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Title: Synthesis of and a comparative study on the inhibition of muscle and liver glycogen phosphorylases by epimeric pairs of d-gluco- and d-xylopyranosylidene-spiro-(thio)hydantoins and N-(d-glucopyranosyl) amides. Author: Somsák L, Kovács L, Tóth M, Osz E, Szilágyi L, Györgydeák Z, Dinya Z, Docsa T, Tóth B, Gergely P. Journal: J Med Chem; 2001 Aug 16; 44(17):2843-8. PubMed ID: 11495595. Abstract: D-Gluco- and D-xylopyranosylidene-spiro-hydantoins and -thiohydantoins were prepared from the parent sugars in a six-step, highly chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective procedure. In the key step of the syntheses C-(1-bromo-1-deoxy-beta-D-glycopyranosyl)formamides were reacted with cyanate ion to give spiro-hydantoins with a retained configuration at the anomeric center as the major products. On the other hand, thiocyanate ions gave spiro-thiohydantoins with an inverted anomeric carbon as the only products. On the basis of radical inhibition studies, a mechanistic rationale was proposed to explain this unique stereoselectivity and the formation of C-(1-hydroxy-beta-D-glycopyranosyl)formamides as byproducts. Enzyme assays with a and b forms of muscle and liver glycogen phosphorylases showed spiro-hydantoin 12 and spiro-thiohydantoin 14 to be the best and equipotent inhibitors with K(i) values in the low micromolar range. The study of epimeric pairs of D-gluco and D-xylo configurated spiro-hydantoins and N-(D-glucopyranosyl)amides corroborated the role of specific hydrogen bridges in binding the inhibitors to the enzyme.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]