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Veronika Nagy, Nóra Felföldi,
Bálint Kónya,
Jean-Pierre Praly,
Tibor Docsa,
Pál Gergely,
Evangelia D Chrysina,
Costas Tiraidis,
Magda N Kosmopoulou,
Kyra-Melinda Alexacou,
Maria Konstantakaki,
Demetres D Leonidas,
Spyros E Zographos,
Nikos G Oikonomakos,
Stanislav Kozmon,
Igor Tvaroška,
László Somsák
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ABSTRACT: N-(4-Substituted-benzoyl)-N'-(β-d-glucopyranosyl) ureas (substituents: Me, Ph, Cl, OH, OMe, NO(2), NH(2), COOH, and COOMe) were synthesised by ZnCl(2) catalysed acylation of O-peracetylated β-d-glucopyranosyl urea as well as in reactions of O-peracetylated or O-unprotected glucopyranosylamines and acyl-isocyanates. O-deprotections were carried out by base or acid catalysed transesterifications where necessary. Kinetic studies revealed that most of these compounds were low micromolar inhibitors of rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b (RMGPb). The best inhibitor was the 4-methylbenzoyl compound (K(i)=2.3μM). Crystallographic analyses of complexes of several of the compounds with RMGPb showed that the analogues exploited, together with water molecules, the available space at the β-pocket subsite and induced a more extended shift of the 280s loop compared to RMGPb in complex with the unsubstituted benzoyl urea. The results suggest the key role of the water molecules in ligand binding and structure-based ligand design. Molecular docking study of selected inhibitors was done to show the ability of the binding affinity prediction. The binding affinity of the highest scored docked poses was calculated and correlated with experimentally measured K(i) values. Results show that correlation is high with the R-squared (R(2)) coefficient over 0.9.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 03/2012; 20(5):1801-16. · 2.82 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: O-peracetylated 1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-5-phenylbiuret was prepared in the reaction of O-peracetylated beta-D-glucopyranosylisocyanate and phenylurea. The reaction of O-peracetylated N-beta-D-glucopyranosylurea with phenylisocyanate furnished the corresponding 1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3,5-diphenyl- as well as 3-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-1,5-diphenyl biurets besides 1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3-phenylurea. O-Peracetylated 1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-5-(beta-D-glycopyranosyl)biurets were obtained in one-pot reactions of O-peracetylated beta-D-glucopyranosylamine with OCNCOCl followed by a second glycopyranosylamine of beta-D-gluco, beta-D-galacto and beta-D-xylo configurations. O-Acyl protected 1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3-(beta-D-glycopyranosylcarbonyl)ureas were obtained from the reaction of beta-D-glucopyranosylisocyanate with C-(glycopyranosyl)formamides of beta-D-gluco and beta-D-galacto configurations. The O-acyl protecting groups were removed under acid- or base-catalyzed transesterification conditions, except for the N-acylurea derivatives where the cleavage of the N-acyl groups was faster than deprotection. Some of the new compounds exhibited moderate inhibition against rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b and human salivary alpha-amylase.
Carbohydrate research 11/2009; 345(2):208-13. · 2.03 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Preparation of O-peracetylated N-beta-d-glucopyranosyl-N'-acyl urea derivatives resulted in the formation of anomeric mixtures under the following conditions: acylation of O-peracetylated beta-d-glucopyranosyl urea by acyl chlorides in the presence of ZnCl(2) in refluxing CHCl(3); addition of O-peracetylated beta-d-glucopyranosylamine to acyl isocyanates in acetonitrile at rt; addition of carboxamides to in situ prepared O-peracetylated beta-d-glucopyranosyl isocyanate in refluxing toluene. Deprotection of O-peracetylated N-beta-d-glucopyranosyl-N'-acyl ureas either under base (NaOMe in MeOH at or below rt) or under acid (KHSO(4) or AcCl in MeOH at rt) catalyzed transesterification conditions resulted in unavoidable partial cleavage of the N'-acyl moieties. Reaction of beta-d-glucopyranosylammonium carbamate with an isocyanate, isothiocyanate or isoselenocyanate in dry pyridine at rt appears as a general method for the preparation of the corresponding beta-d-glucopyranosyl ureas, -thio- and -selenoureas, respectively, inclusive N'-acyl derivatives.
Carbohydrate Research 09/2008; 343(12):2083-93. · 2.33 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: 2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl- and 2-acetamido-3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl azides were transformed into the corresponding per-O-acetylated N-(beta-D-glycopyranosyl) amides via a PMe(3) mediated Staudinger protocol (generation of N-(beta-D-glycopyranosyl)imino-trimethylphosphoranes followed by acylation with carboxylic acids, acid chlorides or anhydrides). The deprotected compounds obtained by Zemplén deacetylation were evaluated as inhibitors of rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b. The best inhibitor of this series has been N-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl) 3-(2-naphthyl)-propenoic amide (K(i)=3.5microM).
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 10/2004; 12(18):4861-70. · 2.92 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: 2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl- and 2-acetamido-3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranosyl azides were transformed into the corresponding per-O-acetylated N-(β-D-glycopyranosyl) amides via a PMe3 mediated Staudinger protocol (generation of N-(β-D-glycopyranosyl)imino-trimethylphosphoranes followed by acylation with carboxylic acids, acid chlorides or anhydrides). The deprotected compounds obtained by Zemplén deacetylation were evaluated as inhibitors of rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b. The best inhibitor of this series has been N-(β-D-glucopyranosyl) 3-(2-naphthyl)-propenoic amide (Ki = 3.5 μM).Graphical abstract
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 12(18):4861-4870.