Lipophilicity and chemical stability of inhibitors of cysteine proteases

O estudo das propriedades físico-químicas é essencial na fase de otimização e desenvolvimento de substâncias bioativas. A lipofilia e a estabilidade química de candidatos a fármacos são extremamente importantes e devem ser determinadas nas fases iniciais da descoberta de fármacos. A determinação da lipofilia dos compostos bioativos foi feita utilizando Membrana Artificial Imobilizada (IAM) para obtenção do logKw. Já a bioanálise qualitativa da estabilidade química de algumas substâncias em meio de cultura foi estudada utilizando um sistema RP-HPLC-MS com fonte de ionização eletrospray e analisador ion trap. Estruturas químicas de dipeptidil nitrilas foram sintetizadas pelo grupo tendo como alvo a inibição de cisteíno proteases a fim de combater a Doença de Chagas e alguns tipos de carcinomas. O trabalho foi realizado a fim de expandir as análises para uma série de derivados do NEQ0409 de forma que foi estabelecido um mapa com aumento da lipofilia de acordo com as modificações estruturais nas substâncias. Desta maneira foi possível obter uma relação estrutura-propriedade (SPR), além da análise do perfil de degradação e/ou estabilidade de algumas das substâncias de interesse, demonstrando que as substâncias analisadas apresentam potencial para continuarem na fase de desenvolvimento.The study of physicochemical properties is essential in the optimization and development phases of bioactive substances. The lipophilicity and chemical stability of drug candidates are extremely important and should be determined in the initial steps of the drug discovery program. Therefore, the determination of the lipophilicity of the bioactive compounds was done using immobilized artificial membrane (IAM) to obtain logKw. Furthermore, the qualitative bioanalysis of the chemical stability of some substances in culture medium was studied using a RP-HPLC-MS system with electrotropray ionization source and ion trap analyzer. A series of dipeptidyl nitriles was synthesized by the group aiming to inhibit cysteine proteases as an alternative therapeutic approach for Chagas disease and some types of carcinomas. The work was carried out to expand the analyses for a series of derivatives of NEQ0409, so that a map of dipeptidyl nitriles with higher lipophilic characteristics was established according to the substituents of the new compounds. In this way, it was possible to obtain a structure-property relationship (SPR), besides the analysis of the degradation and/or stability profile of some of the substances of interest. All-in-all, these results suggest that dipeptidyl nitrile derivatives are potential candidates for further development

Lipophilicity and chemical stability of inhibitors of cysteine proteases

O estudo das propriedades físico-químicas é essencial na fase de otimização e desenvolvimento de substâncias bioativas. A lipofilia e a estabilidade química de candidatos a fármacos são extremamente importantes e devem ser determinadas nas fases iniciais da descoberta de fármacos. A determinação da lipofilia dos compostos bioativos foi feita utilizando Membrana Artificial Imobilizada (IAM) para obtenção do logKw. Já a bioanálise qualitativa da estabilidade química de algumas substâncias em meio de cultura foi estudada utilizando um sistema RP-HPLC-MS com fonte de ionização eletrospray e analisador ion trap. Estruturas químicas de dipeptidil nitrilas foram sintetizadas pelo grupo tendo como alvo a inibição de cisteíno proteases a fim de combater a Doença de Chagas e alguns tipos de carcinomas. O trabalho foi realizado a fim de expandir as análises para uma série de derivados do NEQ0409 de forma que foi estabelecido um mapa com aumento da lipofilia de acordo com as modificações estruturais nas substâncias. Desta maneira foi possível obter uma relação estrutura-propriedade (SPR), além da análise do perfil de degradação e/ou estabilidade de algumas das substâncias de interesse, demonstrando que as substâncias analisadas apresentam potencial para continuarem na fase de desenvolvimento.The study of physicochemical properties is essential in the optimization and development phases of bioactive substances. The lipophilicity and chemical stability of drug candidates are extremely important and should be determined in the initial steps of the drug discovery program. Therefore, the determination of the lipophilicity of the bioactive compounds was done using immobilized artificial membrane (IAM) to obtain logKw. Furthermore, the qualitative bioanalysis of the chemical stability of some substances in culture medium was studied using a RP-HPLC-MS system with electrotropray ionization source and ion trap analyzer. A series of dipeptidyl nitriles was synthesized by the group aiming to inhibit cysteine proteases as an alternative therapeutic approach for Chagas disease and some types of carcinomas. The work was carried out to expand the analyses for a series of derivatives of NEQ0409, so that a map of dipeptidyl nitriles with higher lipophilic characteristics was established according to the substituents of the new compounds. In this way, it was possible to obtain a structure-property relationship (SPR), besides the analysis of the degradation and/or stability profile of some of the substances of interest. All-in-all, these results suggest that dipeptidyl nitrile derivatives are potential candidates for further development

Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of nitrile-based cruzain inhibitors incorporating a trifluoroethylamine-based P2 amide replacement

The structure-activity relationship for nitrile-based cruzain inhibitors incorporating a P2 amide replacement based on trifluoroethylamine was explored by deconstruction of a published series of inhibitors. It was demonstrated that the P3 biphenyl substituent present in the published inhibitor structures could be truncated to phenyl with only a small loss of affinity. The effects of inverting the configuration of the P2 amide replacement and linking a benzyl substituent at P1 were observed to be strongly nonadditive. We show that plotting affinity against molecular size provides a means to visualize both the molecular size efficiency of structural transformations and the nonadditivity in the structure-activity relationship. We also show how the relationship between affinity and lipophilicity, measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with an immobilized artificial membrane stationary phase, may be used to normalize affinity with respect to lipophilicity