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Novel peptidyl aryl vinyl sulfones as highly potent and selective inhibitors of cathepsins L and B
Mendieta, Laura,Pico, Anna,Tarrago, Teresa,Teixido, Meritxell,Castillo, Marcos,Rafecas, Llorenc,Moyano, Albert,Giralt, Ernest
, p. 1556 - 1567 (2011/11/29)
Herein we present the design, synthesis, and evaluation of a structurally novel library of 20 peptidyl 3-aryl vinyl sulfones as inhibitors of cathepsins L and B. The building blocks, described here for the first time, were synthesized in a highly efficient and enantioselective manner, starting from 3-aryl-substituted allyl alcohols. The corresponding vinyl sulfones were prepared by a new approach, based on a combination of solid-phase peptide synthesis using the Fmoc/tBu strategy, followed by solution-phase coupling to the corresponding (R)-3-amino-3-aryl vinyl sulfones as trifluoroacetate salts. The inhibitory activity of the resulting compounds against cathepsins L and B was evaluated, and the compound exhibiting the best activity was selected for enzymatic characterization. Finally, docking studies were performed in order to identify key structural features of the aryl substituent.
