title: Facile and stabile linkages through tyrosine: bioconjugation strategies with the tyrosine-click reaction.
abstract: The scope, chemoselectivity, and utility of the click-like tyrosine labeling reaction with 4-phenyl-3H-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5(4H)-diones (PTADs) is reported. To study the utility and chemoselectivity of PTAD derivatives in peptide and protein chemistry, we synthesized PTAD derivatives possessing azide, alkyne, and ketone groups and studied their reactions with amino acid derivatives and peptides of increasing complexity. With proteins we studied the compatibility of the tyrosine click reaction with cysteine and lysine-targeted labeling approaches and demonstrate that chemoselective trifunctionalization of proteins is readily achieved. In particular cases, we noted that PTAD decomposition resulted in formation of a putative isocyanate byproduct that was promiscuous in labeling. This side reaction product, however, was readily scavenged by the addition of a small amount of 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-propane-1,3-diol (Tris) to the reaction medium. To study the potential of the tyrosine click reaction to introduce poly(ethylene glycol) chains onto proteins (PEGylation), we demonstrate that this novel reagent provides for the selective PEGylation of chymotrypsinogen, whereas traditional succinimide-based PEGylation targeting lysine residues provided a more diverse range of PEGylated products. Finally, we applied the tyrosine click reaction to create a novel antibody-drug conjugate. For this purpose, we synthesized a PTAD derivative linked to the HIV entry inhibitor aplaviroc. Labeling of the antibody trastuzumab with this reagent provided a labeled antibody conjugate that demonstrated potent HIV-1 neutralization activity demonstrating the potential of this reaction in creating protein conjugates with small molecules. The tyrosine click linkage demonstrated stability to extremes of pH, temperature, and exposure to human blood plasma indicating that this linkage is significantly more robust than maleimide-type linkages that are commonly employed in bioconjugations. These studies support the broad utility of this reaction in the chemoselective modification of small molecules, peptides, and proteins under mild aqueous conditions over a broad pH range using a wide variety of biologically acceptable buffers such as phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-propane-1,3-diol (Tris) buffers as well as others and mixed buffered compositions.
authors.affiliation: The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and the Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gavrilyuk
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hakamata
authors.forename: Tsubasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inokuma
authors.forename: Carlos F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Barbas
mesh_terms: D057930:Click Chemistry; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014230:Triazoles; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C053540:4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione; D014443:Tyrosine
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