Abstract
Thiols are the most reactive nucleophilic reagents among the biological models investigated. The reactivity of butenolides 1a-c, 2-4, and 6-8 toward L-cysteine, a model biological nucleophile, was studied spectrophotometrically. The rates of the reactions were measured and correlated with antitumour activity of these molecules. N-Acetylcysteine addition product 5, resulting from the treatment of butenolide 4 with glutathione precursor, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, was isolated. Unlike purine-containing gamma-(Z)-ethylidene-2,3-dimethoxybutenolides 1a-c, 4, 6, and 7, adduct 5 and butenolides 10-12 did not exhibit inhibitory activity against murine leukemias (L1210 and P388), breast carcinoma (MCF7), and human T-lymphoblasts (Molt4/C8 and CEM/0) cell lines. As such, the biological activity of purine-containing butenolides can be attributed to their adenine moiety as a recognition site as well as their reactivity towards the cysteine residues of functional proteins forming covalent bond via reverse Michael type addition. Adenine-containing phosphonothioanhydride derivative 8 was also synthesised. Its reaction with N-acetyl-L-cysteine produced N,S-diacetylcysteine and thiophosphonate 9. Compound 9 did not exhibit anticancer activity; yet i...Continue Reading
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