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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel plumbagin derivatives as potent antitumor agents with STAT3 inhibition
Li, Na,Ou, Jinfeng,Bao, Na,Chen, Cheng,Shi, Zhixian,Chen, Li,Sun, Jianbo
, (2020/09/11)
Based on the structure of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), a series of 1,4-naphthoquinones derived from plumbagin (PL) with STAT3 inhibition potential were designed, synthesized, and biologically evaluated in vitro against several human cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, HepG2 and A549 cells) and three normal cells. The structure–activity relationship (SAR) and molecular docking result showed that the presence of hydroxyl group at C-5 of PL might interact with STAT3 in the form of hydrogen bonds, which is conducive to the binding of this kind structures with STAT3. Among the target compounds, 7a displayed the most potent inhibition against cancer cells and weaker cytotoxicity on normal cells than PL. The western bolting analysis showed that 7a could suppress the phosphorylation of STAT3 as well as the downstream genes instead of affecting its upstream tyrosine kinases (Src and JAK2) levels and p-STAT1 expression. Furthermore, molecular docking indicated that 7a bound to STAT3 more tightly than PL, and it could significantly induce the apoptosis of cancer cells in vitro. All these results may provide reference for the discovery of effective STAT3 inhibitors.
Studies of 2-substituted 1,3-oxazolidin-5-ones and 1,3-oxazinan-6-ones as precursors for the synthesis of N-alkyl-β-amino acids
Hughes, Andrew B.,Sleebs, Brad E.
experimental part, p. 48 - 60 (2009/04/06)
1,3-Oxazolidin-5-ones and 1,3-oxazinan-6-ones have been shown to be useful precursors for the synthesis of N-methyl α- and β-amino acids, respectively. The methodology has now been expanded to allow for the synthesis of N-alkyl-β-amino acids. Copyright Ta
Different transition-state structures for the reactions of β-lactams and analogous β-sultams with serine β-lactamases
Tsang, Wing Y.,Ahmed, Naveed,Hinchliffe, Paul S.,Wood, J. Matthew,Harding, Lindsay P.,Laws, Andrew P.,Page, Michael I.
, p. 17556 - 17564 (2007/10/03)
β-Sultams are the sulfonyl analogues of β-lactams, and N-acyl β-sultams are novel inactivators of the class C β-lactamase of Enterobacter cloacae P99. They sulfonylate the active site serine residue to form a sulfonate ester which subsequently undergoes C-O bond fission and formation of a dehydroalanine residue by elimination of the sulfonate anion as shown by electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy. The analogous N-acyl β-lactams are substrates for β-lactamase and undergo enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis presumably by the normal acylation-deacylation process. The rates of acylation of the enzyme by the β-lactams, measured by the second-order rate constant for hydrolysis, kcat/Km, and those of sulfonylation by the β-sultams, measured by the second-order rate constant for inactivation, ki, both show a similar pH dependence to that exhibited by the β-lactamase-catalyzed hydrolysis of β-lactam antibiotics. Electron-withdrawing groups in the aryl residue of the leaving group of N-aroyl β-lactams increase the rate of alkaline hydrolysis and give a Bronsted βIg of -0.55, indicative of a late transition state for rate-limiting formation of the tetrahedral intermediate. Interestingly, the corresponding Bronsted βIg for the β-lactamase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the same substrates is -0.06, indicative of an earlier transition state for the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. By contrast, although the Bronsted βIg for the alkaline hydrolysis of N-aroyl β-sultams is -0.73, similar to that for the β-lactams, that for the sulfonylation of β-lactamase by these compounds is -1.46, compatible with significant amide anion expulsion/S-N fission in the transition state. In this case, the enzyme reaction displays a later transition state compared with hydroxide-ion-catalyzed hydrolysis of the β-sultam.
