might be important for the reproductive isolation of the two subspecies, in line with previously reported low gene exchange between the two species in regions where they co-occur. Furthermore, the occurrence of positional isomers of unsaturated fatty acid derivatives indicates activity of two different desaturases within these butterflies, ?9 and ?11, which has not been reported before in male Lepidoptera.
Synthesis of (+/-)-Pregabalin and its novel lipophilic β-alkyl-substituted analogues from fatty chains
D'Oca, Caroline Da Ros Montes,Mass, Eduardo Bustos,Ongaratto, Renata Fontes,De Andrade, Arthur Motta,D'Oca, Marcelo G. Montes,Russowsky, Dennis
, p. 13230 - 13239 (2020/08/28)
In this work, were synthesized for the first time a series of new lipophilic β-alkyl substituted GABA derivatives from fatty alkyl chains. The synthesis of these GABA analogues was investigated by two different bicomponent approaches as a key step. The results showed low yields in the path from aliphatic nitroolefins and Meldrum's acid, whereas the Knoevenagel condensation between aliphatic aldehydes and Meldrum's acid afforded fatty alkylidenes in good yields (75-97%). These compounds were subsequently subjected to a conjugate addition reaction with nitromethane, resulting in the fatty Michael adducts (in 87-97% yields) which were in turn submitted to a one pot domino hydrolysis-decarboxylation, leading to the isolation of β-alkyl-substituted γ-nitro acids in good yields (78-92%). Finally, the reduction of the fatty γ-nitro acids allowed for the access to new lipophilic β-alkyl substituted GABA analogues, which were isolated in high yields (90-98%). The new methodology was also applied to the synthesis of antiepileptic drug (+/-)-Pregabalin, which was obtained after four steps in high overall yield. This journal is
Copper-catalyzed method for preparing aldehyde or ketone compound by oxidizing alcohol with oxygen as oxidizing agent and application
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Paragraph 0028-0030; 0157-0159; 0187-0189, (2020/08/18)
The invention discloses a copper-catalyzed method for preparing an aldehyde or ketone compound by oxidizing alcohol with oxygen as an oxidizing agent. Reaction is performed in an organic solvent for 4-48 hours at room temperature by using copper salt and nitroxide free radicals as catalysts and oxygen or air as an oxidizing agent to efficiently oxidize an alcohol compound into the corresponding aldehyde or ketone compound. The method is simple to operate, free of chlorides corrosive to equipment, available in raw materials and reagents, mild in reaction conditions, wide in substrate universality, good in functional group compatibility, convenient in separation and purification, environmentally friendly in the whole process and free of pollution, and is a method suitable for industrial production.
A Simple and Effective Method for Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols Using the Oxone/Bu4NHSO4 Oxidation System
An, X. Q.,Kang, M.,Ma, H. C.,Yang, Y. X.,Yang, Z. W.,Zeng, W.
, p. 521 - 523 (2020/04/29)
Abstract: A simple and efficient procedure is reported for the oxidation of alcohols tocarbonyl compounds with Oxone (potassium peroxymonosulfate) in the presence oftetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate as catalyst with excellent conversion andhigh selectivity using chloroform as solvent at room temperature. The efficiencyof several phase-transfer catalysts in the oxidation of benzyl alcohols andbenzydrol was studied. The proposed catalytic system was also evaluated in theoxidation of alcohols in water at room temperature.
Thiourea-Mediated Halogenation of Alcohols
Mohite, Amar R.,Phatake, Ravindra S.,Dubey, Pooja,Agbaria, Mohamed,Shames, Alexander I.,Lemcoff, N. Gabriel,Reany, Ofer
supporting information, p. 12901 - 12911 (2020/11/26)
The halogenation of alcohols under mild conditions expedited by the presence of substoichiometric amounts of thiourea additives is presented. The amount of thiourea added dictates the pathway of the reaction, which may diverge from the desired halogenation reaction toward oxidation of the alcohol, in the absence of thiourea, or toward starting material recovery when excess thiourea is used. Both bromination and chlorination were highly efficient for primary, secondary, tertiary, and benzyl alcohols and tolerate a broad range of functional groups. Detailed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies, isotopic labeling, and other control experiments suggest a radical-based mechanism. The fact that the reaction is carried out at ambient conditions, uses ubiquitous and inexpensive reagents, boasts a wide scope, and can be made highly atom economic, makes this new methodology a very appealing option for this archetypical organic reaction.
