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Structure-activity studies of cerulenin analogues as protein palmitoylation inhibitors
Lawrence, David S.,Zilfou, Jack T.,Smith, Charles D.
, p. 4932 - 4941 (1999)
Activation of ras oncogenes occurs in a high percentage of tumors, making the enzymes involved in the posttranslational processing of their encoded proteins (p21s) attractive targets for the development of new drugs. Although most effort has focused on farnesyl transferase, which catalyzes the first processing step, attachment of palmitate to p21 is required for optimal transformation by H-ras and N-ras. We have demonstrated that the natural product cerulenin ([2R,3S]-2,3-epoxy-4-oxo-7,10-trans,trans-dodecadienamide) inhibits the palmitoylation of H-ras-and N-ras-encoded p21s in parallel with inhibition of cell proliferation. More than 30 analogues of cerulenin, both aromatic and aliphatic, with various chain lengths and amide substitutions, have been synthesized for use in SAR studies. Studies on the inhibition of T24 cell proliferation indicate that the α-keto-epoxy moiety is critical for cytotoxicity, while alkyl chain length had only modest effects on potency. Several compounds inhibited the incorporation of [3H]palmitate into p21 in intact T24 cells, with the unsubstituted carboxamides being more active than N,N-dimethyl compounds. In contrast to the effects on palmitoylation, the only compounds which inhibited fatty acid synthase contained alkyl side chains of 12 carbons or fewer. Regression analyses indicated that inhibition of palmitoylation is more closely related to inhibition of proliferation than is inhibition of fatty acid synthase. Further characterization of the molecular pharmacology of these and analogous compounds may define a new class of drugs with antitumor activity.
PdII-catalyzed oxidative dimeric cyclization-coupling reaction of 2,3-allenoic acids: an efficient synthesis of bibutenolide derivatives
Ma, Shengming,Yu, Zhanqian,Gu, Zhenhua
, p. 2351 - 2356 (2005)
Three sets of convenient catalytic systems have been developed for the oxidalive dimeric cyclization coupling of differently substituted 2,3-allenoic acids catalyzed by PdII, affording bibutenolides that are not otherwise readily available. The advantages and disadvantages of these systems are discussed. Although the diastereoselectivity for the bicyclization of racemic 2,3-allenoic acids is low, excellent diastereoselectivity was realized in the bicyclization reaction of optically active 23-allenoic acids, leading to the optically active bibutenolides in high yields and ee. Based on a mechanistic study, it is believed that the reaction may proceed by means of a double oxypalladation and reductive elimination to yield butenolide 3 and Pd° species, which may be reoxidized to the catalytically active PdII species in the presence of alkyl iodide/air, metallic iodide/air, or benzoquinone.
Lewis base-catalyzed electrophilic lactonization of selenyl bromide resin and facile solid-phase synthesis of furan-2(5H)-one derivatives
Jun He, Rong,Chun Zhu, Bing,Wang, Yu Guang
, p. 523 - 528 (2014/07/07)
A facile solid-phase synthesis approach was developed for the rapid synthesis of multi-substituted furan-2(5H)-one derivatives libraries. The synthetic strategy included the selenyl bromide resin-induced electrophilic lactonization catalyzed by Lewis base, lithiation, nucleophilic substitution and oxidation-elimination of the selenium resins. The advantages of the new method are good yields, high purity, straightforward operations and high diversity of the products, lack of odor, and good stability of the selenium resins. Copyright
