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Design and synthesis of N-benzoyl amino acid derivatives as DNA methylation inhibitors
Garella, Davide,Atlante, Sandra,Borretto, Emily,Cocco, Mattia,Giorgis, Marta,Costale, Annalisa,Stevanato, Livio,Miglio, Gianluca,Cencioni, Chiara,Fernández-de Gortari, Eli,Medina-Franco, José L.,Spallotta, Francesco,Gaetano, Carlo,Bertinaria, Massimo
, p. 664 - 676 (2016/10/25)
The inhibition of human DNA Methyl Transferases (DNMT) is a novel promising approach to address the epigenetic dysregulation of gene expression in different diseases. Inspired by the validated virtual screening hit NSC137546, a series of N-benzoyl amino acid analogues was synthesized and obtained compounds were assessed for their ability to inhibit DNMT-dependent DNA methylation in vitro. The biological screening allowed the definition of a set of preliminary structure–activity relationships and the identification of compounds promising for further development. Among the synthesized compounds, L-glutamic acid derivatives 22, 23, and 24 showed the highest ability to prevent DNA methylation in a total cell lysate. Compound 22 inhibited DNMT1 and DNMT3A activity in a concentration-dependent manner in the micromolar range. In addition, compound 22 proved to be stable in human serum and it was thus selected as a starting point for further biological studies.
Isotope-labeled differential profiling of metabolites using N-benzoyloxysuccinimide derivatization coupled to liquid chromatography/high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry
Wagner, Michel,Ohlund, Leanne B.,Shiao, Tze Chieh,Vézina, Amélie,Annabi, Borhane,Roy, René,Sleno, Lekha
, p. 1632 - 1640 (2015/11/16)
Rationale An isotopic labeling strategy based on derivatizing amine-containing metabolites has been developed using light (12C6) and heavy (13C6) N-benzoyloxysuccinimide reagents for semi-targeted metabolomic applications. Methods Differentially labeled samples were combined and analyzed simultaneously by liquid chromatography/high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (LC/HR-MS/MS) to compare relative amounts of amine-containing metabolites. The selectivity of the reaction was determined with model metabolites and was shown to also be applicable to thiol and phenol moieties. The potential for relative quantitation was evaluated in cell extracts and the method was then applied to quantify metabolic perturbations occurring in human cultured cells under normal vs. oxidative stress conditions. Results A total of 279 derivatized features were detected in HL60 cell extracts, 77 of which yielded significant concentration changes upon oxidative stress treatment. Based on accurate mass measurements and MS/MS spectral matching with reference standard solutions, 10 metabolites were clearly identified. Derivatized compounds were found to have diagnostic fragment ions from the reagent itself, as well as structurally informative ions useful for metabolite identification. Conclusions This simple derivatization reaction can be applied to the relative quantitation of amine-, thiol- and phenol-containing compounds, with improved sensitivity and chromatographic peak shapes due to the increased hydrophobicity of polar metabolites not readily amenable to reversed-phase LC/MS analysis.
Discovery of a novel class of 1,3-dioxane-2-carboxylic acid derivatives as subtype-selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) agonists
Aoki, Tomiyoshi,Asaki, Tetsuo,Hamamoto, Taisuke,Sugiyama, Yukiteru,Ohmachi, Shinji,Kuwabara, Kenji,Murakami, Kohji,Todo, Makoto
, p. 2128 - 2132 (2008/12/21)
A new series of 1,3-dioxane-2-carboxylic acid derivatives was synthesized and evaluated for agonist activity at human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subtypes. Structure-activity relationship studies led to the identification of 2-methyl-c-5-[4-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl)butyl]-1,3-dioxane-r-2-carboxylic acid 4b as a potent PPARα agonist with high subtype selectivity at human receptor subtypes. This compound exhibited a substantial hypolipidemic effect in type 2 diabetic KK-Ay mice.
