Chapter one; “(-)-Rhazinilam and (-)-Rhazinal: Alkaloids with Anti-mitotic Properties Derived from Kopsia teoi”, provides the background information behind the motives that initiated this research project. The plant alkaloid (-)-rhazinilam [(-)-1] and its naturally-occurring derivative (-)-rhazinal [(-)-13] both exhibit potent anti-mitotic activities and, as such, are interesting targets for total synthesis. Chapter one is a review of the literature regarding these two compounds and discusses the occurrence, proposed biosynthetic origins, structural elucidation and biological activites of compound (-)-1 and that of its analogues including alkaloid (-)-13. Previous total syntheses of these two compounds are then examined, concluding with the only reported total synthesis of compound (-)-13. Developed within the Banwell research group, this total synthesis produced the racemic modification of alkaloid (-)-13 due to a lack of any stereocontrol in the key intramolecular Michael addition step. This unprecedented key step, involving cyclisation of the C2 of pyrrole onto an N-tethered and ?,?-disubstituted acrylate to produce a quaternary-carbon stereogenic centre, would be of greatly enhanced utility if it could be achieved in a catalytic-enantioselective fashion. The realisation of this goal is the central aim of the research conducted within this thesis. ¶ Chapter two; “Investigating Asymmetric Induction in the Intramolecular Michael Addition of pyrrole to N-Tethered Acrylates and Related Species”, introduces the model study used to direct research towards achieving the goal of asymmetric induction in the title process. The model is a somewhat simplified version of the original process used in the total synthesis of compound (-)-13 involving cyclisation of the C2 of pyrrole onto an N-tethered and ?-monosubstituted Michael acceptor, to produce a tertiary-carbon stereogenic centre. This simplification allows the rapid synthesis of a broad range of potential substrates for use in the title process, thus enabling the investigation of various different approaches to inducing asymmetry therein. High levels of asymmetric induction are observed with the use of chiral substrates or catalysts, facilitating the synthesis of both 6- and 7-membered rings annulated to pyrrole with construction of the relevant tertiary-carbon stereogenic centre in enantio-enriched form. For the reactions producing a 6-membered ring annulated to pyrrole, unambiguous proof of the absolute sense of asymmetric induction observed in the intramolecular Michael addition event is established using a chemical correlation study involving elaboration of a key indolizine-type cyclisation product, to the plant alkaloid of known absolute stereochemistry, (-)-tashiromine [(-)-75]. For the reaction producing a 7-membered ring annulated to pyrrole, the same information is obtained via X-ray crystallographic analyses of a dibrominated derivative of a key pyrroloazepine-type cyclisation product. ¶ Chapter three “An Enantioselective Total Synthesis of the Alkaloid (-)-Rhazinal: An Anti-mitotic Agent Isolated from Kopsia teoi.”, focuses on the application of methodology developed in the previous chapter, to the original goal of inducing asymmetry in the intramolecular Michael addition reaction, involving cyclisation of the C2 of pyrrole onto an N-tethered and ?,?-disubstituted acrylate to produce a quaternary-carbon stereogenic centre. This is ultimately achieved in a catalytic-enantioselective fashion, resulting in the first such total synthesis of the anti-mitotic alkaloid (-)-rhazinal [(-)-13]. ¶ Chapter four “Extending the Reaction Manifold to the Syntheses of Related Natural Products: A Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Aspidospermidine and Syntheses of (-)-Rhazinilam and (-)-Leuconolam from (-)-Rhazinal”, describes three extensions to the reaction manifold used in the enantioselective total synthesis of alkaloid (-)-13: The acquisition in an enantioselective manner, of an intermediate previously obtained in racemic form, en route to the racemic modification of the natural product (±)-aspidospermidine [(±)-134], constitutes a formal and enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-aspidospermidine [(+)-134]. The direct deformylation of (-)-rhazinal [(-)-13], is carried out, to produce the parent alkaloid (-)-rhazinilam [(-)-1]. The pyrrole ring present in (-)-rhazinilam [(-)-1] is oxidised, to produce the related natural product (-)-Leuconolam [(-)-12] which has not, hitherto, been prepared by total synthesis. ¶Chapter five contains the experimental procedures and characterisation data associated with compounds described in chapters two to four.

[Truncated abstract] In the last ten years regulator T (Tr) cells have re-emerged as an integral part of the immune system. Research in this field has rapidly demonstrated the role of these cells in the maintenance of immune homeostasis and their involvement in disease. Tr cells are generated in the thymus as a normal part of the developing immune system. Furthermore, antigen-specific Tr cells are induced in the periphery by a mechanism which is yet to be completely elucidated, but is likely to involve dendritic cells. Tr cells play an important role in autoimmune disease, transplantation tolerance, cancer. Most recently Tr cell involvement has been demonstrated in a growing number of infectious diseases. Tr cell induction was reported in Friend Virus infection at the commencement of this study, and subsequent to publication of our findings have also been identified in FIV and HIV. Murine AIDS (MAIDS) is a fatal chronic retroviral infection induced in susceptible strains of mice by infection with BM5d, a replication defective virus, in a viral mixture which is designated LP-BM5. The manipulation of Tr cells detailed in this thesis and the related publication represent the first reported therapy utilising targeted removal of Tr cells. Chapter 1 summarises the literature relevant to this study up to November 2004. Chapter 2 details the materials and methodologies used in this work. Chapter 3 investigates whether Tr cells are involved in the development of murine AIDS, particularly in the early stages of infection. The data presented in this chapter provides evidence of a population of CD4+ Tr cells which express CD25 on their cell surface and secrete TGF-β, some IL-10 and low levels of IL-4 are induced following infection with LP-BM5. These cells were found to arise by day 12 post infection (pi) by flow cytometry and immunosuppressive cytokine expression was found to peak at day 16 pi indicating a role in the early stages of disease progression. Chapter 4 investigates the effect of therapeutically targeting these induced Tr cells using the antimitotic agent Vinblastine during their induction period. The efficacy of treatment was found to be time dependent and was shown to abrogate disease progression maximally when given at day 14 pi. Treatment with anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody was also found to be efficacious at day 14 pi and confirmed the identity of the Tr cells as being CD4+ T cells. Adoptive transfer studies demonstrated that the return of these cells to a successfully treated host results in renewed MAIDS progression, confirming their role in disease progression

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T13:21:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arquivototal.pdf: 11661227 bytes, checksum: e157f4398306766375669b2e52ab9310 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-11-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In this work, we describe the investigation of the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction in microwave reactor, under closed vessel conditions to prepare 40 adducts, six novel, using 30 aromatic aldehydes and isatin as electrophiles and acrylonitrile (62a) , methyl acrylate (2), hydroxyethyl acrylate (62b), 2,2-dimethyl-1 ,3-dioxalyl acrylate (62c) and 2,3-dihydroxypropyl acrylate (62d) as Michael acceptors catalyzed by 1, 4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane (DABCO). Most adducts were synthesized efficiently in short reaction times and excellent yields (70-99%) using this reaction protocol. However, this synthetic methodology showed limitations for less reactive substrates due to formation of byproducts and in some cases the formation of the desired adduct was not obtained. The application of low temperatures and / or conventional room temperature protocol led to the adducts preparation in a chemoselective manner. We proved that the formation of 2-hydroxy (4-bromophenyl) methyl acrylate (43) is reversible at 120 ° C, which explains the restriction observed in the preparation of certain adducts using heating by microwave irradiation and successfully protocol employing temperature of 0º C. Preliminary evaluation of cytotoxic activity against cell lines of human leukemia HL-60 was performed, where the nitrilated isatin derivatives adducts (56a and 56b) were the most active. Preliminary studies of antimitotic activity in embryonic cells of sea urchin (Echinometra lucunter) performed with nitrilated adducts containing pyridine rings (49, 47, 20), nitro group (16, 38, 15) and bromine atom attached to the aromatic ring (42) revealed that except 47, all investigated adducts strongly inhibited stages of embryonic development of the first cleavage and morula. Moreover, experimental observations showed no inhibition of microtubule organization, induction of cell necrosis and toxicity of the adducts, suggesting that the blocking mechanism of action of protein synthesis and / or DNA. / Neste trabalho, nós descrevemos a investigação da reação de Morita-Baylis-Hillman em reator de micro-ondas, sob condições de vaso fechado para preparação de 40 adutos, sendo seis inéditos, utilizando 30 aldeídos aromáticos e a isatina como eletrófilos e acrilonitrila (62a), acrilato de metila (2), acrilato de hidroxietila (62b), acrilato de 2,2-dimetil-1,3-dioxalila (62c) e acrilato de 2,3-diidroxipropila (62d) como aceptores de Michael catalisada por 1,4-diazabiciclo [2.2.2] octano (DABCO). A maioria dos adutos foram sintetizados de forma eficiente em curtos tempos reacionais e excelentes rendimentos (70-99%) usando este protocolo reacional. No entanto, esta metodologia sintética apresentou limitações para substratos menos reativos, devido a formação de subprodutos e em alguns casos a não formação do aduto desejado. A aplicação de baixa temperatura e / ou protocolo convencional a temperatura ambiente conduziram a preparação dos adutos de forma quimiosseletiva. Provamos que a reação de formação do acrilato de 2-hidroxi(4bromofenil)metila (43) é reversível a 120° C, fato que explica a limitação observada na preparação de alguns adutos usando aquecimento por irradiação de micro-ondas e o sucesso no emprego de protocolo a temperatura de 0º C. A avaliação preliminar da atividade citotóxica contra linhagem de células de leucemia humana HL-60 foi realizada, onde os adutos nitrilados derivados da isatina (56a e 56b) foram os mais ativos. Estudos preliminares da atividade antimitótica em células embrionárias de ouriço do mar (Echinometra lucunter) realizados com adutos nitrilados contendo anéis piridínicos (49, 47, 20), grupo nitro (16, 38, 15) e átomo de bromo ligados ao anel aromático (42) revelaram que, exceto 47, todos os adutos investigados inibiram fortemente os estágios de desenvolvimento embrionário de primeira clivagem e mórula. Além disso, observações experimentais não demonstraram inibição da organização dos microtúbulos, indução de necrose celular e toxicidade por parte dos adutos, sugerindo como mecanismo de ação o bloqueio da síntese protéica e/ou de DNA.

Submitted by Pedro Silva Filho (pfsilva@ipen.br) on 2017-11-23T11:17:22Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-23T11:17:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / A papaína é uma enzima proteolítica empregada no debridamento e cicatrização de feridas. Contudo, problemas de estabilidade na forma farmacêutica, bem como reações alérgicas reportadas por pacientes submetidos à tratamentos com a enzima, culminaram na restrição aos produtos contendo papaína para uso tópico por órgãos regulatórios internacionais. Este trabalho objetivou desenvolver hidrogel nanoestruturado contendo complexo de papaína e ciclodextrina visando obter forma farmacêutica estável e eficaz como curativo dérmico, com redução da resposta imunológica. A síntese do hidrogel foi realizada combinando fenômenos de cristalização e/ou reticulação e esterilização simultânea induzida por radiação gama, de modo a promover nanoestruturação adequada da membrana para veiculação da papaína nativa e do complexo. O complexo e o produto final tiveram suas propriedades biológicas e físico-químicas avaliadas. O hidrogel a base de PVA contendo complexo de papaína-ciclodextrina apresentou características adequadas para aplicação como curativo, além de apresentar indícios de redução na resposta imunológica e melhora na citocompatibilidade quando comparado à papaína nativa, isso devido ao encapsulamento molecular com a ciclodextrina e à alta retenção do complexo por parte da matriz. Por outro lado, a irradiação, não alterou o perfil citotóxico da enzima, mas acarretou leve diminuição em seu potencial imunogênico. O hidrogel se mostrou promissor para uso como curativo e demonstrou potencial redução nas reações adversas desencadeadas pelo uso da papaína. / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP / FAPESP:10/10935-9

La combretastatine A-4 (CA-4), produit naturel isolé d’un arbuste d’Afrique du sud (Combretum caffrum K.), a montré des propriétés antitumorales intéressantes. Grâce à sa capacité à empêcher la polymérisation de la tubuline, ce stilbénoïde possède des propriétés cytostatiques sélectives à l’égard de différentes lignées cellulaires cancéreuses. Certains dérivés hydrosolubles de la CA-4 comme la CA-4P (fosbretabuline) et le composé AVE8062 (ombrabuline) sont actuellement en essais cliniques pour le traitement de différents cancers. Trois séries de dérivés de la CA-4 ont été synthétisées : les Z-stilbènes, les 1,2- diaryl-1,2-éthanediones et les 5,6-diaryl-2,3-dihydropyrazines. Dans ces composés, le cycle B est remplacé par divers hétérocycliques (indole, benzofurane, benzothiophène, thiophène) attachés à la position C2. Ces dérivés ont été évalués pour leur capacité à inhiber l'assemblage de la tubuline. Le produit Z-stilbènes portant un noyau benzo[b]thiophène a montré une activité antitubuline comparable à celle de la colchicine et de la deoxypodophyllotoxine. L’effet sur l'organisation intracellulaire des microtubules et les propriétés antimitotiques de ce composé ont été ensuite testés sur les lignées cellulaires de kératinocytes SKv-a et HaCaT. Enfin, des essais préliminaires de vectorisation de ce composé dans des nanoparticules lipidiques solides (SLN) ont été réalisés / Combretastatin A-4 (CA-4), a natural product first isolated from the South African bush willow tree (Combretum caffrum K.), possesses interesting antitumor properties. Due to its capacity to inhibit tubulin polymerization, this stilbenoid shows selective cytostatic activities against various cancer cell lines. Some water-soluble CA-4 derivatives such as CA-4P (fosbretabuline) and AVE8062 (ombrabuline) are currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of various cancers. Three series of CA-4 analogues, Z-stilbenes, 1,2-diaryl-1,2-ethanediones and 5,6-diaryl-2,3-dihydropyrazines, were synthesized. In these compounds, the B ring is replaced by various heterocycles (indole, benzofurane, benzothiophene or thiophene) attached at the C2 position. These derivatives were evaluated for their ability to inhibit tubulin assembly. Compound Z- stilbenes bearing a benzo[b]thiophene ring showed an antitubulin activity comparable to that of colchicine and deoxypodophyllotoxine. Its effect on the intracellular organization of microtubules and antimitotic properties were then tested on two keratinocyte cell lines HaCaT and SKV-a. Finally, preliminary essays to the vectorization of this compound in solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) were carried out

Seules deux structures du système nerveux central adulte, la zone sous-granulaire et la zone sous-ventriculaire, produisent continuellement de nouveaux neurones et sont considérées comme neurogènes. En dehors de ces zones délimitées, le tissu nerveux ne possède pas de telles facultés. Leurs influences anti-neurogènes peuvent cependant être mises entre parenthèses dans certaines conditions. Cela se produit après neurectomie vestibulaire unilatérale (NVU) chez le chat adulte ; en effet, des études immunohistochimiques et comportementales nous ont permis de découvrir l'existence d'une neurogenèse réactionnelle de type GABAergique dans les noyaux vestibulaires désafférentés situés dans le tronc cérébral. Nos résultats témoignent de l'implication fonctionnelle de cette prolifération cellulaire dans la restauration des fonctions posturo-locomotrices suite à une NVU. Nous avons également mis en évidence que les caractéristiques et l'intensité de la désafférentation vestibulaire déterminent, non seulement, le décours temporel de la restauration des fonctions vestibulaires, mais aussi les différents mécanismes cellulaires post-lésionnels et le potentiel neurogène des noyaux vestibulaires. En outre, nous avons démontré que l'activation ou le blocage des récepteurs GABA de type A influence d'une part, les différentes étapes de la neurogenèse réactionnelle dans les noyaux vestibulaires, et détermine d'autre part le décours de la récupération comportementale des animaux. Ainsi, le système GABAergique joue-t-il un rôle important dans la régulation de la neurogenèse induite après NVU et de sa fonctionnalité. / Only two structures of the adult central nervous system: the subgranular zone and the subventricular zone, produce continuously new neurons and are considered as neurogenic. Outside these two delimited areas, nervous tissue does not have such faculties. The anti-neurogenic influences can however be removed under specific conditions. That is what happens after unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN) in the adult cat: behavioral and immunohistochemical studies have demonstrated the existence of a reactive GABAergic neurogenesis in the deafferented vestibular nuclei located in the brainstem. Our results demonstrate the functional role of the vestibular cell proliferation in the postural locomotor function recovery after UVN. We also demonstrated that characteristics and intensity of the vestibular lesion, not only determine the time course of recovery of vestibular function, but also the post-lesional cellular mechanisms and the neurogenic potential occurring in the vestibular nuclei. In addition, we showed that activation or blockade of GABA type A receptors influences the different steps of neurogenesis in the vestibular nuclei, and also determines the time course of behavioral recovery. Thus, the GABAergic system influences reactive neurogenesis that is benefic for vestibular compensation process. Finally, the results of a recent study demonstrated that vestibular-hippocampal relations exist, and that stress induced by vestibular deafferentation can modulate adult neurogenesis in both the vestibular nuclei and the dentate gyrus in the adult cat.

No / A novel series of 1,4-disubstituted aminoanthraquinones were prepared by ipso-displacement of 1,4-difluoro-5,8-dihydroxyanthraquinones by hydroxylated piperidinyl- or pyrrolidinylalkyl-amino side chains. One aminoanthraquinone (13) was further derivatized to a chloropropyl-amino analogue by treatment with triphenylphosphine-carbon tetrachloride. The compounds were evaluated in the A2780 ovarian cancer cell line and its cisplatin-resistant variants (A2780/ cp70 and A2780/MCP1). The novel anthraquinones were shown to possess up to 5-fold increased potency against the cisplatin-resistant cells compared to the wild-type cells. Growth curve analysis of the hydroxyethylaminoanthraquinone 8 in the osteosarcoma cell line U-2 OS showed that the cell cycle is not frozen, rather there is a late cell cycle arrest consistent with the action of a DNA-damaging topoisomerase II inhibitor. Accumulative apoptotic events, using time lapse photography, indicate that 8 is capable of fully engaging cell cycle arrest pathways in G2 in the absence of early apoptotic commitment. 8 and its chloropropyl analogue 13 retained significant activity against human A2780/cp70 xenografted tumors in mice.