Synthesis and incorporation into cyclic peptides of tolan amino acids and their hydrogenated congeners: construction of an array of A-B-loop mimetics of the Cε3 domain of human IgE

J Org Chem. 2012 Apr 6;77(7):3197-214. doi: 10.1021/jo202604q. Epub 2012 Mar 7.

Abstract

The disruption of the human immunolobulin E-high affinity receptor I (IgE-FcεRI) protein-protein interaction (PPI) is a validated strategy for the development of anti asthma therapeutics. Here, we describe the synthesis of an array of conformationally constrained cyclic peptides based on an epitope of the A-B loop within the Cε3 domain of IgE. The peptides contain various tolan (i.e., 1,2-biarylethyne) amino acids and their fully and partially hydrogenated congeners as conformational constraints. Modest antagonist activity (IC(50) ∼660 μM) is displayed by the peptide containing a 2,2'-tolan, which is the one predicted by molecular modeling to best mimic the conformation of the native A-B loop epitope in IgE.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemical synthesis*
  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Amino Acids / immunology
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Epitopes / chemistry*
  • Epitopes / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Hydrogenation
  • Immunoglobulin E / chemistry*
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemical synthesis*
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry*
  • Receptors, IgE / chemistry*
  • Receptors, IgE / immunology*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Epitopes
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Receptors, IgE
  • Immunoglobulin E