fluoropeptidomimetics;
protease inhibitors;
chemistry and aqueous stability;
D O I:
10.1016/j.bmc.2005.02.011
中图分类号:
Q5 [生物化学];
Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号:
071010 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
Designer fluoropeptidomimetics as protease inhibitors are revealed. The key peptidomimetic region in the inhibitors contains a ' CHF-S-' moiety and is designed to mimic the tetrahedral oxyanion species during the hydrolysis of a peptide bond. Designed fluoropeptidomimetics in aqueous methanol slowly (in several hours to days) yielded the corresponding methyl ether and/or the oxazole derivatives after cyclization. Alkyl substitutions at the C-2 position exhibited enhanced aqueous stability. Nature of '-CHF-S-' moiety and the stabilities of various fluoropeptidomimetics in aqueous solution are disclosed in detail. Fluoropeptidomimetics containing bulky substitutions at PI such as compounds 15 and 16 exhibited time-dependent loss of activities against chymotrypsin, up to 67% and 79% with a K-i of 63 and 120 mu M, respectively. Fluoropeptidomimetics are a novel class of protease inhibitors and the next generation of fluoropeptidomimetics should incorporate enhanced stability. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.