In this study, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was employed to detect and quantify pyrimidine salvage enzymes by monitoring the disappearance of substrates or formation of products.

Les pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines, également connues sous le nom de 7-déazapurines, sont une classe importante d’hétérocycliques aromatiques, de par leurs potentiels biologiques (antitumoral, antiinflammatoire, antibactérien, etc.). C’est pourquoi ce squelette a été une source d’intérêt pour les chimistes organiciens. Outre leurs atouts biologiques, ces molécules présentent également de remarquables propriétés physico-chimiques (fluorescence UV), ce qui permet de nouvelles applications en électronique. Bien que ces dernières années, un bon nombre de recherche ont été mises en oeuvre en vue de synthétiser ces molécules, il n’existe encore que peu de méthodes générales pour obtenir des pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines hautement substituées. Le but de ces travaux de thèse est de développer différentes stratégies régiosélectives et chimiosélectives de synthèse pour accéder à des pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines diversement substituées et ce, en un minimum d’étapes. Dans un premier temps, il a été synthétisé une famille de 7-méthylpyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines 4,5,6 triarylées notamment via l’utilisation de deux réactions de Suzuki-Miyaura. Pour faire suite, nous avons envisagé la préparation d’une série de pyrrolopyrimidines 2,4,6-triarylées où le motif aromatique de la position 2 est introduit suivant les conditions de Liebeskind-Srogl. Enfin la préparation de pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines 4-aminées à partir d’alkynylpyrimidines a été mise au point et divers composés de cette famille ont été élaborés. / The pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyrimidines, also known as 7-deazapurines, are an important class of aromatic heterocycles by their biological potencial (antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, etc.). Therefore, this skeleton is a source of interest for the organic chemists. A part of the biological activity, these compounds present also outstanding physicochemical properties (UV-fluorescence); enabling new applications in electronics. The last few years, a great number of researches have been put in execution with a view to synthesizing these molecules, where still few general methods exist to obtain pyrrolo [2,3-d] pyrimidines highly substituted. The aim of these works of thesis is to develop different regioselective and chemoselective synthetic strategies to accede to pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyrimidines diversely substituted and furthemore in a reduced number of steps. First has been synthesized a family of 4,5,6-triarylated-7-methylpyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines including the use of two Suzuki-Miyaura's reactions. Also we contemplated the preparation of a series of 2,4,6-triarylated pyrrolopyrimidines where the aryl group at the position 2 has been introduced under Liebeskind-Srogl reaction conditions. Finally the preparation of 4-aminated pyrrolo [2,3-d] pyrimidines from alkynylpyrimidines has been fine-tuned and diverse derivative compounds have been synthesized.

This dissertation comprises three parts and is presented in two chapters. Chapter 1 concerns Arthrobacter, a bacterium with an intriguing growth cycle. Whereas most bacteria exist as either a rod or coccus, this bacterium shares the rod/coccus lifestyle. It therefore seemed important to examine the growth regulatory pathways from the rod and coccus. The committed step, that catalyzed by aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase), in the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway was chosen. The ATCase in Arthrobacter is like the well known Pseudomonas enzyme except that it has an active dihydroorotase (DHOase) associated. Included in Chapter 1 is the description of a microorganism, Burkholderia cepacia, whose ATCase has characteristics that are at once reminiscent of bacteria, mammals, and fungi. It differs in size or aggregation based on environmental conditions. In addition, it has an active DHOase associated with the ATCase, like Arthrobacter. B. cepacia is important both medically and for bioremediation. Since B. cepacia is resistant to most antibiotics, its unique ATCase is a prime target for inhibition. Whereas the first chapter deals with the de novo pathway to making pyrimidines, which is found mainly in the lag and log phase, Chapter 2 addresses the salvage pathway, which comes more into play during the stationary phase. This section focuses on the isolation, identification, and grouping of a number of natural soil bacteria from various soil locations. These organisms are important agriculturally, medically, and industrially. Addition of these soil isolates to poor soils has been found to improve the soil. In a previous study by D.A. Beck, the salvage schemes for a number of laboratory strains of microorganisms were determined. Nine separate classes of salvage were designated by determining the salvage enzymes present. In this study emphasis has been placed on soil bacteria, which had not previously been analyzed. A number of species of soil bacteria were identified using the MIDI. The salvage enzymes were then determined for these organisms and a comparison of these isolates to the previous study was performed in order to group the new organisms into 19 salvage schemes, that is 10 more than in the previous study.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa are medically important bacteria that are notorious for causing nosocomial infections. To gain more knowledge into understanding how this organism operates, it was decided to explore the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway. Pyrimidine synthesis, being one half of the DNA structure, makes it a very important pathway to the organism’s survivability. With previous studies being done on various genes in the pathway, pyrE has not been studied to the fullest extent. To study the function of pyrE, a site directed mutagenesis was done to completely knock out pyrE, which encodes the protein orotate phosphoribosyl transferase that is responsible for converting orotate into orotate monophosphate (OMP). A mutation in this step leads to accumulation and secretion of orotate into the medium. Analyzing virulence factors produced by the mutant and comparing to the wild type, some intriguing features of the mutant were discovered. One of the findings was the over expression of virulence factors pyoverdin and pyocyanin. Pyocyanin over expression, based on the results of this study, is due to the accumulation of orotate while over production of pyoverdin is due to the accumulation of dihydroorotate. The other virulence factors studied were motility assays, exoproducts, and growth analysis. All virulence factor production was reduced significantly in the mutant compared to the wild type. The casein protease assay showed absolutely no production of proteases in the mutant. The conclusion is that orotate accumulation leads to a significant reduction in virulence factor production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In addition to that, it was found that excess orotate in the wild type led to a decrease in quorum sensing regulated products.

A dor neuropática atinge cerca de 6 a 10% da população global e estima-se o seu aumento nos próximos anos. Essa síndrome não tem cura e afeta consideravelmente a qualidade de vida das pessoas por ela acometidas. Os medicamentos utilizados atualmente para o seu tratamento, como antidepressivos, anticonvulsivantes, opióides, dentre outros, não proporcionam um resultado satisfatório pelo fato de não reduzirem consideravelmente os sintomas e/ou por terem muitos efeitos colaterais. Pesquisas recentes mostram que o receptor sigma-1 pode ser utilizado no tratamento da dor neuropática. Verificou-se na literatura uma nova série de pirimidinas que são capazes de se ligar ao receptor sigma-1, atuando como seus antagonistas, sendo potenciais alvos para a produção de fármacos que podem ser utilizados no tratamento da dor neuropática. Então, estudos de Relações Quantitativas Estrutura-Atividade (QSAR) foram realizados utilizando os métodos de Mínimos Quadrados Parciais (PLS) e Redes Neurais Artificiais (ANN) para prever a atividade biológica dessa série de pirimidinas. Os resultados obtidos se mostraram satisfatórios tanto para o método de PLS (r2 = 0,877, q2 = 0,800 e r2teste = 0,738), quanto para o método de ANN (r2trein = 0,734, r2val = 0,753 e r2teste = 0,676), mostrando que o conjunto de compostos antagonistas do receptor Sigma-1 pode ser descrito tanto de forma linear quanto de forma não-linear. / Neuropathic pain affects about 6 to 10% of the global population and it is estimated to increase in the coming years. This syndrome has no cure and considerably affects the life quality of people affected by it. Medications currently used for its treatment, such as antidepressants, anticonvulsants, opioids, among others, do not provide a satisfactory result because they do not significantly reduce the symptoms and/or have many side effects. Recent research shows that the sigma-1 receptor can be used in the treatment of the neuropathic pain. A new series of pyrimidines have been found in the literature, which are capable of binding to the sigma-1 receptor, acting as its antagonists, and have been synthesized as potential targets that can be used in the treatment of the neuropathic pain. Therefore, Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) were performed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) methods to predict the biological activity of this series of pyrimidines. Through the mathematical models obtained by PLS (r2 = 0.877, q2 = 0.800 and r2test = 0.738) and ANN (r2trein = 0.734, r2val = 0.753 and r2test = 0.676) methods, it was showed that they were able to predict the biological activity of the studied pyrimidines.

Of the seven existing classes of serotonin receptors, the 5-HT7 receptors (5-HT7Rs) are the most recently discovered. Abundance of 5-HT7 in the central nervous system is suggestive of the receptor’s role in several physiological and pathophysiological functions. Existing research has afforded a number of compounds exhibiting specific affinity to the receptor. These selective ligands can provide structural information about the receptor and can serve as the foundation for pharmacological profiling . This thesis describes the synthesis of substituted pyrimidines and pyridines for affinity to the 5-HT7 receptor. Organometallic species are the cornerstone for sev-eral of the synthetic pathways.

Protein phosphorylation is a post translational modification of proteins in which a serine, a threonine or a tyrosine residue is phosphorylated by an enzyme, kinase. Phosphorylation of proteins is a reversible and very important regulatory mechanism that occurs in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Phosphorylation turns many protein enzymes on and off, preventing or causing many diseases such as diabetes, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. The phosphorylation on tyrosine residues of proteins is essential for transmission of signals for cell growth, proliferation and differentiation. Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) in concert with protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) regulate many signal transduction pathways by controlling the degree of phosphorylation of tyrosine residues within the protein. While the roles and mechanisms of protein tyrosine kinases are well documented, our present understanding of protein tyrosine phosphatases is very limited. In this regard we still have much more to learn about PTPs. Here we propose the design and synthesis of novel protein tyrosine phosphatase mimetics and their activity against tyrosine phosphatases. Chapter two describes the synthesis of 2-aminopyrimidine chlorides, sulfonamides and the sequence of reactions to make its amino acid analog. Chapter three describes the synthesis of α-aryl, α,β-epoxy carboxylates, phosphonates and their biological activity against tyrosine phosphatases. These compounds could be very helpful in significantly improving the current understandings about the roles and mechanisms of the PTPs. These proposed tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors are believed to work effectively in treating the diseases by modulating the phosphorylation in signal transductions pathways. Chapter four describes the design and the synthesis of Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) both standard as well as hybrid PNAs with novel cysteine based monomers that are aimed to increase the cellular uptake by introducing positively charged or amphipathic species attached to cysteine thiol functional group.

La catalyse représente une thématique incontournable de la chimie moderne. Elle occupe une place stratégique dans la recherche de procédés de synthèse plus écologiques et plus économiques en atomes et en énergie. Notre travail réside, d'une part, dans la valorisation d'un biocatalyseur original et, d'autre part, dans la synthèse pallado-catalysée de nouveaux dérivés pyridopyrimidiniques. Dans la première partie, l'utilisation d'un nouveau support naturel préparé à base d'os animal (Animal Bone Meal : ABM) en catalyse hétérogène a été mise en oeuvre, ce qui représente une voie nouvelle et originale, permettant de remplacer les différents catalyseurs solides minéraux connus actuellement et ce, dans diverses réactions classiques de la synthèse organique. Outre les excellents rendements obtenus, les aspects positifs de l'ABM résident dans sa grande stabilité, sa facilité de manipulation et de régénération ainsi que dans l'absence de dangers sur l'environnement. Dans la deuxième partie, une nouvelle stratégie de synthèse simple et efficace de 2,4-di(hét)aryl-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines via un couplage de Suzuki-Miyaura catalysée par le palladium a été développée. Nous avons ensuite étudié la réactivité de diverses 2,4,6-trihalogénopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines vis-à-vis des couplages de Suzuki. Cette étude a été étendue à la synthèse de nouvelles 2,4,6-tri(hét)arylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines.

The development of heterocyclic chemistry is important for various science areas and for the industry. The main task of this branch of chemistry is the search for the new, more effective synthetic methods for obtaining heterocyclic derivatives. That covers not only the formation of heterocycles, but also their functionalization, which leads to the creation of compounds having various chemical and physical properties. The accomplishments of this area are applied in biochemistry, pharmacochemistry, photophysics and other branches of science and industry. The creation of effective heterocycles synthesis methods, that may be applied for the formation of heterosystems based on pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine was the main aim in this work. During this work, three hitherto unknown peri-fused heterocyclic systems based on pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine scaffold were synthesized. The suitable conditions for the cyclization of 4-(2,2-diethoxyethyl)aminopyrimidines to 2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidines were found. The influence of functional groups in pyrimidine moiety for the course of this reaction was investigated. It has been shown that functional groups including alkylthio, cyano, amino, formyl are tolerated in this type of reaction. The method for the replacement of ethoxy group with benzyl mercaptan in 3-ethoxy-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyrimidines has been found. / Heterociklų chemijos vystymasis turi didelę reikšmę įvairioms mokslo sritims ir pramonės raidai. Pagrindinis šios chemijos srities uždavinys – kurti naujus heterociklinių junginių sintezės metodus, leidžiančius paprasčiau, efektyviau gauti norimos struktūros junginius. Tai apima ne tik heterociklų formavimo būdus, bet ir jų funkcionalizavimą, leidžiantį sukurti įvairiomis cheminėmis ir fizikinėmis savybėmis pasižyminčių junginių įvairovę. Šios mokslo srities pasiekimai pritaikomi biochemijoje, farmacijoje, fotofizikoje ir kitose mokslo ir pramonės šakose. Šiame darbe buvo siekiama sukurti efektyvius heterosistemų sintezės būdus, kuriuos galima pritaikyti pirazolo[3,4-d]pirimidino fragmentą turinčių heterociklų formavimui. Šio darbo metu buvo susintetintos trys iki šiol neaprašytos heterociklinės sistemos atliekant peri-kondensuotų heterosistemų sintezę iš 3-amino-4-chlor-1-metil-6-metiltio-1H-pirazolo[3,4-d]pirimidino. Surastos tinkamos sąlygos 4-(2,2-dietoksietilmino)pirimidinų ciklizacijai į 3-etoksi-2,3-dihidroimidazo[1,2-c]pirimidinus. Ištirta pirimidino žiede esančių pakaitų įtaka šiai reakcijai. Parodyta, kad ši reakcija yra suderinama su tokiomis funkcinėmis grupėmis, kaip alkiltio-, cian-, amino-, formilgrupės. Surastas metodas 3-etoksi-2,3-dihidroimidazo[1,2-c]pirazolo[4,3-e]pirimidinų etoksigrupės pakeitimui benziltiogrupe.

Heterociklų chemijos vystymasis turi didelę reikšmę įvairioms mokslo sritims ir pramonės raidai. Pagrindinis šios chemijos srities uždavinys – kurti naujus heterociklinių junginių sintezės metodus, leidžiančius paprasčiau, efektyviau gauti norimos struktūros junginius. Tai apima ne tik heterociklų formavimo būdus, bet ir jų funkcionalizavimą, leidžiantį sukurti įvairiomis cheminėmis ir fizikinėmis savybėmis pasižyminčių junginių įvairovę. Šios mokslo srities pasiekimai pritaikomi biochemijoje, farmacijoje, fotofizikoje ir kitose mokslo ir pramonės šakose. Šiame darbe buvo siekiama sukurti efektyvius heterosistemų sintezės būdus, kuriuos galima pritaikyti pirazolo[3,4-d]pirimidino fragmentą turinčių heterociklų formavimui. Šio darbo metu buvo susintetintos trys iki šiol neaprašytos heterociklinės sistemos atliekant peri-kondensuotų heterosistemų sintezę iš 3-amino-4-chlor-1-metil-6-metiltio-1H-pirazolo[3,4-d]pirimidino. Surastos tinkamos sąlygos 4-(2,2-dietoksietilmino)pirimidinų ciklizacijai į 3-etoksi-2,3-dihidroimidazo[1,2-c]pirimidinus. Ištirta pirimidino žiede esančių pakaitų įtaka šiai reakcijai. Parodyta, kad ši reakcija yra suderinama su tokiomis funkcinėmis grupėmis, kaip alkiltio-, cian-, amino-, formilgrupės. Surastas metodas 3-etoksi-2,3-dihidroimidazo[1,2-c]pirazolo[4,3-e]pirimidinų etoksigrupės pakeitimui benziltiogrupe. / The development of heterocyclic chemistry is important for various science areas and for the industry. The main task of this branch of chemistry is the search for the new, more effective synthetic methods for obtaining heterocyclic derivatives. That covers not only the formation of heterocycles, but also their functionalization, which leads to the creation of compounds having various chemical and physical properties. The accomplishments of this area are applied in biochemistry, pharmacochemistry, photophysics and other branches of science and industry. The creation of effective heterocycles synthesis methods, that may be applied for the formation of heterosystems based on pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine was the main aim in this work. During this work, three hitherto unknown peri-fused heterocyclic systems based on pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine scaffold were synthesized. The suitable conditions for the cyclization of 4-(2,2-diethoxyethyl)aminopyrimidines to 2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidines were found. The influence of functional groups in pyrimidine moiety for the course of this reaction was investigated. It has been shown that functional groups including alkylthio, cyano, amino, formyl are tolerated in this type of reaction. The method for the replacement of ethoxy group with benzyl mercaptan in 3-ethoxy-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyrimidines has been found.