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Synthesis and biological evaluation of non-hydrolyzable 1,2,3-triazole-linked sialic acid derivatives as neuraminidase inhibitors
Weiwer, Michel,Chen, Chi-Chang,Kemp, Melissa M.,Linhardt, Robert J.
body text, p. 2611 - 2620 (2009/09/29)
αa-Sialic acid, azide 1 has been used as a substrate for the efficient preparation of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives of sialic acid using the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition ("click chemistry"). Our approach is to generate nonnatural N-glycosides of sialic acid, that are resistant to neuraminidase-catalyzed hydrolysis as opposed, to the natural Oglycosides. These N-glycosides would act as neuraminidase inhibitors to prevent the release of new virions. As a preliminary study, a small library of 1,2,3-triazole-linked sialic acid, derivatives has been synthesized in 71-89% yield. A. disaccharide mimic of sialic acid, has also been prepared using the α-sialic acid azide 1 and a C-8 propargyl sialic acid acceptor in 68 % yield. A model sialic acid coated dendrimer was also synthesized from a perpropargylated pentaerythritol acceptor. These novel sialic acid derivatives were then evaluated, as potential neuraminidase inhibitors using a 96-well plate fluorescence assay; micromolar IC50 values were observed, comparable to the known sialidase inhibitor Neu5Ac2en.
The N-acetyl neuraminyl oxecarbenium ion is an intermediate in the presence of anionic nucleophiles
Horenstein, Benjamin A.,Bruner, Michael
, p. 1357 - 1362 (2007/10/03)
Solvolysis of CMP N-acetyl neuraminate (CMP-NeuAc) in 1.8 M acetate buffer at pH 5 containing 0.9 M azide results in the formation of both anomers of 2-deoxy-2-azido N-acetyl neuraminic acid in addition to N-acetyl neuraminic acid as determined by 1H-NMR product analysis. A rate dependence on [azide] was observed with an apparent bimolecular rate constant of (2.1 ± 0.30) x 10-3 M-1 min-1 which could only account for half of the azido- NeuAc formed. Comparison of rate, product ratio, and stereochemical data indicate that concurrent pathways for formation of N3-NeuAc are operative, with 17% of product forming from reaction of azide and the tight ion pair. 12% via the solvent separated ion pair, and 6% from the free NeuAc oxocarbenium ion. From the corrected product ratio data, the lifetime of the oxocarbenium ion was estimated to be ≤ 3 x 10-11 s. Solvolysis of CMP- NeuAc at pL. = 5.0 afforded an observed solvent deuterium isotope effect (SDIE) k(H2O)/k(D2O) = 0.45, consistent with specific acid catalysis of glycosidic bond cleavage. A SDIE of 0.66 for the apparent bimolecular azide trapping pathway was also observed. An apparent isotope effect of ~1.1 for trapping of the N-acetyl neuraminyl oxocarbenium ion by water was determined by product analysis of azide trapping in H2O and D2O. An ab initio transition state for attack of water on an N-acetyl neuraminyl oxocarbenium ion model was located which featured a hydrogen bond between the oxocarbenium ion carboxylate and water; proton transfer was not part of the reaction coordinate. It is proposed that the N-acetyl neuraminate carboxylate group stabilizes an intermediate oxocarbenium ion, but the barrier for capture by water is lowered by a transition state hydrogen bond.