27-Nor-Δ4-dafachronic acid was prepared in nine steps and 14% overall yield by two sequential 2-carbon homologations from 20β-carboxyaldehyde-4-pregnen-3-one. Its activity was evaluated in vivo, where it rescued the Mig phenotype of daf-9(rh50) Caenorhabditis elegans mutants and restored their normal resistance to oxidative stress. 27-Nor- Δ4-dafachronic acid was also able to directly bind and activate DAF-12 in a transactivation cell-based luciferase reporter assay, although it was less active than the corresponding 25R-and 25S dafachronic acids. The binding mode of the 27-Nor steroid was studied by molecular dynamics using a homology model of the CeDAF-12 receptor. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | 27-Nor-Δ4-dafachronic acid is a synthetic ligand of Caenorhabditis elegans DAF-12 receptor |
Autor: | Samaja, G.A.; Castro, O.; Alvarez, L.D.; Dansey, M.V.; Escudero, D.S.; Veleiro, A.S.; Pecci, A.; Burton, G. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Química Orgánica and UMYMFOR (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina IQUIBICEN (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina IFIBYNE (CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | DAF-12 receptor Caenorhabditis elegans daf-9 Mutants Dafachronic acid Molecular dynamics; 27 nor delta4 dafachronic acid; aldehyde; carboxylic acid derivative; cell nucleus receptor; cholesterol derivative; ligand; nuclear receptor DAF 12; unclassified drug; animal experiment; article; binding affinity; biological activity; Caenorhabditis elegans; controlled study; drug receptor binding; drug synthesis; in vitro study; in vivo study; ligand binding; molecular dynamics; molecular model; nonhuman; oxidative stress; phenotype; Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; Cholestenes; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; HEK293 Cells; Humans; Ligands; Models, Molecular; Molecular Conformation; Molecular Dynamics Simulation; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Structure-Activity Relationship; Caenorhabditis elegans |
Año: | 2013 |
Volumen: | 23 |
Número: | 10 |
Página de inicio: | 2893 |
Página de fin: | 2896 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.071 |
Título revista: | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Título revista abreviado: | Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. |
ISSN: | 0960894X |
CODEN: | BMCLE |
CAS: | Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; Cholestenes; DAF-12 protein, C elegans; Ligands; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; delta4-dafachronic acid |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0960894X_v23_n10_p2893_Samaja |