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Synthesis of a cytotoxic amanitin for biorthogonal conjugation

Synthesis of a cytotoxic amanitin for biorthogonal conjugation
Synthesis of a cytotoxic amanitin for biorthogonal conjugation

Alpha-amanitin is an exceedingly toxic, naturally occurring, bicyclic octapeptide that inhibits RNA polymerase and results in cellular and organismal death. Here we report the straightforward synthesis of an amanitin analogue that exhibited near-native toxicity. A pendant alkyne was readily installed to enable copper-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) to azido-rhodamine and two azide-bearing versions of the RGD peptide. The fluorescent toxin analogue entered cells and provoked morphological changes consistent with cell death. The latter two conjugates are as toxic as the parent alkyne precursor, which demonstrates that conjugation does not diminish toxicity. In addition, we showed that toxicity depends on a single diastereomer of the unnatural amino acid, dihydroxyisoleucine (DHIle), at position 3. The convenient synthesis of a heptapeptide precursor now provides access to bioactive amanitin analogues that may be readily conjugated to biomolecules of interest.

amanitin, bioconjugates, click chemistry, natural products, peptides
1439-4227
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Zhao, Liang
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May, Jonathan P.
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Dietrich, David J.
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Loonchanta, Anastak
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Matinkhoo, Kaveh
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Pryyma, Alla
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Perrin, David M.
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May, Jonathan P.
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Dietrich, David J.
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Loonchanta, Anastak
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Matinkhoo, Kaveh
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Pryyma, Alla
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Zhao, Liang, May, Jonathan P., Blanc, Antoine, Dietrich, David J., Loonchanta, Anastak, Matinkhoo, Kaveh, Pryyma, Alla and Perrin, David M. (2015) Synthesis of a cytotoxic amanitin for biorthogonal conjugation. ChemBioChem, 16 (10), 1420-1425. (doi:10.1002/cbic.201500226).

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Abstract

Alpha-amanitin is an exceedingly toxic, naturally occurring, bicyclic octapeptide that inhibits RNA polymerase and results in cellular and organismal death. Here we report the straightforward synthesis of an amanitin analogue that exhibited near-native toxicity. A pendant alkyne was readily installed to enable copper-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) to azido-rhodamine and two azide-bearing versions of the RGD peptide. The fluorescent toxin analogue entered cells and provoked morphological changes consistent with cell death. The latter two conjugates are as toxic as the parent alkyne precursor, which demonstrates that conjugation does not diminish toxicity. In addition, we showed that toxicity depends on a single diastereomer of the unnatural amino acid, dihydroxyisoleucine (DHIle), at position 3. The convenient synthesis of a heptapeptide precursor now provides access to bioactive amanitin analogues that may be readily conjugated to biomolecules of interest.

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Published date: 1 July 2015
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords: amanitin, bioconjugates, click chemistry, natural products, peptides

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Local EPrints ID: 451879
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/451879
ISSN: 1439-4227
PURE UUID: 02a2d05a-1424-4fd3-9914-c6d2292f9d76
ORCID for Jonathan P. May: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1651-130X

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:53

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Author: Liang Zhao
Author: Jonathan P. May ORCID iD
Author: Antoine Blanc
Author: David J. Dietrich
Author: Anastak Loonchanta
Author: Kaveh Matinkhoo
Author: Alla Pryyma
Author: David M. Perrin

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