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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.
Benzotriazole-mediated syntheses of depsipeptides and oligoesters
Avan, Ilker,Tala, Srinivasa R.,Steel, Peter J.,Katritzky, Alan R.
, p. 4884 - 4893 (2011/07/30)
Reactions of O-Pg(α-hydroxyacyl)benzotriazoles with (a) unprotected α-hydroxycarboxylic acids, (b) amino acids, and (c) amines afforded, respectively, chirally pure (a) oligoesters, (b) depsidipeptides, and (c) amide conjugates (yields 52-94%). N-Pg(α-Ami
Synthesis and characterization of chiral N-O turns induced by α-aminoxy acids
Yang,Li,Ng,Yan,Qu,Wu
, p. 7303 - 7312 (2007/10/03)
Chiral α-aminoxy acids of various side chains were synthesized with high optical purity starting from chiral α-amino acids. The conformations of diamides 13a-e, 15, and 16 were probed by using NMR, FT-IR, and CD spectroscopic methods as well as X-ray crystallography. The right-handed turns with eight-membered-ring intramolecular hydrogen bonds between adjacent residues (called the N-O turns) were found to be preferred for D-aminoxy acid residues, and they were independent of the side chains. The rigid chiral N-O turns should have great potential in molecular design.