O-Benzoyl derivatives of meta-, orthoand para-pyridine aldoximes and amidoximes are novel efficient DNA photo-cleavage agents. In particular O-p-nitro-benzoyl derivatives 4, 8 and 15 were effective at concentrations as low as 1 μM. Both aldoximes and amidoximes were active under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, with a double-stranded to single-stranded DNA cleavage ratio of up to 1. These results give prospects for multiple applications, including phototherapeutic treatment of solid tumors.Med. Chem. Commun.
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The synthesis of marine nucleosides trachycladines A and B and two nucleoside analogues was accomplished following a versatile and high‐yielding scheme starting from D‐ribose. The key step involved a regio‐ and stereoselective direct Vorbrüggen glycosylation reaction between the appropriate nucleobase and a common intermediate, 2‐C‐methyl‐D‐5‐deoxyribofuranose triacetate.
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are intracellular Ca(2+) channels that are widely expressed in animal cells, where they mediate the release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores evoked by extracellular stimuli. A diverse array of synthetic agonists of IP3Rs has defined structure-activity relationships, but existing antagonists have severe limitations. We combined analyses of Ca(2+) release with equilibrium competition binding to IP3R to show that (1,3,4,6)IP4 is a full agonist of IP3R1 with lower affinity than (1,4,5)IP3. Systematic manipulation of this meso-compound via a versatile synthetic scheme provided a family of dimeric analogs of 2-O-butyryl-(1,3,4,6)IP4 and (1,3,4,5,6)IP5 that compete with (1,4,5)IP3 for binding to IP3R without evoking Ca(2+) release. These novel analogs are the first inositol phosphate-based competitive antagonists of IP3Rs with affinities comparable to that of the only commonly used competitive antagonist, heparin, the utility of which is limited by off-target effects.
Potassium aeshynomate (1) is the leaf-opening factor of the nyctinastic plant Aeshynomene indica L. In this article a convenient and efficient strategy for the total synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1 is described, starting from the l-arabinose derived chiron ent-6. The realized synthetic scheme involves a postcoupling oxidation approach and securely determines the absolute configuration of the targeted natural product, which remained unknown until now.
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