title: Conformational studies of paclitaxel analogs modified at the C-2' position in hydrophobic and hydrophilic solvent systems.
abstract: The conformations of two paclitaxel analogs modified at the C-2' position, 2'-deoxypaclitaxel and 2'-methoxypaclitaxel, were studied in hydrophobic and hydrophilic solvent systems by a combination of NMR spectroscopy, CD measurements, and molecular modeling. Both analogs have hydrophobic and hydrophilic conformations that resemble those of paclitaxel itself in the same media. Since the two have diminished biological activities in a number of bioactivity assays and the hydrogen-bonding capability of the 2'-hydroxyl group has been eliminated, we postulate that this group is involved in hydrogen bonding with tubulin and plays an important role in molecular recognition. The results of this study are in agreement with our earlier report on paclitaxel 2'-acetate, an analog in which the 2'-hydroxyl group hydrogen-bonding capacity has also been eliminated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University 77843-3255, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moyna
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ringel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gorodetsky
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Swindell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D012997:Solvents; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D012997:Solvents; D017239:Paclitaxel