Title:Functionalized Homologues and Positional Isomers of Rabbit 15-
Lipoxygenase RS75091 Inhibitor
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Author(s): Alexander Zhuravlev, Alexey Golovanov, Valery Toporkov, Hartmut Kuhn and Igor Ivanov*
Affiliation:
- Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, MIREA Russian Technological University, Vernadskogo pr. 86,
Moscow 119571, Russia
Keywords:
RS7091 inhibitor, cinnamic acid derivatives, Sonogashira-coupling, lipoxygenases, photoaffinity probes, ALOXs.
Abstract: Background: RS75091 is a cinnamic acid derivative that has been used for the crystallization
of the rabbit ALOX15-inhibitor complex. The atomic coordinates of the resolved ALOX15-
inhibitor complex were later on used to define the binding sites of other mammalian lipoxygenase
orthologs, for which no direct structural data with ligand has been reported so far.
Introduction: The putative binding pocket of the human ALOX5 was reconstructed on the basis of
its structural alignment with rabbit ALOX15-RS75091 inhibitor. However, considering the possible
conformational changes the enzyme may undergo in solution, it remains unclear whether the existing
models adequately mirror the architecture of ALOX5 active site.
Methods: In this study, we prepared a series of RS75091 derivatives using a Sonogashira coupling
reaction of regioisomeric bromocinnamates with protected acetylenic alcohols and tested their inhibitory
properties on rabbit ALOX15.
Results: A bulky pentafluorophenyl moiety linked to either ortho- or metha-ethynylcinnamates via
aliphatic spacer does not significantly impair the inhibitory properties of RS75091.
Conclusion: Hydroxylated 2- and 3-alkynylcinnamates may be suitable candidates for incorporation
of an aromatic linker group like tetrafluorophenylazides for photoaffinity labeling assays.