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5’-Phosphorylation Increases the Efficacy of Nucleoside Inhibitors of the DNA Repair Enzyme SNM1A
Berney, Mark,Fay, Ellen M.,Manoj, Manav T,McGouran, Joanna F.
supporting information, (2022/01/13)
Certain cancers exhibit upregulation of DNA interstrand crosslink repair pathways, which contributes to resistance to crosslinking chemotherapy drugs and poor prognoses. Inhibition of enzymes implicated in interstrand crosslink repair is therefore a promising strategy for improving the efficacy of cancer treatment. One such target enzyme is SNM1A, a zinc co-ordinating 5’–3’ exonuclease. Previous studies have demonstrated the feasibility of inhibiting SNM1A using modified nucleosides appended with zinc-binding groups. In this work, we sought to develop more effective SNM1A inhibitors by exploiting interactions with the phosphate-binding pocket adjacent to the enzyme's active site, in addition to the catalytic zinc ions. A series of nucleoside derivatives bearing phosphate moieties at the 5’-position, as well as zinc-binding groups at the 3’-position, were prepared and tested in gel-electrophoresis and real-time fluorescence assays. As well as investigating novel zinc-binding groups, we found that incorporation of a 5’-phosphate dramatically increased the potency of the inhibitors.
Synthetic studies of the tunicamycin antibiotics. Preparation of (+)-tunicaminyluracil, (+)-tunicamycin-V, and 5′-epi-tunicamycin-V
Myers, Andrew G.,Gin, David Y.,Rogers, Daniel H.
, p. 4697 - 4718 (2007/10/02)
A concise synthetic route to the tunicamycin antibiotics is described, illustrated by the preparation of (+)-tunicamycin-V (1-V). Key features of the synthesis include (1) the development and application of a silicon-mediated reductive coupling of aldehydes and allylic alcohols to construct the undecose core of the natural product and (2) the development of an efficient procedure for the synthesis of the trehalose glycosidic bond within the antibiotic. These innovations allow for the coupling of a uridine-derived aldehyde fragment with a performed trehalose-linked disaccharide allylic alcohol to form the carbohydrate core (1) of the natural product in a highly covergent manner. The resultant amino polyol is a versatile intermediate for the synthesis of any of the homologous tunicamycin antibiotics.