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Novel compounds that reverse the disease phenotype in Type 2 Gaucher disease patient-derived cells
Abou-Gharbia, Magid,Childers, Wayne,Colussi, Dennis J.,Fan, Rong,Gordon, John,Jacobson, Marlene A.,Liu, Yuxiao,Martinez, Rogelio,Melenski, Edward
supporting information, (2019/12/11)
Gaucher disease (GD) results from inherited mutations in the lysosomal enzyme β-glucocerobrosidase (GCase). Currently available treatment options for Type 1 GD are not efficacious for treating neuronopathic Type 2 and 3 GD due to their inability to cross the blood-brain barrier. In an effort to identify small molecules which could be optimized for CNS penetration we identified tamoxifen from a high throughput phenotypic screen on Type 2 GD patient-derived fibroblasts which reversed the disease phenotype. Structure activity studies around this scaffold led to novel molecules that displayed improved potency, efficacy and reduced estrogenic/antiestrogenic activity compared to the original hits. Here we present the design, synthesis and structure activity relationships that led to the lead molecule Compound 31.
The Use of the Perfluorotolyl Protecting Group in the Synthesis of Pure Z and E Isomers of 4-Hydroxytamoxifen -1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-1-butene>
McCague, Raymond
, p. 771 - 793 (2007/10/02)
The perfluorotolyl protecting group has been used in the synthesis of pure Z and E isomers of 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4a), a potent metabolite of the anticancer drug, tamoxifen (1a). 4-(Perfluorotolyloxy)phenyl magnesium bromide underwent addition to the carbonyl group of the easily prepared versatile ketone, 1--2-phenyl-1-butanone (7), without affecting the chloroethoxy group.Acid catalysed dehydration of the resulting carbinol gave a 1:1 mixture of isomeric ethers, (6a) and (6b), that were easily separated by chromatography and respectively converted to the Z (4a) and E (4b) isomers of 4-hydroxytamoxifen.The property of the perfluorotolyl function in enabling the separation of geometrical isomers is attributed to a combination of its lipophilicity and electron withdrawal.
