Symmetry complementarity-guided design of anthrax toxin inhibitors based on β-cyclodextrin: Synthesis and relative activities of face-selective functionalized polycationic clusters

ChemMedChem. 2011 Jan 3;6(1):181-92. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.201000419.

Abstract

Three new series of potential anthrax toxin inhibitors based on the β-cyclodextrin (βCD) scaffold were developed by exploiting face-selective Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne 1,3-cycloadditions, amine-isothiocyanate coupling, and allyl group hydroboration-oxidation/hydroxy → amine replacement reactions. The molecular design follows the "symmetry-complementarity" concept between homogeneously functionalized polycationic βCD derivatives and protective antigen (PA), a component of anthrax toxin known to form C₇-symmetric pores on the cell membrane used by lethal and edema factors to gain access to the cytosol. The synthesis and antitoxin activity of a collection of βCD derivatives differing in the number, arrangement, and face location of the cationic elements are reported herein. These results set the basis for a structure-activity relationship development program of new candidates to combat the anthrax threat.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthrax / drug therapy
  • Anthrax / immunology
  • Anthrax / metabolism
  • Antigens, Bacterial* / immunology
  • Antigens, Bacterial* / metabolism
  • Bacillus anthracis / immunology
  • Bacillus anthracis / metabolism
  • Bacterial Toxins* / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Bacterial Toxins* / immunology
  • Bacterial Toxins* / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Mice
  • Models, Molecular
  • Polyamines* / chemical synthesis
  • Polyamines* / metabolism
  • Polyamines* / pharmacology
  • Polyelectrolytes
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • beta-Cyclodextrins* / chemical synthesis
  • beta-Cyclodextrins* / metabolism
  • beta-Cyclodextrins* / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Polyamines
  • Polyelectrolytes
  • anthrax toxin
  • beta-Cyclodextrins
  • polycations
  • betadex