23096-10-8

Upstream product

• 2004-06-0 6-Chloropurine riboside 
• 109-73-9 N-butylamine 
• 5451-41-2 N⁶-butyladenine 
• 58-63-9 Inosine 
• 3181-38-2 2',3',5'-tri-O-acetylinosine 
• 5987-73-5 2',3',5'-O-triacetyl-6-chloroinosine 

Downstream Products

• 41111-75-5 N⁶-butyl-O^{2'_,O3'_{-phenylboranediyl-O}5'}-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-adenosine 
• 41111-74-4 N⁶-butyl-O^2'_,O3'-phenylboranediyl-adenosine 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

N6-isopentenyladenosine a new potential anti-angiogenic compound that targets human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro

N6-isopentenyladenosine is an anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic atypical nucleoside for normal and tumor cells. Considering the role of angiogenesis in various diseases, we investigated the cytotoxic effect of N6-isopentenyladenosine on human microvascular endothelial cells, protagonists in angiogenesis. Our results show that N6-isopentenyladenosine induced a significant reduction of cell viability, upregulated p21 and promoted caspase-3 cleavage in a dose dependent manner leading to apoptotic cell death as detected by FACS analysis. To understand structure-function relationship of N6-isopentenyladenosine, we investigated the effect of some N6-isopentenyladenosine analogs. Our results suggest that N6-isopentenyladenosine and some of its derivatives are potentially novel angiostatic agents and might be associated with other anti-angiogenic compounds for a better outcome.

Flow-Synthesis of Nucleosides Catalyzed by an Immobilized Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase from Aeromonas hydrophila: Integrated Systems of Reaction Control and Product Purification

A purine nucleoside phosphorylase from Aeromonas hydrophyla (AhPNP) was covalently immobilized in a pre-packed stainless steel column containing aminopropylsilica particles via Schiff base chemistry upon glutaraldehyde activation. The resulting AhPNP-IMER (Immobilized Enzyme Reactor, immobilization yield ≈50%) was coupled on-line through a 6-way switching valve to an HPLC apparatus containing an analytical or a semi-preparative chromatographic column. The synthesis of five 6-modified purine ribonucleosides was carried out by continuously pumping the reaction mixture through the AhPNP-IMER until the highest conversion was reached, and then directing the reaction mixture to chromatographic separation. The conditions of the AhPNP-catalyzed transglycosylations (2:1 ratio sugar donor:base acceptor; 10 mM phosphate buffer; pH 7.5; temperature 37 °C, flow rate 0.5 mL min-1) were optimized by a fractional factorial experimental design. Coupling the bioconversion step with the product purification in such an integrated platform resulted in a fast and efficient synthetic process (yield=52-89%; 10 mg) where sample handling was minimized. To date, AhPNP-IMER has retained completely its activity upon 50 reactions in 10 months.

Synthesis and structure-activity relationship investigation of adenosine-containing inhibitors of histone methyltransferase DOT1L

Histone3-lysine79 (H3K79) methyltransferase DOT1L has been found to be a drug target for acute leukemia with MLL (mixed lineage leukemia) gene translocations. A total of 55 adenosine-containing compounds were designed and synthesized, among which several potent DOT1L inhibitors were identified with Ki values as low as 0.5 nM. These compounds also show high selectivity (>4500-fold) over three other histone methyltransferases. Structure-activity relationships (SAR) of these compounds for their inhibitory activities against DOT1L are discussed. Potent DOT1L inhibitors exhibit selective activity against the proliferation of MLL-translocated leukemia cell lines MV4;11 and THP1 with EC50 values of 4-11 μM. Isothermal titration calorimetry studies showed that two representative inhibitors bind with a high affinity to the DOT1L:nucleosome complex and only compete with the enzyme cofactor SAM (S-adenosyl-l-methionine) but not the substrate nucleosome.

N6-Alkyladenosines: Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro anticancer activity

A series of adenosine analogues differently substituted in N 6-position were synthesized to continue our studies on the relationships between structure and biological activity of iPA. The structures of the compounds were confirmed by standard studies of 1H NMR, MS and elemental analysis. These molecules were then evaluated for their anti-proliferative activity on bladder cancer cells. We found that some of these compounds possess anti-proliferative activity but have no effect on cell invasion and metalloprotease activity.

The nucleoside transport proteins, NupC and NupG, from Escherichia coli: Specific structural motifs necessary for the binding of ligands

A series of 46 natural nucleosides and analogues (mainly adenosine-based) were tested as inhibitors of [U-14C]uridine uptake by the concentrative, H+-linked nucleoside transport proteins NupC and NupG from Escherichia coli. The two evolutionarily unrelated transporters showed similar but distinct patterns of inhibition, revealing differing selectivities for the different nucleosides and their analogues. Binding of nucleosides to NupG required the presence of hydroxyl groups at each of the C-3′ and C-5′ positions of ribose, while binding to NupC required only the C-3′ hydroxyl substituent. The greater importance of the ribose moiety for binding to NupG is consistent with the evolutionary relationship between this protein and the oligosaccharide: H+ symporter (OHS) subfamily of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) of transporters. For both proteins the natural α-configuration at C-3′ and the natural β-configuration at C-1′ was mandatory for ligand binding. N-7 in the imidazole ring of adenosine and the amino group at C-6 were found not to be important for binding and both transporters showed flexibility for substitution at C-6/N6; one or both of N-l and N-3 were important for adenosine analogue binding to NupC but significantly less so for binding to NupG. From the different effects of 8-bromoadenosine on the two transporters it appears that adenosine selectively binds to NupC in an anti- rather than a syn-conformation, whereas NupG is less prescriptive. The pattern of inhibition of NupC by differing nucleoside analogues confirmed the functional relationship of the bacterial transporter to members of the human concentrative nucleoside transporter (CNT) family and reaffirmed the use of the bacterial protein as an experimental model for these physiologically and clinically important mammalian proteins. The specificity data for NupG have been used to develop a homology model of the protein's binding site, based on the X-ray crystallographic structure of the disaccharide transporter LacY from E. coli. We have also developed an efficient general protocol for the synthesis of adenosine and three of its analogues, which is illustrated by the synthesis of [1′-13C]adenosine.

Design of allele-specific protein methyltransferase inhibitors

Protein arginine methyltransferases, which catalyze the transfer of methyl groups from S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to arginine side chains in target proteins, regulate transcription, RNA processing, and receptor-mediated signaling. To specifically address the functional role of the individual members of this family, we took a "bump-and-hole" approach and designed a series of N6-substituted S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) analogues that are targeted toward a yeast protein methyltransferase RMT1. A point mutation was identified (E117G) in Rmt1 that renders the enzyme susceptible to selective inhibition by the SAH analogues. A mass spectrometry based enzymatic assay revealed that two compounds, N6-benzyl- and N6-naphthylmethyl-SAH, can inhibit the mutant enzyme over the wild-type with the selectivity greater than 20. When the E117G mutation was introduced into the Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome, the methylation of Np13p, a known in vivo Rmt1 substrate, could be moderately reduced by N6-naphthylmethyl-SAH in the resulting allele. In addition, an N6-benzyl-SAM analogue was found to serve as an orthogonal SAM cofactor. This analogue is preferentially utilized by the mutant methyltransferase relative to the wild-type enzyme with a selectivity greater than 67. This specific enzyme/inhibitor and enzyme/substrate design should be applicable to other members of this protein family and facilitate the characterization of protein methyltransferase function in vivo when combined with RNA expression analysis.

Adenosine analogues as inhibitors of Trypanosoma brucei phosphoglycerate kinase: Elucidation of a novel binding mode for a 2-Amino-N6-substituted adenosine

As part of a project aimed at structure-based design of adenosine analogues as drugs against African trypanosomiasis, N6-, 2-amino-N6-, and N2-substituted adenosine analogues were synthesized and tested to establish structure - activity relationships for inhibiting Trypanosoma brucei glycosomal phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH). Evaluation of X-ray structures of parasite PGK, GAPDH, and GPDH complexed with their adenosyl-bearing substrates led us to generate a series of adenosine analogues which would target all three enzymes simultaneously. There was a modest preference by PGK for N6-substituted analogues bearing the 2-amino group. The best compound in this series, 2-amino-N6-[2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]adenosine (46b), displayed a 23-fold improvement over adenosine with an IC50 of 130 μM. 2-[[2-(p-Hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]amino]adenosine (46c) was a weak inhibitor of T. brucei PGK with an IC50 of 500 μM. To explore the potential of an additive effect that having the N6 and N2 substitutions in one molecule might provide, the best ligands from the two series were incorporated into N6,N2-disubstituted adenosine analogues to yield N6-(2-phenylethyl)-2-[(2-phenylethyl)amino]adenosine (69) as a 30 μM inhibitor of T. brucei PGK which is 100-fold more potent than the adenosine template. In contrast, these series gave no compounds that inhibited parasitic GAPDH or GPDH more than 10-20% when tested at 1.0 mM. A 3.0 A? X-ray structure of a T. brucei PGK/46b complex revealed a binding mode in which the nucleoside analogue was flipped and the ribosyl moiety adopted a syn conformation as compared with the previously determined binding mode of ADP. Molecular docking experiments using QXP and SAS program suites reproduced this 'flipped and rotated' binding mode.