Highly Selective Binding and Inhibition of Pyr-His-Pro-NH2 (TRH) Function using a Polypyridinyl Macrocyclic Receptor
Chao-Ping Hou1, Jian Yang1, Lei Zhang2
1College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Macrocycle, cyclo[4] [(1,3-(4,6)-dimethylbezene)[4](2,6-(3,5)-dimethylpyridine (B4P4), shows highly selective binding affinity with protirelin (Pyr-His-Pro-NH2 ; TRH) among the tested 26 drug or drug adductive substrates. The stable complexation in a 1:1 manner was fully characterized in solution, gas phase, and solid state study. Furthermore, B4P4 acts as an efficient TRH inhibitor even at [macrocycle]:[drug] <1:300, both in membrane transport and cellar incubation. The current work provides an unprecedented strategy for macrocycles to be efficiently used in drug target therapy.
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