The macrocycle of leinamycin imparts hydrolytic stability to the thiol-sensing 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide unit of the natural product

Santhosh Sivaramakrishnan, Leonid Breydo, Daekyu Sun, Kent S. Gates

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Abstract

Reaction of cellular thiols with the 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide moiety of leinamycin triggers the generation of DNA-damaging reactive intermediates. Studies with small, synthetic analogues of leinamycin reveal that the macrocyclic portion of the natural product imparts remarkable hydrolytic stability to the 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide heterocycle without substantially compromising its thiol-sensing property.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3791-3794
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume22
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2012

Keywords

  • DNA cleavage
  • DNA damage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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