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Generation of potent Nrf2 activators via tuning the electrophilicity and steric hindrance of vinyl sulfones for neuroprotection
Song, Zi-Long,Hou, Yanan,Bai, Feifei,Fang, Jianguo
, (2020/12/21)
Oxidative stress is constantly involved in the etiopathogenesis of an ever-widening range of neurodegenerative diseases. As a consequence, effective repression of cellular oxidative stress to a redox homeostatic condition is a promising and feasible strategy to treat, or at least retard the progression of, such disorders. Nrf2, a primary orchestrator of cellular antioxidant response machine, is responsible for detoxifying and compensating for deleterious oxidative stress via transcriptional activation of a diverse array of antioxidant biomolecules. In the framework of our persistent interest in disclosing small molecules that interfere with cellular redox-regulating machinery, we report herein the synthesis, optimization, and biological assessment of 47 vinyl sulfone scaffold-bearing small molecules, most of which exhibit robust neuroprotective effect against H2O2-mediated lesions to PC12 cells. After initial screening, the most potent neuroprotective compounds 9b and 9c with marginal cytotoxicity were selected for the follow-up studies. Our results demonstrate that their neuroprotective effects are attributed to the up-regulation of a panel of antioxidant genes and corresponding gene products. Further mechanistic studies indicate that Nrf2 is indispensable for the cellular performances of 9b and 9c, arising from the fact that silence of Nrf2 gene drastically nullifies their protective action. Taken together, 9b and 9c discovered in this work merit further development as neuroprotective candidates for the treatment of oxidative stress-mediated pathological conditions.
Isomerisation of Vinyl Sulfones for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Vinyl Azides
Collins, Niall,Connon, Robert,Evans, Paul,Sánchez-Sanz, Goar
, p. 6228 - 6235 (2020/10/02)
Reported is the construction, and facile base-mediated conversation of ten differently substituted 3-azido E-vinyl sulfones (γ-azido-α,β-unsaturated sulfones) into their isomeric vinyl azide counterparts. The requisite 3-azido E-vinyl sulfones were prepared from 3-bromo E-vinyl sulfones, which in turn were accessed from allyl sulfones via a bromination-elimination sequence. In relation to this a one-pot azidation-isomerisation sequence was developed which enabled the direct formation of the vinyl azides from the corresponding 3-bromo E-vinyl sulfones. Similarly, a convenient one-pot Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons olefination-isomerisation approach was utilised in order to prepare some of the allylic sulfones used in this study. The vinyl azide forming process typically proceeded with high levels of Z-selectivity, although this was dependent on the vinyl sulfone substitution pattern. Thus, with either no substituent or a methyl group in the γ- or β-position, relative to the sulfone, good, to high levels of Z-selectivity (Z/E = 85:15 to ≥ 95:5) were obtained. However, incorporation of an α-sulfonyl methyl substituent led to an E-selective process (Z/E = 20:80). A non-bonding interaction between the azido group and the α-sulfonyl vinylic proton is proposed, which acts as a conformational control mechanism to help guide the stereochemical outcome.
Quantum Chemical-Based Protocol for the Rational Design of Covalent Inhibitors
Schirmeister, Tanja,Kesselring, Jochen,Jung, Sascha,Schneider, Thomas H.,Weickert, Anastasia,Becker, Johannes,Lee, Wook,Bamberger, Denise,Wich, Peter R.,Distler, Ute,Tenzer, Stefan,Johé, Patrick,Hellmich, Ute A.,Engels, Bernd
supporting information, p. 8332 - 8335 (2016/07/26)
We propose a structure-based protocol for the development of customized covalent inhibitors. Starting from a known inhibitor, in the first and second steps appropriate substituents of the warhead are selected on the basis of quantum mechanical (QM) computations and hybrid approaches combining QM with molecular mechanics (QM/MM). In the third step the recognition unit is optimized using docking approaches for the noncovalent complex. These predictions are finally verified by QM/MM or molecular dynamic simulations. The applicability of our approach is successfully demonstrated by the design of reversible covalent vinylsulfone-based inhibitors for rhodesain. The examples show that our approach is sufficiently accurate to identify compounds with the desired properties but also to exclude nonpromising ones.
