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1.
bioRxiv ; 2024 Apr 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38712260

RESUMO

Long-term synaptic plasticity at glutamatergic synapses on striatal spiny projection neurons (SPNs) is central to learning goal-directed behaviors and habits. Although considerable attention has been paid to the mechanisms underlying synaptic strengthening and new learning, little scrutiny has been given to those involved in the attenuation of synaptic strength that attends suppression of a previously learned association. Our studies revealed a novel, non-Hebbian, long-term, postsynaptic depression of glutamatergic SPN synapses induced by interneuronal nitric oxide (NO) signaling (NO-LTD) that was preferentially engaged at quiescent synapses. This form of plasticity was gated by local Ca 2+ influx through CaV1.3 Ca 2+ channels and stimulation of phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1), which degraded cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and blunted NO signaling. Consistent with this model, mice harboring a gain-of-function mutation in the gene coding for the pore-forming subunit of CaV1.3 channels had elevated depolarization-induced dendritic Ca 2+ entry and impaired NO-LTD. Extracellular uncaging of glutamate and intracellular uncaging of cGMP suggested that this Ca 2+ -dependent regulation of PDE1 activity allowed for local regulation of dendritic NO signaling. This inference was supported by simulation of SPN dendritic integration, which revealed that dendritic spikes engaged PDE1 in a branch-specific manner. In a mouse model of Parkinson's disease (PD), NO-LTD was absent not because of a postsynaptic deficit in NO signaling machinery, but rather due to impaired interneuronal NO release. Re-balancing intrastriatal neuromodulatory signaling in the PD model restored NO release and NO-LTD. Taken together, these studies provide novel insights into the mechanisms governing NO-LTD in SPN and its role in psychomotor disorders, like PD.

2.
Molecules ; 27(10)2022 May 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35630829

RESUMO

A number of 5'-O-fatty acyl derivatives of 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (FLT, 1) were synthesized. These conjugates were evaluated for their potential as topical microbicides with anti-HIV activity against cell-free (X4 and R5), cell-associated, and multidrug-resistant viruses. Compared to FLT and 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT), 5'-O-(12-azidododecanoyl) (5), 5'-O-myristoyl (6), and 5'-O-(12-thioethyldodecanoyl) (8) derivatives of FLT were found to be more active against both cell-free viruses (lymphocytotropic and monocytotropic strains) with EC50 values of 0.4 µM, 1.1 µM, and <0.2 µM, respectively, as well as cell-associated virus with EC50 values of 12.6, 6.4, and 2.3 µM, respectively. Conjugates 5, 6, and 8 exhibited >4 and >30 times better antiviral index than FLT and AZT, respectively. Conjugates 5 and 8 were significantly more potent than FLT against many multidrug-resistant strains. A comparison of the anti-HIV activity with the corresponding non-hydrolyzable ether conjugates suggested that ester hydrolysis to FLT and fatty acids is critical to enable anti-HIV activity. Cellular uptake studies were conducted using fluorescent derivatives of FLT attached with 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein through either ß-alanine (23) or 12-aminododecanoic acid (24) spacers. The lipophilic fluorescent analog with a long chain (24) showed more than 12 times higher cellular uptake profile than the fluorescent analog with a short chain (23). These studies further confirmed that the attachment of fatty acids improved the cellular uptake of nucleoside conjugates. In addition, 5, 6, and 8 were the least cytotoxic and did not alter vaginal cell and sperm viability compared to the positive control, a commercial topical spermicide (N-9), which significantly decreased sperm and vaginal cell viability inducing the generation of proinflammatory cytokines.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV , HIV-1 , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Didesoxinucleosídeos , Ésteres , Ácidos Graxos/farmacologia
3.
Chem Commun (Camb) ; 58(17): 2826-2829, 2022 Feb 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35112125

RESUMO

Monitoring and manipulation of ionized intracellular calcium concentrations within intact, living cells using optical probes with organic chromophores is a core method for cell physiology. Since all these probes have multiple negative charges, they must be smuggled through the plasma membrane in a transiently neutral form, with intracellular esterases used to deprotect the masked anions. Here we explore the ability of the synthetically easily accessible n-butyl ester protecting group to deliver amphipathic cargoes to the cytosol. We show that the size of the caging chromophore conditions the ability of intracellular probe delivery and esterase charge unmasking.


Assuntos
Cálcio/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Citosol/metabolismo , Esterases/metabolismo , Corantes Fluorescentes/metabolismo , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Cálcio/química , Membrana Celular/química , Citosol/química , Esterases/química , Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Miócitos Cardíacos/química , Tamanho da Partícula
4.
ACS Chem Neurosci ; 8(10): 2139-2144, 2017 10 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28762726

RESUMO

We have made a new caged cGMP that is photolyzed with blue light. Using our recently developed derivative of 7-diethylaminocourmarin (DEAC) called DEAC450, we synthesized coumarin phosphoester derivatives of cGMP with two negative charges appended to the DEAC450 moiety. DEAC450-cGMP is freely soluble in physiological buffer without the need for any organic cosolvents. With a photolysis quantum yield of 0.18 and an extinction coefficient of 43 000 M-1 cm-1 at 453 nm, DEAC450-cGMP is the most photosensitive caged cGMP made to date. In patch-clamped neurons in acutely isolated brain slices, blue light effectively uncaged cGMP from DEAC450 and facilitated activation of hyperpolarization and cyclic nucleotide gated cation (HCN) channels in cholinergic interneurons. Thus, DEAC450-cGMP has a unique set of optical and chemical properties that make it a useful addition to the optical arsenal available to neurobiologists.


Assuntos
Cumarínicos/química , GMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Animais , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion Regulados por Nucleotídeos Cíclicos/metabolismo , Espaço Extracelular/metabolismo , Luz , Camundongos , Fotólise
5.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 27(9): 1934-1937, 2017 05 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28351588

RESUMO

A series of 11 unsymmetrical dicarboxylate conjugates of dinucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors were synthesized. Three dicarboxylic acids, succinic acid, suberic acid and 1,14-tetradecandioc acid, were diesterified with either 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT), 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (FLT), 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (3TC), or 5-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (FTC). The anti-HIV activity of synthesized compounds was evaluated against HIV-1 X4 (IIIB) and R5 (BaL) viral strains in single-round infection assays. Results indicated that the tetradecandioate esters of nucleosides were more active against HIV than the corresponding parent nucleosides and nucleoside conjugates. The tetradecandioate conjugate of FLT and FTC (5) was found to be the most potent compounds with EC50 values of 47 and 75nM against X4 and R5 HIV-1 strains, respectively, while the EC50 values for the parent analogs, FLT and FTC, ranged from 700 to 3300nM.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/química , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Transcriptase Reversa do HIV/antagonistas & inibidores , Nucleosídeos/química , Nucleosídeos/farmacologia , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/química , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacologia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/síntese química , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/síntese química , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/química , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/farmacologia , Ésteres/síntese química , Ésteres/química , Ésteres/farmacologia , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Nucleosídeos/síntese química , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/síntese química
6.
J Am Chem Soc ; 138(11): 3687-93, 2016 Mar 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26974387

RESUMO

We have designed a nitroaromatic photochemical protecting group that absorbs visible light in the violet-blue range. The chromophore is a dinitro derivative of bisstyrylthiophene (or BIST) that absorbs light very effectively (ε440 = 66,000 M(-1) cm(-1) and two-photon cross section of 350 GM at 775 nm). We developed a "caged calcium" molecule by conjugation of BIST to a Ca(2+) chelator that upon laser flash photolysis rapidly releases Ca(2+) in <0.2 ms. Using the patch-clamp method the optical probe, loaded with Ca(2+), was delivered into acutely isolated mouse cardiac myocytes, where either one- and two-photon uncaging of Ca(2+) induced highly local or cell-wide physiological Ca(2+) signaling events.


Assuntos
Compostos de Cálcio/química , Tiofenos/química , Compostos de Cálcio/síntese química , Quelantes/química , Ácido Egtázico/química , Luz , Processos Fotoquímicos , Tiofenos/síntese química
7.
Eur J Med Chem ; 100: 197-209, 2015 Jul 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26087030

RESUMO

A library of sixteen 2nd generation amino- and amido-substituted carboranyl pyrimidine nucleoside analogs, designed as substrates and inhibitors of thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) for potential use in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) of cancer, was synthesized and evaluated in enzyme kinetic-, enzyme inhibition-, metabolomic-, and biodistribution studies. One of these 2nd generation carboranyl pyrimidine nucleoside analogs (YB18A [3]), having an amino group directly attached to a meta-carborane cage tethered via ethylene spacer to the 3-position of thymidine, was approximately 3-4 times superior as a substrate and inhibitor of hTK1 than N5-2OH (2), a 1st generation carboranyl pyrimidine nucleoside analog. Both 2 and 3 appeared to be 5'-monophosphorylated in TK1(+) RG2 cells, both in vitro and in vivo. Biodistribution studies in rats bearing intracerebral RG2 glioma resulted in selective tumor uptake of 3 with an intratumoral concentration that was approximately 4 times higher than that of 2. The obtained results significantly advance the understanding of the binding interactions between TK1 and carboranyl pyrimidine nucleoside analogs and will profoundly impact future design strategies for these agents.


Assuntos
Compostos de Boro/uso terapêutico , Terapia por Captura de Nêutron de Boro , Glioma/radioterapia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Nucleosídeos de Pirimidina/farmacologia , Timidina Quinase/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Glioma/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Nucleosídeos de Pirimidina/síntese química , Nucleosídeos de Pirimidina/química , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Timidina Quinase/metabolismo
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Eur J Neurosci ; 41(1): 5-16, 2015 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25471355

RESUMO

Caged compounds are widely used by neurophysiologists to study many aspects of cellular signaling in glia and neurons. Biologically inert before irradiation, they can be loaded into cells via patch pipette or topically applied in situ to a defined concentration; photolysis releases the caged compound in a very rapid and spatially defined way. As caged compounds are exogenous optical probes, they include not only natural products such neurotransmitters, calcium and IP3 but non-natural products such as fluorophores, drugs and antibodies. In this Technical Spotlight we provide a short introduction to the uncaging technique by discussing the nitroaromatic caging chromophores most widely used in such experiments [e.g. α-carboxy-ortho-nitrobenyl (CNB), dimethoxynitrobenzyl (DMNB), 4-methoxy-7-nitroindolinyl (MNI) and 4-carboxymethoxy-7-nitroindolinyl (CDNI)]. We show that recently developed caging chromophores [rutheniumbipyridial (RuBi) and 7-diethylaminocoumarin (DEAC)450] that are photolyzed with blue light (~ 430-480 nm range) can be combined with traditional nitroaromatic caged compounds to enable two-color optical probing of neuronal function. For example, one-photon uncaging of either RuBi-GABA or DEAC450-GABA with a 473-nm laser is facile, and can block nonlinear currents (dendritic spikes or action potentials) evoked by two-photon uncaging of CDNI-Glu at 720 nm. We also show that two-photon uncaging of DEAC450-Glu and CDNI-GABA at 900 and 720 nm, respectively, can be used to fire and block action potentials. Our experiments illustrate that recently developed chromophores have taken uncaging out of the 'monochrome era', in which it has existed since 1978, so as to enable multichromic interrogation of neuronal function with single-synapse precision.


Assuntos
Indicadores e Reagentes , Neurônios/fisiologia , Imagem Óptica/métodos , Animais , Processos Fotoquímicos
9.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25513860

RESUMO

The objective of this work was to design conjugates of anti-HIV nucleosides conjugated with fatty acids and cell-penetrating poly-L-arginine (polyArg) peptides. Three conjugates of polyArg cell-penetrating peptides with fatty acyl derivatives of alovudine (FLT), lamivudine (3TC), and emtricitabine (FTC) were synthesized. In general, the compounds exhibited anti-HIV activity against X4 and R5 cell-free virus with EC50 values of 1.5-16.6 µM. FLT-CO-(CH2)12-CO-(Arg)7 exhibited EC50 values of 2.9 µM and 3.1 µM against X4 and R5 cell-free virus, respectively. The FLT conjugate was selected for further preformulation studies by determination of solution state degradation and lipid solubility. The compound was found to be stable in neutral and oxidative conditions and moderately stable in heated conditions.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/síntese química , Desoxirribonucleosídeos/síntese química , Peptídeos/química , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/síntese química , Fármacos Anti-HIV/química , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Peptídeos Penetradores de Células/química , Desoxicitidina/análogos & derivados , Desoxicitidina/química , Desoxirribonucleosídeos/química , Desoxirribonucleosídeos/farmacologia , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/química , Didesoxinucleosídeos/química , Emtricitabina , Humanos , Lamivudina/análogos & derivados , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/química , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacologia
10.
Science ; 346(6212): 1000-3, 2014 Nov 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25414314

RESUMO

Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are mainstay therapeutics for HIV that block retrovirus replication. Alu (an endogenous retroelement that also requires reverse transcriptase for its life cycle)-derived RNAs activate P2X7 and the NLRP3 inflammasome to cause cell death of the retinal pigment epithelium in geographic atrophy, a type of age-related macular degeneration. We found that NRTIs inhibit P2X7-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation independent of reverse transcriptase inhibition. Multiple approved and clinically relevant NRTIs prevented caspase-1 activation, the effector of the NLRP3 inflammasome, induced by Alu RNA. NRTIs were efficacious in mouse models of geographic atrophy, choroidal neovascularization, graft-versus-host disease, and sterile liver inflammation. Our findings suggest that NRTIs are ripe for drug repurposing in P2X7-driven diseases.


Assuntos
Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/farmacologia , Inflamassomos/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacologia , Elementos Alu , Animais , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Caspase 1/metabolismo , Neovascularização de Coroide/tratamento farmacológico , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Atrofia Geográfica/tratamento farmacológico , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/tratamento farmacológico , Hepatite/tratamento farmacológico , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos , Proteína 3 que Contém Domínio de Pirina da Família NLR , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/metabolismo , Epitélio Pigmentado da Retina/efeitos dos fármacos , Epitélio Pigmentado da Retina/metabolismo , Epitélio Pigmentado da Retina/fisiologia , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/uso terapêutico
11.
Tetrahedron Lett ; 55(12): 1983-1986, 2014 Mar 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24791029

RESUMO

A number of 5'-O-dicarboxylic fatty acyl monoester derivatives of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (zidovudine, AZT), 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (stavudine, d4T), and 3'-fluoro-3'-deoxythymidine (alovudine, FLT) were synthesized to improve the lipophilicity and potentially the cellular delivery of parent polar 2', 3'-dideoxynucleoside (ddN) analogues. The compounds were evaluated for their anti-HIV activity. Three different fatty acids with varying chain length of suberic acid (octanedioic acid), sebacic acid (decanedioic acid), and dodecanedioic acid were used for the conjugation with the nucleosides. The compounds were evaluated for anti-HIV activity and cytotoxicity. All dicarboxylic ester conjugates of nucleosides exhibited significantly higher anti-HIV activity than that of the corresponding parent nucleoside analogs. Among all the tested conjugates, 5'-O-suberate derivative of AZT (EC50 = 0.10 nM) was found to be the most potent compound and showed 80-fold higher anti-HIV activity than AZT without any significant toxicity (TC50 > 500 nM).

12.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther ; 347(2): 388-97, 2013 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24006340

RESUMO

3-[5-{2-(2,3-Dihydroxyprop-1-yl)-o-carboran-1-yl}pentan-1-yl]thymidine (N5-2OH) is a first generation 3-carboranyl thymidine analog (3CTA) that has been intensively studied as a boron-10 ((10)B) delivery agent for neutron capture therapy (NCT). N5-2OH is an excellent substrate of thymidine kinase 1 and its favorable biodistribution profile in rodents led to successful preclinical NCT of rats bearing intracerebral RG2 glioma. The present study explored cellular influx and efflux mechanisms of N5-2OH, as well as its intracellular anabolism beyond the monophosphate level. N5-2OH entered cultured human CCRF-CEM cells via passive diffusion, whereas the multidrug resistance-associated protein 4 appeared to be a major mediator of N5-2OH monophosphate efflux. N5-2OH was effectively monophosphorylated in cultured murine L929 [thymidine kinase 1 (TK1(+))] cells whereas formation of N5-2OH monophosphate was markedly lower in L929 (TK1(-)) cell variants. Further metabolism to the di- and triphosphate forms was not observed in any of the cell lines. Regardless of monophosphorylation, parental N5-2OH was the major intracellular component in both TK1(+) and TK1(-) cells. Phosphate transfer experiments with enzyme preparations showed that N5-2OH monophosphate, as well as the monophosphate of a second 3-carboranyl thymidine analog [3-[5-(o-carboran-1-yl)pentan-1-yl]thymidine (N5)], were not substrates of thymidine monophosphate kinase. Surprisingly, N5-diphosphate was phosphorylated by nucleoside diphosphate kinase although N5-triphosphate apparently was not a substrate of DNA polymerase. Our results provide valuable information on the cellular metabolism and pharmacokinetic profile of 3-carboranyl thymidine analogs.


Assuntos
Compostos de Boro/administração & dosagem , Compostos de Boro/metabolismo , Terapia por Captura de Nêutron de Boro , Proteínas de Transporte de Nucleosídeos/metabolismo , Timidina Quinase/metabolismo , Timidina/análogos & derivados , Animais , Transporte Biológico , Compostos de Boro/química , Compostos de Boro/farmacologia , Terapia por Captura de Nêutron de Boro/métodos , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Camundongos , Estrutura Molecular , Proteínas Associadas à Resistência a Múltiplos Medicamentos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte de Nucleosídeos/genética , Fosforilação , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Especificidade por Substrato , Timidina/administração & dosagem , Timidina/química , Timidina/metabolismo , Timidina/farmacologia , Transfecção
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Eur J Med Chem ; 60: 456-68, 2013 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23318906

RESUMO

Four different libraries of overall twenty three N3-substituted thymidine (dThd) analogues, including eleven 3-carboranyl thymidine analogues (3CTAs), were synthesized. The latter are potential agents for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) of cancer. Linker between the dThd scaffold and the m-carborane cluster at the N3-position of the 3CTAs contained amidinyl-(3e and 3f), guanidyl-(7e-7g), tetrazolylmethyl-(9b1/2-9d1/2), or tetrazolyl groups (11b1/2-11d1/2) to improve human thymidine kinase 1 (hTK1) substrate characteristics and water solubilities compared with 1st generation 3CTAs, such as N5 and N5-2OH. The amidinyl- and guanidyl-type N3-substitued dThd analogues (3a-3f and 7a-7g) had hTK1 phosphorylation rates of <30% relative to that of dThd, the endogenous hTK1 substrate, whereas the tetrazolyl-type N3-substitued dThd analogues (9a, 9b1/2-9d1/2 and 11a, 11b1/2-11d1/2) had relative phosphorylation rates (rPRs) of >40%. Compounds 9a, 9b1/2-9d1/2 and 11a, 11b1/2-11d1/2 were subjected to in-depth enzyme kinetics studies and the obtained rk(cat)/K(m) (k(cat)/K(m) relative to that of dThd) ranged from 2.5 to 26%. The tetrazolyl-type N3-substitued dThd analogues 9b1/2 and 11d1/2 were the best substrates of hTK1 with rPRs of 52.4% and 42.5% and rk(cat)/K(m) values of 14.9% and 19.7% respectively. In comparison, the rPR and rk(cat)/K(m) values of N5-2OH in this specific study were 41.5% and 10.8%, respectively. Compounds 3e and 3f were >1900 and >1500 times, respectively, better soluble in PBS (pH 7.4) than N5-2OH whereas solubilities for 9b1/2-9d1/2 and 11b1/2-11d1/2 were only 1.3-13 times better.


Assuntos
Compostos de Boro/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Timidina Quinase/antagonistas & inibidores , Timidina/análogos & derivados , Compostos de Boro/síntese química , Compostos de Boro/química , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Inibidores Enzimáticos/síntese química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Proteínas Recombinantes/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Timidina/síntese química , Timidina/química , Timidina/farmacologia , Timidina Quinase/metabolismo
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Mol Pharm ; 10(2): 467-76, 2013 Feb 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22917277

RESUMO

Three fatty acyl conjugates of (-)-2',3'-dideoxy-5-fluoro-3'-thiacytidine (FTC, emtricitabine) were synthesized and evaluated against HIV-1 cell-free and cell-associated virus and compared with the corresponding parent nucleoside and physical mixtures of FTC and fatty acids. Among all the compounds, the myristoylated conjugate of FTC (5, EC(50) = 0.07-3.7 µM) displayed the highest potency. Compound 5 exhibited 10-24 and 3-13-times higher anti-HIV activity than FTC alone (EC(50) = 0.7-88.6 µM) and the corresponding physical mixtures of FTC and myristic acid (14, EC(50) = 0.2-20 µM), respectively. Cellular uptake studies confirmed that compound 5 accumulated intracellularly after 1 h of incubation and underwent intracellular hydrolysis in CCRF-CEM cells. Alternative studies were conducted using the carboxyfluorescein conjugated with FTC though ß-alanine (12) and 12-aminododecanoic acid (13). Acylation of FTC with a long-chain fatty acid in 13 improved its cellular uptake by 8.5-20 fold in comparison to 12 with a short-chain ß-alanine. Compound 5 (IC(90) = 15.7-16.1 nM) showed 6.6- and 35.2 times higher activity than FTC (IC(90) = 103-567 nM) against multidrug resistant viruses B-NNRTI and B-K65R, indicating that FTC conjugation with myristic acid generates a more potent analogue with a better resistance profile than its parent compound.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacocinética , Desoxicitidina/análogos & derivados , Pró-Fármacos/farmacologia , Pró-Fármacos/farmacocinética , Linhagem Celular , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Desoxicitidina/farmacocinética , Desoxicitidina/farmacologia , Emtricitabina , Citometria de Fluxo , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos
15.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 22(17): 5451-4, 2012 Sep 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22858097

RESUMO

Three nucleoside analogues, 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (FLT), 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT), and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (3TC) were conjugated with three different dicarboxylic acids to afford the long chain dicarboxylate esters of nucleosides. In general, dinucleoside ester conjugates of FLT and 3TC with long chain dicarboxylic acids exhibited higher anti-HIV activity than their parent nucleosides. Dodecanoate and tetradecanoate dinucleoside ester derivatives of FLT were found to be the most potent compounds with EC(50) values of 0.8-1.0 nM and 3-4 nM against HIV-1(US/92/727) and HIV-1(IIIB) cells, respectively. The anti-HIV activity of the 3TC conjugates containing long chain dicarboxylate diester (EC(50)=3-60 nM) was improved by 1.5-66 fold when compared to 3TC (EC(50)=90-200 nM). This study reveals that the symmetrical ester conjugation of dicarboxylic acids with a number of nucleosides results in conjugates with improved anti-HIV profile.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/química , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Didesoxinucleosídeos/química , Didesoxinucleosídeos/farmacologia , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/química , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacologia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/síntese química , Linhagem Celular , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/síntese química , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/química , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/farmacologia , Didesoxinucleosídeos/síntese química , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por HIV/virologia , HIV-1/enzimologia , Humanos , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/síntese química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Eur J Med Chem ; 55: 325-34, 2012 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22889558

RESUMO

Various water-soluble L-valine-, L-glutamate-, and glycine ester prodrugs of two 3-Carboranyl Thymidine Analogs (3-CTAs), designated N5 and N5-2OH, were synthesized for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) of brain tumors since the water solubilities of the parental compounds proved to be insufficient in preclinical studies. The amino acid ester prodrugs were prepared and stored as hydrochloride salts. The water solubilities of these amino acid ester prodrugs, evaluated in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) at pH 5, pH 6 and pH 7.4, improved 48-6600 times compared with parental N5 and N5-2OH. The stability of the amino acid ester prodrugs was evaluated in PBS at pH 7.4, Bovine serum, and Bovine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The rate of the hydrolysis in all three incubation media depended primarily on the amino acid promoiety and, to a lesser extend, on the site of esterification at the deoxyribose portion of the 3-CTAs. In general, 3'-amino acid ester prodrugs were less sensitive to chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis than 5'-amino acid ester prodrugs and the stabilities of the latter decreased in the following order: 5'-valine > 5'-glutamate > 5'-glycine. The rate of the hydrolysis of the 5'-amino acid ester prodrugs in Bovine CSF was overall higher than in PBS and somewhat lower than in Bovine serum. Overall, 5'-glutamate ester prodrug of N5 and the 5'-glycine ester prodrugs of N5 and N5-2OH appeared to be the most promising candidates for preclinical BNCT studies.


Assuntos
Aminoácidos/química , Terapia por Captura de Nêutron de Boro , Neoplasias Encefálicas/radioterapia , Pró-Fármacos/química , Timidina/análogos & derivados , Timidina/metabolismo , Água/química , Animais , Bovinos , Técnicas de Química Sintética , Desenho de Fármacos , Estabilidade de Medicamentos , Ésteres , Hidrólise , Pró-Fármacos/síntese química , Pró-Fármacos/metabolismo , Solubilidade , Timidina/uso terapêutico
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J Pharm Sci ; 101(10): 4003-12, 2012 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22829462

RESUMO

The hepatic immunosuppressive activities of two novel dextran prodrugs of methylprednisolone (MP) containing one (DMP1) or five (DMP5) amino acids as linkers were studied in rats. At various times (0-2 weeks) after intravenous administration of single 5 mg/kg (MP equivalent) doses of each prodrug or MP succinate (MPS), livers were isolated and immunologically stimulated ex vivo with lipopolysaccharide. The concentrations of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in the outlet perfusate were then quantitated to assess immune response. Additionally, the concentrations of DMP1, DMP5, and/or MP were measured in the liver. MPS, DMP5, or DMP1 injections caused a maximum of 48.9%, 63.5%, or 85.7% decrease in the TNF-α secretion into the perfusate, with the time above the 50% inhibitory effect being <5, <24, or 120 h, respectively. Additionally, the area under the effect-time curve for DMP1 was 11-fold or fourfold higher than that after the administration of MPS or DMP5, respectively. Relatively high concentrations of DMP1 were present in the liver even at the last sampling time of 2 weeks. These data suggest that a single intravenous dose of DMP1 produces an intense and sustained immunosuppression in the liver for a relatively long time, which may be useful in liver transplantation.


Assuntos
Dextranos/farmacologia , Imunossupressores/farmacologia , Metilprednisolona/farmacologia , Peptídeos/química , Pró-Fármacos/farmacologia , Administração Intravenosa , Animais , Dextranos/química , Dextranos/farmacocinética , Imunossupressores/química , Imunossupressores/farmacocinética , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Fígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Metilprednisolona/química , Metilprednisolona/farmacocinética , Pró-Fármacos/química , Pró-Fármacos/farmacocinética , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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J Med Chem ; 55(10): 4861-71, 2012 May 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22533850

RESUMO

A number of fatty acyl derivatives of (-)-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (lamivudine, 3TC, 1) were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-HIV activity. The monosubstituted 5'-O-fatty acyl derivatives of 3TC (EC(50) = 0.2-2.3 µM) were more potent than the corresponding monosubstituted N(4)-fatty acyl (EC(50) = 0.4-29.4 µM) and 5'-O-N(4)-disubstituted (EC(50) = 72.6 to >154.0 µM) derivatives of the nucleoside. 5'-O-Myristoyl (16) and 5'-O-12-azidododecanoyl derivatives (17) were found to be the most potent compounds (EC(50) = 0.2-0.9 µM) exhibiting at least 16-36-fold higher anti-HIV activity against cell-free virus than 1 (EC(50) = 11.4-32.7 µM). The EC(90) values for 16 against B-subtype and C-subtype clinical isolates were several folds lower than those of 1. The cellular uptake studies confirmed that compound 16 accumulated intracellularly after 1 h of incubation with CCRF-CEM cells and underwent intracellular hydrolysis. 5'-O-Fatty acyl derivatives of 1 showed significantly higher anti-HIV activity than the corresponding physical mixtures against the B-subtype virus.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/síntese química , Azidas/síntese química , Citidina/análogos & derivados , Ácidos Graxos/síntese química , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , Lamivudina/análogos & derivados , Lamivudina/síntese química , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Azidas/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Citidina/síntese química , Citidina/farmacologia , Farmacorresistência Viral Múltipla , Ésteres , Ácidos Graxos/farmacologia , HIV-1/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Hidrólise , Lamivudina/farmacologia , Estereoisomerismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Med Chem ; 8(2): 193-7, 2012 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22385137

RESUMO

Conjugates between suramin, a polyanionic naphthalene sulfonate derivative, and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT) and 3'-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (FLT), were designed to create an antiretroviral with multiple mechanisms of action that could be developed as an anti-HIV topical microbicide candidate. The anti-HIV activity of these conjugates was compared with that of suramin and the corresponding physical mixtures of suramin and nucleosides. The conjugates were synthesized as sulfonate esters by reaction of suramin with the nucleoside analogs in the presence of phosphorus pentoxide, and were tested against X4 and R5 labadapted strains of HIV-1. Suramin conjugates of AZT (EC50= 19.4 µg/ml) and FLT (EC50= 23.6 µg/ml) demonstrated improved anti-HIV activity against X4 strain of virus by 2.5 and 2 fold, respectively, when compared with suramin. The physical mixtures of suramin with nucleosides significantly improved anti-HIV activity of suramin against X4 strain by more than 55 fold.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/síntese química , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Didesoxinucleosídeos/química , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , Suramina/química , Suramina/farmacologia , Zidovudina/química , Fármacos Anti-HIV/química , Didesoxinucleosídeos/farmacologia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Estrutura Molecular , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Zidovudina/farmacologia
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J Med Chem ; 55(6): 2672-87, 2012 Mar 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22352809

RESUMO

Mono-, di-, and trinucleoside conjugates of glutamate or peptide scaffolds containing nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors were synthesized. Among dinucleoside glutamate ester derivatives, N-myristoylated derivatives showed significantly higher anti-HIV activity than the corresponding N-acetylated conjugates against cell-free virus. Myristoyl-Glu(3TC)-FLT (46, EC(50) = 0.3-0.6 µM) and myristoyl-Glu(FTC)-FLT (47, EC(50) = 0.1-0.4 µM) derivatives were the most active glutamate-dinucleoside conjugates. A trinucleoside glutamate derivative containing AZT, FLT, and 3TC (34, EC(50) = 0.9-1.4 µM) exhibited higher anti-HIV activity than AZT and 3TC against cell-free virus. Compound 34 also exhibited higher anti-HIV activity against multidrug (IC(50) = 5.9 nM) and NNRTI (IC(50) = 12.9 nM) resistant viruses than parent nucleosides. The physical mixture containing FLT-succinate, AZT, 3TC, and glutamic acid exhibited 115-fold less activity against cell associated virus (EC(50) = 91.9 µM) when compared to 34 (EC(50) = 0.8 µM). Other conjugates showed less or comparable potency to that of the corresponding physical mixtures.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/síntese química , Glutamatos/síntese química , HIV-1/efeitos dos fármacos , Nucleosídeos/síntese química , Oligopeptídeos/síntese química , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/síntese química , Acetatos/síntese química , Acetatos/farmacocinética , Acetatos/farmacologia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacocinética , Fármacos Anti-HIV/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Farmacorresistência Viral Múltipla , Ésteres , Glutamatos/farmacocinética , Glutamatos/farmacologia , HIV-1/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Ácidos Mirísticos/síntese química , Ácidos Mirísticos/farmacocinética , Ácidos Mirísticos/farmacologia , Nucleosídeos/farmacocinética , Nucleosídeos/farmacologia , Oligopeptídeos/farmacocinética , Oligopeptídeos/farmacologia , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacocinética , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacologia , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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