TY - JOUR
T1 - Anchimerically Activated ProTides as Inhibitors of Cap-Dependent Translation and Inducers of Chemosensitization in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
AU - Okon, Aniekan
AU - Han, Jingjing
AU - Dawadi, Surendra
AU - Demosthenous, Christos
AU - Aldrich, Courtney C.
AU - Gupta, Mamta
AU - Wagner, Carston R.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Xun Ming for his technical expertise with the LC−MS/ MS analyses. This work is supported by ASH Bridge Grant Award from American Society of Hematology and the University of Minnesota Foundation. This work is also supported in part through startup package from George Washington University. Mass spectrometry was carried out with the assistance of Dr. Bruce A. Witthuhn in the Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource of the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, funded in part by Cancer Center Support Grant CA-77598. We also gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Institutes of Health Grant AI070219 (to C.C.A.).
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© 2017 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2017/10/12
Y1 - 2017/10/12
N2 - The cellular delivery of nucleotides through various pronucleotide strategies has expanded the utility of nucleosides as a therapeutic class. Although highly successful, the highly popular ProTide system relies on a four-step enzymatic and chemical process to liberate the corresponding monophosphate. To broaden the scope and reduce the number of steps required for monophosphate release, we have developed a strategy that depends on initial chemical activation by a sulfur atom of a methylthioalkyl protecting group, followed by enzymatic hydrolysis of the resulting phosphoramidate monoester. We have employed this ProTide strategy for intracellular delivery of a nucleotide antagonist of eIF4E in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated that chemical inhibition of cap-dependent translation results in suppression of c-Myc expression, increased p27 expression, and enhanced chemosensitization to doxorubicin, dexamethasone, and ibrutinib. In addition, the new ProTide strategy was shown to enhance oral bioavailability of the corresponding monoester phosphoramidate.
AB - The cellular delivery of nucleotides through various pronucleotide strategies has expanded the utility of nucleosides as a therapeutic class. Although highly successful, the highly popular ProTide system relies on a four-step enzymatic and chemical process to liberate the corresponding monophosphate. To broaden the scope and reduce the number of steps required for monophosphate release, we have developed a strategy that depends on initial chemical activation by a sulfur atom of a methylthioalkyl protecting group, followed by enzymatic hydrolysis of the resulting phosphoramidate monoester. We have employed this ProTide strategy for intracellular delivery of a nucleotide antagonist of eIF4E in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated that chemical inhibition of cap-dependent translation results in suppression of c-Myc expression, increased p27 expression, and enhanced chemosensitization to doxorubicin, dexamethasone, and ibrutinib. In addition, the new ProTide strategy was shown to enhance oral bioavailability of the corresponding monoester phosphoramidate.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00916
DO - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00916
M3 - Article
C2 - 28858511
AN - SCOPUS:85031311527
SN - 0022-2623
VL - 60
SP - 8131
EP - 8144
JO - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
JF - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
IS - 19
ER -