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Stereoselective N-glycosylation with N4-acyl cytosines and efficient synthesis of gemcitabine
Liu, Tongchao,Tang, Jiadeng,Liang, Jianpeng,Chen, Yabin,Wang, Xiaowen,Shen, Jingkang,Zhao, Dongmei,Xiong, Bing,Cen, Jun-Da,Chen, Yue-Lei
, p. 1203 - 1213 (2019/01/29)
Through systematical comparison of various N4-protected cytosine derivatives in the glycosylation step of gemcitabine synthesis, highly beta-stereoselective and high yielding TBAI catalyzed N-glycosylation was achieved with N4-Bz cytosine and anomeric mixture of 2,2‘-difluororibose mesylate donor. The subsequent global deprotection gave gemcitabine efficiently. Meanwhile, the anomeric chloride intermediate and fluoride-displaced side products of this N-glycosylation were identified, too. This new glycosylation method reveals the importance of N4-protection in the stereoselective preparation of pyrimidine nucleoside, also provides a potential alternative to current industrial process to gemcitabine.
New cytosine derivatives as inhibitors of DNA methylation
Plitta, Beata,Adamska, Ewelina,Giel-Pietraszuk, Malgorzata,Fedoruk-Wyszomirska, Agnieszka,Naskret-Barciszewska, Miroslawa,Markiewicz, Wojciech T.,Barciszewski, Jan
, p. 243 - 254,12 (2020/07/30)
DNA cytosine methylation catalyzed by DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) is an epigenetic method of gene expression regulation and development. Changes in methylation pattern lead to carcinogenesis. Inhibition of DNMT1 activity could be a good strategy of safe and efficient epigenetic therapy. In this work, we present a novel group of cytosine analogs as inhibitors of DNA methylation. We show new methods of synthesis and their effect on in vitro reaction of DNA methylation. Almost all of analyzed compounds inhibit DNA methyltransferase activity in the competitive manner. Ki values for the most potent compound 4-N-furfuryl-5,6-dihydroazacytosines is 0.7 μM. These compounds cause also a decrease of 5-methylcytosine (m5C) level in DNA of mammalian HeLa and HEK293 cells.
Peptide nucleic acids having enhanced binding affinity, sequence specificity and solubility
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, (2008/06/13)
A novel class of compounds known as peptide nucleic acids, bind complementary DNA and RNA strands, and generally do so more strongly than the corresponding DNA or RNA strands while exhibiting increased sequence specificity and solubility. The peptide nucleic acids comprise ligands selected from a group consisting of naturally-occurring nucleobases and non-naturally-occurring nucleobases, including 2,6-diaminopurine, attached to a polyamide backbone, and contain alkyl amine side chains.