3423-14-1Relevant articles and documents
Gene editing and synthetically accessible inhibitors reveal role for TPC2 in HCC cell proliferation and tumor growth
Bartel, Karin,Biel, Martin,Bracher, Franz,Chao, Yu-Kai,Chen, Cheng-Chang,Gegenfurtner, Florian A.,Geisslinger, Franz,Gerndt, Susanne,Gerwien, Aaron,Grimm, Christian,Nguyen, Ong Nam Phuong,Ortler, Carina,Schaefer, Michael,Urban, Nicole,Vollmar, Angelika M.,Zahler, Stefan,Zisis, Themistoklis,Müller, Christoph,Müller, Martin
, p. 1119 - 27,1131 (2021/08/19)
The role of two-pore channel 2 (TPC2), one of the few cation channels localized on endolysosomal membranes, in cancer remains poorly understood. Here, we report that TPC2 knockout reduces proliferation of cancer cells in vitro, affects their energy metabolism, and successfully abrogates tumor growth in vivo. Concurrently, we have developed simplified analogs of the alkaloid tetrandrine as potent TPC2 inhibitors by screening a library of synthesized benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives. Removal of dispensable substructures of the lead molecule tetrandrine increases antiproliferative properties against cancer cells and impairs proangiogenic signaling of endothelial cells to a greater extent than tetrandrine. Simultaneously, toxic effects on non-cancerous cells are reduced, allowing in vivo administration and revealing a TPC2 inhibitor with antitumor efficacy in mice. Hence, our study unveils TPC2 as valid target for cancer therapy and provides easily accessible tetrandrine analogs as a promising option for effective pharmacological interference.
Organocatalytic Enantioselective Pictet-Spengler Approach to Biologically Relevant 1-Benzyl-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline Alkaloids
Ruiz-Olalla, Andrea,Würdemann, Martien A.,Wanner, Martin J.,Ingemann, Steen,Van Maarseveen, Jan H.,Hiemstra, Henk
, p. 5125 - 5132 (2015/05/27)
(Figure Presented) A general procedure for the synthesis of 1-benzyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines was developed, based on organocatalytic, regio- and enantioselective Pictet-Spengler reactions (86-92% ee) of N-(o-nitrophenylsulfenyl)-2-arylethylamines with arylacetaldehydes. The presence of the o-nitrophenylsulfenyl group, together with the MOM-protection in the catechol part of the tetrahydroisoquinoline ring system, appeared to be a productive combination. To demonstrate the versatility of this approach, 10 biologically and pharmaceutically relevant alkaloids were prepared using (R)-TRIP as the chiral catalyst: (R)-norcoclaurine, (R)-coclaurine, (R)-norreticuline, (R)-reticuline, (R)-trimemetoquinol, (R)-armepavine, (R)-norprotosinomenine, (R)-protosinomenine, (R)-laudanosine, and (R)-5-methoxylaudanosine.
Synthesis of alkaloids by stevens rearrangement of nitrile-stabilized ammonium ylides: (±)-laudanosine, (±)-laudanidine, (±)-armepavine, (±)-7-methoxycryptopleurine, and (±)-xylopinine
Orejarena Pacheco, Julio Cesar,Lahm, Günther,Opatz, Till
, p. 4985 - 4992 (2013/06/27)
The Stevens rearrangement of nitrile-stabilized ammonium ylides in conjunction with the reductive removal of the nitrile function permits the facile construction of α-branched amines from α-aminonitriles. We employed this reaction sequence for the preparation of (±)-laudanosine, (±)-laudanidine and (±)-armepavine, (±)-7- methoxycryptopleurine, and (±)-xylopinine from two closely related and readily accessible bicyclic α-aminonitriles. The final products were obtained in high to almost quantitative yields (71-98%) from the quaternary ammonium salts obtained by N-alkylation of these starting materials.
