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Development of a library of thiophene‐based drug‐like Lego molecules: Evaluation of their anion binding, transport properties, and cytotoxicity

Development of a library of thiophene‐based drug‐like Lego molecules: Evaluation of their anion binding, transport properties, and cytotoxicity
Development of a library of thiophene‐based drug‐like Lego molecules: Evaluation of their anion binding, transport properties, and cytotoxicity
The anion‐binding and transport properties of an extensive library of thiophene‐based molecules are reported. Seventeen bis‐urea positional isomers, with different binding conformations and lipophilicities, have been synthesized by appending α‐ or β‐thiophene or α‐, β‐, or γ‐benzo[b]thiophene moieties to an ortho‐phenylenediamine central core, yielding six subsets of positional isomers. Through 1H NMR, X‐ray crystallography, molecular modelling, and anion efflux studies, it is demonstrated that the most active transporters adopt a pre‐organized binding conformation capable of promoting the recognition of chloride, using urea and C−H binding groups in a cooperative fashion. Additional large unilamellar vesicle‐based assays, carried out under electroneutral and electrogenic conditions, together with N‐methyl‐d‐glucamine chloride assays, have indicated that anion efflux occurs mainly through an H+/Cl− symport mechanism. On the other hand, the most efficient anion transporter displays cytotoxicity against tumor cell lines, while having no effects on a cystic fibrosis cell line.
anion transport, cytotoxicity, efflux studies, molecular modelling, thiophene-based molecules
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Vieira, Paulo, Miranda, Margarida Q., Marques, Igor, Carvalho, Sílvia, Chen, Li‐jun, Howe, Ethan N. W., Zhen, Carl, Leung, Claudia Y., Spooner, Michael J., Morgado, Bárbara, Cruz E Silva, Odete A. B., Moiteiro, Cristina, Gale, Philip A. and Félix, Vítor (2020) Development of a library of thiophene‐based drug‐like Lego molecules: Evaluation of their anion binding, transport properties, and cytotoxicity. Chemistry - A European Journal, 26 (4), 888-899. (doi:10.1002/chem.201904255).

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Abstract

The anion‐binding and transport properties of an extensive library of thiophene‐based molecules are reported. Seventeen bis‐urea positional isomers, with different binding conformations and lipophilicities, have been synthesized by appending α‐ or β‐thiophene or α‐, β‐, or γ‐benzo[b]thiophene moieties to an ortho‐phenylenediamine central core, yielding six subsets of positional isomers. Through 1H NMR, X‐ray crystallography, molecular modelling, and anion efflux studies, it is demonstrated that the most active transporters adopt a pre‐organized binding conformation capable of promoting the recognition of chloride, using urea and C−H binding groups in a cooperative fashion. Additional large unilamellar vesicle‐based assays, carried out under electroneutral and electrogenic conditions, together with N‐methyl‐d‐glucamine chloride assays, have indicated that anion efflux occurs mainly through an H+/Cl− symport mechanism. On the other hand, the most efficient anion transporter displays cytotoxicity against tumor cell lines, while having no effects on a cystic fibrosis cell line.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 7 November 2019
Published date: 16 January 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: The CFBE cell line was kindly provided by Prof. M. D. Amaral (BioISI ? Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon). This work was supported by the projects PTDC/QEQ-SUP/4283/2014, UID/MULTI/00612/2019, and CICECO ? Aveiro Institute of Materials (UID/CTM/50011/2019), financed by National Funds through the FCT/MEC and co-financed by QREN-FEDER through COMPETE under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. M.M. is thankful for Ph.D. grant PD/BD/142933/2018 from FCT. I.M. is grateful for a postdoctoral grant (BPD/UI98/6065/2018) under project ?pAGE? (Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000003), co-funded by Centro 2020 programme, Portugal 2020, European Union, through the European Regional Development Fund. P.A.G. thanks the ARC (DP180100612) and the University of Sydney for funding. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Keywords: anion transport, cytotoxicity, efflux studies, molecular modelling, thiophene-based molecules

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Local EPrints ID: 437376
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/437376
ISSN: 0947-6539
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ORCID for Philip A. Gale: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-4910

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Date deposited: 29 Jan 2020 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:51

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Author: Paulo Vieira
Author: Margarida Q. Miranda
Author: Igor Marques
Author: Sílvia Carvalho
Author: Li‐jun Chen
Author: Ethan N. W. Howe
Author: Carl Zhen
Author: Claudia Y. Leung
Author: Michael J. Spooner
Author: Bárbara Morgado
Author: Odete A. B. Cruz E Silva
Author: Cristina Moiteiro
Author: Philip A. Gale ORCID iD
Author: Vítor Félix

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