Les nitrones peuvent être réduites par le diiodure de samarium et réagir selon une additionconjuguée avec des acrylates-silylés, silylés ou ,disilylés. Ce couplage réducteur,développé avec des aldonitrones simples, a conduit à des dérivés silylés de g-Nhydroxyaminoacides.Ces derniers ont pu être réduits puis cyclisés en g-lactames substituéspar un groupement silylé, dont la position et la configuration dépendent de l'acrylate dedépart. L'oxydation de Tamao-Fleming a ensuite permis la conversion des composés silylésen leurs correspondants hydroxylés avec rétention de configuration. Cet enchaînementréactionnel a alors été appliquée à une nitrone cyclique polyalkoxylée dérivée du L-xylose, cequi a permis les synthèses de la 7-desoxy Uniflorine A et de la (+)-Australine, deuxpyrrolizidines polyhydroxylées inhibiteurs de glucosidases.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and disability. As common sequelae in survivors of TBI are disabling functional, emotional and cognitive disturbances, improved treatment of TBI patients is urgently needed. At present, no neuroprotective pharmacological treatment exists. The formation of oxygen-centered free radicals, reactive oxygen species (ROS), is considered an important event in the pathophysiology of TBI. In the present thesis, the fluid percussion (FPI) and controlled cortical contusion injury models of TBI in rats were used. Two nitrone radical scavengers, α-Phenyl-N-tert -butyl nitrone (PBN) and the sulfonated analogue of PBN, 2-sulfophenyl-N-tert-butyl nitrone (S-PBN), were used as tools to study the role of ROS in TBI. Pre-treatment with PBN (30 mg/kg) improved morphological and cognitive outcome after severe controlled cortical contusion injury. Treatment with equimolar doses of PBN and S-PBN administered 30 min after FPI followed by a 24 h intravenous infusion improved morphological outcome. Only S-PBN improved cognitive outcome as assessed in the Morris Water Maze. Surprisingly, pre-treatment with PBN increased the number of apoptotic neurons at 24 hours after injury despite a reduced lesion volume. FPI resulted in an early increase in glucose uptake and a reduction in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) assessed by fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) and hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (HMPAO) autoradiography. At 12 h, a marked reduction in glucose uptake and rCBF ensued. These TBI-induced changes were attenuated by PBN and S-PBN pre-treatment. A method for ROS detection using 4-hydroxybenzoate in conjunction with microdialysis was evaluated. The results showed a marked increase in ROS formation as assessed by an increase in the single adduct 3,4-DHBA, lasting 90 min after injury. In a separate study, PBN and S-PBN equally reduced 3,4-DHBA formation despite no detectable brain concentrations of S-PBN at 30 or 60 min post-injury. In conclusion, ROS play an important role in the injury process after TBI. We report a method for ROS detection with potential clinical utility. Nitrones increased ROS elimination and improved functional and morphological outcome. Nitrone treatment may have a clinical potential as a neuroprotective concept in TBI.

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<p>U ovoj doktorskoj disertaciji ispitane su 1,3-dipolarne<br />cikloadicione reakcije steroidnih azido-nitrila, nitrona i<br />nitril-oksida, pri čemu su sintetizovana različita<br />heterociklična steroidna jedinjenja androstanske i estranske<br />serije. Utvrdjene su strukture novosintetizovanih<br />jedinjenja. Ispitana je biolo&scaron;ka aktivnost odabranih<br />jedinjenja.</p> / <p>In this PhD thesis 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of<br />steroidal azido-nitriles, nitrones and nitrile-oxide were<br />examined. Various steroidal heterocyclic compounds in<br />the androstane and estrane series were synthesised. The<br />structural characterisation of newly synthesised<br />compounds was done. Biological activity of selected<br />compounds was examined.</p>