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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Helvetica Chimica Acta 80 (1997), S. 1513-1527 
    ISSN: 0018-019X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: A novel tricyclic dipeptide template, formally derived by coupling (2S,4S)-4-aminoproline (Pro(NH2)) and (S)-2-(carboxymethyl)proline (Pro(CH2COOH)) as a diketopiperazine, has been synthesized in a form suitable for solid-phase peptide synthesis using Fmoc chemistry. This template was incorporated into the cyclic molecule cyclo(-Ala1-Asn2-Pro3-Asn4-Ala5-Ala6-Temp-) (Temp = template), whose conformation in H2O was studied by NMR methods. Average solution structures derived by restrained simulated annealing point to a highly populated βI-turn within the Asn-Pro-Asn-Ala motif and also indicate which conformations are likely to be preferred by the template.
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  • 2
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    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Helvetica Chimica Acta 79 (1996), S. 2235-2248 
    ISSN: 0018-019X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: A tricyclic diketopiperazine, formally derived by coupling (2S,4S)-4-aminoproline (Pro(NH2)) and (2S,4R)-4-(carboxymethyl)proline (Pro(CH2COOH)), is synthesized starting from readily available (2S,4R)-4-hydroxyproline. The resulting tricyclic template has carboxy and amino groups to which a peptide chain may be attached. The Fmoc-protected template 5 is incorporated into the cyclic molecule cyclo(-Ala1-Asn2-Pro3-Asn4-Ala5-) (6) where Pro(NH2)7 = Pro(CH2COOH)8 represents the template, using solid-phase peptide synthesis with cyclization in solution. The molecule is shown by NMR and dynamic simulated annealing methods to adopt a preferred conformation in aqueous solution, which includes an extended backbone at the residues Asn2-Pro3-Asn4, and a type-Iβ-turn at . These studies show that this novel template may be used in the synthesis of cyclic peptide and protein mimetics having defined secondary structure in aqueous environments.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 0018-019X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: We explore here an approach to mimic the structures and biological functions of protein loops in small synthetic molecules, by grafting the loop of interest onto an organic template comprising a bicyclic diketopiperazine, prepared by the formal coupling of (2S,4S)-4-aminoproline (Pro(NH2)) and aspartic acid (Asp). The Fmoc-protected template 4 is used to prepare cyclo(-Ala1-Asn2-Pro3-Asn4-Ala5- Ala6-Temp-) (5) and cyclo(-Ala1-Arg2-Gly3-Asp4-Temp-) (6) (where Temp = template derived from 4), containing the Asn-Pro-Asn-Ala (NPNA) and Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motifs. The conformational properties of these molecules are studied in aqueous solution by NMR and simulated-annealing methods. The NPNA motif, an immunodominant epitope on the circumsporozoite surface protein of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is shown to adopt a stable type-I β-turn in 5. The template in 5 adopts a preferred conformation with Pro(NH2)χ1 ≍ -35° and the Asp moiety χ1 ≍ 70°. A different template conformation is inferred for 6, with Pro(NH2)χ1 ≍ 0°, but the ARGD loop appears by NMR to undergo rapid conformational averaging. Solid-phase binding assays reveal that 6 displays modest antagonist activity towards both the integrin αIIbβ3 and αvβ3 receptors.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 0018-019X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: As a direct test of the Cane-Westley hypothesis concerning the mode of assembly of ether rings in the polyether class of ionophore antibiotics, we describe experiments culminating in the synthesis of three putative intermediates on the monensin biosynthetic pathway and incorporation experiments with these materials and the monensin-producing organism Streptomyces cinnamonensis. The putative intermediates synthesised include the trienes [21-3H]-7 and [13-3H]-10, and the diene [9-3H]-11. The results of the incorporation experiments conducted with whole cell cultures suggest that [13-3H]-10 and [21-3H]-7 are unable to cross the intact cell membrane of S. cinnamonensis, whereas diene [9-3H]-11 can gain entry to the cellular interior, but is then degraded efficiently, most likely by a pathway closely related to β-oxidation, without being specifically incorporated into the antibiotic.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 0018-019X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The ability of the monensin-producing organism Streptomyces cinnamonensis to bioconvert the (E)-and (Z)-isomers of nerolidol (= 3,7,1 1-trimethyldodeca-1,6,10-trien-3-ol) into new oxygenated products has been investigated. When a 3H-labelled racemic form of each sesquiterpene was added to fermentations of S. cinnamonensis, several new 3H-labelled products could be detected. Two products were isolated from bioconversion of (E)-nerolidol, the amide 8 and the 9 (Scheme 2), whereas four products were isolated from the bioconversion of (Z)-nerolidol, the epoxydiol 10, triols 11 and 12, and the tetrahydrofuryl alcohol 13 (Scheme 4). Products 9-13 were obtained as a 1 : 1 mixture of diastereoisomers, and 12 was shown to arise by the overall anti addition of two OH groups to the trisubstituted (Z)-double bond of (Z)-nerolidol. Both isomers of nerolidol as well as the acetylene 7 are inhibitors of monensin production in shake cultures of S. cinnamonensis.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 0018-019X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The synthesis of a cis-Phe-Pro dipeptide mimetic is described, which adopts a type-VIβ-turn conformation. In this mimetic, the α-positions of Phe and Pro are joined by a CH2CH2 bridge, thereby forming a fused bicyclic system, and fixing a geometry similar to that seen in cis-Phe-Pro units in protein crystal structures. The dipeptide mimetic 20 was synthesized in optically pure form starting from (R)-α-allylproline (6; Schemes 1, 3, and 4), with a free carboxylic acid and an Fmoc-protected N-terminus, thereby allowing its incorporation into linear and cyclic peptides using standard solid-phase methods. The mimetic 20 was incorporated into the cyclic somatostatin analogue cyclo(-Phe = Pro-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-), where Phe = Pro represents the mimetic. This analogue shows a high affinity (pIC50 8.6) for somatostatin receptors on rat-brain cortex membranes. Based on NMR studies in aqueous solution, likely low-energy conformations for this analogue were deduced using restrained dynamic simulated annealing. The conformations found, which include a distorted type-II′ turn at D-Trp-Lys, are similar to low-energy conformations deduced elsewhere for cyclo(-Phe-Pro-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-), as well as to those seen in crystal structures of the somatostatin analogue octreotide.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: androgens ; androgen receptor ; bone cells ; dehydroepiandrosterone ; dihydrotestosterone ; hydroxyflutamide ; osteoblasts ; stable transfection ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Androgens have significant beneficial effects on the skeleton. However, studies on the effects of androgens on osteoblasts are limited due to the absence of appropriate model systems that combine completness of the osteoblastic phenotype, rapid proliferation rate, and stable expression of the androgen receptor (AR). Thus, we stably transfected the conditionally immortalized human fetal osteoblastic cell line (hFOB) with the human wild-type AR (hAR) cDNA. Compared to nontransfected hFOB cells, constitutive hAR mRNA expression in three independent hAR-transfected hFOB clones (hFOB/AR) was 15-fold higher in hFOB/AR-16, 62-fold higher in hFOB/AR-2, and 72-fold higher in hFOB/AR-6 cells, respectively, as assessed by semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Detectable constitutive levels of hAR mRNA by Northern blot analysis were present in hFOB/AR-2 and hFOB/AR-6 cells, but not in hFOB/AR-16 or hFOB cells, respectively. Treatment with 5α-dihydrotestosterone (5α-DHT) (10-8 M) for 24 h did not alter hAR mRNA steady state levels in the hFOB/AR cell lines. Nuclear binding studies demonstrated 152 ± 73 (mean ± SEM) functional hARs/nucleus in non-transfected hFOB cells, 3,940 ± 395 functional hARs/nucleus in hFOB/AR-2 cells, and 3,987 ± 823 hARs/nucleus in hFOB/AR-6 cells, respectively. Treatment with 5α-DHT increased the expression of a transiently transfected androgen response element-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (ARE-CAT) reporter construct in hFOB/AR-6 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner; no such effect was observed in transiently transfected hFOB cells lacking exogenously transfected hARs. Moreover, 5α-DHT-induced ARE-CAT expression was inhibited by the selective androgen receptor antagonist, hydroxyflutamide. In summary, we have developed and characterized androgen-responsive osteoblastic cell lines derived from normal human fetal bone that express physiological levels of functional hARs. These cell lines should provide a suitable model for further studies on the effects of androgens on osteoblast function, including the identification of potential androgen-regulated growth factors and cytokines. J. Cell. Biochem. 66: 542-551, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 0170-2041
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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    ISSN: 0170-2041
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Description / Table of Contents: Synthesis, characterization and stereochemistry of Bridged Intramolecularly alkylated Cobaloximes; monomeric and Dimeric complexes of different configurationLigands have been synthesized containing two vicinaldioxime functions joined by a carbon chain to which is attached in the centre a bromomethyl or chloromethyl group (20, 22, 25). These ligands, upon reaction with cobalt(II) chloride in the presence of pyridine and sodium borohydride afforded bridged intramolecularly alkylated cobaloximes. When the vicinal dioxime functions are separated by a chain of nine carbon atoms mainly dimeric complexes are formed. Two of these, 26, and 27, were isolated and characterized by spectroscopic methods and their structures were established by X-ray crystallography. Ligands containing eleven or thirteen carbon atoms between the dioxime functions afforded mainly monomeric cobaloximes with cis configuration, e. g. 28. The trans-monomeric complex 30 was produced along with the cis isomer when the number of carbon atoms in the bridge was raised to fifteen.
    Notes: Liganden werden synthetisiert, in denen zwei vicinale Dioximfunktionen durch eine Kohlenwasserstoffkette, die in der Mitte eine Brommethyl-oder Chlormethylgruppe trägt, verbunden sind (20, 22, 25). Umsetzung dieser Liganden mit Cobalt(II)-chlorid in Gegenwart von Pyridin und Natriumboranat ergibt überbrückte, intramolekular alkylierte Cobaloxime. Wenn die Dioxim-funktionen durch neun C-Atome getrennt sind, entstehen hauptsächlich dimere Produkte, von denen zwei Diastereomere, 26 und 27, isoliert und sowohl spektroskopisch als auch durch Röntgenstrukturanalyse charakterisiert wurden. Bei elf oder dreizehn C-Atomen zwischen den Dioximfunktionen entstehen hauptsächlich monomere Cobaloxime mit cis-Konfiguration, wie 28 Das trans-Monomere 30 entsteht (neben dem cis-Monomeren) erst, wenn die Anzahl der C-Atome in der Brücke af fünfzehn erhöht wird.
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