Analogs for the specific iron-binding site in the transferrins: molecular structure of a ternary iron(III) model complex and spectroscopic, redox and reactivity properties of related compounds

Crystals of B,B-bis(p-tolyl)boroxazolidine, 1c, are trigonal, a = 25.1028(9), c = 12.4184(7) Å, Z = 18, space group [Formula: see text]. And crystals of B,B-diphenylboroxazolidine, 1a, are orthorhombic, a = 17.6420(4), b = 14.2527(3), c = 10.205(1) Å, Z = 8, space group Pbca. Both structures were solved by direct methods and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to final R values of 0.057 and 0.040 for 2230 and 1828 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I) respectively. Both molecules have structures similar to related compounds and feature intermolecular N—H … O hydrogen bonds (N … O = 2.982(2) for 1c and 2.896(2) Å for 1a). Bond lengths are: for 1c; O—C, 1.413(3), O—B, 1.478(3), N—C, 1.488(3), N—B, 1.657(3), C(sp3)—C(sp3), 1.501(4), B—C, 1.616(3) and 1.623(3), mean C—C(ar), 1.395, N—H, 0.93(2) and 0.94(2), mean C(sp3)—H, 1.00, and mean C(ar)—H, 1.00 Å; for 1a; O—C, 1.409(2), O—B, 1.476(2), N—C, 1.489(2), N—B, 1.655(2), C(sp3)—C(sp3), 1.507(3), B—C, 1.613(2) and 1.620(2), mean C—C(ar), 1.391, N—H, 0.93(2) and 0.92(2), mean C(sp3)—H, 1.00, and mean C(ar)—H, 0.98 Å. A statistical analysis of the phenyl C—C distances in compounds 1a, 1b, and 1c has provided an example of statistically significant substituent-induced bond length variation in the phenyl rings.

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Modeling the Antileukemia Activity of Ellipticine-Related Compounds: QSAR and Molecular Docking Study

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules25010024 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 24 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Edgar Márquez ◽

José R. Mora ◽

Virginia Flores-Morales ◽

Daniel Insuasty ◽

Luis Calle

Keyword(s):

Molecular Structure ◽

Binding Free Energy ◽

Docking Study ◽

Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship ◽

Quantitative Structure ◽

Molecular Docking Study ◽

Modeling Simulation ◽

Structure Activity ◽

Related Compounds ◽

Cancer Activity

The antileukemia cancer activity of organic compounds analogous to ellipticine representes a critical endpoint in the understanding of this dramatic disease. A molecular modeling simulation on a dataset of 23 compounds, all of which comply with Lipinski’s rules and have a structure analogous to ellipticine, was performed using the quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) technique, followed by a detailed docking study on three different proteins significantly involved in this disease (PDB IDs: SYK, PI3K and BTK). As a result, a model with only four descriptors (HOMO, softness, AC1RABAMBID, and TS1KFABMID) was found to be robust enough for prediction of the antileukemia activity of the compounds studied in this work, with an R2 of 0.899 and Q2 of 0.730. A favorable interaction between the compounds and their target proteins was found in all cases; in particular, compounds 9 and 22 showed high activity and binding free energy values of around −10 kcal/mol. Theses compounds were evaluated in detail based on their molecular structure, and some modifications are suggested herein to enhance their biological activity. In particular, compounds 22_1, 22_2, 9_1, and 9_2 are indicated as possible new, potent ellipticine derivatives to be synthesized and biologically tested.

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Phencyclidine and related compounds evoke [3H]dopamine release from rat mesencephalic cell cultures by a mechanism independent of the phencyclidine receptor, sigma binding site, or dopamine uptake site

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology ◽

10.1139/y90-180 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 68 (9) ◽

pp. 1200-1206 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Howard Mount ◽

Patricia Boksa ◽

Isabelle Chaudieu ◽

Rémi Quirion

Keyword(s):

Binding Site ◽

Cell Cultures ◽

Dopamine Release ◽

Channel Blocker ◽

Dopamine Uptake ◽

Gbr 12909 ◽

Related Compounds ◽

Sigma Ligand ◽

Selective Dopamine ◽

Mesencephalic Cells

At concentrations ≥100 μM, phencyclidine (PCP), N-(1-(2-thienyl)-cyclohexyl)piperidine (TCP), and MK-801 induced [3H]dopamine release from dissociated cell cultures of rat mesencephalon. This release was Ca2+ independent and tetrodotoxin insensitive. Tetrodotoxin (2 μM) itself had no effect on spontaneous release of [3H]dopamine. [3H]Dopamine release was induced by 1,3-di(2-tolyl)guanidine, a sigma ligand, and by 4-aminopyridine (1–3 mM), a K+ channel blocker. No stereoselectivity was observed for [3H]dopamine release evoked by the dioxadrol enantiomers, dexoxadrol, and levoxadrol, or by enantiomers of N-allylnormetazocine (SKF 10,047). The selective dopamine uptake inhibitor 1-(2-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl)-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine dihydrochloride (GBR 12909) did not affect spontaneous or TCP-evoked [3H]dopamine release. Together, these data suggest that the dopamine-releasing effects of PCP-like compounds on the mesencephalic cells were not mediated by actions at the PCP receptor or sigma binding site, Ca2+, or Na+ channels, or at the high affinity dopamine uptake site. It remains conceivable that blocking actions of PCP-like compounds at voltage-regulated K+ channels may at least partly explain the response. These results are discussed in comparison with findings in intact brain.Key words: dopamine, phencyclidine, cell culture, mesencephalon.

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