Chemoenzymatic synthesis of organoselenium(IV) compounds and their evaluation as cysteine protease inhibitors

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Alves, Márcio F. M¹  Juliano, Luiz¹  Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil¹  Brömme, Dieter¹  Andrade, Leandro H¹  Cunha, Rodrigo L. O. R¹  Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil¹  Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil¹  Piovan, Leandro¹  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada¹ 

关键词: selenium;    cathepsin;    inhibitors;    biocatalysis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-50532010001100012

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A series of organoselenium dihalides (organoselenanes) was synthesized from organoselenides using a chemoenzymatic approach. The organoselenanes have variations in their stereochemistry and in the halogen atom bonded to the selenium atom. Because of the unique selenium-thiol chemistry displayed by several organoselenium compounds, the organoselenanes were evaluated as new potential inhibitors of cysteine proteases (cathepsins S and V). By the analysis of the second-order rate constants of the inhibition of cathepsin S and V, it was possible to conclude that organoselenanes inhibited the cathepsin S faster than cathepsin V. It was observed higher inhibitory potencies for the dibromo organoselenanes derivatives than the dichloro analogues. In addition, the present data suggest the use of hypervalent selenium compounds as novel motifs for cysteine proteases inhibitors.

【 授权许可】

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