title: Solid-phase synthesis and biological activity of a thioether analogue of conotoxin G1.
abstract: A bicyclic thioether analogue of alpha-conotoxin G1, a neurotoxin found in the venom of cone snails, was synthesized on solid phase. Two successive intramolecular on-bead cyclizations between a cysteine residue and a chloroacetylated reduced peptide bond are the key steps in the synthesis. The first reduced peptide bond was introduced by a reductive alkylation with a 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl protected amino aldehyde, and the second by coupling of a dipeptide building block containing an allyloxycarbonyl protected reduced peptide bond. The desired bicyclic product was obtained as a mixture of two isomers, which were evaluated for their ability to inhibit the muscular nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes. The two isomers were found to have IC(50) values (inhibitory activities) of 144 microM and 48 microM, compared to 0.18 microM for native conotoxin G1.
authors.affiliation: SPOCC Centre, Carlsberg Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Gamle Carlsbergvej 10, 2500 Valby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bondebjerg
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grunnet
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jespersen
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meldal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D020916:Conotoxins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003500:Cyclization; D005260:Female; D009865:Oocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010452:Peptide Biosynthesis; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013440:Sulfides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D020916:Conotoxins; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D013440:Sulfides; C029960:conotoxin GI