title: N-alkylated nitrogen-in-the-ring sugars: conformational basis of inhibition of glycosidases and HIV-1 replication.
abstract: The conformations of nitrogen-in-the-ring sugars and their N-alkyl derivatives were studied from 1H NMR analyses, mainly using 3J(H,H) coupling constants and quantitative NOE experiments. No significant difference was seen in the ring conformation of 1-deoxynojirimycin (1), N-methyl-1-deoxynojirimycin (2), and N-butyl-1-deoxynojirimycin (3). However, it was shown that the C6 OH group in 1 is predominantly equatorial to the piperidine ring, while that in 2 or 3 is predominantly axial, and its N-alkyl group is oriented equatorially. In the furanose analogues 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol (4) and its N-methyl (5) and N-butyl (6) derivatives, the five-membered ring conformation differed significantly by the presence or absence of the N-substituted group and the length of the N-alkyl chain. Compound 3 reduced its inhibitory effect on almost all glycosidases, resulting in an extremely specific inhibitor for processing alpha-glucosidase I since N-alkylation of 1 is known to enhance both the potency and specificity of this enzyme in vitro and in vivo. This preferred (C6 OH axial) conformation in 2 and 3 appears to be responsible for their strong alpha-glucosidase I activity. Compound 4 is a good inhibitor of intestinal alpha-glucohydrolases, alpha-glucosidase II, and Golgi alpha-mannosidases I and II, but its N-alkyl derivatives 5 and 6 markedly decreased inhibitory potential for all enzymes tested. In the case of 2,5-dideoxy-2,5-imino-D-mannitol (DMDP, 7), which is a potent beta-galactosidase inhibitor, its N-methyl (8) and N-butyl (9) derivatives completely lost potency toward beta-galactosidase as well. N-Alkylation of compounds 4 and 7, known well as potent yeast alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, resulted in a serious loss of inhibitory activity toward yeast alpha-glucohydrolases. Activity of these nine analogues against HIV-1 replication was determined, based on the inhibition of virus-induced cytopathogenicity in MT-4 and MOLT-4 cells. Compounds 2 and 3, which are better inhibitors of alpha-glucosidase I than 1, proved active with EC50 values of 69 and 49 micrograms/mL in MT-4 cells and 100 and 37 micrograms/mL in MOLT-4 cells, respectively, while none of the furanose analogues exhibited any inhibitory effects on HIV-1. The change in potency and specificity of bioactivity by N-alkylation of nitrogen-in-the-ring sugars appears to be correlated with their conformational change.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kizu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oseki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D000818:Animals; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D009584:Nitrogen