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Taglialatela-Scafati O, Fattorusso E, Romano A, Scala F, Barone V, Cimino P, Stendardo E, Catalanotti B, Persico M, Fattorusso C. Insight into the mechanism of action of plakortins, simple 1,2-dioxane antimalarials. Org Biomol Chem 2009; 8:846-56. [PMID: 20135043 DOI: 10.1039/b918600j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
A multidisciplinary approach, based on molecular dynamics/mechanics, ab initio calculations, dynamic docking studies, and chemical reactions, has been employed to gain insight into the mechanism of the antimalarial action of plakortin and dihydroplakortin, simple 1,2-dioxanes isolated from the sponge Plakortis simplex. Our results show that these molecules, after interaction of the endoperoxide bond with Fe(ii), likely coming from the heme molecule, give rise to the formation of an oxygen radical, followed by rearrangement to give a carbon radical centered on the "western" alkyl side-chain. The carbon radicals generated on the side-chain, amenable for intermolecular reactions, should represent the toxic intermediates responsible for subsequent reactions leading to plasmodium death. The minimal structural requirements necessary for the activity of this class of antimalarial agents have been identified and discussed throughout the paper.
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- Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati
- Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131 Napoli, Italy
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Bernat V, Saffon N, Maynadier M, Vial H, André-Barrès C. α-Spiro endoperoxides: synthesis and evaluation of their antimalarial activities. Tetrahedron 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Díaz-Marrero AR, Cueto M, D’Croz L, Darias J. Validating an Endoperoxide as a Key Intermediate in the Biosynthesis of Elysiapyrones. Org Lett 2008; 10:3057-60. [DOI: 10.1021/ol8010425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ana R. Díaz-Marrero
- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC, Avenida Astrofísico F, Sánchez, 3, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI, Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Panama, and Departamento de Biología Marina y Limnología, Universidad de Panama, Panama
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC, Avenida Astrofísico F, Sánchez, 3, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI, Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Panama, and Departamento de Biología Marina y Limnología, Universidad de Panama, Panama
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC, Avenida Astrofísico F, Sánchez, 3, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI, Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Panama, and Departamento de Biología Marina y Limnología, Universidad de Panama, Panama
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- Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC, Avenida Astrofísico F, Sánchez, 3, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI, Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Panama, and Departamento de Biología Marina y Limnología, Universidad de Panama, Panama
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Žmitek K, Zupan M, Iskra J. α-Substituted organic peroxides: synthetic strategies for a biologically important class of gem-dihydroperoxide and perketal derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 5:3895-908. [DOI: 10.1039/b711647k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cetin F, Yenil N, Yüceer L. Stable spiro-endoperoxides by sunlight-mediated photooxygenation of 1,2-O-alkylidene-5(E)-eno-5,6,8-trideoxy-alpha-D-xylo-oct-1,4-furano-7-uloses. Carbohydr Res 2005; 340:2583-9. [PMID: 16182263 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Revised: 07/15/2005] [Accepted: 09/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sunlight-mediated photooxygenation of 3-O-acetyl and 3-O-methyl derivatives of 1,2-O-alkylidene-5(E)-eno-5,6,8-trideoxy-alpha-D-xylo-oct-1,4-furano-7-uloses (1a-e) in carbon tetrachloride solution gave stable 4,7-epidioxy derivatives in 4R (2a-e) and 4S (3a-e) configurations. The presence of an endo alkyl, on the 1,2-O-alkylidene group and its size, resulted in an increase of the yield of the 4S isomers. 3-O-acetyl derivatives yielded products as a mixture of C-7 anomers, whereas 3-O-methyl derivatives gave pure single stereoisomers.
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- Fatma Cetin
- Ege University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey
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Kapoor VK, Kumar K. Recent Advances in the Search for Newer Antimalarial Agents. PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2005; 43:189-237. [PMID: 15850826 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6468(05)43006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Vijay K Kapoor
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Griesbeck AG, Fiege M, Gudipati MS, Wagner R. Photooxygenation of 2,4-Dimethyl-1,3-pentadiene: Solvent Dependence of the Chemical (Ene Reaction and [4 + 2] Cycloaddition) and Physical Quenching of Singlet Oxygen. European J Org Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0690(199812)1998:12<2833::aid-ejoc2833>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Posner GH, O'Dowd H, Ploypradith P, Cumming JN, Xie S, Shapiro TA. Antimalarial cyclic peroxy ketals. J Med Chem 1998; 41:2164-7. [PMID: 9622557 DOI: 10.1021/jm980088f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Over 20 new, cyclic, peroxy ketals have been prepared via a two-step protocol starting with readily available aryl methyl ketones. Structure-activity correlations using in vitro antimalarial data as a guide for optimization of potency have led to the design and synthesis of seven new peroxides that have IC50 values of 31-85 nM (artemisinin IC50 = 8.4 nM). Some SAR generalizations are discussed.
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- G H Posner
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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