Connecting the chemical and biological reactivity of epoxides
| Autor: | Emilio Calle, Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli, Marina González-Pérez, M. Teresa Pérez-Prior, Jorge Arenas-Valgañón, Julio Casado, M. Pilar García-Santos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Alkylating Agents
Materiales Stereochemistry Pyridines Hydrolysis Adducts General Medicine Alkylation Toxicology Adduct chemistry.chemical_compound DNA Adducts Kinetics chemistry Alcohols Pyridine SN2 reaction Epoxy Compounds Reactivity (chemistry) Propylene oxide Post-translational modification Ethers |
| Zdroj: | e-Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid instname e-Archivo: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) |
| ISSN: | 1520-5010 |
| Popis: | The chemical reactivity of the mutagenic epoxides (EP) propylene oxide (PO), 1,2-epoxybutane (1,2-EB), and cis- and trans-2,3-epoxybutane (cis- and trans-2,3-EB) with 4-(p-nitrobenzyl)pyridine (NBP), a bionucleophile model for S(N)2 alkylating agents with high affinity for the guanine-N7 position, was investigated kinetically. It was found that three reactions are involved simultaneously: the alkylation reaction of NBP by EP, which yields the corresponding NBP-EP adducts through an S(N)2 mechanism, and EP and NBP-EP hydrolysis reactions. PO and 1,2-EB were seen to exhibit a higher alkylating potential than cis- and trans-2,3-EB. From a study of the correlations between the chemical reactivity (kinetic parameters) and the biological effectiveness of oxiranes, the following conclusions can be drawn: (i) the hydrolysis reactions of epoxides must be taken into account to understand their bioactivity. (ii) The fraction (f) of the alkylating oxirane that forms the adduct and the adduct life (AL) permit the potential of epoxides as bioactive molecules to be rationalized even semiquantitatively; and (iii) alkylation of DNA by epoxides and the O-6-/N7-guanine adduct ratio are directly related to their mutagenicity in vitro. Publicado |
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