title: Cyclic tetrapyrrole sulfonation, metals, and oligomerization in antiprion activity.
abstract: Cyclic tetrapyrroles are among the most potent compounds with activity against transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs; or prion diseases). Here the effects of differential sulfonation and metal binding to cyclic tetrapyrroles were investigated. Their potencies in inhibiting disease-associated protease-resistant prion protein were compared in several types of TSE-infected cell cultures. In addition, prophylactic antiscrapie activities were determined in scrapie-infected mice. The activity of phthalocyanine was relatively insensitive to the number of peripheral sulfonate groups but varied with the type of metal bound at the center of the molecule. The tendency of the various phthalocyanine sulfonates to oligomerize (i.e., stack) correlated with anti-TSE activity. Notably, aluminum(III) phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate was both the poorest anti-TSE compound and the least prone to oligomerization in aqueous media. Similar comparisons of iron- and manganese-bound porphyrin sulfonates confirmed that stacking ability correlates with anti-TSE activity among cyclic tetrapyrroles.
authors: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th St., Hamilton, MT 59840, USA. bcaughey@niaid.nih.gov
authors: Winslow S
authors: WS
authors: Caughey
authors: Suzette A
authors: SA
authors: Priola
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Kocisko
authors: Lynne D
authors: LD
authors: Raymond
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Ward
authors: Byron
authors: B
authors: Caughey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D019281:Dimerization; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D054833:Isoindoles; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D015394:Molecular Structure; D018620:PrPSc Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013451:Sulfonic Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D045725:Tetrapyrroles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D008670:Metals; D018620:PrPSc Proteins; D013451:Sulfonic Acids; D045725:Tetrapyrroles; C013647:phthalocyanine
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