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Buchanan D, Mori S, Chadli A, Panda SS. Natural Cyclic Peptides: Synthetic Strategies and Biomedical Applications. Biomedicines 2025; 13:240. [PMID: 39857823 PMCID: PMC11763372 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13010240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2024] [Revised: 01/12/2025] [Accepted: 01/13/2025] [Indexed: 01/27/2025] Open
Abstract
Natural cyclic peptides, a diverse class of bioactive compounds, have been isolated from various natural sources and are renowned for their extensive structural variability and broad spectrum of medicinal properties. Over 40 cyclic peptides or their derivatives are currently approved as medicines, underscoring their significant therapeutic potential. These compounds are employed in diverse roles, including antibiotics, antifungals, antiparasitics, immune modulators, and anti-inflammatory agents. Their unique ability to combine high specificity with desirable pharmacokinetic properties makes them valuable tools in addressing unmet medical needs, such as combating drug-resistant pathogens and targeting challenging biological pathways. Due to the typically low concentrations of cyclic peptides in nature, effective synthetic strategies are indispensable for their acquisition, characterization, and biological evaluation. Cyclization, a critical step in their synthesis, enhances metabolic stability, bioavailability, and receptor binding affinity. Advances in synthetic methodologies-such as solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), chemoenzymatic approaches, and orthogonal protection strategies-have transformed cyclic peptide production, enabling greater structural complexity and precision. This review compiles recent progress in the total synthesis and biological evaluation of natural cyclic peptides from 2017 onward, categorized by cyclization strategies: head-to-tail; head-to-side-chain; tail-to-side-chain; and side-chain-to-side-chain strategies. Each account includes retrosynthetic analyses, synthetic advancements, and biological data to illustrate their therapeutic relevance and innovative methodologies. Looking ahead, the future of cyclic peptides in drug discovery is bright. Emerging trends, including integrating computational tools for rational design, novel cyclization techniques to improve pharmacokinetic profiles, and interdisciplinary collaboration among chemists, biologists, and computational scientists, promise to expand the scope of cyclic peptide-based therapeutics. These advancements can potentially address complex diseases and advance the broader field of biological drug development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Devan Buchanan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA; (D.B.); (S.M.)
- Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA; (D.B.); (S.M.)
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- Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA; (D.B.); (S.M.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Mushtaq A, Zahoor AF. Mukaiyama aldol reaction: an effective asymmetric approach to access chiral natural products and their derivatives/analogues. RSC Adv 2023; 13:32975-33027. [PMID: 38025859 PMCID: PMC10631541 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra05058k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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The Mukaiyama aldol reaction is generally a Lewis-acid catalyzed cross-aldol reaction between an aldehyde or ketone and silyl enol ether. It was first described by Mukaiyama in 1973, almost 5 decades ago, to achieve the enantioselective synthesis of β-hydroxy carbonyl compounds in high percentage yields. Mukaiyama aldol adducts play a pivotal role in the synthesis of various naturally occurring and medicinally important organic compounds such as polyketides, alkaloids, macrolides, etc. This review highlights the significance of the Mukaiyama aldol reaction towards the asymmetric synthesis of a wide range of biologically active natural products reported recently (since 2020).
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- Aqsa Mushtaq
- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad 38000 Faisalabad Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad 38000 Faisalabad Pakistan
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Lui NM, Collum DB. Sodiated Oppolzer Enolates: Solution Structures, Mechanism of Alkylation, and Origin of Stereoselectivity. Org Chem Front 2023; 10:4750-4757. [PMID: 38144519 PMCID: PMC10746328 DOI: 10.1039/d3qo01021j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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NMR spectroscopic studies reveal camphorsultam-derived sodium enolates known as Oppolzer enolates reside as monomers in neat THF and THF/HMPA solutions and as dimers in toluene when solvated by N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) and N,N,N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylenediamine (PMDTA). Density functional theory (DFT) computations attest to the solvation numbers. Rate studies show analogy with previously studied lithiated Oppolzer enolates in which alkylation occurs through non-chelated solvent-separated ion pairs. The origins of the selectivity trace to transition structures in which the alkylating agent is guided to the exo face of the camphor owing to stereoelectronic preferences imparted by the sultam sulfonyl moiety. Marked secondary-shell solvation effects are gleaned from the rate studies.
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- Nathan M Lui
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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Liu C, Wang L, Sun Y, Zhao X, Chen T, Su X, Guo H, Wang Q, Xi X, Ding Y, Chen Y. Probe Synthesis Reveals Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1 Alpha 1 as the Anti‐Pancreatic Cancer Target of BE‐43547A
2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206953. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Can Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry Nankai University 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry Nankai University 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry Nankai University 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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Liu C, Wang L, Sun Y, Zhao X, Chen T, Su X, Guo H, Wang Q, Xi X, Ding Y, Chen Y. Probe Synthesis Reveals Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1 Alpha 1 as the Anti‐Pancreatic Cancer Target of BE‐43547A2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Can Liu
- Nankai University College of Pharmacy CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Pharmacy CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Pharmacy CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Pharmacy CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Pharmacy CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Pharmacy CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Pharmacy Weijin RoadNankai district 300071 Tianjin CHINA
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Han F, Liu G, Zhao X, Du S, Ding Y, Zhang Q, Deng H, Wang L, Chen Y. Total synthesis and stereochemical assignment of rakicidin F. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:4135-4140. [PMID: 35510627 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00692h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Total synthesis of rakicidin F was accomplished in 20 linear steps (0.68% overall yield), which enabled the configural determination of its six stereogenic centers as 2R, 15R, 16R, 17S, 19S, and 21S. The macrolactonization of the rakicidin linear precursor was investigated and the unsuccessful results might be attributed to the steric hindrance near C16-OH.
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- Fangzhi Han
- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People's Republic of China.
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- Nankai University, Tianjin Third Central Hospital affiliated to Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Tianjin, 300170, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People's Republic of China.
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Ha MW, Kim J, Paek SM. Recent Achievements in Total Synthesis for Integral Structural Revisions of Marine Natural Products. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:md20030171. [PMID: 35323470 PMCID: PMC8951824 DOI: 10.3390/md20030171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
A great effort to discover new therapeutic ingredients is often initiated through the discovery of the existence of novel marine natural products. Since substances produced by the marine environment might be structurally more complex and unique than terrestrial natural products, there have been cases of misassignments of their structures despite the availability of modern spectroscopic and computational chemistry techniques. When it comes to refutation to erroneously or tentatively proposed structures empirical preparations through organic chemical synthesis has the greatest contribution along with close and sophiscated inspection of spectroscopic data. Herein, we analyzed the total synthetic studies that have decisively achieved in revelation of errors, ambiguities, or incompleteness of the isolated structures of marine natural products covering the period from 2018 to 2021.
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- Min Woo Ha
- Jeju Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Jeju National University, 102 Jejudaehak-ro, Jeju 63243, Jeju-do, Korea;
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Advanced Convergence Technology & Science, Jeju National University, 102 Jejudaehak-ro, Jeju 63243, Jeju-do, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06978, Korea;
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam-do, Korea
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-55-772-2424
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Han F, Liu G, Jin C, Wang J, Liu J, Wang L, Chen Y. Total Synthesis and Determination of the Absolute Configuration of Rakicidin C. Org Lett 2021; 23:7069-7073. [PMID: 34459614 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The absolute configuration of rakicidin C was predicted by comparison of optical rotation data and absolute configuration of APD-cyclic depsipeptides and further determined by total synthesis. The absolute configuration of five chiral centers was determined as 2R, 15R, 16R, 17S, and 19S. Our efficient route involves 19 longest linear steps with an overall yield of 1.49%.
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- Fangzhi Han
- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China.,College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People's Republic of China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China.,College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People's Republic of China
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