Synthesis of protected norcysteines for SPPS compatible with Fmoc strategy

We report the synthesis of racemic Alloc-Ncy(Tmob)-OH, the resolution of its methyl ester and demonstrate its application to form a norcystine bridge in octreotide-amide using the Fmoc strategy on solid phase. N-Alloc and S-Tmob protections of norcysteine (Ncy) were found to be a preferred choice for Fmoc strategy over three other protected norcysteines synthesized, that is, Fmoc-Ncy(tBu)-OH, Alloc-Ncy(tBu)-OH, and Alloc-Ncy(Trt)-OH.     

Electrophilic S‐Trifluoromethylation of Cysteine Side Chains in α‐ and β‐Peptides: Isolation of Trifluoro‐methylated Sandostatin® (Octreotide) Derivatives

The new electrophilic trifluoromethylating 1‐(trifluoromethyl)‐benziodoxole reagents A and B (Scheme 1) have been used to selectively attach CF₃ groups to the S‐atom of cysteine side chains of α‐ and β‐peptides (up to 13‐residues‐long; products 7 – 14 ). Other functional groups in the substrates (amino, amido, carbamate, carboxylate, hydroxy, phenyl) are not attacked by these soft reagents. Depending on the conditions, the indole ring of a Trp residue may also be trifluoromethylated (in the 2‐position). The products are purified by chromatography, and identified by ¹H‐, ¹³C‐, and ¹⁹F‐NMR spectroscopy, by CD spectroscopy, and by high‐resolution mass spectrometry. The CF₃ groups, thus introduced, may be replaced by H (Na/NH₃), an overall Cys/Ala conversion. The importance of trifluoromethylations in medicinal chemistry and possible applications of the method (spin‐labelling, imaging, PET) are discussed.     

A simple model describing the retention behavior of octreotide and its glycosylated derivatives in reversed phase HPLC

Summary The retention behavior of octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, and its glycosylated derivatives containing different numbers of glucose units has been studied by reversed phase HPLC. A retention model was developed by correlating the logarithm of the retention factor with the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of the analyte. Linear functions could be derived for all the separation systems investigated. The slopes of the straight lines were a measure of the selectivity of the chromatographic system and enabled calculation of increments for the saccharide groups in different eluent systems. The highest increment was found using trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as ion pairing agent. The model was extended to substitution of the same peptide with hydrophobic groups such as acetyl and alkyl. Straight lines were again obtained. The influence of the different eluent systems upon peak shape and retention is also discussed. Owing to the strong peak tailing a dual retention mechanism consisting of hydrophobic and silanophilic interactions was assumed. It was shown that addition of quaternary ammonium compounds to mask the surface silanols of the stationary phase reduced both the peak tailing and the retention of the peptides.     

A tandem metathesis–hydrogenation route to dicarba analogues of cystine-containing cyclic peptides

Dicarba cyclic peptide analogues of the cyclic peptide octreotide have been synthesised in good yields using a single pot, on resin, tandem homogeneous metal-catalysed metathesis–hydrogenation sequence.     

NMR‐Solution Structures and Affinities for the Human Somatostatin G‐Protein‐Coupled Receptors hsst1–5 of CF3 Derivatives of Sandostatin® (Octreotide)

The previously reported (Helv. Chim. Acta 2008 , 91, 2035) derivatives of octreotide ( 1 ) with a (CF₃)‐Trp substitution, i.e., 3 , and with open‐chain structures, i.e., 2, 4 , and 5 , have been tested for their affinities to hsst_1–5 receptors and subjected to a detailed NMR analysis. Their affinities vary from 15 nM to 5 μM , as compared to 0.6 nM to 0.8 μM for octreotide itself (Table 1). This decreased bioactivity may have had to be expected for the open‐chain compounds 4 and 5 ; possible reasons for this decrease in the case of CF₃ derivative of octreotide, 3 , are discussed. NMR Analysis (Tables 2 and 3) provides evidence for increased dynamics of all new derivatives 2 – 5 . The dynamics of the octreotide molecule 1 was analyzed by (natural‐abundance) longitudinal ¹³C‐T₁‐relaxation time measurements (Table 4), from which the conclusion is drawn that the backbone of the macrocycle is rather rigid on the time scale of this method.     

Direct Solid Phase Synthesis of Biologically Active Peptide Alcohols

New procedures have been developed for the synthesis of peptide alcohols, such as octreotide conjugates, fragment of gramicidin, and fragment of Trichorzianines in high yield using dihydropyran-2-carboxylic acid as a bifunctional linker to anchor Fmoc-threoninol(Bu^t), Fmoc-glycinol, and Fmoc-phenylalaninol onto amine-resins. The linker is stable during peptide elongation as evidenced by a high yield at each coupling step. The octreotide disulfide bonds were formed on-resin by incubating the elongated octreotide/resin with Tl(TFA)₃/DMF at 0 °C for 1 hour. Tl(TFA)₃/DMF is sufficiently mild that the protecting group and the linker remain intact and allow further the direct coupling of conjugates to octreotide using an autosynthesizer.     

Separation of positional isomers of mono-poly(ethylene glycol)-modified octreotides by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

The purpose of this study was to develop a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method (RP-HPLC) for separating each positional isomer from low- to high-molecular-weight mono-PEGylated octreotides prepared by polyethylene glycol (PEG) derivatives with various molecular weights (2, 5, or 20 kDa). In the gradient elution using acetonitrile and 10 mM phosphate buffer at pH 7.0 on a Phenomenex Gemini C-18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm id, 5 μm), each positional isomer of the mono-PEGylated octreotides was completely resolved with good resolution (PEG-2K: 7.6, PEG-5K: 6.6, and PEG-20K: 3.1). The optimal RP-HPLC condition also resolved the degradation products of mono-PEG-octreotide isomers in thermal stability studies at 55 °C and enzymatic stability studies with trypsin. In conclusion, the developed RP-HPLC method will be valuable for studying the effect of PEGylation site and the attached PEG size on the physicochemical and pharmacological properties of PEGylated octreotides.     

乙酸奥曲肽的波谱解析

利用波谱学等技术详细研究了生长抑素类似物奥曲肽的乙酸盐的波谱学特征.1H NMR和1H-1H COSY谱分析表明该化合物由70个质子组成,与乙酸奥曲肽中氢原子数相符,说明乙酸与奥曲肽以1∶1的摩尔比形成铵盐;13C NMR及DEPT实验结果证明该化合物由51个碳原子组成,与乙酸奥曲肽中碳原子数一致;电喷雾离子源质谱(E...