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α-Aminoxy Oligopeptides: Synthesis, Secondary Structure, and Cytotoxicity of a New Class of Anticancer Foldamers
Diedrich, Daniela,Moita, Ana J. Rodrigues,Rüther, Anja,Frieg, Benedikt,Reiss, Guido J.,Hoeppner, Astrid,Kurz, Thomas,Gohlke, Holger,Lüdeke, Steffen,Kassack, Matthias U.,Hansen, Finn K.
, p. 17600 - 17611 (2016/11/28)
α-Aminoxy peptides are peptidomimetic foldamers with high proteolytic and conformational stability. To gain an improved synthetic access to α-aminoxy oligopeptides we used a straightforward combination of solution- and solid-phase-supported methods and obtained oligomers that showed a remarkable anticancer activity against a panel of cancer cell lines. We solved the first X-ray crystal structure of an α-aminoxy peptide with multiple turns around the helical axis. The crystal structure revealed a right-handed 28-helical conformation with precisely two residues per turn and a helical pitch of 5.8 ?. By 2D ROESY experiments, molecular dynamics simulations, and CD spectroscopy we were able to identify the 28-helix as the predominant conformation in organic solvents. In aqueous solution, the α-aminoxy peptides exist in the 28-helical conformation at acidic pH, but exhibit remarkable changes in the secondary structure with increasing pH. The most cytotoxic α-aminoxy peptides have an increased propensity to take up a 28-helical conformation in the presence of a model membrane. This indicates a correlation between the 28-helical conformation and the membranolytic activity observed in mode of action studies, thereby providing novel insights in the folding properties and the biological activity of α-aminoxy peptides.
Structure-activity relationships of novel endomorphin-2 analogues with N-O turns induced by α-aminoxy acids
Wei, Jie,Shao, Xuan,Gong, Maozhen,Zhu, Beibei,Cui, Yuxin,Gao, Yanfeng,Wang, Rui
, p. 2986 - 2989 (2007/10/03)
Endomorphin-2 (H-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Phe-NH2, EM-2) is a putative endogenous μ-opioid receptor ligand. To study the structure-activity relationship against its receptor, we introduced N-O turns into EM-2 and got the analogues with potent affinities for μ-opioid receptor. Our results indicated that N-O turn structures at the Pro2-aminoxy-Phe 3 position of EM-2 analogues played important roles for their affinities. These novel analogues with N-O turns provided a new approach to develop potent analgesics related to EM-2.