28128-41-8Relevant articles and documents
HETEROCYCLIC GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE 1 INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN
-
Page/Page column 85, (2011/04/19)
The present invention relates to the field of small molecule heterocyclic inhibitors of GTP cyclohydrolase (GCH-I), or a tautomer, prodrug, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds and the medical use of these compounds for the treatment or prevention of pain (e.g., inflammatory pain, nociceptive pain, functional pain, or neuropathic pain).
Analysis of peroxynitrite reactions with guanine, xanthine, and adenine nucleosides by high-pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection: C8-nitration and -oxidation
Sodum, Rama S.,Fiala, Emerich S.
, p. 438 - 450 (2007/10/03)
Peroxynitrite, the reaction product of nitric oxide and superoxide anion, and a powerful oxidant, was found to nitrate as well as oxidize adenine, guanine, and xanthine nucleosides. A highly sensitive reverse-phase HPLC method with a dual-mode electrochemical detector, which reduces the nitro product at the first electrode and detects the reduced product by oxidation at the second electrode, was applied to detect femtomole levels of 8-nitroguanine and 8-nitroxanthine. This method was used to separate and identify the products of nitration and oxidation from the reactions of nucleosides with peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrite nitrates deoxyguanosine at neutral pH to give the very unstable 8-nitrodeoxyguanosine, in addition to 8-nitroguanine. 8-Nitrodeoxyguanosine, with a half-life of ～10 min at room temperature and ≤3 min at 37 °C, hydrolyzes at pH 7 to 8-nitroguanine. A decrease in the reaction pH resulted in a decrease in the level of C8-nitration. Peroxynitrite also oxidizes deoxyguanosine in a pH-dependent manner, to give 8-oxodeoxyguanosine with a maximum yield (0.5-0.7%) at pH 5. Guanosine and xanthosine exhibit reactivity similar to that of deoxyguanosine toward peroxynitrite at neutral pH, producing only the corresponding 8-nitronucleosides as well as 8-nitroguanine and 8-nitroxanthine, respectively. 8-Nitroguanosine at pH 7, with a half-life of several weeks at 5 °C and 5 h at 37 °C, was much more stable than 8-nitrodeoxyguanosine. C8-nitration was confirmed by dithionite reduction to the corresponding amino nucleosides, which cochromatographed with synthesized 8-amino nucleoside standards. In contrast to guanine nucleosides, adenine nucleosides undergo peroxynitrite-mediated C8 oxidation even at neutral pH to give the corresponding 8-oxoadenine nucleosides in ～0.3% yield. Adenine nitration, though minor compared to C8-oxidation, appears to occur at both C2 and C8 positions of the adenine ring. Lowering the reaction pH from 7 to 5 results in 2.4- and 2.2-fold increases in the yields of 8-oxo-dA and 8-oxo-Ado, respectively, but the level of nitration is not altered.
Formation and reactions of N7-aminoguanosine and derivatives
Guengerich, F. Peter,Mundkowski, Ralf G.,Voehler, Markus,Kadlubar, Fred F.
, p. 906 - 916 (2007/10/03)
Arylamines are mutagens and carcinogens and are thought to initiate tumors by forming adducts with DNA. The major adducts are C8-guanyl, and we have previously suggested a role for guanyl-N7 intermediates in the formation process. N7-Aminoguanosine (Guo) was synthesized and characterized, with the position of the NH2 at N7 established by two- dimensional rotating frame Overhauser enhancement NMR spectroscopy. In DMF, N7-NH2Guo formed C8-NH2Guo and the cyclic product C8:5'-O-cycloGuo. In aqueous media, these products were formed along with 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroGuo, N7-NH2guanine, and a product characterized as a purine 8,9-ring-opened derivative (N-aminoformamidopyrimidine). The rate of aqueous decomposition of N7-NH2Guo increased with pH, with a t( 1/2 ) of 10 h at pH 7 and a t( 1/2 ) of 2 h at pH 9. The rate of migration of NH2 from N7 to C8 is fast enough to explain the formation of C8-NH2Guo from the reaction of 2,4- dinitrophenoxyamine with Guo but not the formation of C8-(arylamino)Guo in the reaction of Guo with aryl hydroxylamine esters; however, the fluorenyl moiety may facilitate the proposed rearrangement by stabilizing an incipient negative charge in the transfer. In the reaction of Guo with N-hydroxy-2- aminofluorene and acetylsalicylic acid, a peak with the mass spectrum expected for N7-(2-aminofluorenyl)Guo was detected early in the reaction and was distinguished from C8-(2-aminofluorenyl)Guo. NMR experiments with [8- 13C]Guo also provided some additional support for transient formation of N7-(2-aminofluorenyl)Guo. We conclude that a guanyl-N7 intermediate is reasonable in the reaction of activated arylamines with nucleic acids, although an exact rate of transfer of an N7-arylamine group to the C8 position has not yet been quantified. The results provide an explanation for the numerous products associated with modification of DNA by activated arylamines. However, the contribution of 'direct' reaction at the guanine C8 atom cannot be excluded.
