title: Fluorinated cyclitols as useful biological probes of phosphatidylinositol metabolism.
abstract: A number of deoxyfluoro cyclitols have been synthesized and evaluated as probes of the phosphatidylinositol pathway (PtdIns pathway), most notably 5-deoxy-5-fluoro-myo-inositol, which is incorporated into the pathway at about 25% the level of myo-inositol itself. Unfortunately, none of the cyclitols have proved effective in limiting cell proliferation, as the cells are able to 'synthesize around' the fraudulent cyclitols using natural myo-inositol as substrate. Inhibitors for 3-phosphatidylinositol kinase, which has importance in a number of pathological conditions, including cancer, have been intensively investigated. 3-Deoxy-3-fluoro-myo-inositol is incorporated into the PtdIns pathway; however, only related phosphatidyl derivatives, for example, a methyl ether derivative of the 3-deoxy inositol, showed significant antiproliferative activity. Synthesis of the deoxyfluoro analogues most often has been accomplished by DAST fluoro-de-hydroxylation of the appropriate cyclitol, generally leading to products of inversion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL 35254, USA.
authors.forename: David J A
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schedler
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017611:Fluorine Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D007294:Inositol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D017611:Fluorine Compounds; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D007294:Inositol