Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2011 Jun 1;19(11):3585-94. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.03.067. Epub 2011 Apr 9.
Classical antifolates (4-7) with a tricyclic benzo[4,5]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine scaffold and a flexible and rigid benzoylglutamate were synthesized as dual thymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibitors. Oxidative aromatization of ethyl 2-amino-4-methyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate (±)-9 to ethyl 2-amino-4-methyl-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate 10 with 10% Pd/C was a key synthetic step. Compounds with 2-CH₃ substituents inhibited human (h) TS (IC₅₀ =0.26-0.8 μM), but not hDHFR. Substitution of the 2-CH₃ with a 2-NH₂ increases hTS inhibition by more than 10-fold and also affords excellent hDHFR inhibition (IC₅₀ = 0.09-0.1 μM). This study shows that the tricyclic benzo[4,5]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine scaffold is highly conducive to single hTS or dual hTS-hDHFR inhibition depending on the 2-position substituents. The X-ray crystal structures of 6 and 7 with hDHFR reveal, for the first time, that tricyclics 6 and 7 bind with the benzo[4,5]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine ring in the folate binding mode with the thieno S mimicking the 4-amino of methotrexate.
经典的抗叶酸类药物(4-7)具有三环苯并[4,5]噻吩[2,3-d]嘧啶骨架和柔性刚性苯甲酰谷氨酸,是胸苷酸合成酶(TS)和二氢叶酸还原酶(DHFR)的双重抑制剂。乙基 2-氨基-4-甲基-4,5,6,7-四氢-1-苯并噻吩-3-羧酸酯(±)-9 的氧化芳构化用 10% Pd/C 转化为乙基 2-氨基-4-甲基-1-苯并噻吩-3-羧酸酯 10 是一个关键的合成步骤。具有 2-CH₃取代基的化合物抑制人(h)TS(IC₅₀=0.26-0.8 μM),但不抑制 hDHFR。用 2-NH₂取代 2-CH₃可使 hTS 抑制作用增加 10 倍以上,同时还能提供出色的 hDHFR 抑制作用(IC₅₀=0.09-0.1 μM)。本研究表明,三环苯并[4,5]噻吩[2,3-d]嘧啶骨架高度有利于单 hTS 或双 hTS-hDHFR 抑制,这取决于 2 位取代基。与 hDHFR 的 X 射线晶体结构 6 和 7 首次揭示,三环 6 和 7 以叶酸结合模式与苯并[4,5]噻吩[2,3-d]嘧啶环结合,噻吩 S 模拟甲氨蝶呤的 4-氨基。