Carl-Magnus Andersson

Antioxidative properties of organotellurium compounds in cell systems

The protective/antioxidative properties of diaryl tellurides were demonstrated in cellular systems of increasing complexity. In the presence of glutathione, bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) telluride (1a), bis(4-aminophenyl) telluride (1d) and bis(2-carboxyphenyl) telluride (1h) reduced by more than 50% t-butyl hydroperoxide-induced cell death in lung fibroblast cultures at concentrations below 2 microM. Bis(2,6-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) telluride (2b) reduced by more than 50% leukocyte-mediated and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-stimulated damage to Caco-2 cells at 0.1 microM concentration. As judged by their abilities to reduce formation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances at concentrations close to 1 microM, diaryl tellurides 1a, 1d and 2b protected rat kidney tissue against oxidative damage caused by anoxia and reoxygenation. The organotellurium compounds also offered protection after systemic administration. In the presence of diaryl telluride 2b (0.1-1 microM), the ischemia/reperfusion-induced vascular permeability increase in the hamster cheek pouch was significantly reduced as compared with the control. Some of the most active organotellurium cell protectants were evaluated for their ability to inhibit formation of the inflammatory mediators leukotriene B4 and interleukin-1beta. An inhibitory effect on the secretion of these species was seen for compounds 1a and 2b at or above 10 microM concentrations. The protective effects of diaryl tellurides against t-butyl hydroperoxide-induced cell injury can be ascribed mainly to the peroxide-decomposing, glutathione peroxidase-like capacity of the compounds. The chain-breaking, electron- or hydrogen atom-donating ability of diaryl tellurides seems to be the main reason for their protection against leukocyte-mediated cell damage in Caco-2 cells and in the oxidatively challenged rat kidney and hamster cheek pouch.

Glutathione peroxidase-like activity of diaryl tellurides.

Abstract 4,4′-Disubstituted dirayl tellurides showed glutathione peroxidase-like catalysis of the reduction of hydroperoxides by glutathione. The most potent compound, bis(4-aminophenyl) telluride, demonstrated 348%, 530%, 995% and 900% of the catalytic efficacy of Ebselen for the glutathione dependent reduction of H 2 O 2 , t-butyl hydroperoxide, cumene hydroperoxide and linoleic acid hydroperoxide, respectively.

Chelation-controlled, palladium-catalyzed arylation of enol ethers with aryl triflates. Ligand control of selection for α-or β-arylation of [2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy]ethene.

Palladium-catalyzed arylation reactions of [2-(Dimethylamino)ethoxy]ethene (1) with a series of aryl triflates were performed under a variety of reaction conditions. In particular, the influence of phosphine ligands and halide additives on regioselectivity were studied. It was found that the chelation-controlled arylation of 1 affords an expedient route for the conversion of phenols into arylacetaldehydes. Alternatively, the same starting materials could be used to synthesize acetophenones by reversing the regioselectivity with bidentate phosphine ligands.

Diaryl Tellurides as Inhibitors of Lipid Peroxidation in Biological and Chemical Systems

Diaryl tellurides carrying electron-donating substituents in the para positions were found to efficiently inhibit peroxidation of rat hepatocytes, rat liver microsomes and a chlorobenzene solution of phosphatidylcholine. The most active compound in the microsomal assay, bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl) telluride, showed an IC50-value of 30 nM. This compound also caused a dose-dependent delay of the onset of the linear phase of microsomal peroxidation stimulated by iron/ADP/ascorbate. The peak oxidation potentials of the diaryl tellurides (0.50-1.14 V in MeCN) correlated linearly with the IC50-values in this assay, with a point of inflection around 0.85 V. In the hepatocyte system, all compounds showed similar protective activity. It is proposed that diaryl tellurides exert an antioxidative effect by deactivating both peroxides and peroxyl radicals under the formation of telluroxides. These oxides may regenerate the active divalent organotellurides upon exposure to a suitable reducing agent.

Evidence for a common selenolate intermediate in the glutathione peroxidase-like catalysis of α-(phenylselenenyl) ketones and diphenyl diselenide

Abstract The glutathione peroxidase-like catalysis of α-(phenylselenenyl) ketones was investigated. Degradation studies demonstrated the rapid cleavage of the aliphatic carbon-selenium bond of α-(phenylselenenyl) ketones by glutathione at pH 6.9 in a methanolic phosphate buffer under argon. On treatment with excess glutathione under aerobic conditions, α-(phenylselenenyl) ketones, S-(phenylselenenyl)glutathione and diphenyl diselenide were all shown to give benzeneselenolate. This material was found to be oxidized by hydrogen peroxide considerably faster than α-(phenylselenenyl) ketones, S-(phenylselenenyl)glutathione or diphenyl diselenide. A catalytic mechanism involving benzeneselenolate, benzeneselenenic acid and S-(phenylselenenyl)glutathione as cruical intermediates was proposed to account for the glutathione peroxidase-like catalysis of α-(phenylselenenyl) ketones and diphenyl diselenide.

Antioxidant activity of some diarylselenides in biological systems

The selenoorganic compounds di(4-aminophenyl)selenide (10) and 4-nitro-4-amino-diphenylselenide (36) were shown to inhibit lipid peroxidation in ADP/Fe2+/ascorbate-treated microsomes and tert-butylhydroperoxide-treated hepatocytes with IC50s of 3 and 10 microM, and 14 and 10 microM, respectively. In the former system, these inhibition constants compare favourably with those of Ebselen and classical antioxidants such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA). In the cell system, these selenium compounds were equipotent with BHA but more potent than Ebselen and its analogues. The diamino compound (10) was also an effective inhibitor of lipid peroxidation initiated by diquat redox cycling in hepatocytes, again being equipotent with BHA but more potent than Ebselen and its analogues, which actually stimulated lipid peroxidation in this test system. Manipulation of the amino functions of (10) and (36) by alkylation or acylation altered the antioxidant capacity. Optimal activity in this series was achieved by N-ethylation or N-isobutylation of (10). This produced antioxidants having IC50s below 1 microM in the microsome system, 3-13 microM in the tert-butylhydroperoxide system, and being 100% effective in the diquat model at 50 microM. On the other hand, acylation or alkylation of the amino groups with long chain acyl or alkyl groups reduced the efficacy of the structures below that of the parent diamine. As with other antioxidant compounds, several of the chalcogenides were relatively selective inhibitors of monocyte 5-lipoxygenase-dependent secretion of LTB4 as compared to their effect on cyclooxygenase-dependent secretion of PGE2 (for example compound 42 had IC50s of 0.6 microM and 10 microM, respectively). No correlation was observed between the redox-properties of the chalcogenides and their respective abilities to inhibit these enzymes.

Regiochemistry of Palladium(II)-assisted oxidative lactonisation reactions.

Abstract The Pd(II)-assisted lactonisation of alkenoic acids has been studied. The selectivity, persisting to formation of 5- and 6-membered unsaturated lactones, can be governed by the change of solvent and/or base.