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ArticlePure and applied chemistry. Chimie pure et appliquee2012

First total synthesis of the (±)-2-methoxy-6-heptadecynoic acid and related 2-methoxylated analogs as effective inhibitors of the leishmania topoisomerase IB enzyme.

Néstor M Carballeira, Michelle Cartagena, Fengyu Li, Zhongfang Chen, Christopher F Prada, Estefania Calvo-Alvarez, Rosa M Reguera, Rafael Balaña-Fouce

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Néstor M CarballeiraDepartment of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus, PO Box 23346, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Michelle Cartagena
Fengyu Li
Zhongfang Chen
Christopher F Prada
Estefania Calvo-Alvarez
Rosa M Reguera
Rafael Balaña-Fouce

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Upgrade Laboratories Facilities at UPR-Rio PiedrasR25GM061151 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS · PI CARBALLEIRA, NESTOR MANUEL · 2001 to 2023
$32.5M
Marine Fatty Acids as New Antifungal, Antimycobacterial, and Topo-l AgentsSC1GM084708 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS · PI CARBALLEIRA, NESTOR MANUEL · 2008 to 2011
$986k
NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM061151NIGMS NIH HHS SC1 GM084708
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Abstract

The fatty acids (±)-2-methoxy-6Z-heptadecenoic acid (1), (±)-2-methoxy-6-heptadecynoic acid (2) and (±)-2-methoxyheptadecanoic acid (3) were synthesized and their inhibitory activity against the Leishmania DNA topoisomerase IB enzyme (LdTopIB) determined. Acids 1 and 2 were synthesized from 4-bromo-1-pentanol, the former in ten steps and in 7% overall yield, while the latter in seven steps and in 14% overall yield. Acid 3 was prepared in six steps and in 42% yield from 1-hexadecanol. Acids 1-3 inhibited the LdTopIB enzyme following the order 2 > 1 ⪢ 3, with 2 displaying an EC(50) = 16.6 ± 1.1 μM and 3 not inhibiting the enzyme. Acid 1 preferentially inhibited the LdTopIB enzyme over the human TopIB enzyme. Unsaturation seems to be a prerequisite for effective inhibition, rationalized in terms of weak intermolecular interactions between the active site of LdTopIB and either the double or triple bonds of the fatty acids. Toxicity towards Leishmania donovani promastigotes was also investigated resulting in the same order 2 > 1 > 3, with 2 displaying an EC(50) = 74.0 ± 17.1 μM. Our results indicate that α-methoxylation decreases the toxicity of C(17:1) fatty acids towards L. donovani promastigotes, but improves their selectivity index.

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PMCPMC3483880

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