TY - JOUR

T1 - Solid phase synthesis and biological evaluation of enantiomerically pure wasp toxin analogues PhTX-343 and PhTX-12

AU - Strømgaard, K

AU - Bjørnsdottir, I

AU - Andersen, K

AU - Brierley, M J

AU - Rizoli, S

AU - Eldursi, N

AU - Mellor, I R

AU - Usherwood, P N

AU - Hansen, S H

AU - Krogsgaard-Larsen, P

AU - Jaroszewski, J W

N1 - Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

PY - 2000/2

Y1 - 2000/2

N2 - PhTX-343 and PhTX-12, analogues of the natural polyamine wasp toxin PhTX-433, were synthesised in 40-60% yields as pure enantiomers using solid phase synthesis techniques. Capillary electrophoresis procedures were developed for chiral separation and determination of enantiomeric purity (ee) of the enantiomers of PhTX-343 and PhTX-12. The methods were optimised with respect to chiral selector, buffer pH, and temperature around the capillary. Thus, rac-PhTX-343 was resolved using a separation buffer containing 30 mM heptakis-(2, 6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin in 50 mM 6-aminocarproic acid (pH 4. 0) at 15 degrees C. rac-PhTX-12 was not resolvable in this system, but could be resolved using a separation buffer containing 10% w/v of dextrin 10, a linear maltodextrin, in 50 mM 6-aminocaproic acid (pH 4.0) at 15 degrees C. Using these methods, the optical purity of the synthetic enantiomers was determined to be ee > 99%. The enantiomers were also characterised by chiroptical methods. The antagonist potency of the enantiomers was tested on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (human muscle-type nAChR) expressed in TE671 cells, ionotropic glutamate receptors in Xenopus laevis oocytes (expressing recombinant GluR1flop receptors), and locust muscle ionotropic glutamate receptors sensitive to quisqualate (qGluR). The potencies of each pair of enantiomers were similar (eudismic ratio close to 1).

AB - PhTX-343 and PhTX-12, analogues of the natural polyamine wasp toxin PhTX-433, were synthesised in 40-60% yields as pure enantiomers using solid phase synthesis techniques. Capillary electrophoresis procedures were developed for chiral separation and determination of enantiomeric purity (ee) of the enantiomers of PhTX-343 and PhTX-12. The methods were optimised with respect to chiral selector, buffer pH, and temperature around the capillary. Thus, rac-PhTX-343 was resolved using a separation buffer containing 30 mM heptakis-(2, 6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin in 50 mM 6-aminocarproic acid (pH 4. 0) at 15 degrees C. rac-PhTX-12 was not resolvable in this system, but could be resolved using a separation buffer containing 10% w/v of dextrin 10, a linear maltodextrin, in 50 mM 6-aminocaproic acid (pH 4.0) at 15 degrees C. Using these methods, the optical purity of the synthetic enantiomers was determined to be ee > 99%. The enantiomers were also characterised by chiroptical methods. The antagonist potency of the enantiomers was tested on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (human muscle-type nAChR) expressed in TE671 cells, ionotropic glutamate receptors in Xenopus laevis oocytes (expressing recombinant GluR1flop receptors), and locust muscle ionotropic glutamate receptors sensitive to quisqualate (qGluR). The potencies of each pair of enantiomers were similar (eudismic ratio close to 1).

KW - Animals

KW - Circular Dichroism

KW - Electrophoresis, Capillary

KW - Evaluation Studies as Topic

KW - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

KW - Mass Spectrometry

KW - Membrane Potentials

KW - Phenols

KW - Polyamines

KW - Stereoisomerism

KW - Tyrosine

KW - Wasp Venoms

KW - Xenopus laevis

U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(2000)12:2<93::AID-CHIR6>3.0.CO;2-B

DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(2000)12:2<93::AID-CHIR6>3.0.CO;2-B

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 10637415

VL - 12

SP - 93

EP - 102

JO - Chirality

JF - Chirality

SN - 0899-0042

IS - 2

ER -