1274892-60-2Relevant articles and documents
Amide bond-containing monodisperse polyethylene glycols beyond 10000 da
Wan, Zihong,Li, Yu,Bo, Shaowei,Gao, Ming,Wang, Xuemeng,Zeng, Kai,Tao, Xin,Li, Xuefei,Yang, Zhigang,Jiang, Zhong-Xing
, p. 7912 - 7919 (2016)
Although monodisperse polyethylene glycols (M-PEGs) above 4000 Da are especially valuable in biomedical applications, their synthesis remains a long-standing challenge. To this end, a peptide-based strategy for such M-PEGs was developed. With macrocyclic sulfates as the key intermediates, a panel of oligoethylene glycol (OEG) containing ω-amino acids were prepared with high efficiency. Through solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), these amino acids were conveniently assembled into a series of amide bond-containing M-PEGs with high flexibility in molecular weight and amide density selection. With this strategy, an M-PEG of 10262 Da was prepared on a gram scale and its biocompatibility was assessed in a mice model.
Fluorescent pirenzepine derivatives as potential bitopic ligands of the human M1 muscarinic receptor
Tahtaoui, Chouaib,Parrot, Isabelle,Klotz, Philippe,Guillier, Fabrice,Galzi, Jean-Luc,Hibert, Marcel,Ilien, Brigitte
, p. 4300 - 4315 (2007/10/03)
Following a recent description of fluorescence resonance energy transfer between enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-fused human muscarinic M1 receptors and Bodipy-labeled pirenzepine, we synthesized seven fluorescent derivatives of this antagonist in order to further characterize ligand-receptor interactions. These compounds carry Bodipy [558/568], Rhodamine Red-X [560/580], or Fluorolink Cy3 [550/570] fluorophores connected to pirenzepine through various linkers. All molecules reversibly bind with high affinity to M1 receptors (radioligand and energy transfer binding experiments) provided that the linker contains more than six atoms. The energy transfer efficiency exhibits modest variations among ligands, indicating that the distance separating EGFP from the fluorophores remains almost constant. This also supports the notion that the fluorophores may bind to the receptor protein. Kinetic analyses reveal that the dissociation of two Bodipy derivatives (10 or 12 atom long linkers) is sensitive to the presence of the allosteric modulator brucine, while that of all other molecules (15-24 atom long linkers) is not. The data favor the idea that these analogues might interact with both the acetylcholine and the brucine binding domains.
