A beta-fluoroamine inhibitor of purine nucleoside phosphorylase

J Med Chem. 2008 Sep 25;51(18):5880-4. doi: 10.1021/jm800792b.

Abstract

The potent immucillin purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP ) inhibitors F-DADMe-ImmH [(3S,4S)-3], and [(3R,4R)-3] are synthesized in seven steps. Cycloaddition to a fluoroalkene and an enzymic resolution are the key features of the construction of the fluoropyrrolidines 11, from which the immucillins are assembled by use of a three-component Mannich reaction. Slow-onset binding constants (Ki(*)) for [(3S,4S)-3] and [(3R,4R)-3] with human PNP are 0.032 and 1.82 nM, respectively. F-DADMe-ImmH [(3S,4S)-3] exhibits oral availability in mice at doses as low as 0.2 mg/kg.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amines / chemistry
  • Amines / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Biological Availability
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacokinetics
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • T-Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Amines
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase