Synthesis of Gly-ψ[(Z)CF═CH]-Phe, a Fluoroalkene Dipeptide Isostere, and Its Incorporation into a Leu-enkephalin Peptidomimetic

Autor: Guillaume Langlois, Louis Gendron, Sébastien Grastilleur, Thi Thanh Hà Dao, Brigitte Guérin, Véronique Blais, Kristina Rochon, Yves L. Dory, Jean-François Nadon
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 8:40-49
ISSN: 1948-7193
Popis: A new Leu-enkephalin peptidomimetic designed to explore the hydrogen bond acceptor ability of the third peptide bond has been prepared and studied. This new analog is produced by replacing the third amide of Leu-enkephalin with a fluoroalkene. An efficient and innovative synthesis of the corresponding dipeptide surrogate Fmoc-Gly-ψ[(Z)CF═CH]-Phe-OH is described. The key step involves the alkylation of a tin dienolate from the less hindered face of its chiral sulfonamide auxiliary derived from camphor. Once its synthesis was complete, its incorporation into the peptidomimetic sequence was achieved on a solid support with chlorotrityl resin following the Fmoc strategy. The peptidomimetic was characterized using competition binding with [125I]-deltorphin I on membrane extracts of HEK293 cells expressing the mouse delta opioid receptor (DOPr) and based on its abilities to inhibit the electrically induced contractions of the mouse vas deferens and to activate the ERK1/2 signaling pathway in DRGF11/DOPr-GFP cel...
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