We have achieved a total synthesis of telomestatin and determined it absolute configuration to be (
R). During the synthetic study for its enantiomer, serious epimerization in the macrolactamization was observed. The problem was overcome under the reaction conditions utilizing DPPA/HOBt/DMAPO and the (
S)-isomer was synthesized. Measurement of
Tm values obtained from the CD melting curves indicated that (
S)-isomer stabilizes the antiparallel G-quadruplex structure of telomea more strongly than telomestatin. The (
S)-isomer exhibited more potent inhibitory activity against telomerase than telomestatin. We also synthesized telomestatin analogues that are heptaoxazole macrocycles including different numbers of methyloxazole moieties or containing a bromooxazole. The bromooxazole-containing heptaoxazole analogue underwent Suzuki-Miyaura coupling leading to aryl-substituted oxazole-containing heptaoxazole analogues. Although the substituents on the oxazole moieties in the heptaoxazole macrocyclic analogues did not affect telomerase inhibitory activity, one of amino-linked
S-alkylated analogues exhibited potent inhibitory activity as telomestatin.
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