エポチロンへの非常に簡潔な経路:エポチロン490の総合合成と評価
Kaustav Biswas1, Hong Lin, Jon T Njardarson
1Bioorganic Chemistry, Preclinical Pharmacology Core Facility and Analytical Pharmacology Core Facility, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|August 15, 2002
まとめ
この研究は,リングクロージングオレフィンメタテシス (RCM) を使用したエポチロンの新しいステレオスペシフィック合成を提示しています. 新しいRCM減少プロトコルは,抗腫瘍薬の開発とアナログ合成のためのエポチロンフレームワークを効率的に生成します.
科学分野:
- 有機化学 オーガニック・ケミストリー
- 薬用化学 薬用化学について
- 化学生物学 化学生物学とは
背景:
- エポチロンは有望な抗腫瘍剤の一種です.
- 以前の環閉オレフィンメタテシス (RCM) を用いたエポチロンの合成では,ステレオコントロールが欠けていた.
- エポチロン490 (3) は,エポチロン合成のためのRCMの再評価を促した.
研究 の 目的:
- エポチロンの簡潔でモジュラーでステレオ選択的な実験室合成を開発する.
- 効率的なエポチロンフレームワーク生成のための新しいRCM減少プロトコルの確立.
- 構造-活性関係 (SAR) 研究のための新しいエポチロンアナログの合成を探求する.
主な方法:
- マクロリド環を形成するために,ステレオ特異の環閉オレフィンメタテシス (RCM).
- チラルのチタン媒介アルドール条件は,C3-(S) -アルコールの後期導入のために.
- 新しく形成されたオレフィンの選択的ダイミド還元.
- アナログ合成のための新しいオレフィン機能化.
主要な成果:
- 最終合成ステップとしてRCMを実行することで,望ましいE-olefinの64%の収量を達成しました.
- 選択的ダイミド還元により,臨床候補である12,13-デソキシエポチロンBが得られました.
- この新しい経路は,細胞毒性および微小管の親和性スクリーニングのための新しいアナログの構築を容易にした.
- エポチロン490は,不利な薬理動力学により,異種移植におけるインビボ性能が悪かったが,薬理動力学的基準に基づいて,ヒトでの使用は有望である.
結論:
- エポチロンの新しい,ステレオ選択的RCMベースの合成が成功裏に開発されました.
- RCM減量プロトコルは,エポチロンアナログと臨床候補である12,13-デソキシエポチロンBへの効率的な経路を提供します.
- エポチロン490は,臨床前のモデルでインビボ効果が低いことを示したが,その薬理 Profil farmakokinetiknyo manunjuakkan,潜在的治療価値は,ヒトである.
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