6955-17-5Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis, structure elucidation, in vitro biological activity, toxicity, and Caco-2 cell permeability of lipophilic analogues of α-conotoxin MII
Blanchfield, Joanne T.,Dutton, Julie L.,Hogg, Ronald C.,Gallagher, Oliver P.,Craik, David J.,Jones, Alun,Adams, David J.,Lewis, Richard J.,Alewood, Paul F.,Toth, Istvan
, p. 1266 - 1272 (2003)
The α-conotoxin MII is a two disulfide bridge containing, 16 amino acid long peptide toxin isolated from the marine snail Conus magus. This toxin has been found to be a highly selective and potent inhibitor of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) of the subtype α3β2. To improve the bioavailability of this peptide, two lipidic analogues of MII have been synthesized, the first by coupling 2-amino-D,L-dodecanoic acid (Laa) to the N terminus (LaaMII) and the second by replacing Asn5 in the MII sequence with this lipoamino acid (5LaaMII). Both lipidic linear peptides were then oxidized under standard conditions. 1H NMR shift analysis of these peptides and comparison with the native MII peptide showed that the tertiary structure of the N-conjugated analogue, LaaMII, was consistent with that of the native conotoxin, whereas the 5LaaMII analogue formed the correct disulfide bridges but failed to adopt the native helical tertiary structure. The N terminus conjugate was also found to inhibit nAChRs of the subtype α3β2 with equal potency to the parent peptide, whereas the 5LaaMII analogue showed no inhibitory activity. The active LaaMII analogue was found to exhibit significantly improved permeability across Caco-2 cell monolayers compared to the native MII, and both peptides showed negligible toxicity.
Pro-apoptotic activity of lipidic α-amino acids isolated from Protopalythoa variabilis
Wilke, Diego Veras,Jimenez, Paula Christine,Araújo, Renata Mendona,Da Silva, Wildson Max Barbosa,Pessoa, Otília Deusdênia Loiola,Silveira, Edilberto Rocha,Pessoa, Claudia,De Moraes, Manoel Odorico,Skwarczynski, Mariusz,Simerska, Pavla,Toth, Istvan,Costa-Lotufo, Letícia Veras
scheme or table, p. 7997 - 8004 (2011/02/23)
Lipidic α-amino acids (LAAs) have been described as non-natural amino acids with long saturated or unsaturated aliphatic chains. In the continuing prospect to discover anticancer agents from marine sources, we have obtained a mixture of two cytotoxic LAAs (1a and 1b) from the zoanthid Protopalythoa variabilis. The anti-proliferative potential of 14 synthetic LAAs and 1a/1b were evaluated on four tumor cell lines (HCT-8, SF-295, MDA-MB-435, and HL-60). Five of the synthetic LAAs showed high percentage of tumor cell inhibition, while 1a/1b completely inhibited tumor cell growth. Additionally, apoptotic effects of 1a/1b were studied on HL-60 cell line. 1a/1b-treated cells showed apoptosis morphology, loss of mitochondrial potential, and DNA fragmentation.
Syntheses of polycationic dendrimers on lipophilic peptide core for complexation and transport of oligonucleotides
Wimmer, Norbert,Marano, Robert J.,Kearns, Philip S.,Rakoczy, Elizabeth P.,Toth, Istvan
, p. 2635 - 2637 (2007/10/03)
Synthesis of novel polycationic lipophilic peptide core(s) was accomplished and these agents successfully transfected human retinal pigment epithelium cells with ODN1 upon complexation with the oligonucleotide. The level of transfection was indirectly measured by the decreased production of the protein hVEGF (human vascular endothelial growth factor) in comparison to the transfection agent cytofectin GSV.
