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Comité Organizador
Presidenta: Mª Luz López Rodríguez (UCM)

Vicepresidenta: Mª José Camarasa Rius (CSIC)
Secretaria: Bellinda Benhamú Salama (UCM)
Tesorera: Mª Mar Martín-Fontecha Corrales (UCM)
Vocales: Elena de la Cuesta Elósegui (UCM)
Federico Gago Badenas (UAH)
Rosario González Muñiz (CSIC)
Jesús Jiménez Barbero (CSIC)
Beatriz de Pascual-Teresa Fernández (CEU)
Comité Científico
Felipe Alcudia González (U. Sevilla)

David Andreu Martínez (UPF)
Ana Castro Morera (Neuropharma)
Carmen Cuevas Marchante (Pharmamar)
Alfonso de Dios Magaña (Lilly)
Javier Fernández Gadea (Johnson & Johnson)
Jorge Christian Fernández Masaguer (USC)
Mª Teresa García López (CSIC)
Marina Gordaliza Escobar (USAL)
Pilar Goya Laza (CSIC)
Mª Luz López Rodríguez (UCM)
Ana Marquina Ortega (Italfármaco)
Aurelio Orjales Venero (Faes Farma)
Carles Puig Duran (Almirall-Prodesfarma)
Sonsoles Velázquez Díaz (CSIC)

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Sede del Congreso
Centro de convenciones y congresos Euroforum Infantes

(www.euroforum.es)
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Secretaría del Congreso
Departamento de Química Orgánica I

Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
28040 Madrid
Fax: (34)-91-394-42-39
Correo electrónico: seqt2007@quim.ucm.es
Secretaría del Congreso del 11 al 14 de septiembre de 2007

Euroforum Infantes
Patrocinadores
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia

Universidad Complutense de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Universidad San Pablo CEU
Almirall Janssen-Cilag
Faes Farma Lilly Italfármaco
GlaxoSmithKline Bruker
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Programa
Martes, 11 de septiembre de 2007
15:30-17:30 Recogida de documentación en la Secretaría del Congreso, en

el vestíbulo del Euroforum
17:30-19:30 Acto de apertura del Congreso

Entrega de premios de la SEQT
Conferencia plenaria inaugural (CP-1)
Dr. Horst Kessler, Technische Universität München
Modified selective integrin ligands for cancer therapy,
molecular imaging and for improvement of biomaterials
20:00 Cóctel de bienvenida, en el Euroforum Infantes
Miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2007
Sesión de mañana Moderadores: Dra. M.T. García López, Dra. M.L. Jimeno
Dr. D. Andreu, Dra. R. Herranz
9:00-9:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-1)

Dr. Manuel Guzmán, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Cannabinoids as potential anti-tumour agents
Dra. Teresa Carlomagno, Max Planck Institute
Structural basis of ligand activity studied by NMR
Dr. Federico Gómez de las Heras, GlaxoSmithKline
Nuevos antimaláricos

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10:30-11:00 Café

Dr. Carlos García-Echeverría, Novartis
Identification and development of PI3K inhibitors for cancer
therapy
Dr. Javier Botet, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Salamanca
The use of genome-wide yeast mutant collections to identify
the molecular targets of drugs
12:00-13:00 Comunicaciones orales (O-1, O-2, O-3, O-4)
13:00-15:00 Almuerzo
Sesión de tarde Moderadores: Dr. F. Alcudia, Dra. P. Goya
15:00-16:00 Sesión de pósteres

Dr. José López Barneo, Universidad de Sevilla
Terapia celular en enfermedades neurodegenerativas
16:30-17:15 Comunicaciones orales (O-5, O-6, O-7)
17:30 Visita al Monasterio de El Escorial
Jueves, 13 de septiembre de 2007
Sesión de mañana Moderadores: Dr. F. Fernández, Dr. C. Puig

Dr. J. Fdez Gadea, Dr. C. Fdez Masaguer

Dra. Ana Martínez, Neuropharma
Del mar al tratamiento de las enfermedades
neurodegenerativas

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Dr. Aurelio Orjales, Faes Farma
Bilastine: a new antihistamine for the XXIst century
Dra. Anna Grandas, Universidad de Barcelona
Modification of oligonucleotides for potential therapeutic
applications
10:30-11:00 Café

Dr. André Luxen, Université de Liège
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) brain imaging
Dr. Bernat Vidal, Almirall-Prodesfarma
Discovery of novel potent, selective and orally efficacious A2B
adenosine receptor antagonists
12:00-13:00 Comunicaciones orales (O-8, O-9, O-10, O-11)
Sesión de tarde Moderadores: Dra. A. Díez, Dra. A. Marquina
15:00-16:00 Sesión de pósteres

Dr. Paolo Mascagni, Italfármaco
Histone deacetylase as a new target in cancer and
inflammation
Dra. Rosario González, Lilly
From peptides to small molecules: The design and synthesis of
efficacious BACE inhibitors
17:00-18:00 Asamblea general de la SEQT
20:30 Cena de clausura en el Club de Golf La Herrería

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Viernes, 14 de septiembre de 2007
Sesión de mañana Moderadores: Dr. F. Gago, Dr. J. Quintana

Dra. M.J. Camarasa, Dra. M.L. López Rodríguez

Dr. Didier Rognan, CNRS - Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg
From the compound to the target: development of in silico-
guided target fishing strategies
Dr. Leonardo Pardo, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Diseño molecular de agonistas y agonistas inversos de
receptores acoplados a proteínas G
11:00-11:30 Café

Dr. Gregorio Asensio, Universidad de Valencia
Reacciones de acoplamiento cruzado C(sp3)-C(sp2) catalizadas
por paladio
12:00-12:30 Comunicaciones orales (O-12, O-13)
12:30-13:30 Conferencia plenaria de clausura (CP-2)

Dr. Rob Liskamp, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dendrimers and click chemistry in the design and synthesis of
bioactive molecules
13:30-14:00 Acto de clausura del Congreso
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Conferencias Plenarias
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CP-1
HORST KESSLER
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Technische Universität München
Horst Kessler was born in Suhl (Thuringia) Germany in 1940. He studied

chemistry in Leipzig and Tübingen, where he received his Ph.D. degree with
Eugen Müller in 1966. Shortly after his habilitation in 1969 he was appointed
full professor for organic chemistry at the J. W. Goethe University in
Frankfurt in 1971. In 1989 he moved to the Technische Universität
München. He is also head of the Bavarian NMR Center.
Prof. Kessler is the recipient of the Otto Bayer award (1986), the Max
Bergmann medal for peptide chemistry (1988), the Emil Fischer medal
(1997), the Max-Planck-Forschungspreis (2001), the Vincent Du Vigneaud
Award of the American Peptide Society (2002), the Hans Herloff Inhoffen
Medal (2002) and the Burkhart Helferich Award (2005). In 2002 he received
the honorary degree of the University of Leipzig. He is a member of the
“Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaft” and the “Deutsche Akademie der
Naturforscher Leopoldina“, Halle. Guest professorships lead him to Halifax,
Tokyo, Madison, Haifa, Austin, and Jerusalem.
His current interests are in the area of bioorganic and medicinal chemistry,
with specific focus on the study of biological recognition phenomena and on
conformationally oriented design of biologically active molecules, such as
peptides, peptidomimetics and carbohydrates. Another field of interest is the
development and application of new NMR techniques to peptides, proteins
and nucleic acids as well as their complexes.
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MODIFIED SELECTIVE INTEGRIN LIGANDS FOR

CANCER THERAPY, MOLECULAR IMAGING AND FOR
IMPROVEMENT OF BIOMATERIALS
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Horst Kessler
Department Chemie, TU München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 65824 Garching
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Cell adhesion is mediated via the cellular bidirectional receptors integrins.

The peptide sequence RGD is recognized by several integrin subtypes (e.g.
Įvȕ3 on osteoblasts and migrating endothelial cells (involved in cancer
metastasis and angiogenesis) but also ĮIIE3 on platelets (involved in
thrombosis). Distinct cyclic RGD peptides (general structure: c(RGDfX))
have been designed to bind specifically to Dv integrins with high activity[1].
The cyclic peptide with X = NMeVal is presently in clinical phase III as anti-
cancer drug (“Cilengitide” Merck KGaA, Darmstadt)[2] to treat glioblastomas
(brain tumors). The structures of these rigidified cyclic peptides were used
for the design of non-peptidic mimetics to improve bioavailability[3].
The X group in the cyclic peptide can be used to anchor it to an implant for
improving bone formation on biomaterials. Different anchors and spacers
have been developed for coating different materials and tested in vitro and
in vivo[3]. Recently it could also be demonstrated that non-peptidic integrin
ligands can be used for this purpose[4].
X-modified peptides can also be used to SPECT or PET imaging of cancer
metastases when labeled with radioisotopes.[5,6] Different modifications
improve the contrast and can be applied in animals as well as in man.
[1] M. Aumailley, M. Gurrath, G. Müller, J. Calvete, R. Timpl, H. Kessler; Arg-Gly-Asp
constrained within cyclic pentapeptides: strong and selective inhibitors of cell adhesion to
vitronectin and laminin fragment P1; FEBS Lett. 1991, 291, 50-54. [2] M. A. Dechantsreiter,
E. Planker, B. Mathä, E. Lohof, G. Hölzemann, A. Jonczyk, S. L. Goodman, H. Kessler; N-
Methylated Cyclic RGD Peptides as Highly Active and Selective Dvß3 Integrin Antagonists;
J. Med. Chem. 1999, 42, 3033-3040. [3] A. Meyer, J. Auernheimer, A. Modlinger, H.
Kessler; Targeting RGD Recognizing Integrins: Drug Development, Biomaterial Research,
Tumor Imaging and Targeting; Curr. Pharm. Des. 2006, 12(22), 2723-2747. [4] C. Dahmen,
J. Auernheimer, A. Meyer, A. Enderle, S.L. Goodman, H. Kessler; Improving implant
materials by anchoring non-peptidic, highly specific integrin ligands; Angew. Chem. 2004,
43, 6649-6652. [5] R. Haubner, H.-J. Wester, W. A. Weber, C. Mang, S. I. Ziegler, S. L.
Goodman, R. Senekowitsch-Schmidtke, H. Kessler, M. Schwaiger; Noninvasive Imaging of
DvE3 Integrin Expression Using 18F-labeled RGD-containing Glycopeptide and Positron
Emission Tomography; Cancer Res. 2001, 61, 1781-1785. [6] R. Haubner, W. A. Weber, A.
J. Beer, E. Vabuliene, D. Reim, M. Sarbia, K.-F. Becker, M. Goebel, R. Hein, H.-J. Wester,
H. Kessler, M. Schwaiger; Noninvasive Visualization of the Activated Įvȕ3 Integrin in
Cancer Patients by Positron Emission Tomography and [18F]Galacto-RGD; PLoS Medicine
2005, 2, 244-252.
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CP-2
ROB M. J. LISKAMP
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Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Rob Liskamp studied chemistry and did his Ph.D. Bio-organic Chemistry at
the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (1982) working with Harry
Ottenheijm. Post-doctoral research (1983-1986) was carried out in the
group of I. Bernard Weinstein in The Institute of Cancer Research and in the
group of W. Clark Still, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New
York. In 1986 he moved to the University of Leiden. In 1991 he was a
visiting professor at the University of California in Los Angeles in the group
of François Diederich. In 1994 he became associate professor at Utrecht
University and in 1996 professor of molecular medicinal chemistry. He is
head of the group medicinal chemistry and chemical biology
(www.pharm.uu.nl/medchem). He has a joint appointment at the
departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry.
He is a Member of the executive board of the Netherlands Proteomic
Centre, member of the international advisory board of the European Journal
of Organic Chemistry and the editorial advisory boards of ChemBioChem, a
European Journal of Chemical Biology, and QSAR & Combinatorial
Science.
His research interests include biologically active modified peptides and
peptidomimetics, dendrimers, peptide folding, molecular recognition,
synthetic receptors, protein mimics including synthetic antibodies and
vaccines.
His scientific contributions so far are among others ca. 200 publications,
book chapters and patents.
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CP-2
DENDRIMERS AND CLICK CHEMISTRY IN THE DESIGN AND

SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES
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Rob M. J. Liskamp
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
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The powerful spectrum of chemical synthesis ranges from the synthesis of

small molecules -especially sought after in drug-related research- to the
very large (bio)polymeric molecules. An increasing number of synthetic
challenges is found in the design and molecular construction of molecules of
"intermediate" size (ca 4000 > mw > ca 500), especially for use and
applications in a biological context.
In the area of modulation of interaction and affinity of carbohydrate-protein,
peptide-peptide and peptide-protein interactions we use large molecular
scaffolds based on dendrimers and small CTV and TAC-based scaffolds.
We have developed a versatile synthesis for (non-natural) amino acid based
dendrimers. These dendrimers are now widely used in multivalent
approaches to increase the (low)affinity of especially carbohydrate ligands
as anti-adhesion compounds to prevent bacterial infection and for binding to
carbohydrate-binding proteins among others for targeting and imaging
applications. For this purpose we have also developed an efficient method
for "clicking" carbohydrates and peptides to dendrimers using a microwave-
assisted cycloaddition reaction for preparation of multivalent
glycodendrimers and dendrimeric peptides. In collaboration with the
Radboud University Nijmegen, dendrimeric (cyclic)peptides are applied for
tumor and infection imaging and/or treatment.
In addition to using "click" chemistry involving a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition
reaction in chemoselective (bio)conjugation reactions of carbohydrates and
peptides for the preparation of multivalent molecular constructs, we have
expanded its applications towards the preparation of peptide-based
polymers, which may open up possibilities for the synthesis of new
biopolymers. Moreover, we are investigating expansion of the arsenal of
cycloaddition reactions, which can be performed under mild conditions, and
used for a variety of applications. So far examples include new coupling
methods to be used in the preparation of peptides and a new sulfonamide
linker for solid phase peptide synthesis.
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Conferencias Invitadas
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CI-1
MANUEL GUZMÁN
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Manuel Guzmán was born in Madrid (1963) and took his BSc (1986) and
PhD (1990) in Biology from Madrid Complutense University. Subsequently
he performed his postdoctoral research at the University of Utrecht (The
Nertherlands) and the Hannah Research Institute (Ayr, UK). He is presently
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Madrid Complutense
University. His PhD and postdoctoral research focused on the regulation of
liver fatty acid metabolism. During the last ten years he has been mostly
involved in the study of the molecular mechanisms of cannabinoid action,
with especial emphasis on how cannabinoids modulate neural cell
proliferation, differentiation and survival, and how cannabinoids induce
cancer-cell death and exert anti-tumour effects. These studies have allowed
the characterization of new processes and signalling pathways coupled to
cannabinoid receptors, and overall support the notion that cannabinoids
impact very basic events underlying the control of cell fate.
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CANNABINOIDS AS POTENTIAL ANTI-TUMOUR

AGENTS
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Manuel Guzmán
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias
Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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' -Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannabinoids inhibit the growth of
glioma cells and other types of cancer cells both in vitro and in animal
models of cancer. Cannabinoid anti-tumour activity is dependent on the
engagement of cannabinoid CB receptors and the modulation of key cell
signalling pathways. This reduces in turn cancer cell survival by at least two
mechanisms: induction of apoptosis and inhibition of angiogenesis.
Remarkably, this anti-proliferative effect seems to be highly selective for
cancer cells, supporting the notion that cannabinoid receptors regulate cell
survival/death pathways differently in tumour and non-tumour cells.
Recently we have identified a new route that mediates cannabinoid-induced
apoptosis of cancer cells via the sphingolipid ceramide and the endoplasmic
reticulum stress response, and have conducted a pilot clinical trial in which
patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme were administered THC
intra-tumourally. The fair safety profile of THC found in that study, together
with its growth-inhibiting action on cancer cells, may set the basis for future
trials aimed at evaluating the potential anti-tumour activity of cannabinoids.
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TERESA CARLOMAGNO
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Max Planck Institute
Teresa Carlomagno has obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Naples
Federico II in 1997 with a thesis on “NMR Multidimensional Techniques for
a Structural Analysis in Solution of Biologically Relevant Molecules”. From
1997 to 1999 she has been a post-doctoral fellow in the group of Prof. C.
Griesinger at the University of Frankfurt, while from 2000 to 2001 she has
worked as a research assistant at the Scripps Research Institute, California,
with Prof. James Williamson. Since 2002 she is the head of the group of
“Liquid-state NMR” at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in
Göttingen, Germany. She investigates the structural basis of intermolecular
interactions by nuclear magnetic resonance in solution. Her research
focuses on the study of complexes between small organic molecules and
both proteins and RNAs, on large RNA/protein complexes and on catalytic
RNAs. Additionally, her group develops novel NMR techniques for structural
investigation of biomolecules. She has about 40 publications in peer
reviewed journals and has recently obtained the “Habilitation“ from the
University of Hannover, where she holds lectures. At the end of the year she
will move to the EMBL in Heidelberg, where she will hold the position of
group leader in biological NMR spectroscopy.
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STRUCTURAL BASIS OF LIGAND ACTIVITY STUDIED BY NMR

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J. Orts, M. Reese, C. Griesinger , T. Carlomagno
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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In structural based drug design knowledge of the orientation of the ligand in

the receptor-binding pocket plays a central role in the elaboration of a high
affinity drug. In this case it is desirable to develop a method that allows the
determination of the ligand orientation (binding mode). Recently, we have
developed a novel approach, called INPHARMA (Interligand Noes for
PHARmacophore MApping), which allows the determination of the relative
orientation of two competitive ligands in the receptor-binding pocket [1]. The
method is based on the observation of interligand, spin diffusion mediated,
transferred-NOE data, between two ligands A and B, binding competitively
and weakly, to a macromolecular receptor T. During the mixing time of the
NOESY experiment, the ligand A binds to the receptor and transfer the
magnetization to the receptor proton, from HA to HT. Then ligand A
dissociates from the protein and ligand B binds during the same mixing time
of the NOESY experiment. The magnetization that was transferred from HA
to HT is now transferred from HT to HB and leads to an intermolecular peak
between HA and HB. Here, we compare the biding mode of two ligands
derived from the INPHARMA method to the available crystal structure and
demonstrate the solidity of the method. Theoretical investigations of spin
diffusion under chemical exchange are also presented. The new method
represents a rapid tool for determining the relative binding mode of
competitive ligands and is expected to have a considerable impact on
structural based drug design.
[1] V.M. Sanchez-Pedregal et al., Angew. Chemie 2005, 44, 4172.
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FEDERICO GÓMEZ DE LAS HERAS

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GlaxoSmithKline
Federico Gómez de las Heras es Doctor en Ciencias Químicas por la

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1972). Realizó una estancia post-
doctoral en el Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York
(1974-1975).
Inició su carrera investigadora en el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones

Científicas como Colaborador Científico en 1974, en donde fue nombrado
sucesivamente Investigador Científico, Profesor de Investigación y Director
del Instituto de Química Médica.
En 1989 entró a formar parte del grupo Glaxo como Director de

Investigación Química. En 1993 fue nombrado Director de Investigación de
Glaxo Wellcome en España, y desde 2001 hasta la actualidad es el Director
de Investigación del Centro de Enfermedades de Países en Desarrollo de
GlaxoSmithKline.
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NUEVOS ANTIMALÁRICOS
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Federico Gómez de las Heras
GlaxoSmithKline. Enfermedades de Países en Desarrollo.
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Aunque la malaria continua siendo un importante problema de salud en

algunas partes de Asia y Sudamérica, su mayor impacto tiene lugar en el
Africa Subsahariana donde se producen aproximadamente el 90% de las
muertes. Más de un millón de niños mueren en Africa por malaria cada año.
La malaria fue erradicada de Estados Unidos y la mayor parte de Europa en

torno a la mitad del siglo XX. La ausencia de malaria en los paises
desarrollados y el fracaso del programa global de erradicación de la
malaria, que se basaba en el uso de Cloroquina para combatir al parásito
Plasmodio, y de DDT para combatir al vector de la enfermedad, el mosquito
anofeles, llevó a una pérdida de interés por la investigación y la mejora de
la terapia antimalárica por un período de unos 25 años, desde principios de
1970 hasta finales de 1990. Esto condujo a un aumento de la mortalidad en
el Africa Subsahariana. Esta tendencia se ha invertido y durante los últimos
cinco años ha crecido el interés por la malaria en los países más ricos del
mundo.
En la actualidad, hay un número limitado de medicamentos contra la

malaria y una falta de nuevos medicamentos accesibles. El progreso en el
conocimiento del mecanismo de acción y resistencia a los medicamentos
tradicionales, la aparición de artemisininas como una de las clases de
antimaláricos más importantes y los recientes proyectos ya completados de
secuenciación del genoma han proporcionado a la comunidad científica una
gran cantidad de datos, que han permitido aumentar y mejorar los
programas de descubrimiento y desarrollo.
Esta presentación revisa el proceso de descubrimiento de medicamentos

contra la malaria, con un enfoque especial en los nuevos antimaláricos.
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CARLOS GARCÍA-ECHEVERRÍA
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Novartis
Carlos Garcia-Echeverria received his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry

under the supervision of Profs Fernando Albericio and Miquel Pons. After a
3-year post-doctoral stay at the University of Madison-Wisconsin with Prof
Daniel Rich, he joined the Exploratory Research Unit of Ciba-Geigy (now
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research) in 1993, and the Oncology
Research Group in 1995. He has been the medicinal chemistry sponsor and
team head of different programs involving tumor cell growth control and
apoptosis. Recently, he has been appointed Executive Director, Head
Oncology Drug Discovery. His research activities have been mainly focused
on the identification and development of inhibitors of protein and lipid
kinases, proteolytic enzymes and intracellular protein-protein interactions.
He is an inventor on 22 patents (issued or pending), and has published 10
book chapters and more than 100 articles and review papers. He has been
honored with the Novartis Leading Scientist Award (2002), the Novartis
Oncology President's Award (2003) and the European Peptide Society -
Leonidas Zervas Award (2006) for his seminal contributions to oncology
drug discovery. He is senior editor of “Chemical Biology & Drug Design” and
board member of “Drug Design Reviews-Online”, “Expert Opinion on
Therapeutic Targets”, “Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics”,
“Current BioData”, “Recent Patent Reviews on Anti-cancer Drug Discovery”
and “The Open Cancer Journal”.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PI3K INHIBITORS
FOR CANCER THERAPY
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Carlos García-Echeverría
Oncology Drug Discovery, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel,
Switzerland
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The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are widely expressed lipid kinases that
phosphorylate phosphoinosites at the D-3 position of the inositol ring. These
enzymes function as key signal transducers downstream of cell-surface receptor
tyrosine kinases. The eight members of the PI3K family are grouped into three
classes based on their primary amino acid sequence, in vitro substrate specificity,
structure and mode of regulation. Class I PI3Ks -PI3KD, E, J and G- catalyzed the
formation of phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate, PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 -also referred
to as PIP3-, a process that is reverted by the action of a phosphatase,
phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN). Genetic
aberrations within class I PI3Ks are common in human cancer due to amplification,
overexpression or somatic missense mutations in the PI3KCA gene. Other
biological alterations can also affect the correct regulation of PIP3 signal
transducers. In this context, loss of the PTEN protein or function has been found in
a large fraction of advanced human cancers.
Downstream of PI3K is the 3-phosphoinosite-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1).
The attractiveness of PDK1 as a potential anticancer target is linked to its ability to
control the activity of a diverse set of AGC kinase members, in particular the three
PKB isoforms. Full activation of PKB requires phosphorylation at two sites, one
within the activation loop (e.g., Thr-308 for PKBD) and one within the C-terminus
(e.g., Ser-473 for PKBD). Phosphorylation of the critical and conserved threonine
residue in the activation loop of the three PKB isoforms is carried out by PDK1 at
the plasma membrane.
Whatever the mechanism, the prevalence of PI3K/PKB signaling abnormalities in
human cancers and its potential biological effects (e.g., competitive growth
advantage, evasion from apoptosis and therapy resistance) has suggested the
potential use of PI3K/PKB pathway modulators as novel targeted therapeutic
agents in oncology. Following this strategy, a number of compounds have
demonstrated antitumour activity in preclinical and clinical settings by targeting
directly or indirectly the different components of this pathway. This oral
presentation will detail our structure-based design efforts to identify modulators of
PDK1 and PI3K, and will highlight the evolution of our targeted therapeutic
strategies for the PI3K/PKB survival pathway. To this end, we have identified a
clinical candidate -NVP-BEZ235-, which exhibits potent antiproliferative activity
against a broad panel of tumour cell lines by specifically blocking the biological
function of PI3K signaling components (e.g., IC50 = 10 ± 1 nM, p-PKB inhibition in
U87MG cells). The activity of this PI3K inhibitor in cellular settings translates well in
in vivo models of human cancer. Thus, the compound was well tolerated and
displayed disease statis or tumour regression when administered orally -25 to 50
mg/kg/day-, and enhanced the efficacy of other anticancer agents when used in in
vivo combination studies. Ex-vivo PK/PD analyses of tumour tissues showed a
time-dependent correlation between compound concentration and PI3K/PKB
pathway inhibition. Contrary to other modulators of PI3K/PKB pathway, and upon
comparison with the mean glucose level of the control animals, no elevated blood
glucose levels were observed in the treated animals after in vivo efficacy
experiments. Phase I clinical studies with NVP-BEZ235 in cancer patients started
at the end of 2006.
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JAVIER BOTET
i
Centro de Investigación del Cáncer
Salamanca
Licenciado
cenciado en Biología por la Universidad de Salamanca, realizó su
doctorado en el departamento de Microbiología y Genética de dicha
universidad, bajo la dirección del Dr. José Luis Revuelta. Durante su tesis
doctoral ha empleado la colecciones de mutantes deficientes en cada uno
de los genes de la levadura Saccharomyces cerevisiae para determinar el
mecanismo de acción de fármacos. Su perfil investigador ha estado
enfocado en la planificación y desarrollo de escrutinios químico-genómicos
a gran escala, empleando las herramientas genómicas disponibles en la
levadura, con objeto de profundizar en el mecanismo de acción de
compuestos con actividades antitumorales, antifúngicas, oxidantes y
genotóxicas. Su especialización se completó durante una estancia en The
Scripps Research Institute y en el Genomics Institute of the Novartis
Research Foundation (San Diego, California), concretamente en el
laboratorio de la Dra. Elizabeth Winzeler, considerada una de las científicas
pioneras en el trabajo con las colecciones de cepas deletantes de la
levadura. Desde hace un año, se incorporó al grupo del Dr. Sergio Moreno
en el Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer de Salamanca,
donde mediante el mismo tipo de aproximaciones genómicas masivas,
trabaja en colaboración con la empresa PharmaMar, en la identificación de
las dianas moleculares y en el estudio del mecanismo de acción de varios
compuestos antitumorales de nueva generación que se unen al ADN.
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THE USE OF GENOME-WIDE YEAST MUTANT

COLLECTIONS TO IDENTIFY THE MOLECULAR TARGETS
OF DRUGS
i
Javier Botet and Sergio Moreno
Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer. CSIC / U. de Salamanca.
Campus Miguel de Unamuno. 37007 Salamanca. E-mail: jbotet@usal.es
ȱ
A big challenge in drug discovery is to uncover the cellular targets and the
precise mechanism of action of bioactive molecules. The yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent eukaryotic model system to study
basic cellular processes and human diseases because many genes have
been conserved through out evolution from yeast to humans. This easily
genetically tractable organism is at the forefront of large-scale functional
genomic and proteomic approaches. Many of these new technologies are
readily applicable to drug target identification and drug mechanism of action
studies.
Chemical genomics cell-based screenings are designed to identify

compounds that cause a desired physiological change, without immediate
concern about their precise targets. However, it is often difficult to correlate
global cellular phenotypes with the underlying molecular mechanisms. In
this regard, a major break-through has been the generation of a complete
collection of yeast deletion strains. This collection of yeast knock-out
mutants, consists in a6000 strains that each possess a precise deletion in
one of a5000 nonessential and a1000 essential yeast genes. Growth of this
mutant collection in the presence of a chemical compound allows the
quantitatively measure of the relative “fitness” of every mutant strain, and
has been successfully used to identify drug-susceptible strains and, thus,
gene products that play a role in specific drug-inhibitory mechanism.
I will present an overview of the high-throughput experimental approaches

to simultaneously screen this collection of “6000 knock-out genomes”
towards the understanding of drug action in vivo. The deep knowledge of
the biochemical mechanisms and the underlying cellular responses that are
triggered by bioactive molecules is essential to rationally design new
compounds with superior pharmacological profiles, but also may provide
new therapeutic strategies and reveal unwanted secondary effects.
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JOSÉ LÓPEZ BARNEO

i
Universidad de Sevilla
José López Barneo (21 de febrero de 1952), doctor en Medicina y Cirugía,

es Catedrático de Fisiología de la Facultad de Medicina de Sevilla (1986) y
Jefe de Servicio de Investigación del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
(1999). Ha desempeñado numerosos cargos en comisiones técnicas
nacionales e internacionales y actualmente es Director del Instituto de
Biomedicina de Sevilla y del Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red
sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas. Sus líneas de investigación
fundamentales se relacionan con las respuestas celulares a la hipoxia, la
regulación de la contractilidad del músculo liso arterial y la terapia celular
aplicada a la enfermedad de Parkinson. Es autor de más de 100
publicaciones de difusión internacional y miembro de los comités editoriales
de las revistas más prestigiosas en su campo (The Journal of Physiology,
Pfluegers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology, Physiological Reviews,
entre otras). Ha recibido numerosas distinciones por su labor académica,
de entre las que destacan: Premio Juan Carlos I de Investigación Científica
y Técnica (1993), Premio Jaime I de Investigación (1998), Premio
Maimónides de Investigación en Andalucía (2002), Premio Lilly de
Investigación Básica (2003) y Premio de Investigación Javier Benjumea de
la Fundación Focus-Abengoa (2006). Es Académico Numerario de la Real
Academia de Ciencias de Sevilla (2004) y Académico correspondiente de la
Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (2005).
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TERAPIA CELULAR EN ENFERMEDADES

NEURODEGENERATIVAS
i
José López Barneo
Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Hospital Universitario
Virgen del Rocío, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla
ȱ
Las enfermedades neurodegenerativas, como la enfermedad de Parkinson

o la de Alzheimer, se producen por mortalidad neuronal progresiva debido a
causas desconocidas. El objetivo de la terapia celular aplicada a estas
enfermedades es intentar restituir las neuronas que se han destruido por
otras células nuevas. El reto metodológico de estas terapias es incorporar
células dentro del cerebro de forma segura, que restituyan las funciones de
las neuronas destruidas y que se mantengan estables (sin destruirse o
proliferar en tumores) una vez trasplantadas. Durante las últimas décadas
se han ensayado diferentes tipos celulares con resultados variables.
Actualmente se investiga si las células madre adultas o las embrionarias
podrían servir de base para estrategias terapéuticas realistas. Las células
madre embrionarias han despertado un gran interés social y se han
realizado inversiones multimillonarias en compañías privadas de los países
punteros, aunque por el momento los resultados obtenidos en modelos
animales anuncian limitaciones serias para la transferencia de estas
tecnologías al hombre. En principio, la terapia celular, sobre todo la que se
basa en células madre embrionarias, sólo será útil en lesiones muy
localizadas. Por ejemplo, en la enfermedad de Parkinson, cuyos síntomas
se deben a la muerte de neuronas en una zona muy localizada del cerebro
y a la falta de una sustancia, la dopamina, que ellas producen. De hecho
nuestro grupo ha desarrollado una nueva técnica de trasplante celular,
experimentada en modelos animales y en enfermos parkinsonianos, que se
basa en el uso de células del cuerpo carotídeo y en progenitores de las
mismas descubiertos en este órgano. La aplicación de la terapia celular a
enfermedades neurodegenerativas que presentan lesiones muy difusas en
todo el cerebro (como la enfermedad de Alzheimer) parece, por el
momento, lejana.
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ANA MARTÍNEZ
i
Neuropharma
La Dra. Ana Martínez obtuvo el título de Doctor en Ciencias Químicas por la

Universidad Complutense de Madrid en 1987, ocupando una plaza de
científico titular en el Instituto de Química Médica del CSIC desde 1989.
Durante estos años ha sido investigador responsable de numerosos
proyectos de investigación todos ellos relacionados con la química médica
y el diseño racional de fármacos aplicados a áreas terapéuticas diversas
como anticancerosos, antivirales, y activadores de canales de potasio.
Desde 1995 sus intereses científicos se centraron en la investigación de
fármacos eficaces en procesos neurodegenerativos, especialmente para el
tratamiento de la enfermedad de Alzheimer y concretamente en la línea de
inhibidores de GSK-3 y moduladores de la biopatología del péptido
amiloide, donde ha llevado en la actualidad dos fármacos hasta fases de
desarrollo clínico. Es autora de libros, más de un centenar de publicaciones
científicas y de una veintena de patentes activas. En Enero de 2002, obtuvo
una plaza de investigador científico del CSIC, incorporándose en Febrero
de 2002 a Neuropharma como director de I+D. Ha implementado desde su
inicio la estrategia de I+D de la compañía así como los actuales laboratorios
de investigación desde donde coordina las actividades de investigación
básica que van desde el cribado biológico de moléculas hasta la prueba de
eficacia de los candidatos seleccionados en diferentes modelos animales.
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DEL MAR AL TRATAMIENTO DE LAS ENFERMEDADES

NEURODEGENERATIVAS
i
Ana Martínez
Neuropharma, Avda de la Industria 52, 28760 Madrid
E-mail: amartinez@neuropharma.es
Durante los últimos 20 años, más de la mitad de los fármacos introducidos

en el mercado han sido derivados directa o indirectamente de pequeñas
moléculas de origen natural. 1 Los productos naturales son moléculas
orgánicas sintetizadas por macromoléculas pertenecientes a seres vivos y
dirigidos a interaccionar específicamente con receptores biológicos para
efectuar funciones fisiológicas. Por tanto, ofrecen un gran atractivo desde el
punto de vista de la química médica como punto de partida en el desarrollo
de un nuevo fármaco. Mientras que la gran mayoría de los productos
naturales han sido aislados de organismos terrestres, durante los últimos
años el mar se ha convertido en una fuente rica en compuestos con
actividades biológicas prometedoras en diversas áreas terapéuticas como
la oncología, los procesos inflamatorios, la analgesia, la inmunomodulación,
la alergia o las enfermedades virales. Un gran número de compuestos de
origen marino han entrado ya en ensayos clínicos aumentando su potencial
impacto en la industria biomédica y farmacéutica. 2 Más aún, en los últimos
años, fármacos que provienen del mar están empezando a ser
desarrollados en áreas terapéuticas nuevas como es el caso de las
enfermedades neurológicas. 3 4
En este contexto, en NeuroPharma se han establecido varios proyectos de
investigación que, utilizando como fuente de biodiversidad los productos
naturales marinos, tratan de buscar fármacos eficaces para la enfermedad
de Alzheimer y otros procesos neurodegenerativos. La mayoría de estos
proyectos se encuentran en fases avanzadas de investigación preclínica, y
algunas de las moléculas desarrolladas han empezado a mostrar eficacia
en diferentes modelos animales. Las distintas aproximaciones
farmacológicas seguidas en el cribado combinatorial de compuestos
marinos así como los procesos de optimización de candidatos, que
permitan un aumento en la eficacia terapéutica y/o en las propiedades
farmacocinéticas, para conseguir nuevos fármacos eficaces con potencial
neuroprotector serán descritas en esta comunicación.
1
Kingston DG, Newman DJ. Natural products as drug leads: An old process or the new hope for drug
discovery?. Idrugs 2005, 8:990-992.
2
Newman DJ, Cragg GM. Marine natural products and related compounds in clinical and advanced
preclinical trials. J. Nat. Prod. 2004, 67:1216-1238.
3
Alonso D, Castro A, Martinez A. Marine compounds for the therapeutic treatment of neurological
disorders. Expert Opin. Ther. Patents 2005, 15:1377-1386.
4
Martinez A. Marine-derived drugs in neurology. Current Opin. Investig. Drugs 2007, 8:525-530.
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AURELIO ORJALES
i
Faes Farma
Información
ormación personal
Nombre y dirección: Aurelio Orjales
Dirección laboral actual: FAES FARMA, S.A.
Máximo Aguirre, 14 – 48940 Leioa (Vizcaya) – España
Teléfono +34 94 481 83 00. Correo electrónico: aorjales@faes.es
EXPEDIENTE ACADEMICO
Títulos universitarios
1. Licenciado en Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, en
marzo de 1969.
2. Doctor en Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, en
marzo de 1972.
EMPLEOS
1. Técnico de Síntesis Química, Departamento de Investigación de FAES, S.A.,
desde 1972 hasta 1977.
2. Jefe del Departamento de Investigación de FAES, S.A. desde 1977 hasta
1981.
3. Director de Investigación de FAES FARMA, S.A. (anteriormente FAES, S.A.),
desde 1981 hasta la fecha.
PUBLICACIONES
a. Trabajos científicos. Un total de 52 trabajos científicos originales han sido
publicados en revistas internacionales reconocidas, cubriendo
fundamentalmente aspectos de la Química Médica y Orgánica, Farmacología,
Farmacocinética y Desarrollo farmacéutico.
b. Comunicaciones a Congresos y Simposia. Más de 100 comunicaciones a
congresos y simposia científicos, cubriendo fundamentalmente aspectos de la
Química Médica y Orgánica, Farmacología, Farmacocinética y Desarrollo
farmacéutico.
c. Patentes. Más de 65 patentes sobre síntesis química y productos
farmacéuticos.
OTROS MÉRITOS
Congresos y Simposia: Asistente a numerosos congresos y simposia nacionales e
internacionales de Química, Biofarmacia, Farmacología y otros.
Comisiones: Vocal de comisiones gestoras de diversos Planes concertados de
investigación. Ponente en la “Revisión del Plan Nacional de I+D”. Madrid, 1995.
Tesis doctorales: Miembro de diversos tribunales de tesis doctorales en las Universidades
del País Vasco, Santiago de Compostela, Alcalá de Henares, Granada, Madrid y Navarra.
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BILASTINE: A NEW ANTIHISTAMINE FOR THE XXI ST
CENTURY
i
Aurelio Orjales
FAES FARMA, S. A., Máximo Aguirre 14, 48940 Leioa (Vizcaya),
España
ȱ
H1-antihistamines have been used since 1942 in the treatment of the

symptomatology of allergy, in particular seasonal and perennial rhinitis and
urticaria. Hydroxycine, diphenhydramine and chlorpheniramine are classical
first generation H1-antihistamines, widely used along many years. However,
their side effects, mainly sedation and mouth dryness, had been a common
problem to all of them. Attempts to find new compounds devoid of such
unwanted side effects led to a new generation of H1-antihistamines, from
which terfenadine and astemizol are outlined because of their worldwide
use until recent years. A research programme on selective H1-
antihistamines devoid of the aforementioned side effects was conducted by
us a few years ago focused on chemical structures derived from
benzimidazole. Alinastine (pINN) was discovered as a potent non-sedating,
non-anticholinergic, highly selective H1-antihistamine. However, at the start
of its development a great concern went off on cardiovascular side effects of
marketed H1-antihistamines as it was found that they can cause
enlargement of the QT interval with risk of ventricular arrythmia. This led to
the withdrawal from the pharmaceutical market of astemizol and
terfenadine. A similar effect was detected in alinastine and its development
discontinued. A new research project with alinastine as lead compound was
initiated with the aim to achieve new molecules devoid of the unwanted side
effects while maintaining the main pharmacological activity. Results from
this project have already been communicated before.1,2,3
Bilastine (pINN) has shown to be the best molecule in this chemical family.4
Besides its excellent H1-antihistaminic activity it is devoid of anticholinergic
activity both in vitro and in vivo, and it is not able to cross the blood brain
barrier, as demonstrated in functional assays and QWBA studies with [14C]-
bilastine. No effect on the cardiovascular system has been detected even at
doses 10-fold those for therapeutic use after specific QT clinical trials after
single and multiple dose administration. This profile leads to regard bilastine
as a new H1-antihistamine with the ideal characteristics for the treatment of
both seasonal as perennial allergic diseases, in particular rhinitis and
urticaria.
Acknowledgement: Thanks to Dr. Mara Bordell for her encouragement and support.
1
Bordell, M.; Mosquera, R.; Orjales, A.; Rubio, V. XII Congreso Nacional de la SEQT, Sevilla, 2001.
2
Orjales, A.; Mosquera, R.; Rubio, V.; Bordell, M.; Labeaga, L.; Innerárity, A.; Berisa, A. XIII
3
Congreso Nacional de la SEQT, Santiago de Compostela, 2003. Bordell, M.; Rubio, V.; Canal, G.;
Innerárity, A.; Berisa, A.; Labeaga, L.; Mosquera, R.; Orjales, A. XIX ISMC, Istambul, 2006. 4 Orjales,
A.; Rubio, V.; Bordell, M. Patent US 5877187.
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ANNA GRANDAS
i
Universidad de Barcelona
Anna Grandas graduated in Chemistry and got her PhD degree at the
University of Barcelona. In 1989 she was appointed Profesora Titular at the
Depatment of Organic Chemistry of the University of Barcelona, and has
recently attained the full professorship degree. During the PhD thesis and
the first postdoctoral period in Barcelona she worked in peptide chemistry.
After a postdoctoral stay in Prof. Marvin H. Caruthers’ laboratory at the
University of Colorado at Boulder (1988), she directed her research interest
towards nucleic acids. In the field of nucleic acids chemistry her main
contributions have been related to the development of methodology for the
preparation of nucleic acids analogs, in particular of different types of
peptide-oligonucleotide hybrids.
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MODIFICATION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR

POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS
i
Anna Grandas
Departament de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Química, Universitat de
Barcelona, Martí Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona
ȱ
The potential therapeutic use of synthetic oligonucleotides is mainly

based on the exploitation of their capacity for recognizing and interacting
with complementary sequences. Over the past thirty years, nucleic acid
chemists have introduced all kinds of modifications in oligonucleotide chains
to allow their evaluation and possible use either in diagnostics or as drugs.
The low stability of oligonucleotides in physiological media and their
difficulty to get through cell membranes and reach their target are two of the
main problems to be addressed, but the modifications introduced to
overcome these problems must not reduce their affinity for the target.
This presentation will cover some of the work carried out in our group to
develop methodology for the preparation of oligonucleotide analogs. In
particular, the synthesis of peptide-oligonucleotide conjugates using the
Diels-Alder cycloaddition in water, and the formation of cross-links between
platinated oligonucleotides and complementary chains will be described.
For the synthesis of peptide-oligonucleotide conjugates, the

oligonucleotide chain was derivatized with a diene, and a maleimide moiety,
which was used as dienophile, was incorporated at the N-terminal of
peptides. 1 The preparation of regioselectively platinated oligonucleotides
was accomplished by appending imidazole and thioether groups from the
nucleobases of residues in neighboring positions. 2
1
V. Marchán, S. Ortega, D. Pulido, E. Pedroso, A. Grandas. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006, 34,
e24.
2
B. Algueró, J. López de la Osa, C. González, E. Pedroso, V. Marchán, A. Grandas.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 8194-8197.
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ANDRÉ LUXEN
i
Université de Liège
Professor André Luxen is the Director of the Cyclotron Research Centre at

Liege University.
His research focuses on the study of the biological basis of the cerebral
processes in humans using functional neuroimaging techniques such as
positron emission tomography, electroencephalography, transcranial
magnetic stimulation, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. During
the last years, he has leaded the development and production of
radiopharmaceuticals labelled with a short-life radioisotope.
Radiopharmaceuticals include analogues of sugar and amino acids, specific
ligands for enzymes and receptors. These radiolabelled compounds are
validated in small animals before they are used on humans. He actively
investigates the patterns of regional cerebral blood flow which characterise
various levels of consciousness and vigilance (conscious wakefulness,
hypnotic state, sleep states, vegetative state, coma) and may be early
markers of disabling degenerative disorders (for example, Alzheimer type
dementia or corticobasal degenerative disease). He is also interested in the
functional neuroanatomy of cognitive and neuropsychological higher
functions: implicit and explicit learning (while awake or while asleep), long
term memory (procedural, episodic and spatial), executive systems (working
memory and supervision systems), and upper limb praxis among other
cognitive functions, both in normal and pathological populations. He
currently tries to merge the analysis of data obtained by using different
techniques in order to improve the spatial and temporal accuracy of our
model of cerebral functioning.
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POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)

BRAIN IMAGING
i
André Luxen
Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron, Université de Liège
ȱ
Translational research is a very important area of work within the drug

discovery field today, with the aim of ensuring a more reliable and predictive
connection between basic research and testing in the clinic. Imaging
techniques play a key role in the development of this concept, being
positron emission tomography (PET) one of the most informative techniques
we have at hand. Radiopharmaceutical chemistry includes the selection,
preparation and preclinical evaluation of radio labelled compounds. The
lecture will describe the selection criteria for candidates for PET, some
methods for their preparation and their use in in vivo studies both in animals
and humans.
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BERNAT VIDAL
i
Almirall-Prodesfarma
Datos personales:
Nombre y apellidos: Bernat Vidal Juan
Fecha y lugar de nacimiento: 11/08/1968, Porreres (Mallorca)
Licenciado en Farmacia: Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona
(1991)
Doctorado en Farmacia: Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona
(1991-1996)
Supervisores: Prof. Joan Bosch y Prof. M.L. Bennasar.
Título: “Biomimetic synthesis of indole alkaloids. First total synthesis of
alkaloids of the ervitsine-ervatamine group”
Experiencia postdoctoral: Dpt of Chemistry, Stanford University (1997)
Supervisor: Prof. Barry M. Trost.
Título del trabajo: “Novel ruthenium catalyzed reactions and development of
new chiral bidentate ligands for the ruthenium atom”.
Experiencia profesional: Laboratorios Almirall S.A.
1998-2002: investigador, Departamento de Química Médica.
2002-actualidad: jefe de sección (Dept. de Química Médica)
Artículos y patentes:
Autor en 18 publicaciones científicas en diferentes revistas de química
orgánica y de química médica y en más de 9 patentes de invención.
Conferencias impartidas en congresos:
- Conferencia invitada: "New Xanthine-Based PDE5 Inhibitors"; XVIIth
International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (2002), Barcelona (Spain).
- Conferencia invitada: "Combinatorial Chemistry in Industry"; 6th
International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences (2001), Barcelona
(Spain).
Premios:
• Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado (1997)
• Premio Extraordinario Licenciatura (1993)
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DISCOVERY OF NOVEL POTENT, SELECTIVE AND ORALLY
EFFICACIOUS A2B ADENOSINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
B
i
Bernat Vidal
Almirall-Prodesfarma
ȱ
Substancial experimental evidence highlights the importante of adenosine in

the patogenesis of asthma. Inhaled adenosine causes dose-related
bronchoconstriction in patients with asthma and COPD but not in healthy
volunteers. Adenosine potentiates IgE-dependent degranulation of human
mast cells through a mechanism believed to be mediated by the A2B
receptor. This argument reinforces a large body of evidences suggesting
that blockade of the A2B receptor may provide clinical benefits in the
treatment of chronic respiratory diseases.
So far, the identification of potent A2B antagonists, selective versus A1, A2A
and A3 adenosine receptors and showing good oral bioavailability has been
challenging.
Herein we present the discovery and characterization of a novel series of N-
heteroaryl 4'-furyl-4,5'-bipyrimidin-2'-amines as potent A2B adenosine
receptor antagonists and selective versus A2A, A1 and A3 receptors.
H H
N N N N
O N O NH
N N
O
N N N N
LAS38096 LAS100268
Compound hA2B hA2A hA1 hA3
LAS38096 17 ± 4 >2500 (40% ± 5) >1000 (14% ± 4) >1000 (36% ± 4)
LAS100268 16 ± 1 >2500 (25% ± 1) >10000 (31% ± 5) >1000 (15% ± 1)
Optimization of the series SAR led to the identification of LAS38096, which

displayed a favorable pharmacokinetic profile in preclinical species.
Regardless of the species, the compound was absorbed rapidly (tmax< 1h)
and exhibited good bioavailability (75% and 80% for the rat and dog,
respectively).
The encouraging oral bioavailability exhibited by LAS38096 allowed
characterization of the efficacy of the compound in a functional in vivo
model of allergy and inflammation. Thus, OVA-challenged mice treated
orally with LAS38096 (1 and 10 mg/Kg) showed significantly less
methacholine-induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness, mucus production
and OVA-specific IgE levels.
On the basis of its good in vitro pharmacology, pharmacokinetic, and
efficacy profile, LAS38096 was advanced into preclinical in vivo safety and
toxicology studies.
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PAOLO MASCAGNI
i
Italfármaco
Born in Florence, Dec 3, 1952. In 1978, I graduated in Organic Chemistry

from the University of Florence. 1980-1983. Post-doctoral research at the
University of Madison-Wisconsin in peptide chemistry and conformational
analysis of peptides and natural products by multidimensional NMR and CD
spectroscopy. Lecture-Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy University of
London (1984-1990) and visiting professor at California Institute of
Technology (1987). Research activities include chemical synthesis and
physico-chemical characterisation of bioactive peptides and proteins (HIV,
bacterial heat shock, antigenic peptides etc). In 1991 I joined Italfarmaco,
Milan to set-up and run Peptide Chemistry and Computational Modelling
facilities and subsequently Medicinal Chemistry. From 1995 Director of
Italfarmaco pre-clinical department. Current activities involve the design and
development of new drugs (small molecules and peptides) and formulation
in CV, infectious and inflammatory diseases and cancer.
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HISTONE DEACETYLASE AS A NEW TARGET IN

CANCER AND INFLAMMATION
i
Paolo Mascagni
Italfarmaco spa, Via Lavoratori 54 Cinisello Balsamo, 20092 Milan, Italy
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The epigenetic intervention is emerging as a new and promising therapeutic

approach in oncology. In particular, there are a number of different HDAC
inhibitors (HDACi), which, either alone or in combination therapies, are
currently being evaluated in haemato-oncological indications (e.g. multiple
myeloma, leukemias and lymphomas) where they have shown activity. One
of these inhibitors, Merck’s ZOLINZA™ (Vorinostat, also known as
suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, SAHA) has been recently approved in the
US for the treatment of advanced cutaneous T-cell-lymphoma.
Through chromatin modification-dependent mechanisms HDACi’s induce
apoptosis, cell cycle arrest and differentiation in tumour cells, the latter
effect at concentrations generally lower than those necessary for cell death
and/or cell cycle arrest.
In addition to developing its own HDAC inhibitor in oncology, Italfarmaco is
pioneering pre-clinical and clinical research in auto-immune disorders in
general and in pro-inflammatory cytokines dependent diseases in particular.
Thus we and others have shown that in human PBMC, concentrations of
HDACi’s 1-3 logs less than those exerting anti-tumour effect are able to
inhibit the synthesis and secretion of a number of pro-inflammatory
cytokines, including TNFD, IL1E, IFNJ, IL-12 and IL6. Through acetylation
patterns similar to those seen in tumour cells, pro-inflammatory genes are
silenced by HDAC inhibition whilst anti-inflammatory ones remain inducible.
Antigen-induced tolerance is thus restored in diseased inflammatory cells.
It is believed that different classes of HDAC mediate the different effects of
their inhibitors in tumour and non-tumour cells. HDACs are divided in NAD+
and Zn2+-dependent enzymes. Only inhibitors of the latter have shown anti-
tumoral and anti-inflammatory properties. The 11 Zn2+-dependent HDAC
isoforms are in turn divided in class I and II sub-families. The structural
elements governing subtype recognition are only poorly understood due to
difficulties in preparing pure and enzymatically active proteins. However,
laboratory experiments have shown that a prevalence of class I activity
exists in tumour cells. The specificity for HDAC isoforms not only is
important for the development of anti-tumour or anti-inflammatory selective
inhibitors but also to reduce the side effects that have been associated with
these drugs. Thus thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, diharrea, fatigue are
some of the dose limiting toxicities seen in clinical studies.
In conclusion chromatin remodelling through HDAC inhibition is emerging as
a novel target for the control of inflammation and cancer. The outcomes of
current clinical efforts with pan-inhibitors are encouraging whilst subtype
specific molecules are only just leaving the laboratory.
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ROSARIO GONZÁLEZ
i
Lilly
x BSc in Chemistry from the “Universidad de Oviedo” (1989).

x PhD in Chemistry in 1993 from the “Universidad de Oviedo” under the
supervision of Prof. J. Barluenga and Prof. F.J. Fañanás. PhD Thesis:
Lithiation Reactions of Allylamines and Related Systems. Applications in
Organic Synthesis.
x Short stay at the State University of New York at Buffalo in Prof. Turos
Research Group (August-October 1993).
x Postdoctoral research at the University of California, Santa Barbara
(1994-1996) working in Prof. Wudl group in the functionalization of C60.
x January 1996-June 1998, Research Position at the “Universidad de
Oviedo” financed by the Spanish Ministry of Education working in Prof.
Barluenga group in the Synthetic Applications of Fischer Carbene
Complexes.
x In July 1998, she joined the Lilly Research Center in Spain as a Senior
Organic Chemist. She has been working in the Department of Medicinal
Chemistry participating in projects in the areas of neuroscience and
endocrinology. She has been promoted to Senior Research Scientist in
2004.
x Coauthor of 27 publications and coinventor of 6 patent applications.
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FROM PEPTIDES TO SMALL MOLECULES: THE DESIGN

AND SYNTHESIS OF EFFICACIOUS BACE INHIBITORS
i
Rosario González,a Francisco Javier Agejas,a David Bender,b
Leonard N. Boggs,b Richard A. Brier,b Howard Broughton,a Ana
Belén Bueno,a Michael P. Clay,b Cynthia L. Cwi,b Robert Dally,b
Timothy B. Durham,b Jon A. Erickson,b Juan F. Espinosa,a Patric
J. Hahn,b Jingdan Hu,b Debra K. Laigle,b Terry Lindstrom,b Chin
Liu,b Alicia Marcos,a Patrick C. May,b James McCarthy,b José
Miguel Mínguez,a Gema Ruano,a Gema Sanz,a Timothy Shepherd,b
David Timm,b Paloma Vidal,a Juan Ramón Rodríguez,a Todd Kohn,b
Hsiu-Chiung Yang b
a
Centro de Investigación Lilly, S.A. Avda. de la Industria, 30. 28108-
Alcobendas. Madrid. Spain. b Eli Lilly & Company, Lilly Research
Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
ȱȱȱ
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder

characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive function, which affects
almost 10% of the population over age 65, and 40% of the population over
85.1 In the search for a disease-modifying therapy, much interest has been
focused on the amyloid cascade hypothesis. This hypothesis states that AE,
a proteolytic derivative of the large transmembrane protein, amyloid
precursor protein (APP), plays a crucial role in the clinical progression of
AD.2 Since the discovery of BACE in 1999, the aspartic protease that
generates the N-terminus of AE, there has been significant interest in the
development of inhibitors of this enzyme.3 In this lecture, the design and
synthesis of efficacious BACE inhibitors will be presented.
1. (a) Clark, C. M.; Karlawish, J. H. T. Annals of Internal Medicine 2003, 138, 400. (b)
Zlokovic, B. V. Adv. Drug Del. Rev. 2002, 54, 1533. 2. (a) Golde, T. E. J. Clinical Invest.
2003, 111, 11. (b) Wolfe, M. S. J. Med. Chem. 2001, 44, 2039. 3. (a) Durham, T.B.;
Shepherd, T.A. Curr. Opin. Drug Discov. Devel. 2006, 9, 776 (b) Guo, T.; Hobbs, D.W.
Curr. Med. Chem. 2006, 13, 1811. (c) Thompson, L. A.; Bronson, J. J.; Zusi, F. C. Curr.
Pharm. Design, 2005, 11, 3383. (d) Cumming, J. N.; Iserloh, U.; Kennedy, M. Curr. Opin.
Drug Discov. Devel. 2004, 7, 536. (e) Citron, M. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 2004, 25, 92. (f)
John, V.; Beck, J. P.; Bienkowski, M. J.; Sinha, S.; Heinrikson, R. L. J. Med. Chem. 2003,
46, 4625. (g) Vassar, R. Adv. Drug. Del. Rev. 2002, 54, 1589. (h) Ghosh, A. K.; Hong, L.;
Tang, J. Curr. Med. Chem. 2002, 9, 1135.
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DIDIER ROGNAN
i
CNRS - Université Louis
Pasteur Strasbourg
Didier Rognan heads the "Drug Bioinformatics" Laboratory at the Gilbert

Laustriat Institute (CNRS UMR7175-LC1) in Illkirch (France). He studied
Pharmacy at the University of Rennes (France) and did a Ph.D. in Medicinal
Chemistry in Strasbourg (France) under the supervision of Prof. C.G.
Wermuth. After a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Tübingen
(Germany), he moved as an Assistant Professor at the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (ETH) until October 2000. He was then appointed
Research Director at the CNRS to build a new group in Illkirch. He is mainly
interested in all aspects (method development, applications) of structure-
based drug design, notably on G Protein-coupled Receptors. Several of his
recent achievements have been currently transferred to a new
biopharmaceutical start-up company (IDEALP'Pharma).
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FROM THE COMPOUND TO THE TARGET: DEVELOPMENT OF

IN-SILICO-GUIDED TARGET FISHING STRATEGIES
i
Didier Rognan
Bioinformatics of the Drug, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) ,
UMR 7175-LC1, F-67400 Illkirch
ȱ
Stimulated by chemogenomic and structural genomic projects, structure-

based design of drug candidates has progressively evolved from single
target to full protein subfamily-biased approaches. It is therefore of strategic
importance to control, as early as possible, the selectivity profile of bioactive
compounds towards hundreds of targets. We herewith propose both the
development of target libraries and novel in silico screening procedures to
mine these target libraries. Two main applications will be exemplified: (1)
the screening of a collection of druggable active sites to identify the target of
a scaffold-focused library (Fig.1); (2) the comparison of active sites to detect
local homology in absence of amino acid sequence conservation (Figure 2).
Fig.1: From a focussed library of

Fig. 2: Distance matrix of 44 human
triazepanedione to their target
GPCRs from 22 clusters2
(phospholipase A2)1
References
1. Müller, P., Lena, G. Bezzine, S. Boilard, E. Lambeau, G. Guichard G. and Rognan D.
(2006) In silico-guided target identification of a scaffold-focused library: 1,3,5-
Triazepane-2,6-diones as novel phospholipase A2 inhibitors. J. Med. Chem., 49, 6768-
6778. 2. Schalon, C., Surgand, J.S., Kellenberger, E. And Rognan, D. A fuzzy and
simple method for comparing druggable protein-ligand binding sites. J. Mol. Biol.,
submitted.
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LEONARDO PARDO
i
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Leonardo Pardo obtuvo el título de doctor en Ciencias Químicas por la

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona en el año 1986. Continuó sus estudios
en el Department of Physiology and Biophysics del Mount Sinai School of
Medicine en Nueva York bajo la dirección del Prof. Harel Weinstein. Se
reincorporó a la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de
Barcelona en el año 1990. Su grupo de investigación aplica herramientas
bioinformáticas, como alineamiento múltiple de secuencia, métodos
estadísticos, búsquedas en bases de datos, gráficos moleculares, 3D-
QSAR, y simulaciones de dinámica molecular (i) para el diseño molecular
de ligandos y (ii) para estudiar las relaciones estructura-función de
receptores acoplados a proteínas G.
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DISEÑO MOLECULAR DE AGONISTAS Y AGONISTAS

INVERSOS DE RECEPTORES ACOPLADOS A PROTEÍNAS G
i
Leonardo Pardo
Laboratorio de Medicina Computacional, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
ȱ
Los receptores acoplados a proteínas G (RAPG) constituyen una de las

dianas terapéuticas más importantes1 y están relacionados con diversas
enfermedades.2 El descubrimiento de RAPG capaces de producir la
respuesta biológica en ausencia del ligando extracelular (constitutivamente
activos), permitió proponer que los RAPG se hallan en equilibrio entre
estados inactivo y activo. Un agonista favorece la forma activa, un agonista
inverso la inactiva, mientras que un antagonista neutro no modifica este
equilibrio. La publicación de la estructura del estado inactivo de rodopsina,
unida covalentemente al agonista inverso cis-retinal, 3 ha facilitado el
estudio de los mecanismos de unión de este tipo de ligandos al receptor.4
El estudio de los mecanismos de acción de agonistas, es más complicado
porque los agonistas, además de unirse al receptor, promueven o
estabilizan un reordenamiento de las hélices transmembránicas induciendo
el estado activo, del cual no existe información estructural. La publicación
reciente de la estructura intermedia de metarodopsina I5 ha facilitado el
estudio del mecanismo de activación del receptor. En particular, los mapas
de densidad electrónica de metarodopsina I han mostrado que en los pasos
iniciales del proceso de activación no hay cambios estructurales
importantes en las hélices transmembránicas, sino cambios locales de la
conformación de las cadenas laterales de algunos amino ácidos. En esta
presentación expondré los últimos avances de nuestro grupo de trabajo en
el diseño molecular de agonistas y agonistas inversos de receptores de
aminas biogénicas, quemoquinas, y prostaglandinas, usando técnicas de
modelización molecular, mutagénesis dirigida, y síntesis química.2,6-10
Agradecimientos: Este trabajo se ha realizado en colaboración con los grupos de los/as
Profesores/as López-Rodríguez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Leurs (Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam), Kostenis (Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Bonn), y Dumuis
(Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier). La financiación se ha obtenido del MEC
(SAF2006-04966, SAF2007-67008), AGAUR (SGR2005-00390), European Comission
(LSHB-CT-2003-503337), y Laboratorios Esteve.
1
Hopkins, A. L.; Groom, C. R. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 2002, 1, 727. 2Smit, M. J.; Vischer, H. F.;
3
Bakker, R. A. et al. Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 2007, 47, 53. Palczewski, K.; Kumasaka, T.;
4
Hori, T. et al. Science 2000, 289, 739. Surgand, J. S.; Rodrigo, J.; Kellenberger, E.; Rognan, D.
Proteins 2006, 62, 509. 5Ruprecht, J. J.; Mielke, T.; Vogel, R.; Villa, C.; Schertler, G. F. EMBO J.
6
2004, 23, 3609. Jongejan, A.; Bruysters, M.; Ballesteros, J. A.; Haaksma, E. et al. Nat. Chem. Biol.
2005, 1, 98. 7Lopez-Rodriguez, M. L.; Morcillo, M. J.; Fernandez, E. et al. J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48,
8
2548. Deupi, X.; Dolker, N.; Lopez-Rodriguez, M.L. et al. Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 2007, 7, 999.
9
Pardo, L.; Deupi, X.; Dolker, N. et al. Chembiochem. 2007, 8, 19. 10Urizar, E.; Claeysen, S.; Deupi,
X.; Govaerts, C. et al. J. Biol. Chem. 2005, 280, 17135.
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GREGORIO ASENSIO
i
Universidad de Valencia
Nacido en Zaragoza en 1948 estudió Ciencias Químicas en la Universidad

de Zaragoza doctorándose en esta misma Universidad en 1973 dirigido por
los Profesores Gomez-Aranda y Barluenga. Después de una estancia post-
doctoral en el grupo del Prof. Geroge A. Olah en la Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland (USA) se reincorporó al grupo del Prof. Barluenga en
1977 siendo ese mismo año Prof. Adjunto de Química Orgánica en la
Universidad de Oviedo. Después de siete años de actividad en esa
Universidad obtuvo la plaza de Prof. Agregado y seguidamente Catedrático
de Química Orgánica de la Universidad de Valencia en 1984 donde
continúa.
En su carrera como investigador se ha interesado por diversos temas
contemplados siempre más desde el punto de vista mecanístico que
sintético. De entre los temas abordados pueden citarse como más
significativos el estudio de las reacciones electrofílicas y de los intermedios
catiónicos, las oxidaciones particularmente con dioxiranos y, más
recientemente, las reacciones en CO2 supercrítico y la química
organometálica con la que cierra por el momento el círculo puesto que en
este tema realizó su Tesis Doctoral. Ha simultaneado su trabajo como
investigador con diversas tareas de gestión Universitaria, y coordina
actualmente el Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitario Química Orgánica
en la Industria Químico-Farmacéutica y el área de Química de la Anep.
Como profesor, disfruta dando clase a buenos estudiantes y en su tiempo
libre le gusta viajar y la música clásica.
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REACCIONES DE ACOPLAMIENTO CRUZADO C(SP3)- P
C(SP2) CATALIZADAS POR PALADIO

P
i
Gregorio Asensio
Universidad de Valencia. E-mail: gregorio.asensio@uv.es
ȱ
Las reacciones de acoplamiento cruzado catalizadas por paladio se usan

como método práctico y general para la formación de enlaces C-C entre
dos centros C(sp2). Por el contrario la formación de enlaces C-C sp2-sp3 es
mucho menos común y en general esta limitada a la reacción de
halogenuros de arilo con enolatos. Debido al uso extendido de los
sulfóxidos en síntesis orgánica
decidimos explorar la (RHN) 2C=O
O
participación de sulfóxidos o sus O
Ar aminas R 2N
Ph S NR2
derivados en procesos de R1 ArB(OH) 2
primarias, CO 1atm
O
acoplamiento cruzado. En el O
aminas secundarias,
CO 1atm
esquema siguiente se muestra Ph S
Br
Pd
como los sulfóxidos bromados ArB(OH)2 R1
CO, 1atm
en posición D participan tanto aminoalcoholes, O
en procesos de acoplamiento O alcoholes CO, 1atm
R'N O
COAr
cruzado con formación de Ph S 1 (CH 2)n
O
enlaces C-C sp2-sp3 como en R
R1 R2
los análogos de tres
componentes con carbonilación.
Las reacciones tipo Suzuki-Miyaura tienen asimismo lugar cuando el
halogenuro de alquilo es secundario en el bromosulfóxido. En este caso se
ha demostrado que las reacciones ocurren con total estereoespecificidad e
inversión de la configuración. Se han encontrado a su vez grandes
diferencias en la reactividad de distintos
diastereoisómeros. El complejo intermedio de adición
oxidante es estable por lo que ha sido aislando y
caracterizado encontrando que tiene algunas propiedades
químicas únicas si se le compara con otros complejos de
Pd(II) lo que permite utilizarlo como catalizador en otros
tipos de reacciones como algunas de las que se recogen
en el esquema permitiendo realizar muy fácilmente
procesos de carbonilación a presión atmosférica y de
oxidación.
Referencias:
G. Asensio, M.Medio-Simón et al., Org. Lett., 2003, 5, 1705; J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69.
8070; Org. Lett., 2005, 21, 4669; Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007, 349, 987; Chem. Eur. J. 2007,
13, 4223.
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O-1
IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL 2-ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL-

HYDROLYZING ENZYME BY DEVELOPMENT OF INHIBITORS
José A. Cisneros-Trigo,a Séverine Vandevoorde,b Silvia Ortega-Gutiérrez,a

Christopher J. Fowler,b Nephi Stella,c María Luz López-Rodríguez.a
a
Dpto de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense,
28040 Madrid, Spain bDpt of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University,
Sweden cDpt of Pharmacology, University of Washington, USA
Recently, the enzyme monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL) has been proposed to

be the responsible of degradation in brain of 2- arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG),1 one
of the main endocannabinoids and involved in a broad number of
physiopathological processes.2
The development of potent and selective MGL inhibitors will allow to study
the roles played by 2-AG. However, data available regarding the structural features
involved in the recognition of substrates by the enzyme are very scarce, and potent
and selective inhibitors have not been described.3
Considering the lack of the 3D structure and lead compounds for MGL, we
have designed and synthesized a series of compounds I based on the structure of
2-AG that will enable us to study the structural requirements involved in the
recognition of substrates.The most promising compounds emanating from this
study were oxiran-2-ylmethyl (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenoate and
tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-ylmethyl (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenoate.
These compounds constitute the most potent and selective inhibitors reported to
date and inhibit cytosolic MGL completely with IC50 values of 4.5 and 5.6 µM,
respectively. They are less potent inhibitors of membrane-bound MGL (IC50=19
and 26 µM, respectively), and of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) (IC50=12 and
51 µM, respectively). Moreover, the pyrane derivative has allowed the identification
of a novel MGL enzymatic activity in microglial cells. The neuroprotective role of 2-
AG and the involvement of this cell type in pathologies such as multiple sclerosis
and Alzheimer’s disease point out that this novel enzyme can be a key drug target
for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.
OH
O
OH
O
C 5H 11 O
( )m X ( )n
H.S. O O
R1
Hydrophobic Heterocyclic O
fragment Linker subunit (H.S.) Ia H.S.
O O O
() O()
n
I R2
O
n
Ib Screening
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
D239
s-MGL
S122
New m-MGL
MGL Activity FAAH
BV-2
Acknowledgments: This work has been supported by MCYT (Predoctoral grant to J.A.C.,
SAF-2004/07103-C02-01) and CAM (S-SAL-249-2006)
1
Dinh, T. P. et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2002, 99, 10819. 2 Di Marzo, V. et al. Curr. Opin.
3
Lipidol. 2007, 18, 129. Ghafouri, N. et al. Br. J. Pharmacol. 2004, 143: 774.
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SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF (RS)-6-

SUBSTITUDED-7 OR 9-(2,3-DIHYDRO-5H-1,4-BENZODIOXEPIN-3-
YL)-7H OR 9H-PURINES WITH ANTI-BREAST CANCER ACTIVITY
Joaquín M. Campos, Ana Conejo-García, María C. Núñez, Antonio

Espinosa, Miguel A. Gallo
Departamento de Química Farmacéutica y Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, c/ Campus de

Cartuja, s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
The development of new drugs against cancer belongs among the priorities of the
development of science and fundamental research. Because it is difficult to
discover novel agents that selectively kill tumour cells or inhibit their proliferation
without general toxicity, the use of traditional cancer chemotherapy is still very
limited. A series of pyrimidine benzo-fused seven-membered O,N-acetals were
designed and synthesized.1,2 Later on, the pyrimidine base was substituted for the
purine moiety with the objective of increasing both the lipophilicity and the
structural diversity of the target molecules.3 Here we report the design, synthesis
and biological evaluation of a series of (6’-substituted)-7 or 9-(2,3-dihydro-5H-1,4-
benzodioxepin-3-yl)-7H-or 9H-purines.
O R = cyclohexylmethyloxy, benzyloxy,
N R
H phenyloxy, allyloxy, phenylthio, benzylthio,
N 4-phenylthio, 2,4-dichlorobenzylthio, anilino
O N
N groups
The compounds have been obtained via condensation reaction between the
seven-membered acetal and the corresponding purine derivative using tin(IV)
chloride, TCS and HMDS in dry acetonitrile at 45 ºC for 72 h. It produced the N-9’
and the N-7’ cyclic alkylated purine regioisomers, which were separated by flash
chromatography. When the reaction was carried out within 5 min by microwave
irradiation at 130 ºC only the formation of the N-9’ isomer was observed. The
anticarcinogenic potential of the target molecules is reported against the MCF-7
cancer cell line. The most active compound presents an IC50 = 5,04 ± 1,68 PM
against the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. These results provide promising
information for further development of potent antiproliferative agents. At present,
studies are being carried out to determine the mechanism of action at the
molecular level of the most active compounds.
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1
Saniger, E.; Campos, J.; Entrena, A.; Marchal, J. A.; Súarez, I.; Aránega, A.; Choquesillo, D.; Niclós,
J.; Gallo, M. A.; Espinosa, A. Tetrahedron, 2003, 59, 5457.
2
Marchal, J. A.; Núñez, M. C.; Suárez, I.; Díaz-Gavilán, M.; Gómez-Vidal, J. A.; Boulaiz, H.;
Rodríguez-Serrano, F.; Aránega, A.; Gallo, M. A.; Espinosa, A.; Campos, J. M. Breast Cancer
Research and Treatment, 2007, 101, 000.
3
Núñez, M. C.; Rodríguez-Serrano, F.; Marchal, J. A.; Caba, O.; Aránega, A.; Gallo, M. A.; Espinosa,
A.; Campos, J. M. Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 183.
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TRIAZOLOCARBANUCLEÓSIDOS. PARTE 1: SÍNTESIS Y

EVALUACIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE 4-ARIL-[1,2,3]-TRIAZOLO-3’-DESOXI-
2’-IODOCARBANUCLEÓSIDOS
Isabel Pérez-Castro, a Olga Caamaño,a Franco Fernández,a Carmen López,a

Marcos D. García,b Erik De Clercqc
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Farmacia, U.S.C, Campus Sur, E-15782,
b
Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Química,
U.D.C., Campus da Zapateira,15071, A Coruña. cRega Institute for Medical Research,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
En el contexto general dirigido a la búsqueda de nuevos análogos de nucleósidos

dotados de actividad antiviral y/o anticancerígena, una de las posibles variaciones a
realizar sobre la estructura de los nucleósidos naturales radica en modificar la base
púrica o pirimidínica. 1 Como resultado de ello han surgido algunos análogos de
nucleósidos portadores de anillos
N CONH2 N CONH2 heterocíclicos de 5 miembros, tales
N como imidazoles o triazoles. De entre
HO N N N ellos, puede destacarse la Ribavirina 2
O
(Virazole®, 1), agente antiviral de amplio
HO
espectro usado en el tratamiento de
OH OH OH OH
sarampión, paperas, hepatitis etc. En el
1 2 campo de los carbanucleósidos, ha sido
comunicada recientemente la síntesis y evaluación de la actividad biológica de una
serie de 1,2,3-triazoloderivados; 3, 4 así por ejemplo 2,4 que presenta una potente
actividad antiviral frente a virus vaccinia (EC50 0.4 PM).
Como parte de nuestro programa de investigación centrado en la búsqueda de
nuevos carbanucleósidos con actividad biológica, se presenta aquí la síntesis y
evaluación biológica de una serie de 4-aril-[1,2,3]-triazolo-3’-desoxi-2’-
iodocarbanucleosidos tipo (±)-3, estructuralmente relacionados con la Ribavirina (1).
La síntesis de éstos fue diseñada siguiendo una estrategia de tipo divergente,
utilizando como material de partida el alcohol 4, que fue convenientemente
funcionalizado de forma estereoselectíva empleando una reacción de iodoazidación
del doble enlace, para a continuación construir sobre el grupo azida de (±)-5 el sistema
triazólico mediante una cicloadición 1,3-dipolar de Huisgen catalizada por Cu (I), en la
que la variabilidad estructural se introduce empleando diversos derivados
arilacetilénicos
N Ar
OH
N
HO N HO N3
(±)-3 I (±)-5 I 4
Los derivados tipo (±)-3 han sido sometidos a ensayos in vitro de actividad antiviral
frente a diversos virus de ADN y ARN.
1
2
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Kosugi, Y.; Saito, Y.; Mori, S.; Watanabe, J. et al. Antiviral Chem. Chemother., 1994, 5, 366.
Balzarini, J.; Lee, C.-K.; Herdewijn, P.; De Clercq, E. J. Biol. Chem., 1991, 266, 21509.
3
Joubert, N.; Schinazi, R. F.; Agrofoglio, L. A. Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 11744.
4
Cho, J. H.; Bernard, D. L.; Sidwell, R. W.; Kern, E. R.; Chu, C. K. J. Med. Chem., 2006, 49, 1140.
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MITOCHONDRIAL THYMIDINE KINASE (TK-2) INHIBITORS:

AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR CHEMISTRY, ENZYME KINETICS, AND
A PROPOSED MODEL OF INTERACTION WITH TK-2
María-Jesús Pérez-Péreza, Olga Familiara, Leire Aguadoa, Eva María

Priegoa, Ana-Isabel Hernándeza, Elena Casanovaa, María-José Camarasaa,
Anna Karlssonb, Ana Negric, Federico Gagoc and Jan Balzarinid
a
Instituto de Química Médica (C.S.I.C.), Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain ;
b
Karolinska Institute, S-141 86 Huddinge/Stockholm, Sweden cDepartamento de
Farmacología, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.; dRega
Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-
3000, Leuven, Belgium
Human mitochondrial thymidine kinase, also named thymidine kinase 2 (TK-2),

catalyzes the phosphorylation of pyrimidine deoxynucleosides to their
corresponding deoxynucleoside monophosphates by J-phosphoryl transfer from
ATP. There is increasing evidence that TK-2 plays a pivotal role in mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA) metabolism. Critical point mutations in the gene encoding TK-2 have
been described and correlated to severe mtDNA disorders that can even
compromise the individual’s survival. TK-2 has also been involved in the
mitochondrial toxicity associated to prolonged treatment with antiviral nucleoside
analogues, like AZT, which are TK-2 substrates. In this scenario, TK-2 inhibitors
could become valuable tools to unravel the role of TK-2 in the maintenance and
homeostasis of mitochondrial deoxynucleoside triphosphate pools required for
mtDNA synthesis, and to clarify the contribution of TK-2-catalyzed phosphorylation
of certain antiviral drugs to their mitochondrial toxicity.
Our research groups have been deeply involved in the identification of TK-2
inhibitors.1 We have described that acyclic nucleoside analogues, mostly thymine
derivatives, can effectively inhibit TK-2 catalyzed thymidine phosphorylation in the
submicromolar range. As a general rule, the spacer connecting the thymine base
and the distal substituent has a major impact on the potency and selectivity of the
inhibitors against TK-2 and related enzymes. On the other hand, substituents
attached at the distal site should be aromatic groups such as diphenylmethyl,
biphenyl and dibenzyl, and, preferentially, triphenylmethyl (trityl). Enzyme kinetics
with some representative examples of our acyclic nucleoside analogues has shown
a competitive inhibition against thymidine and uncompetitive inhibition against ATP.
With these premises, we have constructed and proposed a model of interaction of
our acyclic nucleosides with TK-2 based on a homology model of the latter.2
Acknowledgements: This work has been supported by different grants of the Spanish
MEC (SAF programme) and the European Commission (QLRT programme)
1
Pérez-Pérez, M. J.; Hernández, A. I.; Priego, E. M; Rodríguez-Barrios, F.; Gago F.; Camarasa, M.
J.; Balzarini, J. Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 2005, 5, 1205-1220.
2
Hernández, A. I., Familiar, O.; Negri, A.; Rodríguez-Barrios, F.; Gago, F.; Karlsson, A.; Camarasa,
M. J.; Balzarini. J.; Pérez-Pérez, M. J. J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49, 7766-7773.
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CYCLIC PEPTIDES COMPRISING CONSTRAINED AMINO ACIDS

AS INHIBITORS OF INTEGRIN-LIGAND INTERACTION
Soledad Royo, Sylwia Urman, Norbert Sewald
Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
Integrins are heterodimeric glycoprotein receptors located on the cell surface,

which are involved in many biological processes. They mediate cell–cell and cell–
matrix adhesion. The interactions of integrins with their natural ligands are the
molecular basis of physiological or patho-physiological processes. Thus, small
molecules that are able to interfere with this integrin–natural ligand binding process
possess pharmacological potential in the therapy of cancer and inflammatory
diseases. The amino acid sequence RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp), present on many of the
natural ligands, is a prominent recognition motif of integrin ligands. Synthetic
peptides containing the RGD sequence have emerged as an excellent starting
point for the identification, synthesis and development of selective integrin ligands. 1
The affinity and selectivity of the peptide ligands towards different integrins
depend strongly on the secondary structure of the sequence and the overall three-
dimensional shape. Since the three-dimensional structure of most integrins is not
yet available, the introduction of local or global conformational constraints on a
rational basis can provide information on the structural requirements for the
pharmacophoric groups, following a spatial screening approach. 2 Cyclization is
frequently used as a method to reduce the accessible conformational space.
Additionally, the incorporation of non-natural conformationally constrained amino
acids, e.g. E-amino acids, 3 can greatly affect the secondary structure of the
peptide, in such a way that the synthetic ligands prefer to adopt a particular
conformation.
The aim of this investigation are small cyclic peptides containing the RGD motif
and constrained aromatic amino acids that exhibit well-defined conformational
properties. The present communication describes the synthesis of different RGD
peptides and the evaluation of their activity as ligands for the DVE3 integrin, carried
out on human cells.
Acknowledgments: This work is supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship

from the 6th Framework Programme.
1
Meyer, A.; Auernheimer, J.; Modlinger, A.; Kessler, H. Curr. Pharm. Des. 2006, 12, 2723.
2
Haubner R.; Finsinger D.; Kessler H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1997, 36, 1374.
3
Schumann F.; Müller, A.; Koksch, M.; Müller, G.; Sewald N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12009.
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DISEÑO, SÍNTESIS Y MEDIDA DE PROPIEDADES FÍSICAS DE

MOLÉCULAS FLUORESCENTES PENSADAS PARA INHIBIR LA
INTERACCIÓN ENTRE LA INTEGRINA VLA-4 Y SU LIGANDO
NATURAL VCAM-
Tamara Belloa, Eneko Aldabab, Fernando P. Cossioa*
a
Dpto. Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. UPV/EHU. PºManuel de
Lardizabal, 3. 20018 San Sebastián. bIkerchem, S.L. Avenida de Tolosa, 72, 4ª Planta.
20018 San Sebastián.
En el presente trabajo de investigación se muestra el diseño, la síntesis y la

medida de propiedades físicas de moléculas sintéticas fluorescentes pensadas
para inhibir la interacción entre la integrina VLA-4 y su ligando natural VCAM-1.
El interés biológico de estos inhibidores reside tanto en su capacidad de

bloquear la interacción entre las proteínas VCAM-1 y VLA-4, cuya vinculación en
la metástasis de diversos tipos de cáncer (melanoma, cáncer renal, de estómago,
linfomas, etc) 1 está ampliamente recogido en la literatura científica, como en el
hecho de que su posible propiedad de emisión de fluorescencia los hace
especialmente valiosos en el campo del diagnóstico clínico y de la investigación
básica relacionada con la biología molecular.
Los inhibidores poseen un anillo de pirrolidina altamente sustituida que les

confiere rigidez conformacional, así como un sustituyente carboximetilamido capaz
de coordinarse a la integrina natural para bloquear la adhesión, y además un
grupo naftilo que presenta fluorescencia. La ruta sintética está basada en una
síntesis convergente cuya etapa clave es una cicloadición [3+2] entre un
nitroalqueno homoquiral y un iluro de azometino metalado.
Williamson
Henry
O
O2N
cicloadición [3+2] O
por etapas N
R OH
N H
H O
síntesis acoplamiento
de iminas peptídico
1
(a) Langley, R. R; Carlisle, R.; Ma, L.; Specian, R. D; Gerritsen, M. E.; Granger, D. N.
Microcirculation 2001, 335 (b) Tomita, Y.; Saito, K.;Oite, T.; Shimizu, S.; Sato, S. Int. J. Cancer 1995,
60, 753. (c) Papadimitriou, M. N.; Menter, D. G.; Konstantinopoulos, K.; Novpñdpm, G. L.; McIntire, L.
V. Clin. Exp. Metatasis 1999, 17, 669.
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A SEQUENTIAL MODEL OF LIGAND BINDING AND ACTIVATION
FOR CLASS A GPCRS
Xavier Deupia, XiaoJie Yaob, Gayathri Swaminathb, Charles Parnotb,
Leonardo Pardoa, Brian Kobilkab
a Laboratori de Medicina Computacional, Unitat de Bioestadistica, Facultat de Medicina,

Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona. b Department of Molecu-
lar and Cellular Physiology and Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5345
The ß2 adrenergic receptor (ß2AR) is an excellent model system for studying the
mechanism of Class A GPCRs activation, as it possesses a wealth of structurally
related ligands with functionally diverse properties and a well characterized agonist
binding site. Using an array of biophysical and pharmacologic approaches, we
have shown that agonist binding is translated into a series of specific
conformational changes, related to the stabilization of different active states of the
receptor, through a multistep sequential process that can be dissected into its
component parts1,2.
By putting together these results with sequence analyses and mechanistic
hypothesis derived for other GPCRs, and using 3D
models of the receptor as structural templates, we
aim to propose a specific signal transduction
pathway for the ß2AR. This pathway is formed by a
network of interactions (arrows in the accompanying
figure) extending from the ligand-binding pocket to
the cytoplasmic region of the receptor, related to G
protein binding and activation. The mechanism of
activation progresses through a linking core of
residues highly conserved in Class A GPCRs, which
includes residues of the rotamer toggle switch in
TM6, the (S/N)xxxNPxxY motif in TM7 and the DRY
motif in TM3. This pathway attempts to describe an
early stage in the activation process, when side
chain relocations have not yet been translated into
major structural changes. As this mechanism
involves residues highly conserved within Class A
GPCRs, it is expected to be shared by other members of this family.
So far, we have been able to directly detect conformational changes in the ß2AR
related to the triggering of three of the switches forming part of this proposed
activation pathway. Specifically, we have detected a change in the cytoplasmic side
of TM6 related with the trigger of the rotamer toggle switch in the same helix, the
breaking of an ionic interaction between TM3 and TM6, and a structural
rearrangement of the cytoplasmic side of TM5 relative to TM6.
We are starting to put together some of the pieces of the puzzle in the mechanism
of activation of Class A GPCRs. Although some of the pieces are still missing, we
are starting to see an emerging picture. A better understanding of the complex
process of agonist binding and activation may prove valuable for structure-based
drug discovery efforts and facilitate the design of more effective and selective
pharmaceuticals.
1 Kobilka, B. and Deupi, X. Trends Pharmacol. Sci 2007, 28

2 Deupi, X.; Kobilka, B. Adv. Protein Chem. 2007, 74, 137-166
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DEVELOPMENT OF A PLATFORM FOR THE THROUGHPUT

STUDY/IDENTIFICATION OF CARBOXYMETHYLATED PROTEINS
Silvia Ortega-Gutiérrez and Benjamin F. Cravatt
The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Departments of Chemistry and Cell Biology,
The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, 92037 CA, USA
Reversible carboxymethylation of proteins has been suggested to be a key

posttranslational modification for the regulation of protein activity. 1 However, little is
known about the biological significance of this modification. This is due to the fact
that there is no currently available technique to systematically study
carboxymethylated proteins. One approach that has proven successful for
identification of low abundance enzymes in whole complex proteomes is the so-
called activity based protein profiling coupled to the mass spectrometry technique
multidimensional identification technology (ABPP-MudPIT).2,3 Therefore, we sought
to develop a similar strategy that enables the selective capture of the
carboxymethylated fraction of the proteome and its subsequent identification by
mass spectrometry.
Based on the increased reactivity of methylesters compared to free carboxylic
acids, we hypothesized that nucleophiles such as an O-alkylhydroxylamine or a
primary amine would react selectively with carboxymethyl groups. To this reactive
group we appended an alkyne moiety, suitable for latter introduction of a biotin
moiety using click chemistry. Both fragments were joined by a linear spacer.
Ideally, these probes (1 and 2) would enable to target the desired fraction of the
proteome and the subsequent enrichment over avidin beads followed by MudPIT
(Figure 1).
H NO H2N
Since 2 yielded the best results in the 2 ( )3 ( )4
preliminary experiments, we used this probe to 1 2
characterize the carboxymethylated proteome
from mouse brain. Among the hits obtained, we Incubation with the probe
H2N
( )3
succeeded in the identification of several known (200 mM), 4h, rt, PBS, H2N
OCHN ( )3
( )3
pH = 7.4 OCHN
( )3
carboxymethylated proteins such as the catalytic Soluble brain

OCHN
( )3
H2N OCHN
( )4 ( )3 H2N
( )3
subunit of PP2A or several members of ras family. proteome

H2N
( )3
Although one of the current shortcomings of the 1) Elimination of excess of probe

2) Click chemistry with trifunctional probe
method is its low yield in terms of spectral counts, 3) Avidin enrichment
these results suggest that the development of Reduction, alkylation

Pro
such a platform should be feasible and will MudPIT analysis and digestion
be
Probe
facilitate the de novo discovery of methylated

Probe
Pro
be
Probe
Figure 1
proteins.
Acknowledgments: This work has been supported by NIH (grant DA015197) and by a
postdoctoral fellowship from MEC and the Fulbright Scholar Program (S.O.G.).
1 2 3
Aletta, J. M. et al. Trends Biol. Sci. 1998, 23, 89. Jessani, N. et al. Nat. Methods 2005, 2, 691. Salisbury, C. M.
et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2007, 104, 1171.
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THE CHEMBIOBANK PROJECT: BUILDING AN ANNOTATED

MOLECULAR LIBRARY.
Fernando Albericio a, Miriam Royo a, Jordi Quintana a, María Isabel Loza b,

José Manuel Brea b, Jordi Mestres c, Ferran Sanz c
a
Parc Científic de Barcelona, c/ Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, b Plataforma
USEF, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Facultad de Farmacia,Campus
Universitario Sur s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, c GRIB (IMIM-UPF), Parc de
Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB), C/ Dr. Aiguader, 08003 Barcelona.
The generation of public databases with chemical and biological information is

basic for the advancement of science, since there is a lack of public annotated
chemical compounds, which may be critical for the characterization of biological
routes (the chemical map of the cell)
The goal of the Chembiobank project (CBB) is to build a chemico-biological

database, annotated with both biological and bioinformatic data, addressed to the
scientific community and to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Chemical
compounds (natural and synthetic), from academic groups, will be properly
characterized using analytical methods (LC/MS) with standards set by CBB.
Compound traceability of any compound deposited in the CBB library will be
assured, through a logistic procedure that will cover the handling and storage of
compounds in conditions that allow their pharmacological characterization in HTS
screens, as well as the generation of a database that contains the chemical
structures of these compounds. This database will also include the experimental
results from pharmacological screening, and the virtual screening results of such
compounds on a large variety of biological targets. Currently, the CBB library
contains a core of 1000 molecules, which include commercial standards, which
should be growing with additional compounds from academic groups.
The Chembiobank project is a joint initiative between the Parc Científic Barcelona
(PCB) which, in addition to the chemical and logistics aspects of the project, will
also handle its coordination; the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
which will develop the screening assays for the library compounds; and GRIB
(IMIM-UPF), located at the Parc de Recerca Biomédica de Barcelona, which will
carry out the virtual screening for these compounds. The implementation of the
project will require collaboration agreements with interested academic institutions.
This project is parallel and will be coordinated with initiatives with similar objectives
being developed in several European countries, in order to build eventually a
European annotated academic molecular library.
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IDENTIFICATION OF NEUROPEPTIDE-PROCESSING
PROTEASES BY ACTIVITY-BASED PROTEOMICS
Eduard Sabidóa, b, Teresa Tarragóa, Ernest Giralta, b
a
Disseny, síntesi i estructura de pèptids i proteïnes, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, Parc
b
Científic de Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1-5, 08028, Barcelona. Departament de química
orgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028, Barcelona.
Neuropeptides are produced from precursor proteins by selective cleavage at specific sites.
Classical biosynthetic cleavage occurs at basic residues and a relatively small number of
12
peptidases are responsible for processing the majority of neuropeptides . However, with
the discovery and characterization of new neuropeptides, a new non-classical pathway has
been described with cleavage occurring at Tryptophane, Leucine and other amino acids.
Neuropeptide-processing peptidases involved in this new non-classical pathway are
completely unknown but essential for correct processing of certain neuropeptides.
Therefore, our aim is to identify proteases involved in the non-classical neuropeptide
processing pathway using activity based proteomics. Some substrate-inspired peptides with
a phosphonate functional group were designed and synthesized to identify serine proteases
that may be involved in the non-classical neuropeptide-processing pathway. The analyisis
of the proteome was done by in-gel analysis and MudPIT nLC-MS/MS analysis. The
synthesised peptides were labeled either with a rhodamine or a biotin tag by click
chemistry. To validate the methodology some phosphonate inhibitors for the well-known
Prolyl oligopeptidase were synthesized to identify this protein among a complex mixture of
proteins (mouse brain homogenate). Finally, two mature neuropeptide-based molecules
containing Tryptophane and Leucine in their C-terminus were synthesized to identify
unknown proteases from mouse pituitary.
Acknowledgements: We acknowledge Prof. Benjamin Cravatt for his advice and support.
1
FRICKER, L. D. American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (2005), 7, E449-E453.
2
CHE et al. Procedings of the National Academy of Science (2001), 98, 9971-76-
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THE CONFORMATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND P-SELECTIN

INHIBITION OF A NEW GENERATION OF
SIALYL LEX GLYCOMIMETICS
José Juan Hernández-Gaya, Javier Pérez-Castellsa, Richard W. Dentonb,

Kurissery A. Tonyb, David R. Mootoob and Jesús Jiménez-Barbero.a
a
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9,28040 Madrid, Spain.
b
Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, CUNY, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021,
USA.
The conformation behaviour of different C-glycosides, synthesized as analogs of a

glycomimetic (2) of sialyl LeX (1), has been studied. Indeed, 1 is a strong
antiinflammatory, but it presents lack of stability for glycosidase attack. The first
generation of analogs (3)1 showed a moderate biological activity, and thus
compounds 4 to 10 were designed to restrict their conformational properties and to
obtain increased biological activity.4
On this basis, the conformation of 4 and 5, their analogues 6 and 7, without the
cyclic acetal moiety, and the fluorinated compounds 8-10 has been studied. The
conformation has been derived by using an approximation which combines
molecular mechanics and dynamics methods with NMR experimental data.2,3
It is demonstrated that the conformation of the compounds depends on the nature

of the glycosidic linkages and on the presence or absence of the acetalic bridge.
Finally, the inhibition activity of compounds 4, 5, 8 and 9 has been determined, and
this activity has been related with the observed conformation.
HO OH HO OH HO OH
Man
Man O Man O O
HO H
HO HO Man
OH OH OH F
OH O O O O
O
HO OH OH 4 5 8,9
O O
O X
NaO OH HO OH HO OH
OH HO Man
O Man O O
2 X=O F
HO HO Man HO
3 X = CH2 OH F
OH OH OH OH
6 7 10
This work has been supported by BQU2003 O3550 and a FPI fellowship.
1. Asensio, J. L.; Cañada, Mootoo, D. R.; Jiménez-Barbero, J. Chem. Eur. J. 2000, 6, 1035-1041
2. Jiménez-Barbero, J. Peters, T. NMR spectroscopy of glycoconjugates, 2002,Wiley-VCH
3. Jiménez-Barbero, J. et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 4597-612. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 785-92.
4. H.-J. Gabius, H.-C. Siebert, J. Jiménez-Barbero, H. Rüdiger, ChemBioChem, 2004; 5: 740-764
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LIBRO.indd 61 31/7/07 17:22:19

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SYNTHESIS, BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AND DOCKING STUDIES OF

NOVEL ESTROGEN RECEPTOR LIGAND TEMPLATES.
Jose Juan Rodrígueza, Sonia de Pascual-Teresab, Sonsoles Martín-

Santamaríaa, Beatriz de Pascual-Teresaa, Ana Ramos.a
a
Departamento de Química. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo CEU,
Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28668- Madrid. b Departamento de Nutrición y Metabolismo,
Instituto del Frío, CSIC, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040-Madrid.
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators

1
OH (SERMs) have shown interesting applications in
R
the treatment and prevention of breast cancer.1
The estrogen receptor ER is comprised of two
X S
subtypes, ERD and ERE, which bind 17E-
estradiol with similar affinity.2 The search of
HO HO ERD and ERE-selective agents is intensive, as
CN CN subtype-selective compounds might lead to new
1: X = O, R 1 = H 4 therapies, and may contribute to increase the
2: X =O, R 1 = OH understanding of estrogen biology.
3: X = S, R1 = OH
We are currently working on the design and synthesis of new series of non
steroidal compounds as potential SERMs, following a synthetic strategy based on
a photochemical electrocyclic reaction. Thus, compounds 1-4 have been
synthesized as promising scaffolds for the future development of new SERMs.
The affinity of these ligands for
ERD and ERE has been measured
in an in vitro coactivator
recruitment functional assay.3
A computational study of the
mode of binding of 1-4 with both
estrogen receptors has been
carried out in order to understand
the activity and receptor selectivity
found for these compounds.
Acknowledgements: Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (SAF2005-02608 and

AGL2006-05453) for financial support. J.J.R. thanks USP-CEU for a predoctoral fellowship
and S.M.S. thanks Spanish Ministry of Science and Education for a Ramón y Cajal
contract.
1
Shao, W. and Brown, M,. Breast Cancer Research, 2004, 6(1), 39-52.
2
a) Hsieh, R. W.; Rajan, S. S.; Sharma, S. K.; Guo, Y.; DeSombre, E. R.; Mrksich, M.; Greene, G.L.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2006, 281, 17909-17919. b) Manas, E. S. et al. Journal of the
American Chemical Society 2004, 126, (46), 15106 -15119.
3
EnBio Estrogen Receptor (Alpha, Beta)/Coactivator Ligand Assay System (Cosmo Bio Co. LTD)
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Pósteres
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P-1
SÍNTESIS DE AMINOÁCIDOS NO NATURALES PARA LA

INHIBICIÓN DE LA INTERACCIÓN LFA-1/ICAM-1
Yosu Varaa, Aizpea Zubia a, Eider San Sebastiánb, J.J Lópeza, , L.

Mendoza, M.Valcárcelc, M.S. Solaunc, F. Vidal-Vanaclochad, Fernando P.
Cossioa
a
Dpto. Química Orgánica I. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. UPV/EHU. Pº Manuel de
b
Lardizabal, 3. 20018 San Sebastián. Ikerchem, S.L. Avenida de Tolosa, 72, 4ª Planta.
c
20018 San Sebastián. Dominion-Pharmakine, S. L. Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia,
d
Edificio 801, 1ª Planta. 48160 Derio, Bizkaia. Dpto. Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad
de Medicina y Odontología, UPV-EHU. 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia
La unión de la integrina LFA-1 con el ligando ICAM-1 está involucrada en

patologías como la metástasis de carcinoma gastrointestinal, melanoma1, linfoma2,
cáncer de colon, así como en enfermedades inflamatorias y autoinmunes. En esta
comunicación se describe el diseño y la sintesis de una familia de pirrolidinas
candidata a inhibir la interaccion LFA-1/ICAM-1 que se obtienen mediante la
cicloadición [3+2] entre nitroalquenos homoquirales derivados de la L-isoleucina, e
iminas con sustituyentes aromáticos, mediante una ruta convergente,
completamente regioselectiva y estereoselectiva,y versátil .
Alguna de estas moléculas pueden inhibir eficazmente la metástasis de células

de carcinoma de colón CT26 en el endotelio sinusoidal hepático, así como la
adhesión de células PBLs a ICAM-1 inmovilizada mostrando actividad
antiadhesiva3 in vivo reduciendo el volumen de metástasis hepáticas en un 85% y
la expresión de Ki67 en un 40%.
BnO
O2N
O
R H
R N () O
OCH3 BnO N n
N O2N H H2 O
O n = 3,5
R
O
N BnO
H2 O O2N
OBn O
R H
O2N N () O
N n
O
O n = 1,4
NH3
1
Wang, H.H.; McIntosh, A.R.; Hasinoff, B.B.; MacNeil, B.; Rector, E.; Nance, D. M.; Orr, F.W. Eur. J.
Cancer 2002, 38, 1261.
2
(a) Soede, R.D.; Zeelenberg, I.S.; Wijnands, Y.M.; Kamp, M.; Roos, E. J. Immunol. 2001, 166, 4293.

F.P. Cossio, L. Mendoza, A.Zubia, M.Valcárcel, Y.I. Vara, M.S. Solaun, J:J López, N. Gallot, E. San
Sebastián, F. Vidal-Vanaclocha. Novel inhibitors of the LFA-1/ICAM-1 interactions, and uses thereof.
PCT/ EP2006/ 055948
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P-2
PRODRUGS OF HYDROXY-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS BASED

ON THE DPP-IV/CD26
Alberto Diez Torrubia,a Jan Balzarini,b

Sonsoles Velázqueza and María-José Camarasaa
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid. bRega Institute for
Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
The lymphocyte surface glycoprotein dipeptidyl-peptidase IV enzyme (DPP-IV),

also known as CD26, belongs to a group of atypical serine proteases that
preferentially cleave X-Pro (or X-Ala) dipeptides from the N-terminus of a variety of
natural peptides. We have recently described an entirely novel enzyme-based
prodrug approach based on conjugates of therapeutic agents with a peptidic
moiety as a carrier wherein the conjugate [peptide]-[drug] is specifically cleavable
by the endogenous DPP-IV. 1
This approach was used on drugs containing a free amino group that was
directly coupled with the carboxyl group of amino acids via an amide bond
(bipartate prodrug). [(Xaa-Pro)n]-[drug] conjugates bearing di- and tetrapeptide
sequences of different nature were prepared and studied. It was possible to modify
the hydrolisis rate (half-life) and the physicochemical properties of the compounds
modifying the nature and length of the peptide (di- or tetrapeptides).
We now explore the viability of the DPP-IV/CD26 prodrug approach in hydroxy-
containing drugs. Here, we propose conjugates of general formula I bearing an
heterobifunctional linker able to covalently link both the peptidic sequence (Val-
Pro), easily recognized by CD26 in previous studies, and the OH group of a
nucleoside (tripartate prodrug). As heterobifunctional linkers, amino acids (i.e. Val,
Leu, Phe, Ala) susceptible to be hydrolyzed by esterases are used. Thus, we
prepared conjugates
chemical or of commercially
CD26/DPPIV enzymatic hydrolisis available nucleoside
O O
O O thymidine Ia and of a
B
B =
NH N potent and selective
Val-Pro C NH linker C O N O , N O inhibitor of Varicella
O
Ia
Zoster Virus (VZV)
I Ib
OH named CF1743 Ib.
linker = Val, Ala, Leu, Phe
The synthesis of the
proposed conjugates and their ability to act as efficient substrates of DPPIV/CD26
enzyme will be described. Oral bioavailability and aqueous solubility studies of
conjugate Ib will also be reported.
Acknowledgements: CSIC is acknowledged for a predoctoral fellowship to A.D.T.

(programa I3P predoctorales).
1
García-Aparicio, C.; Bonache, M. C.; De Meester, I.; San-Félix, A.; Balzarini, J.; Camarasa, M. J.;
Velázquez, S. J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49, 5339.
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P-3
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF CONFORMATIONALLY

CONSTRAINED PEPTIDOMIMETICS ACTING IN CELLULAR
SIGNALING ROUTES: IDENTIFICATION OF MODULATORS OF
THE UBC13-UEV1 INTERACTION.
Alejandra Mourea, Glòria Sanclimensa, Johanna Scheperb, Isabel Masipa,

Marta Guerra-Rebollob, Domingo Gonzálezc, Antonio Morrealec, Angel R.
Ortizc, Timothy M. Thomsonb, and Angel Messeguera
a
Dpt. of Biological Organic Chemistry, IIQAB-CSIC. J. Girona, 18. 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
b
Dpt of Molecular and Cellular Biology, IBMB-CSIC. J. Girona, 18. 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
c
Bioinformatics Unit, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, UAM-CSIC.
Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
The heterodimeric ubiquitin conjugase UBC13-UEV1 catalyzes non-canonical

polyubiquitylation that uses Lys63 of the ubiquitin protein to form isopeptide bonds
between ubiquitin moieties.1 Modification by Lys63-based polyubiquitylation
modulates the activities of proteins that exert key functions in DNA repair,
signaling, endocytosis and cell motility. We have used the strategy of chemical
modulation for optimizing N-alkylglycine trimers (peptoids) hits implicated in cellular
signaling routes such as that involving the UBC13-UEV interaction. The high
conformational flexibility of peptoids can generate selectivity problems because of
unwanted off-target interactions. Fortunately, their simplicity makes them amenable
to structural manipulation, thus facilitating the optimization of hit molecules for
drug-like properties. We report here the design and synthesis of conformationally
constrained compounds I and II, derived from the above hit peptoids. For the
synthesis of these analogues, an approach combining solid phase synthesis with
microwave activation was developed.
R1 O O
N R2
R3 O N O
N N NH2
N NH2 R1 N
O
R2 O O R3 O
I II
Results on the potent biological activity elicited by representative molecules from

these families as potent inhibitors of the UBC13-UEV interaction will be presented.
The active analogues discovered constitute the first examples of small molecules
eliciting a potent inhibition of the UBC13-UEV interaction.
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of
Science and Education (MEC) (2005-00995/BQU) and CSIC grant (PIF 200580F0202). A
predoctoral fellowship from CSIC (I3P program) is also acknowledged.
1
Hofmann RM, Pickart CM. J Biol Chem 2001, 276, 27936-27943.
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MODIFICATION OF GRAMICIDIN S BY INCORPORATION OF

PHENYLALANINE ANALOGUES
Concepción Solanasa, Beatriz G. De la Torreb, María Fernández-Reyesc,

Clara M. Santiverid, M. Ángeles Jiménezd, Luis Rivasc, Ana I. Jiméneza,
David Andreub, Carlos Cativielaa
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica, ICMA, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, Zaragoza.
b
Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad Pompeu Fabra,
Barcelona. cCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid. dInstituto de Química
Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid.
In recent years, new arising resistant bacterial strains have prompted

researchers to the development of new classes of antibiotics. The search for new
molecules has led to the study of naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides, and
those cationic in nature are the most abundant. Since these molecules target the
cell membrane as a whole and not specific receptors, development of resistance is
unlikely.
The cationic antimicrobial peptide gramicidin S (GS), isolated from Bacillus
brevis, is active against a wide range of bacteria and fungi. Unfortunately, GS
exhibits a high haemolytic activity, limiting its use as an antibiotic for topical
applications. This peptide is a C2-symmetric cyclic decamer that adopts a rigid ȕ-
structure, in which the Val, Orn and Leu residues align to form the antiparallel ȕ-
strands and D-Phe and Pro induce type II’ ȕ-turns.
Pro1’ Val2’ Orn3’ Leu4’ D-Phe5’
D-Phe5 Leu4 Orn3 Val2 Pro1
Structure of gramicidin S (hydrogen bonds are indicated with dotted lines)
There is a wide interest in the generation of new GS analogues in order to

dissociate the antimicrobial and haemolytic activities and different sequence
modifications have been proposed in the last decades. In addition, gramicidin S
provides a suitable model to study the structural preferences of non-natural motifs.
The current study deals with the modification of the ȕ-turn region of GS by
incorporating non-proteinogenic amino acids in place of both D-Phe residues. All
linear peptides were prepared by SPPS using Boc-chemistry, cyclized in solution,
purified by HPLC and characterized by mass spectrometry. The biological activity
of the GS analogues has been evaluated and their different structural properties
analysed by NMR.
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β-AMINO-γ-SULTONES AS POTENTIAL DIMERIZATION

INHIBITORS OF HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
Sonsoles Velázquez,a M. Teresa Peromingo,a Sonia de Castro,a Leire

Aguado, aJan Balzarinib and María-José Camarasaa
a b
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid. Rega Institute for
Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
O Viral Reverse Transcriptase (RT) is a key target in the search

N
for anti-HIV drugs. The biologically active form of the enzyme is
an asymmetric heterodimer composed of two subunits p66 and
TBDMSO N O
O p51. Dimerization is essential for a fully functional RT, therefore,
H2N
interference with this process constitutes an alternative target to
S
O OTBDMS inhibit the enzyme by a different mechanism to those described
O O
1
so far.
TSAO-m3T (1), the first example of a small non-peptidic molecule that interferes
with the dimerization of the enzyme, 1 destabilizes the p66-p51 heterodimer by its
interaction between the palm subdomain of the p66 subunit and the β7-β8 loop
region of the p51 subunit.2 This previously unexplored interface region of the
enzyme is a key structural element for RT dimerization and can be considered as a
“hot spot” for drug design. The sequence in the loop at positions 134-141 is unique
among HIV-1 RTs. Two residues are particularly important for the enzyme stability
(and thereby enzyme activity), the highly conserved Asn-B136 and the Glu-B138
(key residue for the interaction of TSAO derivatives, through their 4’’-amino group,
that have a second polar interaction with Thr-B139). O R"
In order to find novel small molecules based on spacer
the β-amino-γ-sultone scaffold (the pharmacophore N
H2N
N
RHN
of TSAOs) that may bind at the β7-β8 loop and
O
interfere with the dimerization of RT, we focused on R'HN S
O
S
O O O O O
spiro sultone derivatives (2) in which the 4-amino 2 3
group of the spiro-sultone moiety was maintained (to R = H, COR"'
allow the crucial interaction with Glu-B138) and at the
3- and/or 4- positions were substituted with amide or urea groups (to allow
interaction with Asn-B136). Moreover, carbonyl groups linked to the pyrrolidine
moiety through spacers of different nature (3) to interact with Thr-B139 were
introduced. The synthesis and biological evaluation of these compounds will be
reported.
Acknowledgements: MEC and the European Commission are acknowledged for financial
support
1
Sluis-Cremer, N.; Dmitrienko, G. I.; Balzarini, J.; Camarasa, M. J.; Parniak, M. A. Biochemistry
2000, 39, 1427-1433.
2
Rodríguez Barrios, F.; Pérez, C.; Lobatón, E.; Velázquez, S.; Chamorro, C.; San-Félix, A.; Pérez-
Pérez, M. J.; Camarasa, M. J.; Pelemans, H.; Balzarini, J.; Gago, F. J. Med. Chem. 2001, 44, 1853-
1865.
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SYNTHESIS OF \-MIRAZIRIDINES AS POTENTIAL ANTICANCER

AGENTS
Patricia López, Anna Diez*
Biosyner, IRB-Parc Científic de Barcelona. 08028-Barcelona, Spain

Laboratori de Química Orgànica. Facultat de Farmàcia. Universitat de Barcelona. 08028-
Barcelona, Spain
The pentapeptide miraziridine A (HO-(2R,3R)-Azy-Leu-(3S,4S)-Sta-Abu-vArg-OH,

Figure 1), isolated from the marine sponge Theonella aff. Mirabilis, 1 shows potent
and irreversible inhibition of cystein-proteases, mainly cathepsines B and L. 2 The
peculiar structure of miraziridine A suggests that the azyridine moiety is
responsible for the actual blocking of the thiol group of the cystein-proteases, and
that the rest of the molecule may modulate its specificity towards a particular
protease. Since statine (4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid) occupies the
central position and displays both a hydrophobic part (iBu) and a hydrophilic
function (OH), we have synthesized some conformationally restricted pseudo-
statines that contain our typical 3-aminopiperidone backbone, 3 and have used
them in the preparation of several constrained pseudo-miraziridines.
Molecular modeling calculations showed that the native miraziridine A has one
family of conformations that bends around Sta, and replacement of Sta for its
lactam surrogates effectively bends the structure at this site.
We will present the synthesis of the diversely functionalised lactams (pseudo-Sta
and pseudo-Azy) (Figure 2), the synthesis of the pseudo-miraziridines, and the
structural studies. The anticancer activity evaluation of pseudo-miraziridines is in
progress.
O O O
O O OH O O
H H OH
N N OH OH
HO N N OH O N
N
H Sta H O N O N
O O
Azy H
OBn FmocHN OBn FmocHN

NH o-Ns-N
OH
HN NH2
HO-(2R-3R)-Azy-Leu-(3S,4S)-Sta-Abu-vArg-OH \-aziridine \-statine \-statine

(2) (3) (4)
miraziridine A (1)
1 2
1
Nakao, Y.; Fujita, M.; Warabi, K.; Matsunaga, S.; Fusetani, N., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122,
10462-10463
2
Schaschke, N. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2004, 14, 855-857
3
Piró, J.; Forns, P.; Blanchet, J.; Bonin, M.; Micouin, L.; Diez, A. Tetrahedron : Asym., 2002, 13, 995-
1004.
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Stereoselective synthesis of indanes
Cristina Navarro, Aurelio G. Csákÿ*
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense.

28040 Madrid. Spain.
The indane skeleton is found in a variety of pharmaceutically

R3
active compounds. Recent applications include the
R2 development of new sedative agents,1 inhibitors of P-
glycoprotein-mediated transport for the enhancement of the
R1
1,2,3-Trisubstituted bioavailability and modulation of multi-drug resistance to
Indanes chemotherapeutic agents,2 antispermatogenic agents for male
contraception,3 and selective antagonists of endothelin
4
receptors for the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, renal failure,
cerebral vasospasm, atherosclerosis, restenosis, myocardial infarction,
subarachnoid haemorrhage, and pulmonary disorders such as pulmonary primary
hypertension (PPA), which is catalogued as an orphan disease.
We have developed a stereoselective synthesis of trisubstituted indanes based
on a novel Rh(I)-catalyzed tandem conjugate addition5 - Michael cyclization:
R2
O
O H O
R´
2 Ar R2 O
R Ar-B(OH)2
1 RhLn R
R RhI R1
Step 1 H Step 2
1 O O Ar Ar
R1 2 3
oxa-S-allyl-Rh(I) intermediate
Conjugate addition of the Ar-Rh(I) species, generated by transmetalation of the

arylboronic acid with the Rh(I)-catalyst, to the CH=CH-COR1 linkage of compounds
1 (Step 1) affords an oxa-S-allyl-Rh(I) intermediate. This undergoes an
intramolecular Michael reaction with the CH=CH-COR2 moiety to give indanes 2
(Step 2) in a highly diastereoselective fashion. The reactions are carried out in
water-containing organic solvents. Post-synthetic elaboration of 2 affords the
trisubstituted indanes 3.
1
Zanoli, P.; Avallone, R.; Baraldi, M. Phytother. Res. 1998, 12, S114
2
Melikian-Badalian, A. PCT Int. Appl. 2002 WO2002030915
3
Cook, C. E.; Wani, M. C.; Jump, J. M.; Lee, Y.-W.; Fail, P. A.; Anderson, S. A.; Gu, Y.-Q.; Petrow,
V. J. Med. Chem. 1995, 38, 753
4
(a) Clark, W. M. Curr. Opinion Drug Disc. Devel. 1999, 2, 565. (b) Elliott, J. D.; Cousins, R. D.; Gao,
A.; Leber, J. D.; Erhard, K. F.; Nambi, P.; Elshourbagy, N. A.; Kumar, C.; Lee, J. A.; Bean, J. W.;
DeBrosse, C. W.; Eggleston, D. S.; Brooks, D. P.; Feuerstein, C.; Gleason, J. G.; Oeishoff, C. E.;
Ohlstein, E. H. J. Med. Chem. 1994, 37, 1553. (c) Song, Z. J.; Zhao, M.; Frey, L.; Li, J.; Tan, L.;
Chen, C. Y.; Tschaen, D. M.; Tillyer, R.; Grabowski, E. J. J.; Volante, R.; Reider, P. J. Org. Lett.
2001, 3, 3357. (d) Clark, W. M.; Tickner-Eldridge, A. M.; Huang, G. K.; Pridgen, L. N.; Olsen, M. A.;
Mills, R.; Lantos, I.; Baine, N. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4550.
5
Review: Miura, T.; Murakami, M. Chem. Comm. 2007, 217
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RIBONUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES AS POTENTIAL INDUCERS OF

LETHAL MUTAGENESIS OF RIBOVIRUSES
M. Teresa Peromingo,a Ana San-Félix,a Mercedes Dávila,b Ana I. de Avila,b

Esteban Domingo,b and María-José Camarasaa
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid. bCentro de
Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid
Riboviruses are pathogens causing human diseases, ranging from the common
cold to exotic illnesses i.e. haemorrhagic fever, and epidemic diseases i.e. AIDS,
Hepatitis C, SARS, etc. The development of broadly effective therapeutics has
been hampered by the tremendous diversity of riboviruses, as well as by their
ability to rapidly adapt and acquire resistance to treatments. Riboviruses exhibited
an extremely high mutation frequency. Maintaining such a high mutation frequency,
however, is dangerous for the virus. 1
A recently reported new antiviral strategy called “lethal mutagenesis” attemps to
exploit the high mutation frequency of riboviruses by increasing the mutation rate
even further and driving the virus population into “error catastrophe” (lethal
accumulation of errors). This new strategy was validated with ribavirin (a
mutagen).2 This suggests that RNA virus mutagens may represent a promising
new class of antiviral drugs.
We describe here the synthesis and biological studies of potential mutagenic
ribonucleosides that may be incorporated into
O
the viral genome during replication and, by
R NH N mispairing, induce lethal mutagenesis. These
N COR'
ribonucleosides bear universal bases with
N O N
ambiguous hydrogen bonding properties
HO (hydrogen bonding interactions occur but with
O
different patterns depending on the
configuration of the molecule). We have
OH OH
documented various degrees of inhibition of the
R = H, CH3, F, Cl, Br, I; R' = OCH3, NH2 replication of foot-and-mouth disease virus,
encephalomyocarditis virus and lymphocytic
choriomeningitis virus in BHK-21 cells by several base and ribonucleoside
analogues. The inhibitory activities cannot be accounted for by the toxicity of the
drugs on BHK-21 cells. We are currently carrying out experiments to identify the
steps in the life cycle of these viruses that may be affected by the drugs.
Acknowledgements: CSIC is acknowledged for financial support (Proyecto Intramural de

Frontera, ref. 2005-20F-0221)
1
Graci, J. D.; Cameron, C. E. Antiviral Chem. Chemother. 2004, 15, 1.
2
Crotty, S.; Cameron, C. E.; Andino, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2001, 98, 6895.
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DEVELOPING DUAL LIGANDS AS NOVEL THERAPEUTIC

AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CNS DISORDERS
Anabel Molero,a Marc Vendrell,a Aroa Soriano,b Rodolfo Lavilla,c Vicent

Casadó,b Carme Lluís,b Rafael Franco,b Fernando Albericio,c Miriam Royo.a
a
Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, 08028
Barcelona, Spain, amolero@pcb.ub.es
b
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular Neurobiology Unit,
University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
c
IRB Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
The increasing number of publications that describe multiple ligands may suggest
an on-going re-evaluation of the ‘one-disease-one-drug’ paradigm that has
dominated the pharmaceutical industry for the past few decades. For some CNS
disorders, it has been recognised that a balanced modulation of several targets
can provide a superior therapeutic effect and a better side effect profile compared
to the action of a selective ligand in a single receptor.1 A relevant example is
Parkinson’s disease (PD), where patients receiving traditional treatment based on
single dopamine interactions, obtain only partial or transient benefits at best.2
However, balanced modulation of dopamine and adenosine receptors showed
promising efficacy and fewer side effects than single-target treatments.3 Our group
has recently reported peptide-heterocycle hybrids as a good starting point for the
development of dual ligands at adenosine and dopamine receptors.4 In the present
work, we report the synthesis and biological evaluation of novel compounds with
the capacity to interact with both adenosine and dopamine receptors. The
combination of the heterocycle indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidine with several tripeptide
libraries (1 and 2) has resulted in heterocycle-peptide hybrids (Figure 1) with dual
activity at both receptors. Binding studies, pharmacology and structure-activity
relationships of these new molecules will be discussed.
O O
N R1 N
N N
N H H N H H
H NH O H H O
O N
R3 R2
R2 HN O
1 NH2 2 R1 HN
NH O
O
O
NH2
R3
Figure1. General structure of indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidine-tripeptide (1) and indolo[2,3-

a]quinolizidine-spacer-tripeptide (2).
1
Morphy, R.; Kay, C.; Rankovic, Z. Drug Discovery Today 2004, 9, 641-651.
2
Mercuri, N.B.; Bernardi, G. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 2005, 26, 341-344.
3
Kanda, T.; Jackson, M.J.; Smith, L.A.; Pearce, R.K.B.; Nakamura, J.; Kase, H.; Kuwana, Y.; Jenner,
P. Experimental Neurology 2000, 162, 321-327.
4
Vendrell, M.; Angulo, E.; Casadó, V.; Lluis, C.; Franco, R.; Albericio, F.; Royo, M. Journal of
Medicinal Chemistry, in press.
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EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF CONFORMATIONALLY

CONSTRAINED CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVES FROM A
COMMON PRECURSOR
Ernesto Quesada,a Alessandra Cordeiro,a María-José Camarasa,a Miguel

Angel Maestro,b and Ana San-Félixa
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid. bDepartamento
de Química Fundamental Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15071 La
Coruña
Carbohydrates are natural products of great interest, due to their widespread

occurrence, structural diversity, well-defined stereochemistry and high functional
group density. These properties make this class of compounds particularly
attractive as chiral scaffolds with application in the areas of pharmaceutical and
medicinal chemistry.
A potential disadvantage in the application of monosaccharide scaffolds may
be their propensity, depending on the nature and spatial orientation of the
substituents, to adopt more than one conformation. One possible method for the
reduction of molecular flexibility is the introduction of a second, and possibly a third
ring onto the sugar backbone.1
The synthesis of polycyclic sugar derivatives 2-4 will be presented. These
compounds were prepared in very good yields and high degree of chemo-, regio-,
and stereoselectivity from the common synthetic precursor 1, recently developed in
our group.2 The structures of the novel polycyclic sugar derivatives were assigned
by NMR spectroscopy. Polycyclic sugar 2 was chosen as a representative
compound and unequivocal confirmation of its structure was obtained from X-ray
crystal structure analysis.
TsO
O
NH2
O
O
S O
O O 1
O O O
O N N N
O O O
O O O O O O
O
S nO S nN S O
n = 1,2 n = 1,2
O O O O H3C
O
2 3 4
Acknowledgements: The Spanish MEC (SAF 2006-12713-C02-01) is acknowledged for

financial support.
1
Gruner, S. A. W.; Locardi, E.; Lohof, E.; Kessler, H. Chem. Rev. 2002, 102, 491.
2
Cordeiro, A; Quesada, E.; Bonache, M. C.;Velázquez, S.; Camarasa, M. J y San-Félix, A. J. Org.
Chem., 2006, 71, 7224.
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DISEÑO, SÍNTESIS QUÍMICA Y ACTIVIDAD ANTIMETASTÁTICA

DE NUEVOS ANÁLOGOS HETEROCÍCLICOS DEL TRANS-
RESVERATROL
Eneko Aldabaa, Yosu Vara Salazarb, María Valcarcelc, Lorea Mendozac,

Fernando Vidal-Vanaclochad, Fernando P. Cossiob
a b
Ikerchem, S.L. Avenida de Tolosa, 72, 4ª Planta. 20018 San Sebastián. Dpto. Química
Orgánica I. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UPV-EHU. Pº Manuel de Lardizabal, 3. 20018
c
San Sebastián. Dominion-Pharmakine, S. L. Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Edificio 801,
d
1ª Planta. 48160 Derio, Bizkaia. Dpto. Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Medicina
y Odontología, UPV-EHU. 48940 Leioa, BIzkaia.
Los trans-estilbenos y, en particular, el trans-resveratrol, son objeto de interés

creciente debido a sus amplias propiedades biológicas y terapéuticas1. Así, se ha
demostrado que el resveratrol previene las enfermedades cardiovasculares y tiene
actividad antiinflamatoria, antiviral y neuroprotectora. Asimismo, está bien
documentado su papel como agente quimiopreventivo y quimioterápico en el
ámbito del cáncer2. Sin embargo, los trans-estilbenos poseen una inestabilidad
química y configuracional que dificulta su síntesis y uso terapéutico.
Con el fin de solucionar este problema, en nuestro laboratorio hemos diseñado

y sintetizado una serie de arilpirroles y arilindoles, configuracionalmente estables,
que evitan la posibilidad de isomerización cis-trans presente en los estilbenos
naturales. La estructura general de dichos compuestos se muestra en la Figura 1.
(OR)n
(RO)n N Y
H
(OR)n n,m=1,3
(RO)n R=H, Me
X=H, NO2
Y=CO2Me, CO2H, H
(OR)n
(RO)n
N
H
Figura 1.
1
Baur, J. A.; Sinclair, D. A. Nat. Rev. Drug. Discov. 2006, 5, 493.
2
Jang, M.; Cai, L.; Udenai, G. O.; Slowing, K. V.; Thomas, C. F.; Beecher, C. W. W.; Fong, H. H. S.;
Farnsaworth, N. R.; Kinghorn, A. D.; Menta, R. G.; Moon, R. C.; Pezzuto, J. M. Science 1997, 275,
218.
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DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF BINDING SITE-DIRECTED

CANDIDATE PROBES FOR THE STUDY OF THE CB1
CANNABINOID RECEPTOR
Lidia Martín-Couce, Mar Martín-Fontecha, Silvia Ortega-Gutiérrez, María

Luz López-Rodríguez
Dpto. de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense,

28040 Madrid, España.
There is increasing evidence that the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is

involved in a large variety of physiological processes that include motor activity,
analgesia and regulation of neurotransmission.1 Cannabinoid receptors CB1 and
CB2 are therefore regarded as targets of paramount interest within the
pharmaceutical research field. In spite of all the significant progress made towards
the gathering of information regarding molecular recognition of cannabinoid
ligands, ligand-receptor binding motives remain generally elusive. Their elucidation
is a major challenge in chemical biology.
In this respect, the use of novel complementary techniques, such as
bioconjugation and fluorescence labeling, is regarded as a promising means of
providing a valuable source of information of the protein target binding domain.2
This information should give an additional boost to the rational design and
identification of new hits, with the subsequent generation of leads in drug discovery
programs that target the ECS.
Following this rationale, we have initiated a project aimed at developing probes
for the study of CB1 receptor. These probes (1-4), inspired in different structural
cores endowed with CB1 agonism, possess two components: i) a bioactive moiety,
responsible for the interactions with the binding site and ii) a benzophenone,
alkyne, biotin or fluorescent moiety for covalent modification, enrichment or
fluorescence labeling of the target protein. These derivatives will allow for the
eventual O O
R
identification of the
O
N REPORTER N
H TAG H
proper moieties and

their optimal position 1 2
REPORTER
TAG
to convert these O
OH
compounds into
HO
O 5
O REPORTER
probes of high
TAG O
REPORTER
TAG
affinity and selectivity 3 4

O
towards CB1.
Acknowledgements: This work has been supported by a MEC predoctoral fellowship

(LMC) and grants from the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (SAF-2004/07103-C02-01)
and Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (S-SAL-249-2006).
1
Karanian, D.A.; Bahr, B.A. Curr. Mol. Med. 2006, 6, 677.
2
Prescher, J.A.; Bertozzi, C.R. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2005, 1, 13.
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BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AS NOVEL SEROTONIN 5-HT6

RECEPTOR LIGANDS
Tania de la Fuentea, Mar Martín-Fontechaa, Dulce Alonsoa, Leonardo

Pardob, Mercedes Campillob, Bellinda Benhamúa, María L. López
Rodrígueza
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad
Complutense, 28040 Madrid. bUnitat de Bioestadística, Institut de Neurociènces,
Universitat Autònoma, 08913 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona
Adenylate cyclase linked G-protein-coupled 5-HT6 serotonin receptor (5-HT6R)

is one of the most recently identified subtypes. This receptor has generated
considerable interest due to its possible involvement in obesity, certain
neuropsychiatric disorders, and cognition1.
In our research group2, we have independently developed a pharmacophore

model as well as a 3-D computational model for ligand-receptor interaction, which
have provided the structural requirements for 5-HT6R antagonists and the
molecular details of their recognition.
Using these models, in this work we have designed a series of new

benzimidazole derivatives, which have been synthesized and evaluated for binding
affinity at the human 5-HT6R. Some of the synthesized compounds show 5-HT6R
affinity having Ki values ranging from 8 to 60 nM. The new ligands have also
allowed the validation of our proposed pharmacophore and ligand-receptor
interaction models.
The benzimidazole derivatives reported herein represent a novel structural

class of 5-HT6R ligands, in which compound UCM-236 (Ki = 8 nM)3 exhibits the
highest affinity. The ligands are being characterized for selectivity and functional
behavior. In addition, structural changes are in course to obtain new benzimidazole
derivatives with higher affinity and selectivity for the 5-HT6R.
The approach presented herein represents the first contribution to the rational
design of agents acting at the recently identified 5-HT6 serotonin receptor.
This work was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (SAF2004-07103-C02-

01) and Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (SAL-0249/2006). T. de la Fuente is also grateful
to Fundación Ramón Areces for a predoctoral grant.
1
Glennon, R. A. J. Med. Chem. 2003, 46, 2795-2812.
2
López-Rodríguez, M. L.; Benhamú, B.; de la Fuente, T.; Sanz, A.; Pardo, L.; Campillo, M., J. Med.
Chem., 2005, 48(13), 4216-4219.
3
López-Rodríguez, M. L.; Benhamú, B.; Martín-Fontecha, M.; de la Fuente, T. European Patent in
preparation.
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SYNTHESIS OF NEW 5-HT7 SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGENTS
Rocío A. Medinaa, Jessica Opacicb, Leonardo Pardob, Mercedes Campillob,

Bellinda Benhamúa, María L. López-Rodrígueza
a
Complutense, 28040 Madrid. bUnitat de Bioestadística, Institut de Neurociènces,
Universitat Autònoma, 08913 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona
Serotonin 5-HT7 receptor (5-HT7R)1 represents a promising therapeutic target for

certain CNS disorders related to circadian rythms, as well as for migraine in the
periphery. In our research group, we are involved in a project aimed at the
development of new specific 5-HT7R agents. As a starting point, we postulated a
pharmacophore hypothesis for 5-HT7R antagonism, validated through the design
and synthesis of a series of naphtholactams and naphthosultams2. Analogue
UCM-5600 (pKi = 7,1) was identified as a new lead compound for the search for
potent and selective 5-HT7R antagonists.
In this work we have synthesized new compounds of general structure I
considering structural modifications in the different pharmacophoric elements
present in UCM-5600. The new derivatives have been evaluated for affinity at the
5-HT7R and selectivity over the 5-HT1AR, both GPCRs with a high homology in
their active sites.
A B A B HYD1
Ar HYD2
+
N N N N N Y HYD3
O ( )5 O SPACER
UCM-5600
HBA I PI
The influence of the different pharmacophoric elements has been analyzed using
computational simulation studies that have determined the molecular details of
ligand-receptor interaction. The models are consistent with the binding data and
have revealed that a hydrogen bond between the compound and Ser6.55 is the
key for 5-HT7/5-HT1A selectivity in this family of ligands. In particular, ligand UCM-
3307 (HYD1 = B; spacer = (CH2)4; HYD2 + HYD3 = 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline)
exhibits high 5-HT7R affinity and selectivity over 5-HT1AR (5-HT7: Ki = 23 nM; 5-
HT1A: Ki = 219 nM), and is being characterized for functional behaviour. The
hypothesis proposed herein for 5-HT7/5-HT1A selectivity represents a rational
approach that should help in the development of new specific 5-HT7R ligands.
This work was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (SAF2004-07103-C02-
01) and Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (SAL-0249/2006). R. A. Medina is also grateful to
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia for a F.P.U. predoctoral grant.
1
(a) Vanhoenacker, P.; Haegeman, G.; Leysen, J.E. Trends Pharmacol. Sci., 2000, 21, 70. (b)
López-Rodríguez, M.L.; Benhamú, B.; Morcillo, M.J.; Porras, E.; Lavandera, J.L.; Pardo, L. Curr. Med.
Chem. - CNSA, 2004, 4, 203. (c) Hedlund, P.B.; Sutcliffe, J.G. Trends Pharmacol. Sci., 2004, 25, 481.
2
López-Rodríguez, M.L.; Porras, E.; Morcillo, M.J.; Benhamú, B.; Soto, J.L.; Lavandera, J.L.; Ramos,
J.A.; Olivella, M.; Campillo, M.; Pardo, L. J. Med. Chem., 2003, 46, 5638.
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SEARCH FOR PROTEIN-PROTEIN MODULATORS:

DISULFIDE-BRIDGED VEGF AND VAMMIN DERIVED PEPTIDES
Yasmina Mirassoua, José M. Pérez-Cañadillasa, M. Jesús Pérez de Vegab,

Rosario González-Muñizb, M. Angeles Jiméneza
a
Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano-CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid.
b
Instituto de Química Médica-CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid.
Angiogenesis is crucial in tumor development and metastasis, and as a result the

anti-angiogenic therapy constitutes a valuable strategy in cancer treatment. Vascular
Endothelial Growth Factor, VEGF, is one of the most important proangiogenic factors,
able to regulate multiple biological functions through its interaction with membrane
specific receptors, VEGFR-1 (Flt-1), VEGFR-2 (KDR, Flk-1) and VEGFR-3 (Flt-4). High
levels of KDR have been observed during tumor angiogenesis, and VEGF is over-
expressed in all examples of pathologic angiogenesis (cancer, cardiovascular diseases
and diabetes). Therefore, one approach to novel anti-angiogenic agents could be the
search for inhibitors of the protein-protein interactions involved in the molecular
recognition between VEGF and its KDR receptor. Directed mutagenesis studies have
allowed the identification of a surface of the VEGF molecule implicated in the
recognition by KDR. Residues Arg82, Lys84 and His86, located in a E–hairpin of loop 3
(region 81-91 of VEGF), have been identified as important for the interaction with
domain 2 of the receptor.1,2
Starting from this VEGF fragment, and the same peptide region in Vammin, a new
VEGF isolated from snake venom with high affinity for the KDR receptor, two disulfide-
bridged analogues were designed to preserve the E–hairpin structure of these
fragments in the corresponding native proteins.This communication describes the
NMR structural studies of these linear and disulfide-bridged peptides. E-Hairpin
formation was analyzed on the basis of several NMR parameters, NOE, 1H and 13C
chemical shifts. The ability of these peptides to adopt the native VEGF or Vammin E-
hairpin structures will be compared with their anti-angiogenic activities.
VEGF-A81-91: MRIKPHQGQHI
MRCKPHQGCHI
S S
Vammin69-80: MRVNPRTQSSKM
MRCNPRTQSCKM
S S
Acknowledgements: Supported by CSIC (Proyecto Intramurales 200580F0161).
1
Pan, B.; Li, B.; Russell, S.J.; Tom, J.Y.; Cochran, A.G.; Fairbrother, W.J. J. Mol. Biol. 2002, 316,
769-787.
2
Keyt, B.A.; Nguyen, H.V.; Berleau, L.T.; Duarte, C.M.; Park, J.; Chen, H.; Ferrara, N. J. Biol. Chem.
1996, 271, 5638-5646.
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DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NEW DUAL COMPOUNDS WITH

AFFINITY TOWARDS 5-HT TRANSPORTER (SERT) AND 5-HT7
RECEPTOR AS POTENTIAL ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENTS
Luis Berradea, Silvia Pérez Silanesa, Paula Egeaa, Ignacio Aldanaa, Laura
Giuratob, Salvatore Guccioneb, Lise Roman Moltzauc, Finn Olav Levyc,
Gemma Molinaroc, Ferdinando Nicolettic and Antonio Mongea
a
Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo de Medicamentos. Centro de Investigación en
Farmacobiología Aplicada (CIFA). Universidad de Navarra 31008, Pamplona. Spain.
b
Molecular Modelling Laboratory. Dipartamento di Scienze Farmaceutiche University of
c
Catania. Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125, Catania. Italy. Department of Pharmacology.
d
University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1057 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway. I.R.C.C.S. Instituto
Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed. Localitá Camerelle, 86077 Pozzilli (IS) Italy.
The role of serotonin (5-HT) in depression disorders has been well

investigated generating very interesting therapies. Disturbances in central
serotonin system have been associated with the pathogenesis of depression and
the antidepressant effect of the selective 5-HT reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is
believed to be due to an enhancement of postsynaptic 5-HT levels.1,2
Years ago, our group synthesized dual compounds: 5-HT reuptake
inhibitors and postsynaptic 5-HT1A antagonists, obtaining wonderful results.3
Hypotheses driving current research indicate that the 5-HT7 receptor might
be involved in mood regulation, suggesting that this receptor is a putative target in
the treatment of depression2.
Nowadays our work consists on the synthesis of new multiple compounds,
5-HT reuptake inhibitors and with affinity towards 5-HT7 receptors. In this way se
have synthesized series according the structure:
Results of receptor binding studies performed on rat brain tissue with these
new compounds will be presented along with molecular modelling studies
combining state of art softwares and homology modelling with the additional aim to
investigate the 5-HT7 vs. 5-HT1A binging.
1
Morphy R. and Rankovic Z. J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 6523-6543.
2
Hedlund P. B. and Sutcliffe J. G. Trends in Pharmacol. Sci. 2004, 25, 9, 481-486.
3
Pérez S. et al., Pharmazie 2004, 59, 499-501
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CONFORMATIONAL NMR STUDIES ON 7-METHYL-1,5’-O-

DIBENZYLINOSINES: A POSSIBLE STABILIZATION BY AN
INTRAMOLECULAR CATION-PI INTERACTION?
Elena Casanovaa, María-Luisa Jimenob, Leire Aguadoa, María-José

Camarasaa and María-Jesús Pérez-Péreza
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC),Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. b Centro
de Química Orgánica Manuel Lora-Tamayo (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid,
Spain
In the course of our studies on 5´-O-tritylinosine analogues as allosteric

inhibitors of the enzyme thymidine phosphorylase,1 we have undertaken the
synthesis of 1,5’-O-dibenzylinosine derivatives. There are some previous reports
on reaction of inosines with benzyl bromide to obtain 5’-O-benzylinosines.2,3
R O However, in our hands, this reaction requires strictly
X- N N Bn controlled conditions. Thus, by increasing either the reaction
N N time or the temperature, the major compound was the 1,7,5’-
Bn O
O O-tribenzylinosine derivative (1). It is well documented the
O O
ease of N7 functionalization of guanosine derivatives,4 but
there are almost no examples on inosines. Similarly, reaction
1 R= Bn
of the 1,5’-O-dibenzylinosine precursor with methyl iodide
2 R= Me afforded the 7-methyl-1,5’-O-dibenzylderivative (2).
Interestingly, the 1H-NMR spectra of 1 and 2 showed peculiar chemical shifts for
geminal protons (H5´and H5´´ of the ribose, and the CH2 of the benzyl groups).
Detailed mono- and bidimensional NMR studies (gCOSY, gHSQC, gHMBC) have
been performed with compound 2, including high and low temperature
experiments. Moreover, NOESY and ROESY experiments were carried out to
obtain information about the conformational properties. On the basis of the
available NMR restraints, the 3D-structure of the molecule was constructed and
submitted to energy minimization. The results obtained point towards the
predominant existence of restricted conformers that are stabilized by an
electrostatic interaction between the positively charged imidazole of the base
moiety and the high electron density of the 5’-benzyl substituent, suggesting a
possible stabilization by an intramolecular cation-Pi interaction.
Acknowledgements. E. Casanova acknowledges the Comunidad de Madrid and the FSE

for a predoctoral grant. L. Aguado acknowledges the Spanish MEC for a FPU grant. This
work has been supported by the Spanish MEC (SAF2006-12713-C02-01).
1
Casanova, E.; Hernández, A.I.; Priego, E.M.; Liekens, S.; Camarasa, M. J.; Balzarini, J.; Pérez-
Pérez, M. J. J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49, 5562-5570.
2
Lichtenthaler F. W.; Kitahara K.; Riess W. Nucleic Acids Res. 1978, 4, s115-s118.
3
Luzzio F. A.; Menes, M. E. A. J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 7267-7272.
4
Gates, K. S.; Nooner, T.; Dutta, S. Chem Res. Toxicol., 2004, 17, 839-856.
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SEARCHING FOR AN ALLOSTERIC SITE IN THE ANGIOGENIC

ENZYME THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE
Leire Aguadoa, Ana Negrib, Federico Gagob, Jan Balzarinic, Sandra

Liekensc, María-José Camarasaa and María-Jesús Pérez-Péreza
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain.
b
Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares,
Madrid, Spain. cRega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Thymidine Phosphorylase (TPase) catalyzes the reversible phosphorolysis of

thymidine and analogues. Interest in TPase inhibitors has been renewed in recent
years due to the implication of this enzyme in angiogenesis, tumor progression and
metastasis.1 To date, most TPase inhibitors are uracil derivatives that bind within
O the active site. Our research groups have recently described
N NH 5´-O-tritylinosine (KIN59) as the first allosteric inhibitor of
O
O
N N human TPase.2 In addition, KIN59 is very active in inhibiting
TPase-induced angiogenesis in in vivo assays.2
HO OH
In order to characterize the KIN59 binding site to TPase,
KIN59
hTPase IC50 : 30 ± 9 µM cocrystallization studies have been carried out.3
Interestingly, the presence of the allosteric inhibitor was
mandatory to obtain new well-ordered crystals of human TPase, but the inhibitor
could not be solved in the electron density map. These results led us to address
this problem with the aid of computational methods, taking into account the
flexibility of the protein and the ligand. Normal mode analysis (NMA)4 was applied
to the enzyme in order to generate additional conformers that were probed for
ligand binding with the automated docking program Autodock 3.0.5 A cavity next to
the hinge region of TPase was selected as a putative binding site. Two possible
binding modes for KIN59 were found inside this cavity that were further explored by
molecular dynamics simulations of the ensuing complexes. As a result, a proposal
is made that the binding site for KIN59 in TPase lies in a relatively dynamic domain
of the enzyme where the trityl and base part of the ligand establish a number of
key interactions with the side chains of highly conserved amino acids.
Acknowledgements. A predoctoral fellowship to L. Aguado and research grants SAF2003-
07219-C02-01 and SAF2006-12713-C02-01 from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y
Ciencia are gratefully acknowledged. Parts of the present work were conducted within the
BIPEDD-CM platform (S-BIO/0214/2006) sponsored by Comunidad de Madrid.
1
Pérez-Pérez, M. J.; Priego, E. M.; Hernández, A. I.; Camarasa, M. J.; Balzarini, J.; Liekens, S. Mini
Rev. Med. Chem. 2005, 5, 1113-1123.
2
Liekens, S.; Hernández, A. I.; Ribatti, D.; De Clercq, E.; Camarasa, M. J.; Pérez-Pérez, M. J.;
Balzarini, J. J. Biol. Chem. 2004, 279, 29598-29605.
3
El Omari, K.; Bronckaers, A.; Liekens, S.; Pérez-Pérez, M. J.; Balzarini, J.; Stammers, D. K.
Biochem. J. 2006, 399, 199-204.
4
http://lorentz.immstr.pasteur.fr/nomad-ref.php
5
http://www.scripps.edu/pub/olson-web/dock/autodock
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DESARROLLO DE METODOLOGÍA CON SULFÓXIDOS Y

SULFINAMIDAS APLICADA A LA SÍNTESIS ASIMÉTRICA DE
PRODUCTOS BIOACTIVOS
Roberto Fernández de la Pradilla, Alma Viso, Nadia Lwoff, Mercedes

Ureña, Esther Castellanos, Miguel Ángel del Águila, Aida Flores, Alejandro
Castellanos, Iñaki Osante, Mateo Sánchez, Ignacio Colomer.
Instituto de Química Orgánica General, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,

c/ Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid
El grupo de Síntesis Asimétrica con Sulfóxidos del IQOG trabaja en el

ámbito de la Síntesis Orgánica y de la Química Médica, procurando enlazar el
desarrollo de metodología sintética con la aplicación a productos biológicamente
activos y estructuralmente complejos. Nuestras contribuciones en Síntesis Orgánica
se han dirigido al control de regio- estereo- y enantioselectividad en las
reacciones, la síntesis asimétrica de productos enantiopuros utilizando auxiliares
de azufre y los métodos de funcionalización de moléculas nitrogenadas. En esta
comunicación presentaremos una visión general de las estrategias sintéticas que se
desarrollan en la actualidad en nuestro grupo de investigación1 .
Ph
SO2 Ar
carbohidratos O O
modificados O
R2 S
R HO p-Tol
N
R
R' R3 R1
p-FC6 H 4 N R'
O
análogos de Muscarina R
O
HN NBn O
N NBn
O R1 OTBDMS
R1 OP
S piperazinas y cetopiperazinas
N p-Tol
H2 N NHCbz
R1
R 1 CO 2CH 3
diaminas vecinales
Agradecimientos: DGI MEC por los proyectos BQU2003-0292, CTQ2005-04632/BQU y
CTQ2006-04522/BQU). JANSSEN-CILAG por la financiación adicional de nuestro grupo.
CSIC, CM y MEC por las becas de NL, MU, EC, MA, AF, AC, IO, IC.
1
(a) Viso, A.; Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Flores, A. Tetrahedron Letters 2006, 47, 8911-8915. (b)
Fernández de la Pradilla, R.; Castellanos, A.; Fernández, J.; Lorenzo, M.; Manzano, P.; Méndez, P.;
Priego, J.; Viso, A. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 1569-1575.
82
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SYNTHESIS OF NEW RING SUBSTITUTED 3-PHENYL-1-(1,4-DI-N-

OXIDE QUINOXALIN-2-YL)-2-PROPEN-1-ONE DERIVATIVES WITH
ANTICANCER PROPERTIES.
Asunción Burguete, Beatriz Solano, Raquel Villar, Esther Vicente, Saioa

Ancizu, Silvia Pérez-Silanes, Ignacio Aldana, Antonio Monge
Unidad en Investigación y Desarrollo de Medicamentos, Centro de Investigación en

Farmacobiología Aplicada (CIFA), Universidad de Navarra, C/ Irunlarrea s/n, 31080
Pamplona, Spain.
As a continuation of our research in quinoxaline 1,4-di-N-oxide1 and with the aim

of obtaining new anticancer agents, which can improve the current
chemotherapeutic treatments, new series of ring substituted 3-phenyl-1-(1,4-di-N-
oxide quinoxalin-2-yl)-2-propen-1-one derivatives (1) have been synthesized and
tested for their in vitro anticancer activity.
O O
+
R7 N
R
+
R6 N
O
1
The synthesis of these compounds was carried out by a base-catalyzed
Claisen-Schmidt condensation. The conditions of temperature used by other
authors2 should be modified, establishing a required temperature of –10ºC in order
to obtain the desired compounds.
Synthesized compounds were evaluated at the National Cancer Institute (NCI,
Bethesda, USA) against 60 human tumor cell lines at a single dose of 100 µM.
Some of the compounds, which exhibit significant growth inhibition, are being
evaluated against the 60 cell panel at five concentration levels.
Acknowledgements: This work has been carried out thanks to the financial support of the
FIS project (1051005, October 2005) and we want to express our gratitude to the National
Cancer Institute (NCI, Bethesda, USA) for the evaluation of the anticancer activity. A.
Burguete. was awarded a PhD scholarship supported by the “Gobierno de Navarra”.

Zarranz, B.; Jaso, A.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2004, 12, 3711-3721
2
Nielsen, S. F.; Boesen, T.; Larsen, M.; Schonning, K.; Kromann, H. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2004, 12,
3047-3054.
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ACYCLIC NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES AS NOVEL INHIBITORS OF

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS THYMIDINE
MONOPHOSPHATE KINASE
Olga Familiara, Hélène Munier-Lehmannb, Dominique Douguetc, Ana-Isabel

Hernándeza, María-José Camarasaa and María-Jesús Pérez-Péreza
a
Instituto de Química Médica (C.S.I.C.), Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain ;
b
Institut Pasteur, Unité de Chimie Organique, CNRS URA 2128, 28, Rue du Dr. Roux,
75724 Paris Cedex, France ; cINSERM, U554, Université Montpellier 1 et 2, CNRS,
UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090-Montpellier, France
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide

and numerosous targets are being explored in the development of new drugs and
treatments. In the search of novel targets, M. tuberculosis thymidine
monophosphate kinase (TMPKmt) is an attractive candidate to interfere with the
replication of the pathogen.1TMPK catalyses the J-phosphate transfer from ATP to
thymidine monophosphate (dTMP) yielding thymidine diphosphate (dTDP) and
ADP. TMPK is crucial for maintaining the thymidine triphosphate (dTTP) pools that
are required for DNA synthesis in replicating organisms. Subtle differences in the
active site and in the biochemical properties between the mycobacteria (TMPKmt)
and the human isoenzyme (TMPKh) make the former a potential target for
selective inhibition of mycobacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis.2
We here report on the discovery of the first acyclic nucleoside analogues of
general formula A that potently and selectively inhibit TMPKmt with Ki values in the
low micromolar range. Modifications performed at the spacer and at the distal 1,8-
naphthalimide group have led to an improvement in the Ki value exemplified by the
napthosultam derivative 1 (Ki TMPKmt = 0.27 PM), representing the most potent
TMPKmt inhibitor reported to date. Molecular modeling studies have been
performed to rationalize the interaction of this new family of inhibitors with its target
enzyme. The potency of the here described inhibitors against TMPKmt, as well as
the novelty of their structure among TMPKmt inhibitors, make them an interesting
family of compounds that deserve further exploration.
H O H O
O N N
O O
N N N
Spacer S N
O
O O
A 1
Acknowledgements: OF thanks the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC)
for a predoctoral fellowship. This work has been supported by grants of the Spanish MEC
(SAF programme), from the Pasteur Institute (GPH tuberculose) and INSERM
1
Pochet, S.; Dugue, L.; Douguet, D.; Labesse, G.; Munier-Lehmann, H. ChemBioChem 2002, 3, 108
2
Munier-Lehmann, H.; Chaffotte, A.; Pochet, S.; Labesse, G. Protein Sci. 2001, 10, 1195.
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UNEXPECTED SIMILARITIES BETWEEN A HUMAN AND

A MYCOBACTERIAL ENZYME THAT CATALYZE A
PHOSPHORYLATION REACTION ON DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES
Ana Negria, Olga Familiarb, Jan Balzarinic, Hélène Munier-Lehmannd,
María-José Camarasab, Federico Gagoa, and María-Jesús Pérez-Pérezb
a
Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares,
Madrid, Spain. bInstituto de Química Médica (C.S.I.C.), Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006
Madrid, Spain. cRega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium. dInstitut Pasteur, Unité de Chimie
Organique, CNRS URA 2128, 28, Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex, France.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis thymidine monophosphate kinase (TMPKmt) has

been proposed as an attractive candidate to interfere with the replication of this life-
threatening pathogen. TMPK catalyses the transfer of the J- phosphate of ATP to
thymidine monophosphate (dTMP) yielding thymidine diphosphate (dTDP) and
ADP.1 TMPK is crucial for maintaining the thymidine triphosphate (dTTP) pools that
are required for DNA synthesis, and as such could be an important target in
replicating organisms. Subtle differences in the active site and in the biochemical
properties between the mycobacterial (TMPKmt) and the human isoenzyme
(hTMPK) make the former a potential target for selective inhibition of
mycobacteria.2
In our search for acyclic nucleoside analogues that could inhibit TMPKmt and
thus become potential antitubercular agents, we have identified a series of
compounds that selectively inhibit TMPKmt without affecting the human
isoenzyme. However, when these compounds were tested against the human
mitochondrial thymidine kinase (TK-2), which phosphorylates thymidine but not
dTMP,3 the Ki value was similar to that obtained against TMPKmt. Despite the low
sequence identity, structural superposition4 of the available X-ray structure of
TMPKmt onto a homology-built model of TK-2 revealed an overall similar topology.
Moreover, the structural determinants for the binding of the nucleoside/nucleotide
(thymidine/dTMP) in the active site was found to be very similar in both enzymes,
despite the fact that these two enzymes use a different substrate for the
phosphorylation reaction. Nonetheless, when the binding mode of our acyclic
nucleoside analogues in both enzymes was analyzed in detail we discovered some
subtle differences that could be exploited for the design of selective TMPKmt
compounds.
Acknowledgements: OF thanks the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia for a predoctoral
fellowship. This work has been supported by grants from the Spanish MEC (SAF2006-12713-C02)
and the CAM (BIPEDD-CM).
1
Pochet, S.; Dugue, L.; Douguet, D.; Labesse, G.; Munier-Lehmann, H.ChemBioChem 2002, 3, 108-
110.
2
Munier-Lehmann, H.; Chaffotte, A.; Pochet, S.; Labesse, G. Protein Sci. 2001, 10, 1195-1205
3
Pérez-Pérez, M. J.; Hernández, A. I.; Priego, E. M; Rodríguez-Barrios, F.; Gago F.; Camarasa, M.
J.; Balzarini, J. Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 2005 5, 1205-1220.
4
Mammoth program, URL: http://ub.cbm.uam.es/mammoth/pair/index3.php
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DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITY OF NOVEL

SUBSTITUTED-9-(2,3-DIHIDRO-1,4-BENZOXATHIIN-3-
YLMETHYL)-9H-PURINES
Miguel A. Gallo, Ana Conejo-García, Mónica Díaz-Gavilán, María C. Núñez,

Olga Cruz-López, Antonio Espinosa, Joaquín M. Campos
Departamento de Química Farmacéutica y Orgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, c/ Campus de

Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada (Spain)
A series of pyrimidine benzo-fused seven-membered O,N-acetals were recently

designed and synthesized.1,2 Later on, the pyrimidine base was substituted by the
purine moiety with the objective of increasing both the lipophilicity and the
structural diversity of the target molecules (compound type 5).3
R9 X X
O
R where X = S, SO, SO2
N O O
R7 O NH Z 5
O
N 7' N-9' link: Y = benzoxaheteroepin-3-yl
1 R7 = R9 = H; X = F R= 9' Z=H
2 R7 = OMe; R9 = H; X = F N
Y
3 R7 = H; R9 = OMe; X = F
4 R7 = R9 = H; X = H N N 1' N-7' link: Y = H
3'
Z = benzoxaheteroepin-3-yl
If the previously described compounds are not prodrugs, it is not necessary to
maintain the O,N-acetalic characteristic with the corresponding weakness of the
baseNatom-C-O bond. Therefore, from now on we are designing molecules in
which both structural entities (such as the benzoheterocyclic ring and the purine
base) are linked by a heteroatom-C-C-baseNatom bond. We describe herein the
design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of substituted-9-(2,3-
dihydro-1,4-benzoxathiin-3-ylmethyl)purine derivatives 6-16.
S 6 R2 = H; R6 = Cl 12 R2 = H; R6 = Allyloxy
N N
7 R2 = H; R6 = Br 13 R2 = H; R6 = OBn
8 R2 = H; R6 = SMe 14 R2 = H; R6 = SBn
O
N R6 9 R2 = H; R6 = OPh 15 R2 = H; R6 = OCH2C6H11
N 10 R2 = H; R6 = SPh 16 R2 = Cl; R6 = Cl
R2 11 R2 = H; R6 = NHPh
The anticarcinogenic potential of the target molecules is reported against the MCF-
7 human breast cancer cell line.
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1
Saniger, E.; Campos, J.; Entrena, A.; Marchal, J. A.; Súarez, I.; Aránega, A.; Choquesillo, D.;
Niclós, J.; Gallo, M. A.; Espinosa, A. Tetrahedron, 2003, 59, 5457.
2
Marchal, J. A.; Núñez, M. C.; Suárez, I.; Díaz-Gavilán, M.; Gómez-Vidal, J. A.; Boulaiz, H.;
Rodríguez-Serrano, F.; Aránega, A.; Gallo, M. A.; Espinosa, A.; Campos, J. M. Breast Cancer
Research and Treatment, 2007, 101, 000.
3
Núñez, M. C.; Rodríguez-Serrano, F.; Marchal, J. A.; Caba, O.; Aránega, A.; Gallo, M. A.;
Espinosa, A.; Campos, J. M. Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 183.
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IMIDAZOLIUM SALT-OXAZOLINE/Pd(OAc)2 AND

BIS(IMIDAZOLIUM) SALTS/Pd(OAc)2 AS CATALYST SYSTEMS
N. Mesquida, E. Alcalde, I. Dinarès and S. Rodríguez
Laboratori de Química Orgànica. Facultat de Farmàcia. Universitat de Barcelona.

Avd. Joan XXIII s/n. 08028-Barcelona
 A broad array of imidazolium-based frameworks have been rapidly developed

with advances in both N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and anion recognition
chemistry, as well as room-temperature ionic liquids (RILs). In homogeneous
catalysis, NHCs catalytic potential has been expanded to include an ensemble of
bidentate ligands ─e.g., chiral oxazolinyl-NHC─ with the aim of enhancing their
catalytic activity for stereoselective transformations in organic synthesis.
The present study focuses on several examples of the oxazolinyl-imidazolium
salts, bis(oxazolines) and bis(imidazolium) salts with a variety of interannular
spacers. A three step protocol for the synthesis of targeted C,N bidentate pincer
precursors was examined and, new simple oxazolinyl-imidazoliun cations were
conveniently prepared. On the other hand, dicationic ligand precursors were
obtained following standard protocols for quaternizing N-substituted imidazoles.
R 5'
R5'
Me Me Me Me R6' R 4'
R N N R
n n
N + +
R2 ' O Me O N R2' N
+ O N N
N N N + + R R
N N N –
2A
A– R R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R R 2A
–
1-4, (S)-5, (S)-6 7, (S,S)-8 9-13 R 5' 14-16 

We selected the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction to examine the catalytic efficiency
of these ligand precursors. Pd(II) catalysts should be generated in situ to simplify
the reaction, from oxazolinyl-imidazolium cations 1-6 or bis(oxazoline) 7-8 or
bis(imidazolium) salts 9-16 and Pd(OAc)2. Notably, sterically hindered N-
arylimidazolium cations exhibited efficiency with not only arylbromides but also
arylchlorides in low catalyst system loading.
The synthetic protocol applied to these simple C,N bidentate ligand
precursors should be adapted to a variety of oxazolinyl-NHC chiral frameworks,
thereby developing their catalytic performance in asymmetric reactions.
Acknowledgments: This research was supported by the Vicerrectorat de Recerca (2006),

Universitat de Barcelona and the Dirección General de Investigación (MEC) project
CTQ2006-1182/BQU. Thanks are also due to the AGAUR, 2005SGR00158.
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SYNTHESIS OF 1,2-DIARYL(3-PYRIDYL)ETHANONES AND

DERIVATIVES. INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING
NETWORKS OF OXIMES REVEALED BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Neus Mesquida,a Ermitas Alcalde,a Carmen Alvarez-Rúa,b Rosa Cuberes,c

Jordi Frigolac and Santiago García-Grandab
a
Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda.
Joan XXIII s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. bDepartamento de Química Física y Analítica,
Facultat de Química, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. cLaboratorios del Dr.
Esteve, S.A., Avda. Mare de Déu de Montserrat, 221, 08041 Barcelona, Spain.
1,2-Disubstituted ethanones are valuable synthetic intermediates of a broad

array of bioactive molecules, both natural and synthetic. One relevant use is in the
preparation of pharmaceutically useful diaryl(heteroaryl)heterocycles, i.e. selective
COX-2 inhibitors. In parallel, hydrogen bonds are the main driving forces for oxime
non-covalent interactions.
The present study examines several examples of 1-aryl-2-aryl(3-
pyridyl)ethanones 1-5 and the corresponding ketoximes 6-9. Compounds 1 and 2
were directly obtained by coupling of acid chlorides with organozinc bromides in
the presence of CuCN/LiBr. 1-Aryl-2-(3-pyridyl)ethanones 3-5 were prepared
following a modified protocol of the Horner-Wittig reaction. Oximes 6–9 were
prepared from ethanones 2-5 and crystallization in 96% EtOH produced crystals of
6, 7 and 9 suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis.
N R6' N
X X X X
SMe SO2Me SMe
F
1X=O 2X=O 3X=O R6' = H 5X=O
6 X = N-OH 4X=O R6' = Me 9 X = N-OH
7 X = N-OH R6' = H
8 X = N-OH R6' = Me 6 9


Oximes 6, 7 and 9 were examined in the solid state by X-ray crystallography,
providing evidence of H-bonding networks: in particular, the relevance of crystal
packing controlled by H-bond interactions based on homomeric intermolecular
oxime···oxime interactions for 6 and oxime···N(pyridyl) interactions for 7 and 9.
Moreover, cooperative O-H···N(py) and CH/π hydrogen bonds were disclosed in
crystallines 7 and 9.
      
Acknowledgments:This research was supported by Laboratorios Dr. Esteve S.A.,
Barcelona, Spain, through project FBG2001/2002-301362, Fundació Bosch i Gimpera-
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. N.M. is grateful to Laboratorios Dr. Esteve S.A. for a
post-doctoral fellowship. Thanks are also due to the DGI-MEC (CTQ2006-1182/BQU) and
the AGAUR, Grup de Recerca Consolidat 2005SGR00158.
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Imidazolium-Calix[4]arene Molecular Frameworks:

bis-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Bidentate Ligands
Immaculada Dinarès,a Cristina Garcia de Miguel,a Mercè Font-Bardia,b

Xavier Solans,b and Ermitas Alcaldea
a
Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan
XXIII s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain. bDepartament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits
Minerals, Universitat de Barcelona, C. Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain.
A broad array of imidazolium-based scaffolds have been rapidly developed with

advances in both N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and anion recognition
chemistry, as well as with room temperature ionic liquids (RILs). Complexes NHCs
have been of intense recent interest due to their ease of synthesis, high stability
and excellent catalytic properties toward a variety of reactions. On the other hand,
generic calix[4]arenes provide exceptionally useful platforms for preparing
multidentate ligands with convergent binding sites. Despite the widespread
applications of such multitopic ligands in supramolecular chemistry, the use of
calixarenes in catalytic chemistry is only in its infancy.
As part of our ongoing research into imidazolium-based frameworks herein we
report the synthesis of new bidentate palladium(II) complexes 1a,b from bis-
imidazolium-calixarene salts 2a,b.
R R R R
+ + Br
N N N N
2Br
Pd
N N N N
Br
Pd(OAc)2
O O
O O O
O
O O
2a R= nBu 1a R= nBu
2b R= iPr 1b R= iPr
1a
The Suzuki-Miyaura reaction was used to study their activity as catalysts, when
prepared either in situ or from a well-defined complex.
Acknoledgment. This research was supported by the Dirección General de Investigación

(Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) project CTQ2006-1182/BQU. Thanks are also due to
the AGAUR, 2005SGR00158 (Generalitat de Catalunya). C.G. de M. thanks the Ministerio
de Educación y Ciencia for a F.P.I. fellowship.
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H/D Exchange Rates of bis-(Imidazolium) Dications
Immaculada Dinarès, Neus Mesquida, Sandra Rodríguez and Ermitas

Alcalde.
Laboratori de Química Orgànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan

XXIII s/n, 08028-Barcelona, Spain.
Imidazolium salts have been studied for more than 40 years as models of
carbon acids, and for their applications as ionic liquids and N-heterocyclic carbene
(NHC) precursors. Stable NHCs may be formed by deprotonation of the C(2)–H of
the imidazolium cations, evidence of which is H/D exchange of the proton in D2O
solution. Recently, the kinetic acidity of imidazolium cations, including H/D
exchange rates, carbon-proton acidity, and carbene precursor stability has been of
great interest to physical and organic R' X– k' R' X–
chemists, as the formation of NHCs is often a
N CD3OD N
crucial step in catalytic organic and
+ H + D
organometallic reactions.
N N
The deprotonation of imidazolium salts to
R R' R
N-heterocyclic carbenes is often a decisive
step in modern catalytic reactions. Because N
protonation of the NHC is fast compared to
the formation of the NHC, the H/D exchange N
rates of the C(2)–H give an indirect estimate R
for the reaction rate of its formation.
Therefore, we studied the H/D exchange of the C(2)–H of several bis-(imidazolium)
dications  in methanol-d4.
R'
R5 '
R 6' R4 '
n R N N R
n
R2 ' + – +
N N N N 2X
+ + R5 R5 N N
+ + R R
–
N 2X N N N
R R R4 R3 R3 R4
2X–
  R' 
The influence of the counterion, concentration and presence of D2O has been
studied. The observed exchange rates might give a rational for the suitability of the
imidazolium salts as precursors of N-heterocyclic carbenes.
Acknoledgment. This research was supported by the Dirección General de Investigación
(Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) project CTQ2006-1182/BQU. Thanks are also due to
the AGAUR, 2005SGR00158 (Generalitat de Catalunya). S. R. thanks the AGAUR
(Generalitat de Catalunya) for a F.P.I. fellowship.
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NOVEL SERIES OF SUBSTITUTED BIPHENYLMETHYL UREA

DERIVATIVES AS MCH-R1 ANTAGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT
OF OBESITY
Javier Cerasa, Nuria Cirauquia, Silvia Galianoa, Silvia Pérez-Silanes a,

Ignacio Aldanaa and Antonio Mongea
a
Unidad en Investigación y Desarrollo de Medicamentos. Centro de Investigación en
Farmacobiología Aplicada (CIFA). University of Navarra. C/Irunlarrea, s/n, 31080
Pamplona. Spain.
The use of melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonists (particularly MCH-

R1 antagonists) as potential agents for the treatment of obesity has been widely
suggested. Different reports show that icv administration of MCH stimulates
feeding in rodents but not in the MCH-R1 knockout animals., Furthermore,
deletion of MCH-R1 in mice results in reduced body weight and increased
leanness compared to their wild-type counterpart. Thus, antagonists of MCH-R1
may be effective in treating obesity.
O N
N N
H
R1
R
1
R= 4-F, 2-OMe, 4-OMe, 3-CN
R1= H, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone
As part of a general project with the main target of finding new MCH-R1
antagonists, we have synthesized and evaluated for in vitro binding 1R receptor of
the MCH a new series of biphenylmethyl urea derivatives (structure 1) in order to
develop SAR. Prior hit-to lead efforts resulted in the identification of compounds
with good affinity. We have also carried out binding assays with the hERG channel
to evaluate the toxicity of the new compounds.
Acknowledgments: We wish to thank the Gobierno de Navarra for the grants given to
Javier Ceras and Nuria Cirauqui.

1
Marsh, D.J.; Weingarth, K.T.; Novi, D.E.; Chen, H.Y.; Trumbauer, M.E.; Chen, A.S.; Guan, X.M.;
Jiang, M.M.; Feng, Y.; Camacho, R.E.; Shen, Z.; Frazier, E.G.; Yu, H.; Metzger, J.M.; Kuca, S.J.;
Shearman, L.P.; Gopal-Truter, S.; Macneil, D.J.; Strack, A.M.; MacIntyre, D.E.; Vand der Ploeg, L.H.;
Quian, S. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2002, 99, 3240.
2
Chen, Y.; Hu, C.; Hsu, C.K.; Zhang, Q.; Bi, C.; Asnicar, M.; Hsiung, H.M.; Fox, N.; Slieker, L.J.;
Yang, D.D.; Heiman, M.L.; Shi, Y. Endocrinology. 2002, 143, 2469.
3
Kowalsky, T.J.; McBriar, M.D. Expert. Opin. Investig. Drugs. 2004, 13, 1113.
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ARYLSULFONAMIDE AND ARYLAMIDE DERIVATIVES AS MCH-

R1 ANTAGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY
Nuria Cirauquia, Silvia Galianoa, Javier Cerasa, Silvia Pérez-Silanes a,

a
Pamplona. Spain.
Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a 19-amino acid peptide that signals

through MCH R1 found in the CNS and stimulates food intake in mammals. MCH
peptide knock-out mice are hypophagic and lean,1 while the overexpression of the
MCH gene animals are hyperphagic and obese.2 Transgenic animals devoid of
MCH-R1 are resistant to diet-induced obesity and weigh less than their wild type
counterparts. The anorexigenic effects of MCH-R1 antagonists molecules reported
in recent years3 support the hypothesis that blockade of MCH-R1 is a key target for
efective antiobesity therapy.
As a part of a general project and with the aim of identifying new MCH-R1
antagonists, we have synthesized and evaluated for in vitro binding to 1R receptor
novel series of arylsulfonamide and arylamide derivatives (1 and 2 structures)
O O R2
S R2 R1 Amide A (CH2)n N
linker
R1 N N basic
H R3
1 2
The structure-activity relationship studies resulted in the identification of

compounds with good affinity and suggested that diphenyl substituents on the
arylamide derivatives lead to better activity than biphenyl substituents.
Acknowledgements: We wish to thank the Gobierno de Navarra for the grants given to
Nuria Cirauqui and Javier Ceras.

1
Shimada, M.; Tritos, N. A.; Lowell, B. B.; Flier, J. S.;Maratos-Flier, E. Nature 1998, 396, 670.
2
Ludwig, D.S.; Tritos, N. A.; Mastaitis, J. W.; Kulkarni, R.; Kokkotou, E.; Elmquist, J.; Lowell B, Flier,
JS, Maratos-Flier EJ. J. Clin. Investig. 2001, 107, 379-386.
3
Takekawa, S.; Asami, A.; Ishihara, Y.; Terauchi, J.; Kato, K.; Shimomura, Y.; Mori, M.; Murakoshi,
H.; Kato, K.; Suzuki, N.; Nishimura, O.; Fujino, M. Eur. J. Pharm. 2002, 438, 129.
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SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NEW UREA

DERIVATIVES AS MCH-R1 ANTAGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT
OF OBESITY
Silvia Galianoa, Javier Cerasa, Nuria Cirauquia, Silvia Pérez-Silanes a,

a
Pamplona. Spain.
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic. The lack of efficacy of the available obesity drugs
makes this disease one of the most attractive therapeutic targets. Melanin-
concentrating hormone (MCH), a cyclic 19-amino acid neuropeptide, is believed to
play a critical role as a regulator of feeding behaviour and energy balance based
on several lines of evidence. Interestingly, mice overexpressing the MCH gene
appear to give an hyperphagic and obese phenotype and display insulin-
resistance, whereas transgenic.1 MCH-R1 knockout mice are lean, resistant to diet-
induced obesity and show hyperactivity.2 Consequently, selective MCH-R1
antagonism could provide a viable treatment for obesity.
As a continuation of our research in this field and based on previous assays with
an substituted biphenylmethylurea core, we have synthesized and evaluated a
novel series of urea derivatives (structure 1) with the aim of improving the MCH-R1
in vitro activity maintaining hERG affinity.3
O N
R1
O N N
aromatic region H
linker
N N basic amine
H H
R
1
carboxamide/urea core 1 4-OMe, 3-CN
R= 4-F, 2-OMe,
R1=isopropyl, 3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylpropyl,
1,1-dihydroxyethylpropyl,
[1-(acethyloxymethyl)-1-methyl]ethyl,
(1,1-diacethyloxymethyl)propyl
SAR was explored, suggesting that optimal binding with the receptor was achieved
when the biphenylmethyl group and the linker were substituted on the same
nitrogen of the urea moiety. We have also carried out binding assays with the
hERG channel to evaluate the toxicity of the new compounds.


Della-Zuana, O.; Presse, F.; Ortola, C.; Duhault, J.; Nahon, J.L.; Levens, N. Int. J. Obes. 2002, 26,
1289.
2
Chen, Y.; Hu, C.; Hsu, C. K.; Zhang, Q.; Bi, C.; Asnicar, M.; Hsiung, H. M.; Fox, N.; Slieker, L. J.;
Yang, D. D.;Heiman, M. L.; Shi, Y. Endocrinology. 2002, 143, 2469.
3
Galiano, S.; Ceras, J.; Cirauqui, N; Pérez, S; Juanenea, L.; Rivera, G.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A. Bioorg.
Med. Chem. 2007, 15, 3896.
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ACTIVIDAD ANTITUMORAL DE NUEVOS ANÁLOGOS DE

SAFRAMICINA MODIFICADOS EN EL ANILLO B
Alberto López Cobeñas, Pilar López-Alvarado, Carmen Avendaño,

J. Carlos Menéndez
Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad

Complutense, 28040 Madrid
Los antibióticos antitumorales pertenecientes a la familia de las

tetrahidroisoquinolinas1 incluyen potentes agentes citotóxicos. Entre ellos, se
pueden considerar ejemplos representativos las saframicinas (por ejemplo 1-3),
procedentes de diversas cepas de Streptomyces lavendulae, y una serie de
compuestos de origen marino, como la jorumicina 4 y las renieramicinas (por
ejemplo, 5). En esta comunicación presentamos la síntesis y actividad antitumoral
de los compuestos 6 y 7 , en los que se ha modificado el fragmento de
tetrahidroisoquinolina (anillo B) en varios aspectos: sustitución, inversión de la
configuración del estereocentro y apertura del anillo.
R
O
H3CO O H
H O
CH3
O N CH3
E R
O H N
H O H
H3C CH3
N O R1 Z
A B C
N
H3CO H 6
O Z
R
R
O
Compuesto Z R
O H
Saframicina A (1) CN NH-CO-COCH3 H O
N CH3
Saframicina S (2) OH NH-CO-COCH3 R
Saframicina B (3) H NH-CO-COCH3 HN
H
Jorumicina (4) OH O-CO-CH3 O Z
Renieramicina M (5) CN (E)- O-CO-C(CH3)=CH-CH3
7
Agradecimientos: Agradecemos la financiación del MEC (proyecto CTQ2006-

10930/BQU) y CAM-UCM (grupo de investigación 920234).
1
Revisión: Scott, J. D.; Williams, R. M. Chem. Rev. 2002, 102, 1669.
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KETONE AND AMIDE DERIVATIVES OF QUINOXALINE 1,4-DI-N-

OXIDE AS ANTI-MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AGENTS
Raquel Villar, Esther Vicente, Saioa Ancizu, Asunción Burguete, Beatriz

Solano, Silvia Pérez-Silanes, Ignacio Aldana, Antonio Monge

Pamplona, Spain.
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading infectious causes of death in the world
and has become a growing global health problem. According to the World Health
Organization, in 2003, 8.8 million new TB cases arose, and an estimated 1.7
million deaths resulting from TB occurred. One of the major problems of TB is the
development of new active compounds against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
strains. In this sense several quinoxaline 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives have been
reported as in vitro anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis agents.1,2 The quinoxaline-3-
methyl-2-ketone or 2-amide 1,4-dioxide derivatives (1-10), active in previous
assays, were selected for the determination of MIC against different single and
multiply drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-replicating
persistent bacteria, MBC, maximum tolerated dose, oral bioavailability, in vivo
efficacy testing an potential for cross resistance with another bio-reduced drug.
Comp. R6 R7 R2
O O 1 H H CH3
+ 2 H CH3 CH3
R7 N
R2 3 H OCH3 CH3
4 H F CH3
+
R6 N CH3 5 H Cl CH3
6 CH3 CH3 CH3
O
7 H H Ph
8 H H NH-Ph
9 H H NH-PH-(o)CH3
10 H Cl NH-PH-(o)CH3
One compound, 5, with an MIC of 0.78 µg/mL was bactericidal with an MBC 2,
equally active on non-replicating persistent organisms, and active on multiply drug-
resistant clinical isolates. This compound was orally bioavailable and efficacious in
the mouse efficacy.
Acknowledgments: Antimycobacterial data was provided by the Tuberculosis
Antimicrobial Acquisition and Coordinating Facility (TAACF) through a research and
development contract with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID). R. Villar is indebted to the Navarra Government for a grant.

1
Jaso, A.; Zarranz, B.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A. Eur J. Med. Chem. 2003, 38, 791.
2
Zarranz, B.; Jaso, A.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2003, 11, 2149
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SYNTHESIS OF NEW 3-(AROYLAMINO)QUINOXALINE-2-

CARBONITRILE 1,4-DI-N-OXIDE DERIVATIVES AS ANTI-
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AGENTS
Beatriz Solano, Raquel Villar, Esther Vicente, Saioa Ancizu, Asunción

Burguete, Silvia Pérez-Silanes, Ignacio Aldana, Antonio Monge

Pamplona, Spain.
Tuberculosis (TB), an infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, still remains the

leading cause of worldwide death among infectious diseases. The statistics
indicate that 3 million people throughout the world die annually from TB. Due to this
data and continuing the line of investigation of our research group1, 40 new
compounds with antituberculosis activity have been synthesized. The synthesis of
these compounds have been carried out according to the scheme below:2,3
O
+ N O O
Ra N + N
Ra N
+ Cl
X DMF O
+ H
Rb N N + X
TEA Rb N N
O H O H
O O O
+ N + N
Ra N Ra N
DMF,EDCI
+ HO
X NO2 O
+ H DMAP + X NO2
Rb N N Rb N N
O H O H
Ra,Rb= H; CH3; Cl; CH3O; F; CF3. X= O;S.
All of these derivatives are also being tested as anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis

agents by the Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Acquisition and Coordinating Facility
(TAACF) and some of them showed MIC values less than 6.25 µg/mL.
Acknowledgements: Antimycobacterial data was provided by the Tuberculosis

(NIAID).
1
Ortega, M. A.; Sainz, Y.; Montoya, M.; et. al. Arzneim.-Forsch. 2002, 52, 113.
2
Martínez-Crespo, F. J.; Palop, J. A.; Sainz, Y.; et al. J. Heterocyclic Chem. 1996, 33, 1671.
3
Tangallapally, R. P.; Yendapally, R.; Lee, R. E.; et al. J. Med. Chem. 2004, 47, 5276.
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IN VITRO ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF ETHYL 3-

PHENYLQUINOXALINE-2-CARBOXYLATE 1,4-DI-N-OXIDE
DERIVATIVES
Saioa Ancizu, Esther Vicente, Asunción Burguete, Beatriz Solano, Raquel

Villar, Silvia Pérez-Silanes, Ignacio Aldana, Antonio Monge.

Pamplona, Spain.
One-third of the population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the

World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that within the next 20 years about 30
million people will be infected with the bacillus.1
As a result of the anti-tuberculosis research project, antimycobacterial activity of
3-methylquinoxaline-2-carboxylate 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives was described.2 The
potency, selectivity, and low cytotoxicity of these compounds made them valid
leads for synthesizing new compounds that possess better activity.
In a continuing effort to identify new active compounds against M.
tuberculosis,3,4 our research group has synthesized 14 new ethyl 3-
phenylquinoxaline-2-carboxylate 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives (5-18) by applying
rational structural modifications from our previous lead-compounds. This novel
series of derivatives was evaluated against H37Rv strain of M. tuberculosis and
certain parameters of cytotoxicity and selectivity were established, following the
TAACF program. All of the compounds were active in preliminary assays, with
100% of Growth Inhibition at 6.25 g/mL. Eleven of them showed a MIC1.56
g/mL; six of the thirteen derivatives tested for cytotoxicity demonstrated good
selectivity and are now being more thoroughly studied.
O O O O O O
+ + +
R7 N R7 N H N
O Y O O
+ + +
N CH3 R6 N H N
O O O
H W
12-18
Previous leaders 1-4
R7=H,Cl; Y=CH3,Ph 5-11
Acknowledgements: Antimycobacterial data were provided by the Tuberculosis

(NIAID). S. Ancizu is indebted to the Navarra Government for a grant.
1
WHO. Weekly epidemiological record. Nº 15, 2003, 78, 121.
2
Jaso, A.; Zarranz, B.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A. J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 2019.
3
Jaso, A.; Zarranz, B.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2003, 38, 791.
4
Zarranz, B.; Jaso, A.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A. Bioor. Med. Chem. 2003, 11, 2149.
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SINTESIS Y EVALUACION BIOLOGICA DE NUEVOS SISTEMAS BICÍCLICOS [4,1,0] COMO

INHIBIDORES DE iNOS
Irene Suarez del Villar,a Ana Gradillas,a Ricardo Martinez-Murillo,b Alfredo Martinez Serrano,b y
Javier Pérez-Castellsa*
a
Facultad de Farmacia, Dpto. Química, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Urb. Montepríncipe, ctra.
Boadilla km 5,300 Boadilla del Monte, 28668 Madrid. E-mail: jpercas@ceu.es.
b
Instituto Ramón y Cajal-CSIC. Avda. Doctor Arce 37, 28002 Madrid
A finales de los noventa se describió el derivado amidínico cíclico denominado ONO-1714

como novedoso inhibidor selectivo de la isoforma iNOS humana que juega un papel importante
en diversos trastornos tales como el choque séptico, la artritis reumatoide o la enfermedad
inflamatoria intestinal. También se ha demostrado su implicación en enfermedades como el
Parkinson o el cáncer.
CH3
H
H
ONO-1714
Cl
N NH
H H
Al tratarse de un compuesto de reciente descubrimiento y poseer una estructura muy diferente

a la de los otros iNOS conocidos, hasta ahora existen pocos derivados descritos y apenas se
han efectuado estudios de Relación Estructura Actividad con inhibidores de esta enzima.
Para conocer nuevos aspectos acerca de la actividad inhibitoria frente a las diferentes
isoformas de NOS, recientemente hemos puesto ha punto una reacción de ciclopropanación
estereoselectiva como base para la síntesis de nuevos sistemas bicíclicos potencialmente
activos. La aproximación sintética es novedosa y permite el acceso a una amplia familia de
derivados.
R R
R
H H
catalizador COOEt Z
diazoacetato de etilo O N H HN N H
O N H
P
P
R = H, CH3
P = grupo protector
En la presente comunicación se describe la síntesis de nuevos derivados de ONO-1714 y los

primeros datos de actividad inhibitoria frente a la isoforma iNOS y datos de actividad
antiproliferativa frente a diferentes líneas tumorales. Los valores obtenidos permitirán en un
futuro explorar los requisitos estructurales mínimos necesarios para esta familia de inhibidores
de iNOS.
Agradecimientos: Financiación de este proyecto por el MEC (proyecto CTQ2006-00601/BQU). ISV. agradece a la
FUSP-CEU una beca predoctoral.
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SÍNTESIS Y EVALUACIÓN ANTITUMORAL DE ANÁLOGOS DE

ALCALOIDES INDÓLICOS DERIVADOS DE
HEXAHIDROPIRROLO[1’,2’,3’:1,9a,9]IMIDAZO[1,2-a]INDOL
Pilar Ventosa-Andrés, Juan A. González-Vera, M. Teresa García López,

Rosario Herranz
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid
En el curso de investigaciones orientadas hacia el estudio del potencial sintético de D-

aminonitrilos derivados de aminoácidos en la generación de diversos esqueletos
heterocíclicos de interés terapéutico, hemos obtenido compuestos portadores del nuevo
sistema de 1,2,4,5,10b,10c-hexahidropirrolo[1’2’3’:1,9a,9]-imidazo[1,2-a]indol (1), para el
cual no encontramos precedentes en la bibliografía 1 . Sin embargo, este nuevo sistema
heterocíclico podría considerarse híbrido entre la estructura de 1,2,3,3a,8,8a-
hexahidropirrolo[2,3-b]indol y la de 2,3,9,9a-tetrahidroimidazo-[1,2-a]indol, ambos
presentes en alcaloides indólicos con diversas actividades biológicas. Así por ejemplo, el
esqueleto de hexahidropirrolo[2,3-b]indol está presente, entre otros, en el inhibidor de
acetilcolinesterasa fisostigmina, en los antibacterianos flustraminas, en las ardeeminas,
compuestos que revierten la resistencia múltiple a fármacos, y en diversos péptidos que
contienen residuos de triptófano modificado. Por otra parte, el esqueleto de
tetrahidroimidazo[1,2-a]indol está presente en las asperlicinas, antagonistas de los
receptores de colecistoquinina CCK1, en los antifúngicos fumiquinazolinas, y en las
fiscalinas, antagonistas de la sustancia P. El interés de estos alcaloides, junto con la
novedad estructural del esqueleto tetraheterocíclico de pirroloimidazoindol nos ha
impulsado a estudiar, y comunicar aquí, la síntesis y evaluación antitumoral de compuestos
análogos de fórmula general 2, sustituidos en la posición 10b.
R3 CO2 Me
1 2
R4 1: R 3 y R 4 = H
10 3
9 10b N
8
7 6 4 R1 2 : R 3 = Br, allyl, prenyl, OH, CH 3
N 5
R2 R 4 = H, Br
NH
Agradecimientos: Pharma Mar, S. A. por la evaluación antitumoral; CSIC por las becas
I3P a P. Ventosa-Andrés y a J. A. González-Vera; CICYT por la financiación (SAF2006-
01205).
1
(a) González-Vera, J. A.; García-López, M. T.; Herranz, R. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 2641-2644. (b)
González-Vera, J. A.; García-López, M. T.; Herranz, R. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 8971-8976.
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SYNTHESIS AND ANTI-HCMV EVALUATION OF NEW

AZETIDINE DERIVATIVES
Paula Pérez Faginasª, M. Teresa García Lópezª, Graciela Andreib, Robert

Snoeckb, Jan Balzarinib and Rosario González Muñizª
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006, Madrid, Spain. bRega
Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-
3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a member of the E-herpes virus family and

causes severe infections in inmunocompromised individuals. The HCMV pathogen
encodes a serine protease essential for capsid assembly and viral maturation 1 .
Due to its critical role this enzyme has become an attractive target for the
development of anti-HCMV drugs. In a previous work, we described two series of
compounds, azetidinones (1) and azetidines (2) derived from amino acids, acting
as covalent and non-covalent HCMV inhibitors, respectively 2 . Taking compound 3
as prototype, we have synthesized a series of structural analogues (4) to try to
improve their inhibitory properties. Since we have previously observed that an
increase in the hydrophobic character at C-terminus is followed by an
enhancement of the activity, we have decided to replace the Ala residue at this
position by other aliphatic and aromatic moieties. We have also prepared
derivatives from polar amino acids as negative controls.
O R
NH 2
CO2 R 1 CO2 R 1 N
H
N O N O N O
O O
X X O
R2 R2 CH 2Ph
1 2 3 R= Me
4 R= CH 2 Phe
CH 2 CH(CH3 )2, CH(CH 3) 2
(CH2 )4 NH 2 , (CH 2)2 CO2H
This communication deals with the synthesis and evaluation against HCMV in cell
cultures of this new family of azetidines derived from amino acids.
1
Waxman, L.; Darke, P. L. Antiviral Chemistry & Chemotherapy 2000, 11, 1-22.
2
Gerona-Navarro, G; Pérez de Vega, M.J; García-López, M.T; Andrei, G; Snoeck, R;
Balzarini, J; De Clercq, E; González-Muñiz, R. J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 2612-2621.
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CONSTRAINED PEPTIDE ANALOGUES OF LOOPS 2 AND 4 OF

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR.
Jose Luis Baezaa, B. G. de la Torreb, C. M. Santiveric, R. D. Almeidad,

M. T. García-Lópeza, G. Gerona-Navarrod, S. Jaffreyd, M. A. Jiménezc,
D. Andreub, R. González-Muñiza, M. Martín-Martíneza
a
Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid. bDpto. de Ciencias
Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad Pompeu Fabra - Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de
Barcelona, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona. cInstituto de Química Física Rocasolano,
CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid. dDept. of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of
Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, Box 70, Whitney Pavilion, W-506, New York, 10021.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin

family of neurotrophic factors, dimeric molecules which drive to receptor
dimerization and activation upon binding.1 BDNF promotes the survival of various
neuronal populations showing potential in the treatment of neurodegenerative
diseases. In addition, antagonists of BDNF receptors might be of utility in the
treatment of BDNF-dependent malignancies. Several studies have involved
solvent-exposed loops (1, 2 and 4) of the BDNF dimer in the binding and activation
of its trkB receptor.2 In this sense, we have used loop 2 (Val-Ser-Lys-Gly) and loop
4 (Asp-Ser-Lys-Lys-Arg) as templates for the design of small monocyclic peptides.
Molecular modelling studies, based on the three-dimensional structure of BDNF,3
have shown that 2-carboxy-azetidines and 1-amino-2-carboxycyclohexane are
suitable linkers to bring together the C and N-termini of loop 2 and 4 sequences,
while maintaining the overall three-dimensional structure of these loops. This has
led us to the design of constrained peptides 1-6 as mimetics of the E-turn structure
of loop 2, and the cyclic hexapeptide 7, as mimetic of loop 4 (Figure 1).
Ser H Lys
Lys Ser H Lys Ser H
N N N
HN O NH
O HN O HN Lys
O O O
O HN O
O HN O
Val O n Asp
Val O O H NH
HN HN n N
HN HN
O N Arg
O
R1 O
1 n=1 3 n=1, R=H 5 n=1, R=CH 3

7
2 n=2 4 n=2, R=H 6 n=2, R=CH 3
Figure 1
This communication addresses the solid-phase synthesis, molecular modelling,
NMR studies and preliminary biological results of compounds 1-7.
____________________
1
Pattarawarapan, M. and Burgess, K. J. Med. Chem., 2003, 46, 5277.
2
Fletcher, J. M., Hugues, R. A. J. Pept. Sci. 2006, 12, 515.
3
Robinson, R. C. et al. Protein Science 1999, 8, 2589.
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SÍNTESIS DE NUEVOS CARBANUCLEÓSIDOS

TIOFENOCONDENSADOS
P. Abeijón, J. M. Blanco, F. Fernández
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago de
Compostela, Campus Sur E-15782. Santiago de Compostela.
Fármacos no tóxicos que actúen frente al virus de la inmunodeficiencia

humana (VIH) o al virus del herpes, por ejemplo, por inhibición selectiva de
quinasas y polimerasas, han sido objeto de investigación durante las últimas
décadas 1 . Además la aparición de cepas de VIH resistentes a los fármacos anti-
VIH aprobados por la FDA, estimuló el desarrollo de nuevos análogos
nucleosídicos capaces de superar dichas resistencias 2 . En concreto, la actividad
anti-VIH del carbovir y de su derivado el abacavir 3 (introducido en clínica) atrajo el
interés hacia los carbanucleósidos derivados de ciclopenteno.
En nuestro laboratorio venimos trabajando desde hace unos años en la
síntesis y estudio de la actividad biológica de nuevos heterocarbanucleósidos en
los que el anillo de ciclopenteno ha sido integrado en un anillo de tiofeno.
En esta comunicación se presenta la síntesis de una nueva serie de
heterocarbanucleósidos tiofeno-condensados 3-7, vía el intermedio
cloropirimidínico trans-2. A este intermedio se accede al hacer reaccionar una
mezcla 1:1 de los aminoalcoholes precursores cis/trans-1, obtenida previamente
por nosotros 4 , con 5-amino-4,6-dicloropirimidina en n-BuOH a reflujo; el producto
trans-2, se obtuvo con buen rendimiento, previa separación por cromatografía
flash de su isómero cis.
R
Cl
H2N N N
N
H 3, R = Cl
NH2 N N N
N 4, R = Ph
HO HO HO 5, R = HNCH(CH2)2
6, R = NH2
S S S 7, R = OH
1 2
Agradecimientos: Los autores agradecen la financiación del proyecto a la Xunta de

Galicia PGIDIT02BTF20305PR.
1
Mahony, W. B.; Domin, B. A.; Daluge, S. M.; Zimmerman, T. P. Biochemical Pharmacology 2004,
68, 1797.
2
Arts, E. J.; Wainberg, M. A. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1996, 40, 527.
3
Daluge, S. M.; Martín, M. T.; Sickles, B. R.; Livingston, D. A. Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic
Acids 2000, 19, 297.
4
Abeijón, P.; Blanco, J. M.; Fernández, F.; García, M. D.; López, C. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 759.
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SYNTHESIS OF BICYCLIC ALKALOIDS FROM CARBOHYDRATES
Dácil Hernández, Alicia Boto and Rosendo Hernández
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco

Sánchez, 3-38206-La Laguna (TENERIFE)
Many bicyclic alkaloids containing quinoline and azepine systems, have

shown significant biological activities. 1 Therefore, many efforts have been devoted
to develop stereocontrolled synthesis of this class of compounds. 2 In this
communication a versatile methodology to obtain functionalized bicyclic alkaloids
from readily available carbohydrates is described.
X Amination RO
N Reductive OO
RO NH2-X
n n
RO RO
O O O O
n = 0, 1
Hydrolysis
Oxidation
O
O Fragmentation RO
RO OH Alkilation
n
n RO
RO O OHCO O O
O
Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Investigation Program PPQ2003-

01379 (Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica,
Ministerios de Ciencia y Tecnología y Educación y Ciencia, Spain). We also acknowledge
financial support from FEDER funds. Dácil Hernández thanks the Ministerio de Educación y
Ciencia for an FPU fellowship.
1
(a) Matthews, J. M.; Greco, M. N.; Hecker, L. R.; Hoekstra, W. J.; Andrade-Gordon, P.; Garavilla, L.;
Demarets, K. T.; Ericsson, E.; Gunnet, J. W.; Hageman, W.; Look, R.; Moore, J. B.; Maryanoff, B. E.
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2003, 13, 753. (b) Andrés, J. I.; Alcázar, J.; Alonso, J. M.; Díaz, A.;
Fernández, J.; Gil, P.; Iturrino, L.; Matesanz, E.; Meert, T. F.; Megens, A.; Sipido, V. K. Bioorg. Med.
Chem. 2002, 12, 243.
2
Toyooka, N.; Nemoto, H.; Kawasaki, M.; Garrafo, H. M.; Spande, T. F; Daly, J. W. Tetrahedron
2005, 61, 5139.
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ONE-POT SYNTHESIS OF AZANUCLEOSIDES FROM AMINO

ACIDS
Dácil Hernández, Alicia Boto, and Rosendo Hernández
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC., Avda. Astrofísico Francisco

Sánchez, 3-38206-La Laguna (TENERIFE)
The development of new methodologies to obtain bioactive products has

arisen much interest, since some of these compounds have shown potential
antitumoral, antifungal or antiviral activity. In this communication we describe a
new process to prepare azanucleosides from amino acids.
one-pot
Z O decarboxylation Z
N addition of a N B
OH nitrogen bases
(OR)n (Y)n
Z = acyl, carbamate B = nitrogen bases

R = H, alkyl, (thymine, uracil, etc)
acyl
A modification of this reaction is the tandem decarboxylation-E-iodination-

addition of nitrogen bases. This reaction allows the synthesis of E-iodo-derivates
and their later conversion into tricyclic azanucleosides. Some of these compounds
have shown a promising antifungal activity. 1
Decarboxilation X
MeO O E-iodination MeO O O MeO O
addition of bases KOH
O X
N N N NH MeOH N
OH N
OTMS O
O N
X I O
N
TMSO N
X = H, Me, F, I
Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Investigation Programs and

CTQ/PPQ2006-14260 (Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación
Tecnológica, Ministerios de Ciencia y Tecnología y Educación y Ciencia, Spain). We also
acknowledge financial support from FEDER funds. Dácil Hernández thanks the Ministerio
de Educación y Ciencia an FPU fellowship.
1
(a) Yokoyama, M.; Momotake, A. Synthesis 1999, 15411554. (b) Koþalka, P.; Pohl, R.; Rejman, D.;
Rosenberg, I. Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 57635774 y referencias citadas allí.
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RNAs INHIBIDORES DIRIGIDOS FRENTE AL IRES DEL HCV
Raquel Díaz-González, Cristina Romero-López, David Paul y Alfredo Berzal-

Herranz
Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, CSIC. Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias

de la Salud, Avenida del Conocimiento, s/n. 18100 Armilla, Granada (ESPAÑA).
La infección causada por el virus de la hepatitis C (HCV), en la mayoría de los casos,

progresa a hepatitis crónica, cirrosis y carcinoma hepatocelular. El tratamiento actual
consiste en la acción combinada de PEG-interferón y ribavirina, efectivo sólo en el
50% de los pacientes que toleran la terapia. Sin embargo, actualmente no existen
agentes antivirales específicos del HCV aprobados para el tratamiento de la infección.
Uno de los mayores problemas en el desarrollo de dichos agentes es la elevada
variabilidad genética que presenta el virus. El genoma del HCV es una hebra de RNA
lineal de polaridad positiva que presenta en la región 5´ UTR un dominio altamente
conservado y estructurado (IRES) que dirige el inicio de la síntesis de la poliproteína
viral por un mecanismo independiente de cap. Estas propiedades lo convierten en una
excelente diana terapéutica. En nuestro laboratorio se ha aplicado un método de
selección molecular in vitro con el que se ha obtenido una colección de moléculas de
RNA, compuestas por un dominio catalítico tipo hammerhead que procesa el genoma
viral en la posición 363 y un aptámero de 25 nucleótidos seleccionado por su
capacidad de unión al IRES. Hemos comprobado in vitro que estas moléculas inhiben
eficientemente la traducción mediada por el IRES sin afectar la traducción dependiente
de cap, con inhibiciones de hasta un 90%. Tras el análisis de todas ellas, hemos
centrado nuestra atención en aquellas que tienen una inhibición más potente para
realizar un análisis más exhaustivo. Estudios ex vivo confirman su potencial inhibidor y
su utilidad como herramientas terapéuticas con inhibiciones cercanas al 60%.
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ACTIVIDAD ANTIPROLIFERATIVA Y PROAPOPTÓTICA DE

COMPUESTOS ORGANOSELÉNICOS EN CÁNCER DE
PRÓSTATA
Daniel Planoa, Esther Morenoa, María Fonta, Carmen Sanmartína, Alfonso
Calvob, Celia Priorb, Juan Antonio Palopa
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica. Universidad de Navarra. Irunlarrea,
1. 31008-Pamplona
b
Oncología. Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA). Universidad de Navarra. Pío
XII, 53. 31008-Pamplona
Numerosos estudios en modelos animales y más recientemente en humanos

han demostrado la eficacia anticarcinogénica y quimiopreventiva de distintos
compuestos que contienen selenio1. Entre los mecanismos de acción implicados
en estas actividades la inducción de apoptosis2 y la participación en procesos
relacionados con el estrés oxidativo se encuentran entre los más representativos.
Trabajos recientes han demostrado que el tratamiento con compuestos selenados
en líneas tumorales de cáncer de próstata produce una disminución muy
significativa del crecimiento celular3.
Con el objetivo de obtener nuevos agentes activos en cáncer de próstata se

han diseñado estructuras que responden a un núcleo central de
alquilisoselenourea unido mediante grupos amida a diversas terminaciones arílicas
o heteroarílicas. Se ha realizado un estudio de relación estructura química-
actividad biológica así como un análisis comparativo con derivados homólogos
conteniendo azufre. Los compuestos de mayor actividad antiproliferativa se han
ensayado en cuanto a inductores de apoptosis y se ha determinado la
acumulación de caspasa-3 como punto de confluencia de las rutas apoptóticas.
Ocho de los compuestos evaluados mostraron interesante actividad citotóxica

frente a la línea tumoral prostática PC-3, presentando uno de ellos un valor de IC50
tres veces inferior al patrón utilizado como referencia, etopósido, el cual es
empleado actualmente en clínica.
1
Brinkman, M.; Reulen, R.C.; Kellen, E.; Buntinx F.; Zeegers, M.P. Eur. J. Cancer 2006, 42, 2463-
2471.
2
Li, G.X.; Hu, H.B.; Jiang, C.; Schuster, T.; Lu, J.X. International J. Cancer 2007, 120, 2034-2043.
3
Goel, A.; Fuerst, F.; Hotchkiss, E.; Boland, R.; Boland, C.R. Cancer Biol. & Ther. 2006, 5, 529-535.
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NUEVOS DERIVADOS ORGANOSELÉNICOS COMO AGENTES

ANTIPROLIFERATIVOS
Daniel Planoa, Esther Morenoa, María Fonta, Juan Antonio Palopa, Ignacio
Encíob , Carmen Sanmartína
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica. Universidad de Navarra. Irunlarrea,
1. 31008-Pamplona
b
Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Pública de Navarra. Campus de
Arrosadía s/n. 31006-Pamplona
Como continuación de nuestro trabajo dirigido a la obtención de nuevos

agentes citotóxicos1,2 se presenta la síntesis y evaluación biológica preliminar de
nuevos imidoselenocarbamatos con estructura general:
R
O Se O
N N
R' H R'
X X
En el diseño de estas estructuras se ha pretendido reunir algunos fragmentos

estructurales de reconocida eficacia en el tratamiento del cáncer, el factor
simetría3 y la presencia de selenio4. El selenio es un elemento traza que se ha
identificado como posible agente quimioprotector contra el cáncer y otras
patologías relacionadas con el estrés oxidativo.
De todos los compuestos sintetizados se ha valorado su actividad citotóxica en

cuatro líneas celulares tumorales (leucemia, colon, mama, pulmón), determinando
en cada uno de ellos los siguientes parámetros: IC50, TGI, DL50 y GI50. Algunos de
estos derivados han presentado una interesante actividad antiproliferativa.
1
Font, M.; Ardaiz, E.; Cordeu, L.; Cubedo, E.; García-Foncillas, J.; Sanmartín, C.; Palop, J.A. Bioorg.
Med. Chem. 2006, 14, 1942-1948.
2
Cordeu, L.; Cubedo, E.; Bandrés, E.; Rebollo, A.; Sáenz, X.; Chozas, H.; Domínguez, M.V.;
Echeverría, M.; Mendívil, B.; Sanmartín, C.; Palop, J.A.; Font, M.; Garcia-Foncillas, J. Bioorg. Med.
Chem. 2007, 15, 1659-1669.
3
Sanmartín, C.; Font, M.; Palop, J.A. Mini-Rev. Med. Chem. 2006, 6, 639-650.
4
Letavayova, L.; Vlckova, V.; Brozmanova, J. Toxicology. 2006, 227, 1-14.
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FAST MICROWAVE PREPARATION OF LOSARTAN

J. Hernando; I. Castro; G. García Navazo, M. P. Matía; J. L. Novella; J. Alvarez-Builla
Planta Piloto de Química Fina, Depto. de Química Orgánica. Universidad de Alcalá.
Alcalá de Henares. Madrid.
Losartan, chemically defined as 2-butyl-4-chloro-5-(hydroxymethyl)-l-{[2'-(lH-tetrazol-5-yl)

biphenyl-4-yl] methyl} imidazole, is an effective Angiotensin II competitive antagonist and is
therefore widely used in the treatment of hypertension, renal failure, glaucoma and related
diseases and conditions. Because of its mechanism of action, the product avoids the side-effects
of calcium antagonists and thus, has been the origin of a whole family of analogs, “the sartans”.1
Cl
N
H3C OH
N
N N
N NH
Figure 1
Water is a cheap, readily available nontoxic solvent for use in chemistry. There are, however,
problems with the use of water, such as the solubility of substrates. With its high dielectric
constant, water is also a potentially useful solvent for microwave-mediated synthesis. As well as
benefiting from the rate enhancement effects found when using microwave heating, when water
is heated well above its boiling point in sealed vessels, organic substrates can become partially
soluble.2 We have prepared Losartan using this technique in most of the steps.3,4,5 The synthetic
strategy has been redesigned in relation with the conventional preparation methods, to prevent
the use of protecting groups, thus simplifying the whole procedure.
OH OH
OH
Br
CN Na2CO3, TBAB NaN3
+ N N
Pd(OAc)2, H2O ZnBr N
CN
B(OH)2 2 87% H2O 66% N
H
1 60W 200W
120 ºC 190 ºC 4
10 min 3 60 min
BrH 100ºC
60 W
40% 20min
O Cl
HO N H3C N
H N H
Cl Cl Br
N N 6 N
H O
K2CO3
NaBH4
CH3 CH3 N N
N N MeOH N N CH3CN N
N N N
N N 100ºC H
H H 60 W
50min
5
8 Losartan 7 71%
1
Carini, D. J.; Duncia, J. V.; Wang, S. M.; US 5138069, 1986.
108
2
Leadbeater, N. E., Marco, M., J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 888.
3
Leadbeater, N. E.; Pillsbury, S. J.; Shanahan, E.; Williams, V. A. Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 3565.
4
Domka, Z. P. ; Sharpless, K. B. Organic Letters 2002, 4(15), 2525.
5
Reid, M. C. ; Clark, J. H. ; Macquarrie D. J. Green Chem., 2006, 8, 437.
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(2-{2-[3-(2-DIMETHYLAMINO-ETHYL 1)-1H-INDOL-5-YLMETHYL]-2-
METHANESULFONYLMETHYL-1H-INDOL-3-YL}ETHYL)
DIMETHYLAMINE, THE MAIN SUMATRIPTAN IMPURITY
M. P. Matía; A. Sanz; A. M. G. Carril; J. L. Novella; J. Alvarez-Builla
Planta Piloto de Química Fina. Universidad de Alcalá.
Alcalá de Henares. Madrid.
Among the many serotonin-like compounds studied, the discovery of the anti-migraine drug
sumatriptan 1 stimulated the development of other 5-HT1D receptor agonists.1 From the
chemical point of view, several of them (sumatriptan 1,2, avitriptan 2,3 and almotriptan 34) have
the common feature of possessing a sulfamoylmethyl group attached, through a methylene
bridge, to the position 5 of indole nucleus (Figure 1).
H3C
N CH3 H3C
N
N N CH3
H3C O
CH3NH
S CH3NH N
S S
O O
N O O O O
H N N
H H
Sumatriptan 1 Almotriptan 3
Avitriptan 2
Figure 1
In the present work, the compound 9 has been synthesized, being the main impurity detected in
Sumatriptan5. The method employed to obtain this compound is indicated in the scheme 1.
O
O O H2, 2atm
N,N-dimetilformamide-
CH3 dimethylacetal N 10%Pd(C) MeO
MeO MeO
Toluene N
NO2 Pirrolidine H
NO2
DMF, reflux. 97% 6
4 76% 5
Oxalyl chloride
Me2NH/H2O
77%
Me Me
N Me N Me
O
O
LiAlH4 O
HO MeO
100%
N N 7
H H
8
Me
N Me
1. HCl
Me
N Me
Me
N Me 2. HO
MeHN
N 8 S
H O Me
MeHN O
S N N Me
O O 3. NaOH 10N, pH=12-13 H
N
H
20% 9 N
Sumatriptan 1
H
Scheme 1
1
Hopkins S.J., Drugs Today, 28, 155 (1992)
2
Relevant patents: Dowle, M. D. and Coates, I. H., GB 2 124 210 (1983). Dowle, M. D. and Coates US Patent 4,
816 470 (1989). Oxford, A. W., GB 2 162 522 (1984)
3
Brodfuehrer, P.R., Chen, B.C., Sattelberg, T.R., Smith, Sr.P.R., Reddy, J.P., Stara, D.R., Quinlan, S.L., Reid, J.G.,
Thottathil, J.K. and Wang, S.J., J. Org. Chem., 62, 9192 (1997)
4
Fernandez, M.D., Puig, C., Crespo, M.I. and Moragues, J., ES Patent 2, 084, 560, (1994)
5
Skwierawska, A.and Paluszkiewicz, E., Polish J. Chem., 2003, 77, 329-332.
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ACCESS TO FULLY ORTHOGONALLY PROTECTED anti,anti-4-

AMINO-PIPERIDINE-3,5-DIOLS THROUGH CHEMOSELECTIVE
REDUCTION OF E-LACTAM CYANOHYDRIN HYBRIDS
B. Alcaide,*a P. Almendros,b G. Cabreroa and M. P. Ruiza
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica I. Facultad de Ciencias. Químicas. Universidad
Complutense, 28040-Madrid. bInstituto de Química Orgánica General, CSIC, Juan de la
Cierva 3, 28006-Madrid.
Polyhydroxylated piperidines, also called azasugars or iminosugars, and their

synthetic analogues have attracted a great deal of attention due to their ability to
mimic sugars and selectively inhibit glycosidases and glycoprotein-processing
enzymes.1 Therefore, a continuous interest exists in the development of new
methodologies for asymmetric synthesis of these compounds. On the other hand,
selective bond cleavage of the 2-azetidinone ring coupled with further synthetic
transformations renders these fascinating molecules powerful synthetic building
blocks in the stereocontrolled synthesis of a wide variety of nitrogen-containing
compounds.2
We now report two short, complementary E-lactam-cyanohydrin–based routes to
orthogonally protected enantiopure anti,anti-4-amino-3,5-piperidine diols, by a
strategy that allows stereocontrolled construction of all three contiguous
stereocenters (Scheme 1).
NHR3
OR1
R2O OR1 H H H H
R2O R1O O
CN
N N N
O PMP O PMP
R4
Scheme 1
Specifically, the utility of this novel H O

reaction sequence has been OH N
demonstrated by the synthesis of fully AcNH O
OH R
orthogonally protected sialidase I
inhibitor analogues (type I).
Acknowledgments. We would like to thank the DGI-MEC (Project CTQ2006-10292) and

CAM-UCM (Grant GR69/06) for financial support. G. C. thanks the MEC for a predoctoral
grant.
1
See, for example: (a) Afarinkia, K.; Bahar, A. Tetrahedron:Asymmetry 2005, 16, 1239. (b) Butters, T.
D.; Dwek, R. A.; Platt, F. M. Chem. Rev. 2000, 100, 4683.
2
See, for example: (a) Alcaide, B.; Almendros; Aragoncillo, C. Chem. Rev. 2007, in press. (b)
Alcaide, B.; Almendros, P. Curr. Med. Chem. 2004, 11, 1921. (c) Alcaide, B.; Almendros, P. Synlett
2002, 381. (d) Palomo, C.; Aizpurua, J. M.; Ganboa, I.; Oiarbide, M. Synlett 2001, 1813.
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SYNTHESIS OF ALL FOUR STEREOISOMERS OF

E-PHENYLPROLINE
Paola Fatás, Ana M. Gil, Carlos Cativiela
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón,

Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50009 Zaragoza.
The incorporation of constrained D-amino acids into bioactive peptides is an

important approach to study their conformational requirements for biological
activity. Because of motional restrictions inherent to the pirrolidine ring, proline is
well known for its ability to induce conformational constraints in peptides. During
the last years, several E-substituted prolines have been synthesised to serve as
amino acid chimeras in which the functional groups of the amino acid side-chain
are combined with the conformational restrictions characteristic of proline.
Replacement of the natural residue in peptides with such proline-D-amino acid
chimeras has provided additional information about receptor recognition
requirements and affinity.
Among these proline derivatives, we are interested in the synthesis of E-
phenylproline, a chimeric amino acid that includes the structure of both proline and
phenylalanine (Figure 1).
N COOH
N COOH
H H2N COOH
H
proline E-phenylproline phenylalanine
Figure 1
Although some methods reported so far can provide optically pure final
products, our main objective is the development of a versatile approach to the
synthesis of all four possible stereoisomers of E-phenylproline, i.e. two cis
enantiomers and two trans enantiomers, in a multigram scale and enantiomerically
pure form. To this end, we have applied a strategy to the synthesis of rac-cis and
rac-trans compounds that, followed by a highly efficient resolution method using
chiral HPLC, has allowed us the isolation of all four stereoisomers of E-
phenylproline in optically pure form.
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SÍNTESIS DE ANÁLOGOS BICÍCLICOS DE PROLINA
Diego Casabona, Carlos Cativiela
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón,

Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50009 Zaragoza.
Dada su naturaleza cíclica, la prolina presenta propiedades conformacionales

únicas entre los aminoácidos proteicos. Esta singularidad la convierte en un
residuo clave tanto para la estructura como para la función de péptidos y
proteínas. Por este motivo, existe un gran interés por sintetizar derivados de
prolina, así como de su homólogo superior, el ácido pipecólico (Figura 1). Una
estrategia muy interesante para modificar la estructura de estas moléculas es la
unión de dos átomos del ciclo para dar lugar a la formación de estructuras
bicíclicas.
Estas estructuras resultan muy interesantes ya que permiten, de una forma muy
clara, capturar una conformación determinada de una molécula e incluso modular
el grado de libertad en función del tamaño del puente de unión.
NH NH
HN
N COOH N COOH
H H HOOC HOOC HOOC
prolina ác. pipecólico azabiciclo [2.2.1] azabiciclo [2.2.2] azabiciclo [3.2.1]
Figura 1. Estructuras de prolina Figura 2. Estructura de los análogos de prolina y

y de ácido pipecólico ácido pipecólico sintetizados
Tomando como base la amplia experiencia que nuestro grupo de investigación

posee en la síntesis de aminoácidos restringidos, nos planteamos el desarrollo de
metodologías que permitiesen el acceso a diversos análogos bicíclicos de prolina
y ácido pipecólico. En esta comunicación, se presenta la síntesis1 de tres
derivados en los que los átomos de carbono de las posiciones 2 y 5 se encuentran
unidos mediante un puente carbonado de longitud variable (Figura 2). Uno de ellos
es análogo de prolina (azabiciclo [2.2.1]), otro, es un derivado del ácido pipecólico
(azabiciclo [2.2.2]) y el tercero (azabiciclo [3.2.1]) resulta ser un aminoácido
quimera, que contiene al mismo tiempo las estructuras de la prolina y el ácido
pipecólico.
1
(a) Avenoza, A.; Cativiela, C.; Busto, J. H.; Fernández-Recio, M. A.; Peregrina, J. M.; Rodríguez, F.
Tetrahedron 2001, 57, 545-548; (b) Casabona, D.; Cativiela, C. Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 10000-10004;
(c) Casabona, D.; Jiménez, A. I.; Cativiela, C. Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 5056-5061.
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INHIBIDORES DE PROLILOLIGOPEPTIDASA CON NUEVOS

SUSTITUYENTES EN LAS POSICIONES P1 y P2
Diego Casabonaa, Teresa Tarragob, Miriam Royoc, Carlos Cativielaa, Ernest

Giraltb
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica, ICMA, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50009
Zaragoza. bInstitut de Recerca Biomèdica, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1-5,
08028 Barcelona. cUnitat de Química Combinatòria, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Josep
Samitier 1-5, 08028 Barcelona.
La proliloligopeptidasa (POP) es una serin-proteasa citosólica que hidroliza

pequeños péptidos que contienen prolina por el extremo carboxilo terminal de los
residuos de prolina.1,2 Muchos de ellos son péptidos bioactivos tales como la
sustancia P, vasopresina y E-endorfina, implicados en procesos de aprendizaje o
desarrollo de la memoria. Debido a ello, en los últimos años, la POP ha ido
ganando importancia como diana en el tratamiento de enfermedades como la
esquizofrenia, el Alzheimer o el desorden bipolar.3 Se han descrito muchos
inhibidores de bajo peso molecular de estructura general acil-L-prolil-pirrolidina,
siendo el más estudiado el Z-L-prolil-L-prolinal.4 Estas moléculas poseen tres
zonas de interacción P1, P2 y P3 que interaccionan con las regiones S1, S2 y S3
del sitio activo del enzima (Fig.1).
R1 N N R2
O O O
P1 P2 P3
Figura 1. Estructura general de los inhibidores de POP
En la presente comunicación se muestra la síntesis de una quimioteca de

inhibidores basados en la estructura anterior, en la cual se han modificado las
posiciones P1, P2 y el extremo acilo de la posición P3 así como los resultados
preliminares de su evaluación sobre la POP humana.
1
Polgar, L. Cell Mol. Life Sci. 2002, 59, 349-362.
2
Polgar, L. Curr. Med. Chem. 2002, 2, 251-257.
3
Komatsu, Y. J. Neurosci. 1996, 16, 6342-6352.
4
Wilk, S.; Orlowski, M. J. Neurochem. 1983, 41, 69-75.
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SÍNTESIS DE NUEVOS DERIVADOS DE RASAGILINA COMO

POTENCIALES FÁRMACOS NEUROPROTECTORES
Nerea Alonso,a Xerardo García Mera,a José Enrique Rodríguez-Borgesb
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago
de Compostela, Campus Sur s/n. 15782 – Santiago de Compostela (España). bCIQ,
Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 –
Porto (Portugal).
Las disfunciones en el catabolismo de neurotransmisores como dopamina y

acetilcolina son un importante factor en la fisiología de patologías
neurodegenerativas como la enfermedad de Parkinson (EP) y de Alzheimer (EA).
Los niveles de dichos transmisores están modulados por enzimas como MAO
(MAOA y MAOB) y acetilcolinesterasa, cuya inhibición representa una de las
B
estrategias usadas para corregir los síntomas de los pacientes que sufren dichas
patologías, por lo que en los últimos años se han desarrollado nuevos inhibidores
de MAO y acetilcolinesterasa como agentes neuroprotectores. 1
La Rasagilina [N-propargil-1(R)-aminoindano, I] 2 es un nuevo fármaco de uso
en la EP tanto en monoterapia como en combinación con levodopa. Es un potente,
selectivo e irreversible inhibidor de MAOB, que previene la degradación de
B
dopamina, mensajero químico responsable de transmitir determinadas señales

entre la sustancia negra y el cuerpo estriado encargadas de realizar el control de
los movimientos. En la actualidad se llevan a cabo estudios acerca de la
capacidad neuroprotectora en la EA de la rasagilina y otros compuestos
relacionados, con la idea de que la coexistencia en una misma molécula de dos
farmacóforos responsables, respectivamente, de la capacidad inhibitoria frente a
MAO y acetilcolinesterasa y de la actividad neuroprotectora puede representar una
interesante y completa aproximación al tratamiento de una enfermedad tan
compleja como la EA.
Por todo ello hemos iniciado la preparación de una serie de derivados de la
rasagilina (II) diferentemente sustituidos en la posición 3 del anillo indánico, los
cuales presentan el agrupamiento propargilamino enlazado directamente, o a
través de un puente metileno, al sistema bicíclico de la misma, al objeto de evaluar
su utilidad en el tratamiento de las enfermedades de Parkinson y Alzheimer.
R
HN n( ) NH
II
Rasagilina n = 0, 1
I
R = OR, NR'R'', CO2R', CH2OR',
CONR'R'', alquilo, arilo o heteroarilo
1
Shih, J. C. et al. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 1999, 22, 197.
2
Youdim, M. B. et al. J. Med. Chem. 2002, 45, 5260.
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SÍNTESIS DE DERIVADOS DE S-PROLINA SUSTITUIDOS DE

INTERÉS COMO PROLINA-MIMÉTICOS
Nerea Alonso,a Pilar Midón,a Xerardo García-Mera,a José Enrique

Rodríguez-Borges,b Franco Fernández.a
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago
b
de Compostela, Campus Sur s/n. 15782 – Santiago de Compostela (España). CIQ,
Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 –
Porto (Portugal).
Los neuropéptidos del sistema nervioso central (SNC) PLG (L-prolil-L-leucil-

glicinamida) 1 y GPE (glicina-prolina-glutámico) 2 desempeñan un importante papel
neuromodulador en el SNC, por lo que se ha propuesto que dichos péptidos o
análogos de los mismos puedan generar un nuevo grupo de agentes
farmacológicos para el tratamiento de patologías de tipo neurodegenerativo, como
las enfermedades de Alzheimer, Parkinson o Huntington.
Al objeto de contribuir a la preparación de análogos de PLG y GPE
modificados en el residuo de prolina, dada la importancia de dicho residuo en el
papel biológico de ambos neuropéptidos, hemos iniciado una línea de
investigación destinada a preparar análogos de PLG y GPE que sustituyan la
prolina presente en los mismos por diferentes compuestos prolina-miméticos.
En la presente comunicación describimos los procesos sintéticos de
preparación de diferentes derivados prolina-miméticos, tipo I y II, a partir de los
aductos, tipo III, obtenidos en la reacción de aza-Diels Alder entre ciclopentadieno
e iminas, quirales o aquirales, 3 con el objetivo de investigar la influencia de las
modificaciones realizadas en el residuo de prolina en la actividad biológica de PLG
y GPE y de sus análogos.
R' Bn R'''' R''' Bn

N N
N
R''
CO2H HO2C Bn CO2R
I II III
Agradecimientos: Los autores agradecen a la Xunta de Galicia la ayuda financiera

concedida para la realización del presente proyecto (PGIDIT05PXIB20301PR).
1
Mishra, R.K., Chiu, S., Chiu, P., Mishra, C.P. Methods Find. Exp. Clin. Pharmacol. 1983, 5, 203.
2
Yamamoto, H., Murphy, L.J. J. Endocrinol. 1995, 146, 141.
3
Rodríguez-Borges, J. E., García-Mera, X., Fernández, F., Lopes, V. H.C., Magalhães, A. L. and
Cordeiro, M. N. D. S. Tetrahedron 2005, 61 (46), 10951.
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SÍNTESIS DE ÁCIDOS HIDROXÁMICOS CON POTENCIAL

EFECTO ANTIMALÁRICO
Patricia González Bulnesa, Josefina Casasa, Choukri Ben Mamounb,

Amadeu Llebariaa
a
Research Unit on BioActive Molecules (RUBAM); Departamento de Química Orgánica
Biológica, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas y Ambientales de Barcelona (IIQAB-
CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, España. bDepartment of Genetics and
Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC), 263 Farmington
Avenue, Farmington CT 06030, USA,
En 2002 Hanada y col. publicaron que el enzima fosfolipasa C de Plasmodium

falciparum (PfPLC) podría ser una buena diana en la síntesis de fármacos
antimaláricos1. Este dato nos hizo estudiar el efecto de una pequeña familia de
ácidos hidroxámicos sintetizados en nuestro grupo y que poseían la capacidad de
inhibir la fosfolipasa C de Bacillus cereus.
O
R R2
Estudios sobre el efecto de esta familia sobre P. falciparum
N mostraron que, efectivamente, varios de los compuestos probados
NH O 3 inhibían el crecimiento in vitro del parásito con valores de IC50
R1 R iguales o menores de 1 µM.
Se eligieron los dos mejores inhibidores y se estudió principalmente el efecto que

podrían tener sobre el metabolismo de lípidos ya que, originalmente, habían sido
sintetizados como inhibidores lipídicos y exhibían una cierta similitud con el
alquilfosfolípido miltefosina, compuesto que bloquea el crecimiento del parásito en
la etapa de trofozoíto y que inhibe un enzima implicado en el metabolismo de
fosfatidilcolina y fosfatidiletanolamina2.
Los ácidos hidroxámicos estudiados no mostraron capacidad para inhibir in vitro

PfPLC pero bloquearon el crecimiento del parásito en la etapa de trofozoíto,
cuando se incrementa el metabolismo lipídico y, en su presencia, se apreció una
disminución de la síntesis de fosfatidilcolina pero no así de la de
fosfatidiletanolamina. Esto, unido al hecho de que no inhibieran en enzima
fosfocolinametil transferasa, que une ambas rutas sintéticas nos hace pensar que
el efecto que tienen sobre P. falciparum es debido a la inhibición de las dos
últimas etapas de la síntesis de fosfatidilcolina.
1
Hanada, K..; Palacpac, N. M.; Magistrado, P.A.; Kurokawa, K.; Rai, G.; Sakata, D.; Hara, T.; Horii,
T.; Nishijima, M.; Mitamura, T.; J. Exp. Med. 2002, 195, 23-34.
2
Pessi, G.; Kociubinski, G.; Mamoun, C.B.; Proc. Natl. Aca. Sci. USA 2004, 101, 6260-6211.
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SPHINGOLIPID ANALOGOUS: SEARCHING NEW DRUGS

AGAINST COPD
Daniel Canalsa, Gemma Villorbinaa, Santiago Grijalvoa, David Mormeneoa,

Antonio Delgadoa,b, Josefina Casasa.
a
Research Unit on Bioactive Molecules (RUBAM); Departamento de Química Orgánica
Biològica, (IIQAB C.S.I.C); Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona
b
Universidad de Barcelona, Facultad de Farmacia, Unidad de Química Farmacéutica
(Unidad Asociada al CSIC), Avda. Juan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, España
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by chronic

inflammation of the airways and progressive destruction of lung parenchyma, a
process that in most cases is initiated by cigarette smoking. Among the several
mechanisms postulated to be involved in the pathogenesis of COPD, disruption of
the balance between apoptosis and replenishment of structural cells in the lung
has been recently reviewed[1]. There is an increase in apoptotic alveolar epithelial
and endothelial cells in the lungs of COPD patients. Moreover, Petrache et al
reported increased lung ceramide levels in emphysema patients, suggesting that
ceramide upregulation might be an important pathogenetic element in the
development of emphysema[2].
The putative apoptotic activity of D-erythro-dihydroceramides (DHC’s) is a matter of
controversy. Thus, it has been published that exogenously added short chain
DHC’s do not exhibit apoptotic activity in different cell. lines[3, 4], while L-threo-N-
acetyl-sphinganine causes cell death in HL-60 cells[3]. Additionally, accumulation
of natural DHC’s, but not ceramides, along with cell death occurs in human
leukaemia cells treated with gamma-tocopherol, as well as in prostate cancer
cells[5]. Finally, a recent report describes that both long and short chain
erythro-DHC’s do not simply lack apoptogenic activity, but counteract the apoptotic
effect of ceramide by inhibiting Cer channel formation in mitochondria in early
apoptosis [6]. In this context, the synthesis of a small combinatorial DHC library
obtained by systematic variation of both the sphingoid and aliphatic and acyl
chains as well as the synthesis of cyclic ceramides (jaspines) is reported in this
work. In addition, preliminary data on the activity of the synthesized compounds in
A549 cells, a human alveolar epithelial cell line used in COPD studies, are also
presented.
1
Demedts IK, et al., Respir Res. , 2006,7, 53.
2
Petrache I, et al., Nat Med., 2005, 11, 471.
3
Bielawska A, et al., J Biol Chem., 1993, 268, 26226.
4
Ogretmen B, et al., J Biol Chem., 2001, 276, 32506.
5
Jiang Q, et al., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci USA, 2004, 101, 17825.
6
Stiban J, et al. Apoptosis, 2006, 11, 773.
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ENANTIOMERICALLY PURE 4-SUBSTITUTED D-PIPECOLIC

ACIDS WITH INTERESTING PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
Pablo Etayo, Ramón Badorrey, María Dolores Díaz-de-Villegas* and José
Antonio Gálvez*
Department of Organic Chemistry. Aragón Materials Science Institute. Universitary Institute
of Homogeneous Catalysis. University of Zaragoza-CSIC, E-50009 Zaragoza (Spain).
petayo@unizar.es
Pipecolic acid derivatives are widely used in therapeutic chemistry because of their
significant and various biological activities. In particular, 4-substituted derivatives
can act as anaesthetics, antitumorals, antibiotics, anticoagulants, NMDA receptor
agonists or antagonists, immunosuppressants and enzyme inhibitors. The design
and study of novel drugs with central nervous system activity containing 4-
substituted pipecolic acids requires the development of new methodologies to
synthesize them stereoselectively.1
In this regard, taking advantage of our previous methodology to build the piperidine
ring2 and with the aim of design new potential chemotherapeutic agents, we have
optimized the asymmetric synthesis of seven important 4-substituted D-pipecolic
acids starting from the same chiral 4-piperidone. Two selective competitive
antagonists of the NMDA receptor, diastereomeric cis- and trans-4-
phosphonomethyl-D-pipecolic acids, cis-1 (CGS-20281) and trans-1,3 have been
prepared in enantiomerically pure form. (2R,4S)- and (2R,4R)-4-hydroxypipecolic
acids4 cis-2 and trans-2, two versatile chiral precursors in the preparation of
biologically active molecules, have been diastereodivergently obtained.
In addition, we have developed three synthetic routes directed to the obtention of
conformationally constrained Į-amino acid chimeras glutamic acid/pipecolic acid
trans-3, lysine/pipecolic acid trans-4 and ornithine/pipecolic acid trans-5, all of them
in ortogonally protected form. Trans-3 is a D-glutamic acid analogue with NMDA
receptor agonist activity5 and trans-4 and trans-5 are restricted analogues of D-
lysine and D-ornithine respectively, and show interesting applications in
peptidomimetics design.6
CH2NHMoc
PO3H2 CO2CH3 NHAc
OH
* *
N CO2H N CO2H N CO2H
N CO2H N CO2H
H H Boc Boc Boc
cis-1/trans-1 cis-2/trans-2 trans-3 trans-4 trans-5
1
Kadouri-Puchot, C.; Comesse, S. Amino Acids 2005, 29, 101-130.
2
Badorrey, R.; Cativiela, C.; Díaz-de-Villegas, M. D.; Gálvez, J. A. Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 7601-7612.
3
Etayo, P.; Badorrey, R.; Díaz-de-Villegas, M. D.; Gálvez, J. A. Synlett 2006, 2799-2803.
4
Celestini, P.; Danieli, B.; Lesma, G.; Sacchetti, A.; Silvani, A.; Passarella, D.; Virdis, A. Org. Lett.
2002, 4, 1367-1370 and references therein.
5
Madsen, U.; Brehm, L.; Schaumburg, K.; Jørgensen, F. S.; Krogsgaard-Larsen, P. J. Med. Chem.
1990, 33, 374-380.
6
Goswami, R.; Moloney, M. G. Chem. Commun. 1999, 2333-2334.
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ENANTIOMERICALLY PURE POLYSUBSTITUTED PIPERIDINES

AS ANALOGUES OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS
Pablo Etayoa, Ramón Badorreya, María Dolores Díaz-de-Villegasa*, José
Antonio Gálveza* and Ana Isabel Alcaldeb
a
Department of Organic Chemistry. Aragón Materials Science Institute. Universitary
Institute of Homogeneous Catalysis. University of Zaragoza-CSIC, E-50009 Zaragoza
(Spain). bDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology. Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
University of Zaragoza. E-50009 Zaragoza (Spain). petayo@unizar.es
Chiral polysubstituted piperidines represent one of the most common building

blocks in natural products with biological activity and have been identified as
important therapeutic agents for the treatment of a range of diseases. As a
consequence the stereoselective synthesis of chemically modified analogues of
active substituted piperidines provides a powerful tool to further investigate the
development of new drugs. In this context this work resumes our work on the
asymmetric synthesis of different piperidine derivatives as close structural
analogues of bioactive compounds starting from the same chiral 4-piperidone.1
1-Benzyl-4-[2-(diphenylmethoxy)ethyl]piperidine is one of the most potent and
selective DAT inhibitors known and as such is a potent cocaine antagonist.2 We
have synthesized two structural analogues of this compound with one substituent
at C2, targets cis-1 and trans-1. First pharmacological assays on the role of these
compounds as serotonin transporter inhibitors using cellular model Caco-23 have
provided very promising IC50 values.
On the other hand, substituted piperidines that contain an amino group at C4 have
great pharmaceutical interest because they are potent analgesics with opioid
activity and selective antagonists at the MK1 receptor. Moreover these compounds
show central nervous system (CNS) activity.4 Therefore we have optimized the
stereoselective synthesis of 2-substituted 4-acetamidopiperidines cis-2 and trans-
2. Finally, a great deal of agonists of nicotinic or muscarinic receptors with CNS
activity contain a 1-azabycicle motif in their structure.5 This biological importance
has motivated the development of synthetic strategies to the preparation of 1-
azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane 3 and 1-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes endo-4 and exo-4.
CH 2OCHPh 2
NHAc
* *
R 2* N
N H N H
N R2* N R 2*
R 2* R 2* H
R 1* R 1*
cis 1/trans 1 cis 2/trans 2 3 endo-4 exo-4
1
Badorrey, R.; Cativiela, C.; Díaz-de-Villegas, M. D.; Gálvez, J. A. Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 7601-7612.
2
Singh, S. Chem. Rev. 2000, 100, 925-1024 and references therein.
3
Iceta, R.; Mesonero, J. E.; Aramayona, J. J.; Alcalde, A. I. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 2006, 57, 119-130.
4
Veenstra, S. J.; Hauser, K.; Scilling, W.; Betschart, C.; Ofner, S. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 1996, 6,
3029-3034.
5
Choi, K. I.; Cha, J. H.; Cho, Y. S.; Pae, A. N.; Jin, C.; Yook, J.; Cheon, H. G.; Jeong, D.; Kong, J. Y.;
Koh, H. Y. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 1999, 9, 2795-2800.
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NUEVOS ANÁLOGOS DEL KRN7000 CON POTENCIAL

ACTIVIDAD INMUNOMODULADORA
Youssef Harraka, Carmen Bediaa, Meritxell Egido-Gabása, Antonio Delgadoa, b,

Amadeu Llebariaa
a
Research Unit on BioActive Molecules, Departamento de Química Orgánica Biológica,
IIQAB-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, España. bUniversitat de Barcelona,
Facultat de Farmàcia, Unitat de Química Farmacèutica (Unitat Associada al CSIC), Avda.
Joan XXIII s/n; 08029 Barcelona, España.
HO
La modificación estructural de una serie de
HO HO OH compuestos extraídos de una esponja marina,
O OH
C14H29 HO
O
Agelas mauritianus ha conducido al KRN 7000
HO O HO
OH O NH OH
OH
que ha revelado una fuerte actividad
KRN 7000 C25H51 OH en configuración D antitumoral1.
La estimulación que produce en las células iNKT ha hecho evidente el potencial

terapéutico del KRN 7000 en enfermedades autoinmunes y cancerosas.
El KRN 7000 es una Į-galactosilceramida, perteneciente a una nueva serie de
glicolípidos que se caracteriza por el tipo de enlace que une las dos partes de la
molécula que es de tipo Į. Se ha demostrado que esa configuración particular es
la responsable de la actividad observada2.
El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en la síntesis de nuevos análogos del KRN

7000, sustituyendo la Į-galactosa por aminociclitoles cuyos enlace amino es de
configuración axial o ecuatorial.
OH OH
HO X HO X
OH OH
C14H29 C14H29
HO N HO N
H H
OH NH OH OH NH OH
O O
X = H, OH R X = H, OH R
R=C7H15, C25H51 R=C7H15, C25H51
N-axial N-ecuatorial
Agradecimientos: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
1
T.Natori, Y.Koezuka, H. Tatsuo Tetrahedron Lett., 1993, 34, 5591.
2
T, Kawano, J. Cui, Y. Koezuka, I. Toura, Y. Kaneko, K. Motoki, H. Ueno, R. Nakagawa, H. Sato, E.
Kondo, H. Koseki, M. Taniguchi, Science, 1997, 278, 1626.
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NUEVOS ANÁLOGOS DE LA GLUCOSILCERAMIDA
Ana Traperoa, Antonio Delgadob, Amadeu Llebariaa
a
Research Unit on BioActive Molecules, Departamento de Química Orgánica Biológica,
IIQAB-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, España. bUniversitat de Barcelona,
Facultat de Farmàcia, Unitat de Química Farmacèutica (Unitat Associada al CSIC), Avda.
Joan XXIII s/n; 08029 Barcelona, España.
La enfermedad de Gaucher se produce por la actividad deficiente de la

enzima Glucosilceramida hidrolasa lisosomal, que conduce a una incapacidad de
metabolizar la Glucosilceramida, que se acumula en los lisososmas de los
macrófagos impidiendo que éstos funcionen normalmente y aumentan de tamaño.
El tratamiento de esta enfermedad como de las glicoesfingolipidosis en general, se
centra en la recuperación total o parcial de la actividad enzimática en los
lisosomas o bien en la disminución del sustrato del enzima afectado. Entre ellos se
encuentra la terapia de reemplazo enzimático1 que consiste en la administración
intravenosa del enzima cuya funcionalidad está afectada y las chaperonas
químicas que son moléculas de bajo peso molecular que permiten la recuperación
de la funcionalidad de la proteína con defectos de plegamiento.
En la presente comunicación se describe la síntesis de derivados de tipo
aminocarbazúcar (1-3), relacionados estructuralmente con el monosacárido
presente en la Glucosilceramida con el objetivo de estudiar su actividad sobre las
enzimas involucradas en el metabolismo de la Glucosilceramida y como
chaperonas químicas de la Glucosilceramida hidrolasa lisosomal.
OH OH OH OH OBn
HO NHR BnO HO OH HO OH BnO

O O
HO OH BnO HO NHR HO NHR BnO
OH OBn OH OH OBn
1 4 2 3 5
La síntesis de los aminociclitoles se planteó a partir de reacciones de

apertura regio y estereocontroladas de epóxidos (4-5) promovida por un ácido de
Lewis coordinante, como el LiClO4.2
1
Desnick, R. J. J. Inherit. Metab. Dis. 2004, 27(3), 385-410.
2
Serrano, P.; Llebaria, A.; Vázquez, J.; de Pablo, J.; Anglada, J. M.; Delgado, A. Chem. Eur. J. 2005,
11(15), 4465-4472.
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BÚSQUEDA DEL FARMACÓFORO DE ANTIBIÓTICOS

ANTITUMORALES EN DERIVADOS DE
PIRAZINO[1,2-b]ISOQUINOLINA
Irene Ortín, Juan Francisco González,

Elena de la Cuesta y Mª del Carmen Avendaño
Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad

Complutense, 28040-Madrid
Se sabe que la actividad antitumoral de trabectedina (ET-743) se mantiene

en análogos más sencillos como ftalascidina (Pt-650).1 En nuestro grupo hemos
desarrollado una estrategia sintética que, haciendo uso de la química de cationes
iminio y aciliminio, permite acceder a compuestos tricíclicos, pentacíclicos y
octacíclicos.2 Cuando estudiamos la citotoxicidad de compuestos representativos,
encontramos valores GI50 (concentración que inhibe en un 50% el crecimiento
celular) de orden micromolar, tanto en compuestos tricíclios como pentacíclicos
(ver por ejemplo los compuestos 1 y 2), sin que aparentemente tenga relevancia la
presencia o ausencia de un buen grupo saliente (CN, OH) que permita la
formación de iones iminio alquilantes.3
H 3C O
CH 3 H3 C O
HO CH3
E HO
OAc H3 C O
H O Ac
H3 C H O CH 3 O OC H 3
C H3 H 3C H
N CH 3 O CH 3
A S C N NH OC H 3
N
N N CH 3
O N
O F OH O
N
O O CN O CH 3C H 3 O OC H 3
N
O O O CH 3C H 3 O
H3 C O O
NH 1
H G 2
HO
T rabectedina (ET -743) F tlascid ina
OCH3 O
H
H3C R
N
Estos datos nos impulsaron a H3CO
N
OCH3 X
ampliar los estudios SAR a través OCH3 OCH3
O
O
H3C
H
R
H N
de procesos de reducción quimio y H3C
N
R Bn
N
H3CO
diastereoselectiva en derivados de H3CO
N
OCH3 Y
R'
pirazino[1,2-b]isoquinolina-1,4- OCH3 O
R = CO2iPr, Boc, CH3
diona según el esquema. R = CO2iPr, Boc, CH3
R' = OBn, OH, O-acyl, N-acyl
X = H, OH; H2; Y = O
X = H2; Y = H, CN
Agradecimientos: Proyectos: CTQ2006-10930/BQU y GRUPO 920234, Beca FPI de I. Ortín

y a la Empresa PharmaMar.
1
Martínez, E. J.; Corey, E. J.; Owa, T. Chem. Biol. 2001, 8, 1151-1160.
2
a) González, J. F.; de la Cuesta, E., Avendaño, C. Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 4395-4398. (b) González, J.
F.; de la Cuesta, E., Avendaño, C. Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 6319-6326. (c) González, J. F.; Salazar, L.; de la
Cuesta, E., Avendaño, C. Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 7447-7455.
3
González, J. F.; de la Cuesta, E.; Avendaño, C. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2007, 15, 112-118.
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TRIAZOLOCARBANUCLEÓSIDOS. PARTE 2: SÍNTESIS Y
EVALUACIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE 4-ARIL-[1,2,3]-TRIAZOLO-2’,3’-
DIDESOXI-2’,3’-DIDESHIDROCARBANUCLEOSIDOS
Franco Fernández,a Isabel Pérez-Castro, a Olga Caamaño,a Carmen López,a
Marcos D. García,b Erik De Clercq.c
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Farmacia, U.S.C, Campus Sur, E-15782,
b
Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Química,
U.D.C., Campus da Zapateira,15071, A Coruña. cRega Institute for Medical Research,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Los carbanucleósidos, surgidos de la

R
sustitución del oxígeno de la unidad
N CONH2
N
N de azúcar de los nucleósidos
N
HO N naturales por un grupo metileno,
N N NH2 exhiben interesantes propiedades en
HO el campo de la terapia antivírica. En
1 R= OH OH OH este contexto, destacan compuestos
2 R= NH 3 como el carbovir (1) y abacavir (2)
por su actividad anti-VIH. 1
Como parte de nuestra linea de investigación centrada en la síntesis y evaluación
biológica de nuevos 1,2,3-triazolocarbanucleósidos análogos a la ribavirina (3), 2 se
planteó la preparación de compuestos que además de poseer el anillo triazólico como
sustituto de la base heterocíclica, presenten una identidad estructural en la parte del
pseudoazucar referible a la del carbovir (1) y abacavir (2).
Para la preparación de los 4-aril-[1,2,3]-triazolo-2’,3’-didesoxy-2’,3’-
dideshidrocarbanucleosidos objetivo tipo (±)-4, se plantearon inicialmente dos
alternativas sintéticas a partir del
iodoazidociclopentilmetanol (±)-5. Este Ar
podría someterse a un proceso de N
deshidroiodación que condujese al HO N
N HO N3
azidoalcohol insaturado (±)-6, para a
continuación construir la base heterocíclica
mediante una cicloadición 1,3-dipolar de (±)-4 (±)-6
Huisgen catalizada por Cu (I) o, frente a
esta aproximación, se construiría primero el Ar
sistema triazólico sobre la iodoazida (±)-5 N
para obtener el iodotriazolilalcohol (±)-7, y a N HO N3
HO N
continuación se efectuaría el proceso de
deshidroiodación.En esta comunicación se
describe el desarrollo de ambas I
I
aproximaciones sintéticas, así como los (±)-5
(±)-7
resultados alcanzados en la preparación de
diversos derivados de tipo (±)-4.
Los derivados tipo (±)-4 han sido sometidos a ensayos in vitro de actividad antiviral
frente a diversos virus de ADN y ARN.
1
a) A. A. Krayevsky and K. A. Watanabe, “Modified Nucleosides as Anti-AIDS Drugs: Current Status and
Perspectives”; Bioinform, Moscow, 1993. b) S. Thomas, J. E. McDowall, V. Cheah, A. Bye and M. B.
Segal, “The Entry of Abacavir into the Guinea-pig Brain: Comparison with Other Reverse Transcriptase
Inhibitors”. Presented at the 12th World AIDS Conference, Geneva, 1998.
2
Balzarini, J.; Lee, C.-K.; Herdewijn, P.; De Clercq, E. J. Biol. Chem., 1991, 266, 21509.
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ONE-POT MODIFICATION OF PEPTIDES AND AMINO ACIDS

Carlos J. Saavedra, Alicia Boto, and Rosendo Hernández
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC

Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, 3, 38206-La Laguna, Tenerife
The synthesis of modified amino acids and peptides has allowed to obtain new
drugs, or to increase the bioactivity, biodisponibility or hydrolytic stability of existing
ones.1a For instante, the E-amino acid Ritalin is clinically used to treat hyperactivity
in children,1b and the dipeptide bestatin is a potent inhibitor of aminopeptidase B.1c
NH2 O
Ph Ph
N N CO2H
H H
HO2C OH
Ritalin Bestatin
In order to modify bioactive peptides, and to study structureactivity

relationships with their derivatives, we have developed a tandem
decarboxylationnucleophile addition reaction. The reaction takes place in
moderate to good yields under mild, catalytic conditions.
One-pot
O R' decarboxylation O R'
BzHN nucleophile addition BzHN
N COOH N Nu
H H
R catalyst R
Acknowledgments. This work was supported by the Investigation Programs PPQ2003-

01379 y CTQ2006-14260/PPQ (Plan Nacional de I+D, MEC). We also acknowledge
financial support from FEDER funds. C.J.S. thanks CSIC for an I3P contract.
1. (a) Sewald, N.; Jakubke, H.-D. Peptides: Chemistry and Biology, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2002. (b)
Matsumura, Y.; Kanda, Y.; Shirai, K.; Onomura, O.; Maki, T. Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 74117422. (c)
Pearson, W. H.; Hines, J. V. J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 42354237.
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NEW S-NITROSOTHIOLS DERIVED FROM SNAP AND GSNO

WITH POTENT PLATELET ANTI-AGGREGANT ACTIVITY
Dr. J C del Castilloa; A Modolella; J Martíneza, L Cabezab, M Comadránb,
Dra. M Mourellec, F Giménezc, Dr. D Andreud* , Dr. F Pubilla and Dr. J
Repollésa*
a) Medicinal Chemistry Department; LACER S.A. Sardenya 350; 08025 Barcelona
b) Analytical Department; LACER S.A. Sardenya 350; 08025 Barcelona
c) Pharmacology Department; LACER S.A. Sardenya 350; 08025 Barcelona
d) Proteomics & Protein Chemistry Unit, Department of Experimental and Health
Sciences,; Pompeu Fabra University Dr Aiguader 88 08003 Barcelona
INTRODUCTION
S-Nitrosothiols were considered chemicaly unstable products until the room
temperature stable SNAP was obtained and reported in 19781. The unstability of
nitrosothiols in solution adds serious difficulties to its development as therapeutic
drugs. Several factors affect its decomposition in solution including the exposure to
light, temperature, pH conditions and the presence of transition metal ions.2
Nitric oxide released from nitrosothiols, is an ubiquitous signaling molecule in
mammalian biology that is involved in several physiological pathways related with
cGMP cascade, endotelium relaxation and it is a known inhibitor of platelet
aggregation process 3,4.
OBJECTIVE
Our objective was to obtain new S-nitrosothiols as potential anti-aggregating
agents with higher stability than the reference compounds SNAP and GSNO.
RESULTS
Starting from the structures of SNAP and GSNO several new compounds have
been synthesised. In general, tertiary nitrosothiols are more stable than secondary,
primary or aryl nitrosothiols1.
SNO
SNO
O
O O O
OH H
N
N
H HO N OH
H
O
NH2 O
SNAP GSNO
SNO
O
R2
R1 N
H
1a-n O
Platelet aggregation was measured in vitro in human platelet rich plasma (PRP)
using a luminometric method with ADP as aggregant agent. Effect on the
expression of IIb-IIIa platelet receptors was determined by flow cytometry using
PAC-1 and in both cases the IC50 (nM) was calculated and compared with values
obtained with the reference compounds.
CONCLUSION
Compound 1b (R1=CH3, R2=OH) with a better pharmacological profile than
reference compounds (IC50 0,31 and 0,19 nM respectively) was selected as a lead
compound for optimization.
1.-Lin et al Tetrahedron (2006); 62; 8410-8418

2.-Singh et al. J Biol Chem (1996); 271; 18596
3.-Moncada et al. Pharmacol Rev. (1991); 43; 109-142
4.-Casadei et al. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. (2003); 82; 67-80
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A NOVEL ORAC (OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITY)

METHOD USING A UV-vis MICROPLATE READER. A GENERAL
EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL
Vicente Gálveza, Beatriz López-Iglesiasa, Encarnación Pueyob,

Mª Isabel Rodríguez-Francoa
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006-Madrid
b
Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006-Madrid
Oxidative stress has been associated with the development of many chronic
and degenerative illnesses, including cancer, cardiovascular failures, and neuronal
degeneration such as Alzheimer’s disease.1 In fact, epidemiological studies have
established an inverse correlation between the occurrence of these diseases and
the intake of high amounts of fruits and vegetables that are rich in antioxidants.
In the last years, several in vitro methods have been developed for assaying
the antioxidant activity of natural and synthetic products. One of the most widely
used is the fluorometric oxygen radical absorbance capacity assay (ORAC-FL)2
that measures the capacity of the tested sample to compete against a target
molecule in the capture of free oxygen radicals. The ORAC-FL assay involves the
use of a microplate fluorescence reader, more expensive than a microplate optical
reader. For this reason, the development of methodologies that could use UV-vis
spectroscopy instead of fluorometry could be of interest in small laboratories from
public research institutions and from pharmaceutical and food industries.
Results are usually expressed with reference to a well-known antioxidant
(trolox) as ORAC units. Although the ORAC scale pursuits to correct differences
among laboratories results, a literature research reveals serious discrepancies in
the ORAC values for a given pure product. For example, for the well-known
antioxidant quercetin the following ORAC-FL values could be found in the recent
scientific literature: 10.5,3 7.28,4 and 6.50.5
In this work we adapted the ORAC assay to a conventional microplate visible
reader and proposed a general experimental protocol that provided accurate
ORAC-UV values.
Acknowledgments: The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Ministerio

de Educación y Ciencia (SAF2006-01249) and Comunidad de Madrid (Programa de I+D
para Grupos de Investigación en Biociencias S-SAL/0275/2006), and the Contracts in
Practices to V. Gálvez and B. López-Iglesias from CSIC (I3P program).
1
Valko, M.; Leibfritz, D.; Moncol, J.; Cronin, M. T. D.; Mazur, M.; Telser, J. Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol.
2007, 39, 44-48.
2
Huang, D.; Ou, B.; Hampsch-Woodill, M.; Flanagan, J.; Prior, R. L. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2002, 50,
4437-4444.
3
Dávalos, A.; Gómez-Cordovés, C.; Bartolomé, B. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2004, 52, 48-54.
4
Ou, B.; Hampsch-Woodill, M.; Prior, R. L. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2001, 49, 4619-4626.
5
Ordoudi, S. A.; Tsimidou, M. Z. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2006, 54, 9347-9356.
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Resveratrol and coumarins – New hybrid compounds
M.J. Matos1,2, E. Quezada1,2, C. Picciau,1,2, G. Delogu2, L. Santana1,

E. Uriarte1, G. Podda2
1
Laboratorio de Química Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, 15782, Santiago de Compostela,
Spain
2
Dipartimento Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Facoltà di Farmacia, 09124, Cagliari, Italy
Resveratrol or 3,4’,5-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene (fig.1) is a natural compound found in

grapes and certain other plants. This phytoalexin exhibits a variety of useful biological
properties as antileukemic, antibacterial, antifungical, antiplatelet aggregation, anti-
inflammatory, antioxidative and coronary vasodilator activities. This compound has
been showing possible cancer chemopreventive properties on the basis of inhibitory
effects on tumor initiation, promotion and progression.1
Coumarins or benzopyrones (fig.2) are a large family of compounds of natural or
synthetic origin – this structural diversity remains to a numerous biological activities.
They are known antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, enzimal inhibition,
antioxidative, anticoagulant and anticancer proprieties.2
OH
HO
O O
Fig.1 Fig.2
OH
Due to these coincident properties, we thought that could be interesting to design

and synthesize hybrids that incorporate the skeleton of these two molecules (fig.3). In
these compounds the resveratrol nuclei is blocked, in its trans conformation, by the
coumarin ring. Series of these molecules, with different number and position of the
hydroxyl group on the benzenic nucleus, were designed, synthesized and evaluated as
cardio-protective agents and I-MAO inhibitors. Another modification that we are
studying is to substitute the benzene ring, in the tree position of the coumarin, for other
different hetero aromatic rings, to see how these changes can contribute to the
biological activity of these molecules.
R1
R
O O
Fig.3
1
Orallo, F. Biological Effects of Cis- Versus Trans-Resveratrol, in: B. B. Aggarwal, S. Shishodia (Eds.),
Resveratrol in Health and Disease, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA 2005, pp.577-600
2
Borges, F.; Roleira, F.; Milhazes, N.; Santana, L.; Uriarte, E. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2005, 12, 887-
916
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BINDING PROPERTIES OF NEW GLYCOMIMETICS: A 3D VIEW

BY NMR
C. Venturia,b, M. Fontanellaa, F. J. Cañadaa, F. Nannuccib, C. Nativib, G.
Valenciac, G. Arsequellc, J. Jiménez-Barberoa
a
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid.bDipart.
Chim. Org. Università di Firenze, via della Lastruccia 13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI).
c
IIQAB-CSIC, Barcelona.
Glycomimetics are used for rational drug design. Obviously, it is necessary to take
into account the shape of the receptor binding site and the conformation and
dynamic nature of the natural ligand. In this work we have investigated, by using
NMR and molecular dynamics, the conformational behaviours of three new
glycomimetics and their consequences for binding to receptors.
The conformational analysis of ligand 1 showed an equilibrium between two
conformers where the lactam moiety shows partial mobility; the galactose instead
is present in the chair conformation. Different NMR experiments were used to
evaluate the affinity of this ligand for the protein Viscumin (VAA), a galactose-
binding: saturation transfer difference (STD) underlined finally the specific binding
using the galactose moiety in an exclusive manner.
Morphine-6-O-ȕ-D-glucuronide (M6G) 2 is a natural metabolite of morphine in
humans and animals; its properties1 and its capacity to penetrate the blood-brain
barrier have been extensively studied2; morphine-6-O-Į-D-mannose (M6M) 3 was
synthesised in the attempt to reproduce the analgesic effect of M6G and to avoid
the collateral effects of the opioids. The conformational study has been also
performed by using NMR and molecular dynamics, underlining a significant
difference between the two ligands: M6G is present as an equilibrium between a
folded and an extended conformation, whereas M6M shows only the extended
one. DOSY and NOESY experiments conducted in presence of an excess of the
surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) permitted to detect the conformational
behaviour in a membrane-like environment for 3 and 2.
OH
OH
HO N N
SO
H O H
OH OH
O O O
O O O OH
HO O OH HO
HN
HO OH HO OH
1 2 3
OH
O
1
Carrupt P.A.; Testa B.; Bechalany A.; El Tayar N.L; Descas P.; Perrissoud D. J. Med. Chem. 1991,
34, 1272.
2
Schwarzinger S.; Hartmann M.; Kremminger P.; Müller N. Bior. Med. Chem Lett. 2001, 11, 1455.
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SÍNTESIS Y EVALUACIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE COMPUESTOS

HÍBRIDOS DERIVADOS DEL SISTEMA BENZOFUROXANO Y 1,3-
DIÓXIDO DE BENZIMIDAZOL
Alicia Merlinoa, Agustina Chidichimob, Gabriela Aguirre, Lucía Boiani, Juan

J. Cazzulo, Hugo Cerecetto, Mercedes González
a
Laboratorio de Química Orgánica, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de
Ciencias-Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República. Iguá 4225, C.P. 11400,
Montevideo, Uruguay. bInstituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas–Instituto Tecnológico
de Chascomús, Universidad Nacional General San Martín - CONICET, San Martín,
Argentina
En estudios previos en nuestro grupo de trabajo se encontró que compuestos

híbridos conteniendo semicarbazonas, guanilhidrazonas, tiosemicarbazonas y el
sistema benzofuroxano presentaban actividad in vitro frente a diferentes cepas de
Trypanosoma cruzi1. Además, estos compuestos son inhibidores moderados de
Cruzaína, principal cisteín proteasa de T. cruzi2. A fin de encontrar compuestos
más activos en el presente trabajo se amplia la serie de
feniloximetilbenzofuroxanos sustituidos en posición para utilizando
tiosemicarbazidas 4-sustituidas, sintetizándose también los correspondientes
derivados orto sustituidos (1-10, Figura 1). Los benzofuroxanos se convierten en
N,N’-dióxido de benzimidazol utilizando 2-nitroalcanos adecuadamente sustituidos
(11-20). Por otra parte, se prepara una serie de derivados conteniendo en posición
para distintas bisalquilaminoguanidinas (21-22).
Los nuevos compuestos sintetizados se evalúan in vitro contra la forma
epimastigota de T. cruzi (cepas Tulahuen, Brener e Y) y se estudia la capacidad
de los mismos de inhibir la enzima Cruzaína.
X O O S
R1 O R1
H 2N R2 O R 1= H 2N
N NH2 N N NHR3 R4 O
N H X O H
O H N
O O N O N
O R2 = EtOH/TA O
KOH/ EtOH/ N NH2 N O
N H2O/ 60 ºC H
1-4 N S 5-10 N
X= O, NH N
R4 = N NHR3
H
O NO2
R4/R2 O
R4/R2
N R3 = R 3= H
O N
O O
R 3=
piperidina, THF, TA
N 11-20 N
O
H H H H H H
N N N N N N
R5 R5 R5 R5
H R5 R5 O
N S N
N Bi(NO3)3·5H2O/K2S2O8/ N N N N
R5NH2 N Br K2CO3, 18-crown-6, KI O
N O
NH2 Et3N (4eq)/DMF/ Acetona N
HO N2/tamices 4A/TA/24 h N O
HO O
HO
21-22 N
R 5=
O
R 5=
Figura 1. Síntesis de los nuevos compuestos híbridos desarrollados

Agradecimiento: PEDECIBA
1
Porcal, W. Investigación y desarrollo de nitronas como agentes moduladores del estrés oxidativo.
Tesis Doctoral. 2007. Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República.
2
Boiani, M.; Cerecetto, H.; Gerpe, A.; González, M.; Hernández, P.; Porcal, W.; Cazzulo, J.J.
rd
Screening of Lybrary-Compounds as Cruzain Inhibitors. 3 Brazilian Symposium on Medicinal
Chemistry, San Pedro, San Pablo, Brasil, Noviembre 2006.
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ESCALADO DE 5-(FENILETENIL)BENZOFUROXANOS CON

ACTIVIDAD ANTICHAGÁSICA
Alicia Merlinoa, Williams Porcal, Alejandra Gerpe, Mariana Boiani, Hugo

Cerecetto, Mercedes González
a
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Nuestro grupo de trabajo encontró que los derivados 1-6 (Figuras 1 y 2)

presentan una excelente actividad in vitro frente a diferentes cepas de T. cruzi1.
Estos compuestos fueron preparados por una ruta, en escala de 100 mg, que
implica una reacción de Wittig seguida de la formación del sistema heterocíclico.
CHO
NH2 NHCOCH3 NHCOCH3
NHCOCH3
NO2 NO2 NO2
Ac2O / AcOH NBS / PDBO PPh3 NO2
Ph
NO2
T.A. CCl4 / reflujo Tolueno / reflujo K2CO3 / 18-crown-6
CH3 85% CH3 95% 62% THF / reflujo

NHCOCH3
Br
PPh3Br 84%
7 8 9 10 11 (E:Z= 1:1)
procedimiento "one-pot"
i) EtOH / HCl / reflux
ii) NaOH / NaOCl
0ºC-r.t.
60%
Ph
1, E
2, Z N O
O
Figura 1 25% rendimiento global N
Con el fin de realizar el estudio pre-clínico de 1-6, se diseñó un procedimiento

sintético a escala de 10 g, seguro, ambientalmente adecuado y con mínima
presencia de productos secundarios. Para ello se propuso un escalado que
invirtiese las etapas de síntesis, una reacción de Wittig en condiciones de Boden
con un aldehído derivado del sistema heterocíclico (Figura 2). Los estudios de
HPLC indicaron que los productos secundarios 1deox-6deox se generan en menos
del 3 %, mientras que por este procedimiento los compuestos de interés se
obtienen con mejores rendimientos y en adecuadas proporciones isoméricas. Se
discutirán las variables estudiadas para el escalado de los compuestos 1-6.
O
O R1
OH Cl H N
PPh3Cl
O
R2
N
PPh3
O
SOCl2 / Tolueno 19 N
O
R2 reflujo R2 DMF / reflujo R2 K2CO3 / 18-crown-6
N
R1 84% R1 Tolueno / reflujo
R1
12, -R1,-R2 = -OCH2O- 13, -R1=-R2= -H 16, -R1=-R2= -H, 86% 1 - 2, -R1=-R2= -H, 34% rendimiento global
14, -R1= -Cl, -R2= -H 17, -R1= -Cl, -R2= -H, 67% 3 - 4, -R1= -Cl, -R2= -H, 31% rendimiento global
15, -R1,-R2= -OCH2O- 18, -R1,-R2= -OCH2O-, 93% 5 - 6, -R1,-R2= -OCH2O-, 36% rendimiento global
R1
R2
N
1deox - 6deox O
1 - 3% (por HPLC)
Figura 2 N
Agradecimientos: Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1
Porcal, W.; Hernández, P.; Aguirre, G.; Boiani, L.; Boiani, M.; Merlino, A.; Ferreira, A.; Di Maio, R.;
Castro, A.; González, M.; Cerecetto, H. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2007, 15, 2768-2781.
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ESTUDIOS DE METABOLIZACIÓN DE AGENTES

ANTICHAGÁSICOS DERIVADOS DE 5-
(FENILETENIL)BENZOFUROXANOS
Mauricio Cabreraa, Alicia Merlino, Williams Porcal, Mariana Boiani,

Alejandra Gerpe, María L. Lavaggi, Hugo Cerecetto, Mercedes González
a
Montevideo, Uruguay.
En la búsqueda de agentes quimioterapéuticos para el tratamiento de la

enfermedad de Chagas, nuestro grupo de investigación ha preparado y evaluado
más de quinientos derivados de N- óxido de aminas heterocíclicas aromáticas. En
este estudio se han identificado derivados del heterociclo benzofuroxano con muy
buena actividad tanto in vitro como in vivo frente a distintas cepas de T. cruzi.
Especialmente los derivados 5-feniletenilbenzofuroxano fueron los que
presentaron mejores actividades biológicas1. Es así que se decide el desarrollo
preclínico de estos productos, en este sentido se someten, entre otros, a estudios
metobolización in vitro usando como modelo biloógico la fracción microsomal de
hepatocitos de rata y T. cruzi. La metabolización se estudia usando cromatografía
líquida de alta performance en fase C18 y con el fin de identificar inequívocamente
los productos de metobalización se sintetizan los potenciales metabolitos. Estudios
previos han demostrado que el sistema benzofuroxano se metaboliza a la o-
dioxima de benzoquinona y 2,3-diaminofenazina2 En la Figura 1 se muestran las
estructuras de los compuestos líderes y los metabolitos diseñados y sintetizados.
Se comparan los correspondientes cromatogramas encontrándose que los
metabolitos principales resultan ser los 2-nitroamino derivados.
R1 NH2 NH2
R1 NH2 R1
R2 NO2 NH2
R2 NHOH R2
R1 OH
R2
O O
N N
O O
Compuestos líderes N N
R1
R2
OH
N
OH
N
Figura 1. Estructura de los compuestos líderes y sus potenciales metabolitos

Agradecimiento: Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1
Aguirre, G.; Boiani, L.; Cerecetto, H.; Di Maio, R.; González, M.; Porcal, W.; Thomson, L.; Tórtora,
V.; Denicola, A.; Möller, M. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2005, 13, 6324.
2
Grosa, G.; Galli, U.; Rolando, B.; Fruttero, R.; Gervasio, G.; Gasco, A. Xenobiotica, 2004, 34, 345,
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FLAVONOIDES SINTÉTICOS: ANÁLISIS DE SU POTENCIAL

COMO AGENTES ANTITUMORALES Y QUIMIOPREVENTIVOS
PARA EL CÁNCER.
Mauricio Cabreraa, Hugo Cerecettoa, Mercedes Gonzáleza, Adela López de

Cerainb y Antonio Mongeb.
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República.
Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay. bCentro de Investigaciones en Farmacología
Aplicada (CIFA), Universidad de Navarra. Irunlarrea s/n, 31080, Pamplona, España.
La quimioprevención del cáncer involucra la prevención, retraso o reversión de los

procesos de carcinogénesis a través de la ingesta de alimentos o agentes
farmacéuticos. Uno de los mecanismos de protección contra la carcinogénesis es
la inducción de enzimas involucradas en el metabolismo de carcinógenos,
particularmente enzimas detoxificantes de fase II como glutatión S-transferasa
(GST) y quinona reductasa (QR). La quimioprevención también se puede
conseguir mediante la inhibición de la familia de enzimas citocromo P450
(CYP450), ya que éstas tienen la capacidad de activar compuestos
procarcinógenos volviéndolos dañinos para las células. Se han encontrado
diversos compuestos naturales y sintéticos que son capaces de inducir en distinto
grado las enzimas de fase II. 1
En este trabajo se han sintetizado y evaluado en cuanto a su capacidad inductora,
nuevos compuestos de la familia de los flavonoides que podrían actuar como
agentes quimiopreventivos. Se estudiaron chalconas, flavonas y flavanonas con
diferentes sustituyentes en posición 2, 3, 4, 5 o 2’, 4’ o ambas, abarcando un
amplio rango de propiedades fisicoquímicas. Se estudió el efecto de la
administración intragástrica de estos compuestos a ratas Sprague Dawley sobre la
actividad de las enzimas GST, QR y CYP hepáticas. 2
Además se analizó su citotoxicidad frente a tres líneas celulares tumorales: MCF-7
(derivada de adenocarcinoma de mama humano), TK-10 (derivada de carcinoma
de riñón humano) y HT-29 (derivada de adenocarcinoma de colon humano).2
Considerando los productos evaluados, las chalconas fueron las que presentaron
mejor perfil como potenciales agentes quimiopreventivos para el cáncer y dentro
de estas aquellas con sustitución 2’-OH.
Chalconas Flavanonas Flavonas

R1 R1
-R1= -H, -X, -OMe, -SMe, ...
Y R1 O O -R = -H, -X, -OMe, -NH , ...
R2 R2 -R2= -H, -X, -NO , ... 2
3 2
R3 R3 -Y= -H, -OH.
R2
O R3 O O
1
Chen, C.; Kong, A.N.T. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2004, 36: 1505. Hotzclaw, W.D.; Dinkova-Kostova,
A.T.; Talalay, P. Adv. Enz. Regul. 2004, 44: 335. Song, L.L.; Kosmeder J. W.; Lee, S.; Gerhäuser, C.;
Lantvit, D.; Moon, R.C.; Moriarty, R. M.; Pezzuto, J.M. Cancer Res. 1999, 59: 573.
2 rd
Presentado, en parte, en el 3 Brazilian Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry. 2006, S2-069
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MACROCYCLIC LACTAMS AS NOVEL GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE

KINASE-3ȕ INHIBITORS
Mª Ángeles Expósitoa, Diana Alonsoa, Javier Lópeza, Esther Martín-

Aparicioa, Ana Fuertesa, Mª José Pérez-Puertoa, Ana Castroa, Miguel
Medinaa, Ana Martíneza.
a
Neuropharma, S.A., Avda. de La Industria 52, 28760 Tres Cantos (Madrid), Spain
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) is a serine-threonine protein kinase
which plays an important regulatory role in several signaling pathways of cellular
processes. Disorders in many of these regulatory pathways are involved in several
human diseases, such as Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), type II
diabetes, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, chronic inflammatory disorders or prion-
induced neurodegeneration. Therefore, the discovery of new GSK3 inhibitors could
provide new therapeutic approaches to treat these diseases1.
Focusing on the study of AD, the presence of neurofibrillary tangles in
neurons of cerebral cortex is one of the abnormalities observed in the brain of AD
patients, and hyperphosporylated tau protein seems to be a main component of
these neuronal deposits. GSK3-ȕ is thought to be one of the most relevant
enzymes involved in tau phosphorylation, hence its inhibition could play an
important role in the treatment of this disease.
The ocean is considered to be a great source of potential drugs and it is
interesting to point out the prominent role that marine invertebrates have played in
the generation of novel GSK3-ȕ inhibitors including hymenialdisine, meridianines
and indirubines isolated from sponges, ascidians and molluscs2.
As part of our research, based in the isolation of new lead compounds from
marine origin with potential for the treatment of AD, we have found that the
isopropanolic extract from the mediterranean bryozoan Myriapora truncata showed
inhibitory activity against GSK3-ȕ. Fractionation and purification of active
components from this extract, guided by in vitro enzyme inhibition assays, resulted
in the isolation and identification of Clausenlactama, previously only isolated from
terrestrial sources, the tree Clausena excavata3.
In order to confirm the structure of the isolated compound and fully explore
the potential of this kind of structures as novel inhibitors of the enzyme, a program
to produce synthetic analogues have been carried out and all the compounds have
been tested in our biological assays.
1
Maijer L et al. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 2004;25, 471-480.
2
Martínez, A.; Castro, A.; Medina, M. Glycogen Synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) and its inhibitors. Ed.
Wiley-Interscience 2006.
3
Shang et al. Acta Botanica Yunnanica, 1993, 15 (3), 299-302.
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SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF

THIOXOQUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVES AS DUAL PDE 7/4
INHIBITORS
Tania Castañoa, Nuria E. Campilloa, Hengming Keb,

Huanchen Wangb, Sara Ballesterc, Coral Gonzálezc, Carmen Gila
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid.
b
Unidad de Regulación Génica, CNM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid.
c
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260, USA.
Phosphodiesterases (PDE) are the enzymes responsible for the hydrolysis of

intracellular cyclic adenosine (cAMP) and guanosine monophosphate and their
activity is associated with a wide variety of diseases, such as those affecting
central nervous system function (e.g. depression), cardiovascular function, cell
adhesion, metabolic processes and inflammatory cells/immune system.1 From the
large PDE family, PDEs 3, 4 and 7 are predominant in immune cells,2 and among
them, T cells appear to rely on PDE7 for regulation of cAMP levels. Thus, an
intense effort toward the development of PDE7 inhibitors has been generated for
the last years because inhibition of this enzyme could be an approach to treating T
cell dependent disorders.3
Regarding our contribution to this field, new thioxoquinazoline derivatives were

identified as PDE7 inhibitors. From these results, new related compounds have
been synthesized and evaluated biologically, showing interesting results.
1
Antoni, F. A. Front. Neuroendocrinol. 2000, 21, 103-132.
2
Giembycz, M. A.; Corrigan, C. J.; Seybold, J.; Newton, R.; Barnes, P. J. J. Pharmacol. 1996, 118,
1945-1958.
3
a) Li, L.; Yee, C.; Beavo, J. A. Science, 1999, 283, 848-851. b) Nakata A.; Ogawa, K.; Sasaki, T.;
Koyama, N.; Wada, K.; Kotera, J.; Kikkawa, H.; Omori, K.; Kaminuma, O. Clin. Exp. Immunol. 2002,
128, 460-466.
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A NOVEL NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH TO PREDICT THE

INHIBITION OF NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE
Tania Castaño, Carmen Gil, Nuria E. Campillo*
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, N 3, Madrid-28006 Spain
A supervised artificial neural network model has been developed for the prediction
of inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase. A diverse set of chemicals was chosen in this
study and the definition of the molecules was achieved from a not supervised neural
network using a home made program named CODES®. This program codifies each
structure from a topological point of view, in a set of numerical parameters with the only
knowledge of its SMILES code and consequently of its chemical structure. Using this
methodology, two models have been obtained for the prediction of inhibition of nNOS
and iNOS.
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OPTIMIZATION OF A MATHEMATICAL TOPOLOGICAL PATTERN

FOR THE PREDICTION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
Pedro A. Alemán-Lopeza, María José Duartb, Luís Lahuerta Zamoraa,

Rafael V. Martin-Algarra,a and Gerardo M. Antón-Fosa
a
Dept. Química Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera,
Moncada, Valencia (Spain), bDiv. Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Universidad Miguel
Hernández. Alicante (Spain)
El objetivo del presente trabajo es la aplicación de la topología molecular al

diseño de nuevas estructuras con actividad antibacteriana. Para ello se ha
realizado un estudio de propiedades fisico-químicas, farmacológicas y
microbiológicas de un grupo de 29 quinolonas1 con el fin de obtener funciones de
conectividad que relacionen la estructura química con la actividad.
Asimismo, se han seleccionado 51 quinolonas con probada actividad

antibacteriana2 y 51 quinolonas que carecen de dicha actividad. Se les han
calculado 134 descriptores topológicos mediante el programa Molconn y con
ambos grupos se ha realizado un análisis lineal discriminante con el programa
estadístico BMDP, obteniéndose una función capaz de clasificar un compuesto
como activo o inactivo.
Una vez seleccionadas las funciones de conectividad y las funciones

discriminantes se han realizado los diagramas de actividad farmacológica (F.D.)
0,35 de todas ellas, y se ha establecido un
modelo topológico matemático capaz de
E Activos
Inactivos
0,30
Test Activos
0,25
seleccionar aquellas estructuras que
Test Inactivos
presenten la actividad deseada.

0,20
0,15
El modelo topológico diseñado, se ha
0,10 aplicado a un grupo test, formado por 100
0,05 antibacterianos y 100 no antibacterianos,
0,00
con el fin de validar la calidad del modelo,
-10 0
F.D.
10
obteniéndose elevados porcentajes de
20
clasificación correcta, lo que permite

confirmar que la topología molecular constituye una herramienta potente y
eficaz para la búsqueda de nuevos compuestos con actividad antibacteriana.
Agradecimientos: este trabajo ha sido realizado gracias a la financiación de la
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (PRUCHB06/11 and PRUCH06/39)
1
Coll R; Gargallo-Viola D; Tudela E; Xicota MA; Llovera S; Guinea J. Antimicrob Agents Chemother.
1996, 40(1), 274.
2
Jason A. Wiles; Qiuping Wang; Edlaine Lucien;, Akihiro Hashimoto; Yongsheng Song; Jijun Cheng;
Christopher W. Marlor; Yangsi Ou; Steven D. Podos; Jane A. Thanassi. Bioorganic & medicinal
chemistry letters. 2006, 1272
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PREDICTION OF BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES FOR

ANTIFUNGICAL BY CONNECTIVITY FUNCTIONS
Pedro A. Alemán- Lopez,a Ana Catalá Gregori,a Ramón García-Domenechb

Luís Lahuerta Zamora,a Rafael V. Martin-Algarra,c Gerardo M. Antón-Fos.a
a
Departamento de Química, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad CEU Cardenal
Herrera. 46113 Moncada, Valencia (Spain). bDept. Quimica–Física, Facultad de Farmacia,
Universitat de Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain. cDpto. Fisiología, Farmacología
y Toxicología. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, 46113 Moncada, Valencia (Spain).
Recently, the opportunistic fungal infections have risen dramatically. One of the
biggest problems facing nowadays the antifungal therapy is the arising of drugs
resistance strains for most of the drugs currently used in clinic practice. Therefore,
it is important to find new antifungal candidate compounds, particularly new leads,
able to become the basis for developing new drugs.1
We have developed a mathematical-topological equation with a multilinear

regression analysis2 to predict minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) versus two
microorganisms Microsporum gypseum and.Trichophyton mentagrophytes var.
interdigitale. The structural description has been achieved through topological
indices. The results obtained clearly reveal the high efficiency of molecular
topology for the prediction of these properties. Randomization and cross-validation
by use of leave-one-out test were also performed in order to assess the stability
and the prediction ability of the connectivity functions selected.
Microsporum gypseum
LogMICM.gypseum = 0.017 + 0.070 ST(-OH) – 16.916 G v5 + 0.267 G v2 + 280.42 J v5 – 6.367 J2
+ 4.932 9Ȥp
N=33; SEE=0,289; SEE(vc)=0,375; r2=0.75;
Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale.

LogMICT.m.interd. = -30.730 – 0.776 4Ȥ vpc – 0.015 TTD(4) + 6.282 S9 – 0.511 ST (>C=) +
0.090 ST (-OH) + 0.054 ST (-F)
N=33; SEE=0,284; SEE(vc)=0.296; r2=0.76;
The obtained results demonstrate that the molecular topology is a very useful tool
in the prediction of microbiological properties.
Acknowledgement: Financial support of this work was by the Universidad CEU Cardenal
Herrera (PRUCHB06/11 and PRUCH06/39).
1
Georgopapadakou, N.H. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 1998, 1, 547-557
2
Furnival, G.M. Tecnometrics, 1971, 14, 403. Hocking, R.R. Tecnometrics, 1972, 14, 967.
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THE DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NEW 2-

AMINOBENZIMIDAZOLES N-ALKYL SUBSTITUTED AS POTENT
p38 MAP KINASE INHIBITORS
Alfonso de Diosa, Beatriz López de Uraldeb

a,b
Eli Lilly & Co
Centro de Investigacion Lilly S.A.
Avda. de la Industria 30, 28108 Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
p38 MAP Kinase is currently one of the most attractive targets for pharmaceutical
industry1 as well as for the medicinal chemistry community2. A unique combination of
well established pharmacology, clinical efficacy and the opportunity to employ
structure-based drug design has converted it a highly attractive target for therapeutic
intervention. It is well-known that the p38 MAP Kinase signaling pathway plays an
important role in inflammation and other physiological processes.
We have previously reported the design and discovery of a 2-aminobenzimidazole
based series as potent p38 MAPK inhibitors3. Our initial lead compound 1, had low
nanomolar activity in both ATP competitive enzyme binding assay and in the
inhibition of TNFa release in macrophages. We developed an extensive SAR around
this lead molecule and identified new benzimidazole derivatives. As a result, we
found that the sulfonyl group in the N-3 imine nitrogen, plays a key role for the
activity. This labile moiety could be replaced by an alkyl group and led to new
inhibitors which showed good activity both in vitro and in vivo (2).
The synthesis and biological activities of these compounds will be described.
N N
F NH2 F NH2
N N N N
S O
N O N
F H F
1 2
1
Chakravarty, S. Dugar, S. Ann. Rep. Med Chem 2002, 37,177
2
Ferracioli, G. F. Curr. Opin. Anti-inflam. Inmunomod. Invest. Drugs 2000, 2, 74
3
De Dios, A.; Shih, C.; Lopez de Uralde, B.; Sanchez, C.; del Prado, M.; Cabrejas, L.M.M.; Pleite, S.;
Blanco-Urgoiti, J.; Lorite, M.J.; Nevill, C.R., Jr.; Bonjouklian, R.; York, J.; Vieth, M.; Wang, Y.; Magnus,
N.; Campbell, R.M.; Anderson, B. D.; McCann, D.J.; Giera, D.D.; Lee, P.A.; Schultz, R.M.; Li, L.C.;
Johnson, L.M.; Wolos, J.A. J. Med. Chem 2005, 48, 2270.
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OBTENTION OF MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION

PREDICTION EQUATIONS FOR A GROUP OF ANTIBACTERIAL
QUINOLONES
Gerardo M. Antón-Fosa, Sara Costa-Pilesa, Pedro A. Alemán- Lopeza, Luís

Lahuerta Zamoraa, Rafael V. Martin-Algarrab, Mª José Duart Duartc
a
Departamento de Química, Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad CEU Cardenal
Herrera. 46113 Moncada, Valencia (Spain). bDpto. Fisiología, Farmacología y Toxicología.
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, 46113 Moncada, Valencia (Spain). cDpto Ingeniería,
Div. Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Alicante (Spain)
In this work a multilinear regression analysis has been carried out in order to
look for a connectivity functions capable to accurately predict biological propertires
of a group of quinolones.1 The studied properties were: the minimum inhibitory
concentration 50 (MIC50) and 90 (MIC90) versus two microorganisms Escherichia
Coli and Streptococcus pyogenes, 2 widely used nowadays because of their broad
spectrum of activity, well tolerance profile and advantaged pharmacokinetic
properties. The structural description has been achieved through topological
indices. The results obtained clearly reveal the high efficiency of molecular
topology for the prediction of these properties. Randomization and cross-validation
by use of leave-one-out test were also performed in order to assess the stability
and the prediction ability of the connectivity functions selected.
Streptococcus pyogenes
5 v N=13; SEE=0,431; SEE(vc)=0,578;
MIC50: 213,48 + 2,46 ǒ P + 1,06 2N - 24,44 ST (-OH) 2 2
r =0.951; r (cv)=0,913
7 N=12; SEE=0,698; SEE(vc)=1,102;
MIC90: - 5,34 + 7,39 ǒvP + 12,86 '1ǒ – 3.07 V4 2 2
r =0.939; r (cv)=0,848
Escherichia coli
MIC50= 0,571 - 0,035 ST(-CH3) – 2,42 J4 – 0.021 V4 N=17; SEE=0,027; SEE(vc)=0,031;
2 2
r =0,854; r (cv)=0,764
v N=14; SEE=0,073; SEE(vc)=0,093;
MIC90= 0,228 - 0,091 ST(-Cl) – 0.144 G 4 + 6,29 J5 2 2
r =0,925; r (cv)=0,876
in the prediction of microbiological properties.
1
Mut-Ronda, S. et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Let., 2003,13, 2699.
2
Calabuig, C. et al., Int. J. Pharm., 2004, 278,111.
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TOPOLOGICAL PREDICTION EQUATIONS OF VOLUME OF

DISTRIBUTION AND MEAN RESIDENT TIME FOR A GROUP OF
ANTIBACTERIAL QUINOLONES
Gerardo M. Antón-Fosa, Pedro A. Alemán- Lopeza, Mª José Duartb, Rafael

V. Martin-Algarrac, Luís Lahuerta Zamoraa, and Sara Costa-Pilesa
a
Dept. Química Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera,
Moncada, Valencia (Spain). bDpto Ingeniería, Div. Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica.
Universidad Miguel Hernández. Alicante (Spain). cDpto. Fisiología, Farmacología y
Toxicología. Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Moncada, Valencia (Spain).
The search of new molecules with therapeutic activity is a laborious process

with an elevated economic cost. The main target of our work is the search of new
molecules with possible antimicrobial activity and appropriate farmacokinetic
properties derived from the therapeutic group of quinolones that are safe, effective
and of quality1.
We have developed a topological QSAR equation2 to predict:
Volume of Distribution (Vd):

Vd = 10,12 + 0,704 ST (-NH2) - 0,613 ST (-Cl) - 0,615 G2
N=16; SEE=0,694; SEE(vc)=0,906; r2=0,858; r2(vc)=0,823
Mean Resident Time oral administration (MRTpo)

v 4
MRTpo = - 79,33 + 4534.4 ȤCH + 13,69 2Ka – 2,21 ST (-o-)
N=12; SEE=0,008; SEE(vc)=0,013; r2=0,890; r2(cv)=0,849
in the prediction of pharmacokinetics properties.
1
Mut-Ronda, S. et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Let., 2003,13, 2699.
2
Calabuig, C. et al., Int. J. Pharm., 2004, 278,111.
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NUEVOS DERIVADOS DE 6-BENZO[b]TIOFENOCARBOXAMIDA 1,1-

DIOXIDO COMO INDUCTORES SELECTIVOS DE APOPTOSIS EN
CÉLULAS TUMORALES
Arantxa Arrazolab, Ignacio Encíob, Mª José Gila, Víctor Martínez-Merinoa,

Aitziber Sagardoyb, Raquel Villara
a
Departamento Química Aplicada, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía,
31006 Pamplona, bDepartamento Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pública de Navarra,
Los derivados de benzo[b]tiofenosulfonamida 1,1-dioxido (BTS) son

potentes agentes citotóxicos1. que inducen apoptosis por una sobreproducción de
radicales libres de oxígeno (ROS) en células tumorales2. Una serie de derivados
de benzo[b]tiofenocarboxamida 1,1-dióxido (BTC) estructuralmente relacionados,
ha mostrado alta actividad citotóxica frente a diferentes líneas de células
tumorales3. Uno de los compuestos sintetizados ha sido elegido para el estudio del
efecto apoptótico y producción de ROS sobre la línea celular de leucemia aguda T
linfoblástica humana CCRF-CEM. El efecto citotóxico sobre CCRF-CEM está
mediado por la acumulación de ROS, como lo revela la prevención de apoptosis
por la adición de N-acetilcisteína.
Adicionalmente, para el estudio de selectividad sobre células tumorales, se
ha evaluado la actividad de BTC sobre linfocitos T aislados a partir de sangre
periférica de individuos sanos. Tras 4 horas de incubación, BTC induce apoptosis
en células de leucemia, pero no en linfocitos T no tumorales. Los estudios revelan
que las células CCRF-CEM incubadas con BTC sufren un incremento en los
niveles intracelulares de ROS, significativamente mayor que el observado en
linfocitos T
H R
N
O S n
O O
BTC
1
Alonso MM, Encío I, Martínez-Merino V, Gil MJ, Migliaccio M. Oncogen,2003, 22:3759.
2
Villar R, Encío I, Migliaccio M, Gil MJ, Martínez-Merino V. Biorg.Med.Chem., 2004,12:963.
3
Presentado, en parte, en el 1st European Chemistry Congress, 2006, Budapest.
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SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NEW

BENZO[B]THIOPHENE DERIVATIVES AS ANTIMALARIAL
AGENTS
Silvia Pérez-Silanes1, L. Berrade1, R. N. García-Sánchez2, J.J. Nogal-Ruiz2,

A.R. Martínez-Fernández2, I. Aldana1, A. Monge1
1
Farmacobiología Aplicada (CIFA), Universidad de Navarra, 31080, Pamplona. Spain
2
Departamento de parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de
Madrid.
Malaria is one of the most dangerous diseases affecting primarily poor

people of tropical and subtropical regions. The search for novel drugs against
specific parasites is an important goal for antimalarial drug discovery.
The increasing resistance of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum to
currently available drugs and especially to chloroquine demands a continuous
effort to develop new effective therapeutic options. Identification of new molecular
scaffolds structurally unrelated to existing antimalarial agents represents a valuable
strategy to bypass resistance phenomena.
Accordingly, a serie of benzothiopehene derivatives recently published as

antidepressants1, was evaluated in vitro against a chlorosquine-sensitive strain
(3D7) of P. falciparum2 and Ferriprotoporphyrin IX biomineralisation inhibition test
(FIBT)3. The most active compounds are being evaluating in vivo against P.
berghei 4.
AMINE Ar
H
R5 = H, F
HO
R5 Amine = piperazine, 4-aminopiperidine
Ar = Variable
S
1
Orus L., Pérez-Silanes S., Oficialdegui A., Martinez J., Del Castillo J.C., Mourelle M. (2002).
Synthesis and molecular modeling of new 1-aryl-3-[4-arylpiperazin-1-yl]-1-propane derivatives with
high affinity at the serotonin transporter and at 5-HT1A receptors. J. Med. Chem. 45 (19): 4128-4139.
2
Jensen J. B., Trager W. and Doherty J. (1979). Plasmodium-Falciparum - Continuous Cultivation in
a Semi-Automated Apparatus. Exp. Parasitol. 48:36-41.
3
Deharo E., García R. N., Oporto P., Gimenez A., Sauvain M., Jullian V., Ginsburg, H. (2002). A non-
radiolabeled ferriprotoporphyrin IX biomineralization inhibition test (FBIT) for the high throughput
screening of ant malarial compounds. Exp. Parasitol. 100: 252-256.
4
Peters,W. and Robinson B.L. (1992). The chemotherapy of rodent malaria. XLVII. Studies on
pyronaridine and other Mannich base antimalarials. Ann.Trop.Med.Parasitol. 86:455-465.
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QSAR AND COMPLEX NETWORK APPROACH TO THE DESIGN

OF MAO INHIBITORS: PREDICTION, SYNTHESIS AND
BIOLOGICAL ASSAY OF NOVEL COUMARINS
Lourdes Santana a, Humberto González-Díaz a, Eugenio Uriartea, Matilde

Yáñez b, Francisco Orallo b.
a
Department of Organic Chemistry and bDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain.
In recent years, efforts have been focused on the development of new theoretical
approach to explain in an unified framework the structure-activity relationships of
MAO A and/or B inhibitors. In this sense, we combined the Complex Networks
Analysis with the QSAR methodology called MARCH-INSIDE to carry out an
unified analysis for a very large database of heterogeneous compounds.
Initially, a Markov model was used to calculate molecular descriptors and fit a
classification function based on dataset Principal Components derived with 94.5%
of accuracy (3222 out of 3408 inputs). Next, the values of the PCA scores were
used to calculate Complex Network of MAO inhibitors.
This combined analysis was used for the design of a novel generation of
coumarin-scaffold based MAO inhibitors.
ACTIVITY
QSAR
R
O O O
STRUCTURE
A set of 31 coumarin derivatives was evaluated by the model and subsequently

synthesized and assayed as MAO inhibitors in order to corroborate the predicted
biological activity. The model classifies correctly 26 compounds (83,87% of
accuracy) consequently, this methodology represents a useful tool for the in silico
screening of MAO activity.
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SYNTHESIS AND BINDING AFFINITY OF NEW PYRAZOLE AND

ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL ATYPICAL
ANTIPSYCHOTICS
María Barceló,a María Torrado,a Enrique Raviña,a Eduardo Domínguez,b

José Breab
a
Department of Organic Chemistry, and bDepartment of Pharmacology. Faculty of
Pharmacy. University of Santiago de Compostela. 15782-Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
The newer generation of treatments for schizophrenia, referred to as atypical

antipsychotics, add to the blockade of dopamine receptors, a potent activity at
serotonin receptors. It is thought that 5-HT2A antagonism together with relatively
weaker dopamine antagonism are principal features that differentiate the side-
effect profile of atypical antipsychotics, such as clozapine, from the first generation
of treatments. 1 Although the newer atypical antipsychotics olanzapine, risperidone,
and quetiapine have brought about improvements in toleration and negative
symptomatology, chronic treatment may lead to unwanted weight gain, blood
dyscrasias, and motor dysfunctions, such as extra-pyramidal side effects (EPS)
and tardive dyskinesia (TD). These side effects may be linked to drug-dependent
affinity for other receptors. The search in our group continues for new atypical
antipsychotics that are more efficacious and have fewer side effects than currently
available treatments. 2
In this communication, we will describe our recent efforts to discover novel
templates in the area of selective dual 5-HT2A/D2 antagonists for potential use as
treatments for schizophrenia. A typical bioisosteric replacement of the benzene in
the aminobutyrophenone pharmacophore by a pyrazole or an isoxazole ring has
been applied to afford indazolone and benzisoxazolone cores (I), respectively.
From this work, compound QF4108B has emerged as a new lead because of its
favourable pharmacological profile.
O R O N O
X = NH, NCH3, O
N N
R'R'N X R = H, CH3 N
F N
H
I QF4108B
Acknowledgment: We thank the MEC (Ref SAF2005-08025-C03) for the financial support.
M. B. thanks the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Cultura for a predoctoral Fellowship.
1
Meltzer, H. Y.; Matsubara, S.; Lee, J. J. Pharm. Exp. Ther. 1989, 251, 238.
2
(a) Brea, J.; Rodrigo, J.; Carrieri, A.; Sanz, F.; Cadavid, M. I.; Enguix, M. J.; Villazón, M.; Mengod,
G.; Caro, Y.; Masaguer, C. F.; Raviña, E.; Centeno, N. B.; Carotti, A.; Loza, M. I. J. Med. Chem.
2002, 45, 54; (b) Barceló, M.; Alvarado, M.; Carro, L.; Raviña, E.; Masaguer, C. F. Chem. Biodiv.
2006, 3, 106; (c) Dezi, C.; Brea, J.; Alvarado, M.; Raviña, E.; Masaguer, C. F.; Loza, M. I.; Sanz, F.;
Pastor, M. J. Med. Chem. 2007, 50 (in press).
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4-ARYLPIPERAZINYLALQUIL BENZOLACTAMS AS POTENTIAL

DOPAMINE D3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS.
Raquel Ortega,a Christian F. Masaguer,a Filipe Miguel Areias,b

María Isabel Lozab
a
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling neurodevelopmental disorder

that affects about 1% of the world population. Recent studies 1 have suggested that
the dopamine D3 receptor subtype, since it is selectively located in the limbic brain
areas known to be associated with cognitive and emotional functions, might be a
promising rational target for development of new drugs for the treatment of this
pathology.
Major progress in D3 receptor drug development O
would allow us to a better understanding of this HN
CH3
illness and to improve its treatment, as compounds
with dopamine D3 antagonist profile may give rise to
beneficial antipsychotic activity avoiding extra-
pyramidal side effects of the actual therapy. 2 Thus, N
compound S33138, a selective D3 antagonist, is NC
now in Phase II trials for the treatment of S33138
schizophrenia. 3 O
In this communication we will report the synthesis and binding affinity of two
new series D3 antagonists (I and II) based on a benzolactam scaffold, which
maintain three characteristic elements of many dopamine D3 receptor antagonist:
1) an amine moiety, 2) a spacer, usually a linear alkyl chain, and 3) a hydrophobic
residue, often connected through an amide bond. 4 These new compounds will
allow us to evaluate some of the structural requirements for high affinity and
selectivity binding at the D3 receptor.
Ar Ar
O N N
N N
N m
N m
m = 2, 3 II
n I n = 1, 2, 3 n O
Acknowledgment: We thank the Xunta de Galicia (Ref PGIDIT06 PXIB203173PR) for the
financial support.
1
a) Joyce, J. N.; Miador-Woodruff, J. H. Neuropsychopharmacology 1997, 16, 375; b) Joyce, J. N.
Pharmacol. Ther. 2001, 90, 231.
2
Joyce, J. N.; Millan, M. J. Drug Discovery Today 2005,10, 917.
3
Dubuffet, T.; Newman-Tancredi, A.; Cussac, D.; Audinot, V.; Loutz, A.; Millan, M. J.; Lavielle, G.
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 1999, 9, 2059.
4
Hacling, A. E., Stark, H. ChemBioChem 2002, 3, 946.
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SYNTHESIS, BINDING AFFINITY AND SAR OF NEW

BENZOFURANONE DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL
ANTIPSYCHOTICS
Reyes Aranda,a Karen Villalba,a Christian F. Masaguer,a Filipe Miguel

Areias,b María Isabel Lozab
a
Atypical antipsychotic agents offer improved treatment of schizophrenia by

combining efficacy with less propensity to cause harmful CNS side effects. Recent
attention in this field has been focused on the development of compounds that act
both dopamine and serotonin receptors.
Over the last few years, we have been working on the synthesis of series of
atypical antipsychotic agents based on the modulation of the butirophenone
system with the aim of combining the antagonism
at the 5-HT2 family and the D2 receptors in a single O N O
molecule. 1 In this field, we have reported the
synthesis, pharmacology and 3D-QSAR analysis of
N
a number of aminoalkylbenzo[b]furanones as O F
2
potential antipsychotics; it is worth of mention QF1004B
compound QF1004B because of its interesting
pharmacological profile.
As part of this study, we have investigated whether the receptor affinities of
these compounds are associated with absolute stereochemistry. For this purpose,
we have prepared benzofuranone QF1004B as single enantiomers and determined
their binding affinities on D2, 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors. Also in this
communication, we will report the synthesis, binding affinity and structure-activity
relationships of novel aminoalkylbenzo[b]furanones (I) bearing different
substituents in the furan ring.
O
R2
I
R1
NRR
O
Acknowledgment: We thank the Xunta de Galicia (Ref PGIDIT04 BTF203004PR) for the
financial support.
1
Raviña, E.; Masaguer, C. F.; Curr. Med. Chem.: CNS Agents 2001, 1, 43.
2
(a) Raviña, E.; Casariego, I.; Masaguer, C. F.; Fontenla, J. A.; Montenegro, G. Y.; Rivas, M. E.;
Loza, M. I.; Enguix, M. J.; Villazon, M.; Cadavid, M. I.; Demontis, G. C. J. Med. Chem. 2000, 43,
4678. (b) Brea, J.; Rodrigo, J.; Carrieri, A.; Sanz, F.; Cadavid, M. I.; Enguix, M. J.; Villazón, M.;
Mengod, G.; Caro, Y.; Masaguer, C. F.; Raviña, E.; Centeno, N. B.; Carotti, A.; Loza, M. I. J. Med.
Chem. 2002, 45, 54. (c) Dezi, C.; Brea, J.; Alvarado, M.; Raviña, E.; Masaguer, C. F.; Loza, M. I.;
Sanz, F.; Pastor, M. J. Med. Chem. 2007, 50 (in press).
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SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NEW FATTY

ACID SYNTHASE (FASN) INHIBITORS
Carlos Turrado,a Mª Teresa Puig,b Bellinda Benhamú,a

Silvia Ortega-Gutiérrez,a Gemma Casals,b Joan Brunet,b
Ramón Colomer,b Mª Luz López-Rodrígueza
a
Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid. bInstitut Català
d’Oncologia-Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta, Avda. França s/n, 17007 Girona.
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. 1 Fatty acid synthase (FASN) has
been recently validated as a therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer, since
inhibition of this enzyme induces apoptosis of the tumour cells without producing
damages in the surrounding healthy tissue.2
In a project aimed at the development of new FASN inhibitors, we have
designed, synthesized and characterized a new series of polyphenolic derivatives I
that display high cytotoxic capacity (8 – 125 PM) in several tumour breast cancer
cell lines (SK-Br3, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231), and do not induce cytotoxicity in
normal fibroblasts. In addition, they inhibit FASN activity confirming that their
cytotoxicity is mediated by direct inhibition of this enzyme. In particular, compound
12 has shown the best properties of cytotoxicity (IC50 = 21 PM in SK-Br3 cells) and
FASN inhibition (90%).3
R1 OBn R2 OH
OH
OBn OH
OH O O
HO OH
R1 OBn
(a) O O
Subunit (b)
+ OBn Subunit Subunit
A HO A A
O O
O R1 R2 O O
OH O O
OBn OH
O
OBn OH
R eagents: (a) DCC, D M A P , TH F; (b) H 2, Pd(O H)2 /C, EtO H , CH 2 Cl2
Reagents: (a) DCC, DMAP, THF; (b) H2, Pd(OH)2, EtOH, CH2Cl2 OH
O
R 1 = O Bn, H
R = OBn, H II
R 21= O H, H
R2 = OH, H
OH
OH
R3
Subunit
=
A
, , , , , 12
Ph
R3 R=3 H,
= H, Me, OMe,
Me, OMe, Ph
Therefore, the new polyphenolic derivatives presented herein could constitute a

novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of cancer, one of the most widespread
diseases in the world nowadays.
Acknowledgements: This work has been supported by MEC predoctoral (CT) and Juan de
la Cierva (TP) fellowships, and grants SAF-2004/07103-C02-01, SAF-2007/67008-C02-01
and FIS-PI04/1417.
1
World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/. 2 Liu, X.; Shi, Y.;
3
Giranda, V. L.; Lou, Y. Mol. Cancer Ther. 2006, 5, 494. López-Rodríguez, M. L.; Benhamú, B.;
Turrado, C.; Ortega-Gutiérrez, S.; Puig, T.; Brunet, J.; Colomer, R. Patent EP07110956.
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: THIOPHENE DERIVATIVES WITH

NEUROPROTECTIVE PROPERTIES
Mariana P. Arcea, Beatriz López-Iglesiasa, Vicente Gálveza,

Gema C. Gonzáleza, Santiago Condea,
Mª Isabel Rodríguez-Francoa, Mercedes Villarroyab, Antonio G. Garcíab
a
Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006-Madrid
b
Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad de
Medicina (UAM), Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029-Madrid
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most widely spread senile dementia, is a

neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). Although its
etiology remains still unclear, AD is well-known as a multifaceted disease whose
main hallmarks are a deficit of cholinergic transmission, oxidative cellular damage
and deposits of aberrant structures: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillar tangles.
Sporadic AD (that is, non-familial, about 97% of all the patients) is a disease of
aging. Since the aging process is associated with an increase of the production of
reactive oxygen species (ROS), scavengers of ROS or, in general, antioxidants,
can be considerer as potentially useful compounds for the treatment of AD and
other neurodegenerative diseases associated with aging.
Since more than a decade, our group is devoted to the design and synthesis of
new molecules that could be useful for the treatment of AD. A series of thiophene
derivatives were synthesised and evaluated as inhibitors of GSK-3E, 1 the enzyme
responsible of the formation of the tangles. Then, one of them (I) was also checked
as a neuroprotective agent against toxic insult related to oxidative stress in cell
cultures of human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y
H3C
O
H
N
CH3
S
I CO2Et
In this initial screening, we found that compound I protected the neurons

against mitochondrial free radicals. More compounds of the original series and
newly synthesised analogues of that new lead compound are going to be
evaluated in a near future in the same pharmacological test
Acknowledgments: The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Ministerio

de Educación y Ciencia (SAF2006-01249) and Comunidad de Madrid (Programa de I+D
para Grupos de Investigación en Biociencias S-SAL/0275/2006), the Predoctoral
Fellowship to G. C. González from CSIC (I3P program), and the Contracts in Practices to
V. Gálvez and B. López-Iglesias from CSIC (I3P program).
1
S. Conde, M. P. Arce, C. Pérez. XIV Congreso SEQT, Bilbao 2005
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VIRTUAL SCREENIG OF PAMP AGAINST THE NCI DIVERSITY

SET TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PAMP MODULATORS
V. Roldósa, A. Martínezb, A. Ramosa, B. de Pascual-Teresaa

a
Departamento de Química. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad San Pablo CEU. Ctra.
Boadilla del Monte Km 5.3 28668 Madrid. bInstituto de Neurobiología Ramón y Cajal, Av.
Doctor Arce, 37. 28002 Madrid.
Proadrenomedullin N-Terminal 20 Peptide (PAMP) is an extremely potent

angiogenic factor, able to induce neovascularization in animal models at
concentrations six orders of magnitude lower than classic proangiogenic factors
such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and adrenomedullin, which
makes it an attractive molecular target for angiogenesis based antitumor
therapies.1
Its 3D structure has been recently determined in a helix-
inducing trifluoroethanol and water (TFE/H2O) solution,
and in a membrane-mimetic sodium dodecylsulfate-d25
(SDS) micellar solution and deposited in the PDB with
code 2FLY.2
Virtual Screening of PAMP by use of Autodock against
the NCI diversity set, a library of compounds with
nonredundant pharmacophore profiles. 32 were
selected as potential modulators of PAMP activity.
(Figure 1)
These compounds were requested from the NCI and
are currently being tested.
A competition experiment with a PAMP specific
antibody in order to determine the affinity of these
compounds for PAMP has been developed and all
compounds have been evaluated. Five of them have
demonstrated to be able to compete with PAMP Figure 1. Compound
antibody and are therefore potential candidates to 0525 docked into
modulate PAMP activity. PAMP
Their efficacy as antiangiogenic compounds is currently being tested in a chick
aortic ring angiogenesis assay.3
Acknowledgment: We thank the NCI for providing us the 32 compounds. This research
was supported by MEC (SAF2005-02608).
1
Martínez, A.; Zudaire, E.; Portal-Núñez, S.; Guédez, L.; Libutti, S. K.; Stetler Stevensor, W. G.;
Cuttitta, F. Cancer Res. 2004, 64, 6489-6494.
2
Lucyk, S.; Taha, H.; Yamamoto, H.; Miskolzie, M.; Kotovych, G. Biopolymers 2006, 81, 295-308.
3
Martinez, A.; Vos, M.; Guedez, L.; Kaur, G.; Chen, Z.; Garayoa, M.; Pio, R.; Moody, T.; Stetler-
Stevenson, W. G.; Kleinman, H. K.; Cuttitta, F. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2002, 94 , 1226-1237.
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PREDICCIÓN DEL ACLARAMIENTO DE FÁRMACOS EN

HUMANOS MEDIANTE MÉTODOS QSPR
Julia Uroz-Cervantesa, Gerardo M. Antón-Fosb, Juan José Pérez-Ruixoa,

and María José Duarta (email: mjduart@umh.es)
a
Div. Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Alicante
b
(Spain) Dept. Química Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Universidad CEU Cardenal
Herrera, Moncada, Valencia (Spain).
e-mail: mjduart@umh.es
El aclaramiento de un fármaco es un parámetro farmacocinético que aporta

información sobre la capacidad del organismo para eliminar dicho fármaco.
Tradicionalmente, el valor del aclaramiento de un fármaco en estudio se obtiene
tras su síntesis, mediante estudios in vitro e in vivo, que son largos y con un coste
económico elevado. No obstante, el aclaramiento del fármaco en humanos no se
conoce hasta después de realizar el primer ensayo clínico.
El objetivo de este trabajo es la obtención de una función de conectividad

capaz de predecir el valor del aclaramiento de cualquier fármaco en humanos,
mediante la aplicación de la topología molecular (métodos QSPR, Quantitative
Structure-Property Relationship)
En el presente trabajo se ha utilizado un grupo de 125 fármacos cuyo valor de

aclaramiento se ha obtenido de la bibliografía1,2 y cuya estructura se ha
caracterizado numéricamente mediante descriptores topológicos (índices de Kier y
Hall, electrotopológicos, etc). Se ha realizado una regresión multilineal (MLRA) con
el 80 % de los fármacos, mediante el programa estadístico BMDP donde los
descriptores topológicos se relacionan con el aclaramiento del fármaco en
humanos. El 20 % se restante se utiliza para validar la capacidad predictiva del
mismo. El modelo de predicción se ha seleccionado atendiendo a parámetros
estadísticos tales como el r2, SE (standar error), p y Cp de Mallow.
Los resultados muestran una función con 8 índices topológicos y un coeficiente

de correlación de 0.92. La validación de dicha función se realizó mediante estudios
de estabilidad (cross validation (cv)) obteniéndose un r2cv de 0.8. y estudios de
aleatoriedad, obteniéndose en todos los casos un r2cv inferior a 0.5 lo que indica
que la función es estable y no aleatoria. Por tanto podemos concluir que la
topología molecular es una herramienta muy útil en la predicción de propiedades
farmacocinéticas como el aclaramiento de fármacos en humanos.
1
Yap, C.W.; Li, Z.R.; Chen, Y.Z.; J Mol Graph Model, 2006, 24, 383
2
Mahmood, I. J. Pharm. Sci., 2006, 95, 1810
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IDENTIFICACIÓN DE NUEVOS COMPUESTOS ACTIVOS FRENTE

A S.AUREUS RESISTENTE A METICILINA MEDIANTE LA
APLICACIÓN DE MÉTODOS QSAR
María José Duarta, Julia Uroz-Cervantesa, Sara Costa-Piles,b, Pedro A.

Alemán- Lopez,b Luís Lahuerta Zamora,b Rafael V. Martin-Algarra,b and
Gerardo M. Antón-Fosb (email: mjduart@umh.es)
a
Div. Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Alicante
b
(Spain) Dept. Química Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Universidad CEU Cardenal
Herrera, Moncada, Valencia (Spain).
El Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina (SARM), es causa

importante de infecciones comunitarias y hospitalarias, y representa un problema
clínico relevante para la salud pública debido a las reducidas opciones de
tratamiento1.
El objetivo de este trabajo es diseñar un modelo topológico capaz de identificar

nuevos compuestos con actividad antibiótica frente a SARM mediante métodos
QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship).
Se han seleccionado dos grupos, uno de 34 compuestos activos y otro de 30

compuestos inactivos frente a SARM2. A cada compuesto se le han calculado 134
descriptores topológicos, entre los que se incluyen índices de Kier y Hall, índices
de carga e índices electrotopológicos3, entre otros. Se ha realizado un análisis
discriminante entre ambos grupos, mediante el programa BMDP, obteniéndose
varias funciones capaces de identificar compuestos con actividad antibiótica frente
a SARM. Con cada función se ha dibujado el diagrama de actividad farmacológica
para establecer los límites donde la probabilidad de encontrar un activo es máxima
y en base a ello se ha establecido el modelo topológico matemático.
El modelo topológico matemático diseñado permite seleccionar compuestos

activos frente a SARM con una probabilidad de acierto superior al 80%. Mediante
este modelo, solo aquellos compuestos que se seleccionen como potenciales
activos serían sintetizados y sometidos a ensayos para poner de manifiesto dicha
actividad, lo que supondría un ahorro económico y de tiempo.
Agradecimientos: este trabajo ha sido realizado gracias a la financiación de la

Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera (PRUCHB06/11 and PRUCH06/39)
1
Cercenado E, Sánchez-Carrillo C.; Alcalá L.; Bouza E. Rev. Clin. Esp., 1997, 197, 12
2
Jason A. Wiles; Yongsheng Song; Qiuping Wang; Edlaine Lucien; Akihiro Hashimoto; Jijun Cheng;
Christopher W. Marlor; Yangsi Ou; Steven D. Podos; Jane A. Thanassi. Bioorganic &medicinal
chemistry letters, 2006, 16, 1277
3
Kier L.B.; Hall L.H. J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci, 1997, 37, 548.
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Optimized synthesis of aminooxy-peptides as glycoprobe

precursors for interaction studies
Carmen Jiménez-Castellsa, Beatriz G. de la Torrea, Ricardo Gutiérrez-

Gallegoa,b and David Andreua
a
Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University. bMunicipal
Institute of Medical Research. a,bBarcelona Biomedical Research Park, Dr. Aiguader 88,
08003 Barcelona
Glycosylation, the most abundant posttranslational modification of proteins,

plays a key role in multiple biological recognition events, including pathogen-cell
interaction. Considerable interest exists in finding reliable tools to study sugar-
protein interactions, and the role of drugs interfering with such mechanisms.
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is one of the most powerful tools for studying
sugar-protein interactions. In this technique, one of the interacting entities (protein
or sugar) is immobilized onto a sensor chip surface, the other one is flown across
and the resulting read-out enables both quantitation and kinetic analysis of the
interaction. Of the two immobilization options, the sugar-on-chip has demonstrable
advantages. We have designed an approach whereby the sugar (1) is immobilized
via a peptide module (2) on the sensor surface1. The required glycopeptide module
(3) is prepared by chemospecific oxime ligation between the reducing end of the
sugar and an aminooxyacetic acid (Aoa) residue at the peptide N-terminus
(Scheme 1).
1
Scheme 1: Oxime ligation between an N-terminal Aoa-containing peptide and a carbohydrate ligand .
In this presentation we will describe an optimized synthesis of the Aoa peptide

which circumvents overacylation of the NH-O nitrogen leading to undesired
heterogeneity2. By avoiding base-containing activation mixtures which cause
overacylation, our method3 practically suppresses the unwanted side reaction and
leads to near-quantitative yields of highly homogeneous Aoa-peptides, useful as
glycoprobe precursors in glycomic studies.
1
Villa-Perelló, M.; Gutiérrez Gallego, R.; Andreu, D. ChemBioChemJ. 2005, 6, 1831.
2
Decostaire, I.P.;Lelièvre, D.; Zhang, H.; Delmas, A.F. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 7057.
3
Jiménez-Castells, C; G. de la Torre, B.; Gutiérrez-Gallego, R.; Andreu, D. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.,
in press.
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OBTENCIÓN DE POLIOXACICLOS POR OXIDACIÓN DEL

FURANO
Yagamare Fall , Isela García, Generosa Gómez, Emilia Tojo,

Seila Boullosa, Gonzalo Pazos, Hilda Rivera, Alioune Fall
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Vigo

36200 Vigo, Pontevedra. España.
Nuestro grupo de investigación ha desarrollado una metodología sintética de

formación de éteres cíclicos, que se basa en la oxidación del furano por el oxigeno
singlete y posterior ciclación por adición de Michael intramolecular.1
1
O2, hQ, MeOH H
1) O
Rosa Bengala
OSiR3 O
O Ac2O, pyr O
2)
OMe
DMAP
3) TBAF
Se han determinado los aspectos estereoquímicos del método así como sus
limitaciones en cuanto al tamaño del anillo formado.2
En esta comunicación se describe la aplicación de esta metodología a la
síntesis de los polioxaciclos I y II, precursores de un gran número de compuestos
biológicamente activos.
H H
O
n
O
O O
H nOMe
I n=1
II n = 2
Agradecimientos: Al Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia por la concesión del proyecto

CTQ2007-61788 y a la Xunta de Galicia (PGIDIT04BTF301031PR)
1
Fall, Y.; Vidal, B.; Alonso, D.; Gómez, G. Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 4467.
2
(a) Pérez, M.; Canoa, P.; Gómez, G.; Terán, C.; Fall, Y. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 5207.; (b)
Teijeira, M.; Suárez, P.L.; Gómez, G.; Terán, C.; Fall, Y. Tetrahedron lett. 2005, 46, 5889. (c)
Canoa, P.; pérez, M.; Covelo, B.; Gómez, G.; Fall, Y. Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 3441.
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PREPARACION DE LIQUIDOS IONICOS Y SU APLICACIÓN EN

SINTESIS ORGANICA
Yagamare Fall , Zoila Gándara, Francisco Santamarta, Emilia Tojo,

Generosa Gómez, Manuel Pérez, Pedro-Lois Suárez, Massene Sene
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Vigo

36200 Vigo, Pontevedra. España.
Los líquidos iónicos (LIs)1 están constituídos por sales que contienen al menos un
componente orgánico y presentan un punto de fusión inferior a 100 ºC. Las sales
más habituales contienen un catión 1,3-dialquilimidazolio, aunque también
abundan los cationes alquilamonio, alquilfosfonio, N-alquilpiridinio o N,N-
dialquilpirrolidinio entre otros . Generalmente, el empleo de los LIs como
disolventes aumenta la velocidad de reacción y la selectividad. Además, se
pueden reutilizar, abaratando así los costes y pueden sustituir a los disolventes
orgánicos tradicionales que son volátiles y muy contaminantes. Por otra parte, los
líquidos iónicos quirales que hicieron su aparición hace unos cinco años,
descubrieron un campo totalmente nuevo en la síntesis asimétrica de compuestos
con potencial actividad biológica.
El gran interés que los LIs han despertado en la comunidad científica
queda reflejado en el aumento exponencial de artículos aparecidos durante los
últimos diez años en revistas especializadas; menos de 50 en 1995 y más de 1500
artículos sobre LIs en el año 2004 (Fig. 1).
Figura 1
En esta comunicación presentamos los últimos resultados obtenidos por nuestro
grupo de investigación en el uso de los líquidos iónicos como disolventes,
catalizadores de reacciones o como soporte de reactivos.
Agradecimientos: Al Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia por la concesión del proyecto
CTQ2007-61788 y a la empresa Green Solutions Chemicals, S.L. por el suministro de
líquidos iónicos.
1
(a) Welton T., Chem. Review., 1999, 99, 2071. (b) Wassercheid, P.; Keim, W. Angew. Chem., Int.
Ed. 2000, 39, 3772. (c) Sheldon, R. Chem. Commun. 2001, 2399. (d) Lee, S.-g. Chem. Commun.
2006, 1049. (e) Miao, W.; Chan, T. H. Acc. Chem. Res. 2006, 39, 897.
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Novel Multipotent Tacrine-Dihydropyridine Hybrids with Improved

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory and Neuroprotective Activities as
Potential Drugs for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Rafael Leóna,b, Cristóbal de los Ríosa,b, Jose Marco-Contellesa, Antonio Gugliettac,

José Terencioc, Manuela G. Lópezb, Antonio G. Garcíab and Mercedes Villarroyab.
a
Laboratorio de Radicales Libres (IQOG, CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006-Madrid, Spain, b
b
Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad de
Medicina, UniVersidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain,
d
Ferrer Internacional S.A., Juan de Sada, 28-32, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disease

characterized by progressive memory loss, decline in language skills, and other cognitive
impairments. Although the etiology of AD is not well-known, there are diverse factors such
as amyloid-ȕ (Aȕ) deposits, ȕ-protein aggregation, oxidative stress, and low levels of
acetylcholine (ACh) that are thought to play significant roles in the disease.
The cholinergic theory of AD suggests that the selective loss of cholinergic neurons
in AD results in a deficit of ACh in specific regions of the brain that mediate learning and
memory functions. The primary approach for treating AD has therefore focused on
increasing the levels of acetylcholine in the brain by using acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
(AChEI) such as tacrine, donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine. On the other hand, it is
well-known that Ca2+ overload is the main factor initiating the processes leading to cell
death. Several lines of evidence show that calcium dysfunction, involved in the pathogeny
of AD, augments Aȕ formation and Ĳ hyperphosphorylation. Ca2+ entry through L channels
causes calcium overload and mitochondrial disruption, which lead to the activation of the
apoptotic cascade and cell death. Hence, blocking the entrance of Ca2+ through this
specific subtype of Ca2+ channel could be a good strategy to prevent cell death.
Scheme 1. Synthesis of New Tacrine-DHP Hybrids.
X X
O AlCl3,
NH2
ClCH2CH2Cl
EtO2C CN EtO2C
reflux
+
N NH2 51-96% N N
H H
12-20 3-11
(X= H, 4-F, 2-NO2, 3-NO2, 4-NO2, 4-Me, 2-OMe, 3-OMe, 4-OMe)
In this work we describe the synthesis and biological evaluation of the tacrine-1,4-
dihydropyridine (DHP) hybrids (3-11). These multipotent molecules are the result of the
juxtaposition of an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI) such as tacrine (1) and a 1,4-
DHP such as nimodipine (2). Compounds 3-11 are very selective and potent AChEIs and
show an excellent neuprotective profile and a moderate Ca2+ channel blockade effect.
Consequently, these molecules are new potential drugs for the treatment of
Alzheimer’s disease.
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SINTESIS Y EVALUACION BIOLOGICA DE NUEVOS SISTEMAS

[4,1,0] COMO INHIBIDORES DE iNOS
Irene Suarez del Villar,a Ana Gradillas,a Ricardo Martinez-Murillo,b Alfredo
Martinez Serrano,b and Javier Pérez-Castellsa*
a
Facultad de Farmacia, Dpto. Química, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Urb. Montepríncipe,
ctra. Boadilla km 5,300 Boadilla del Monte, 28668 Madrid. E-mail: jpercas@ceu.es.
b
Instituto Cajal-CSIC. Avda. Doctor Arce 36, 28002 Madrid
A finales de los noventa se describió el derivado amidínico cíclico denominado

ONO-1714 como novedoso inhibidor selectivo de la isoforma iNOS humana que
juega un papel importante en diversos trastornos tales como el choque séptico, la
artritis reumatoide o la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal. También se ha
demostrado su implicación en enfermedades como el Parkinson o el cáncer.
CH3
H
H
ONO-1714
Cl
N NH
H H
Al tratarse de un compuesto de reciente descubrimiento y poseer una estructura
muy diferente a la de los otros iNOS conocidos, hasta ahora existen pocos
derivados descritos y apenas se han efectuado estudios de Relación Estructura
Actividad con inhibidores de esta enzima.
Para conocer nuevos aspectos acerca de la actividad inhibitoria frente a las
diferentes isoformas de NOS, recientemente hemos puesto ha punto una reacción
de ciclopropanación estereoselectiva como base para la síntesis de nuevos
sistemas bicíclicos potencialmente activos. La aproximación sintética es novedosa
y permite el acceso a una amplia familia de derivados.
R R R
H H
EDA
COOEt Z
O N cat. O N H HN N H
P H
P
En la presente comunicación se describe la síntesis de nuevos derivados de ONO-

1714 y los primeros datos de actividad inhibitoria frente a la isoforma inducible
iNOS y datos de actividad antiproliferativa frente a diferentes líneas tumorales. Los
valores obtenidos permitirán en un futuro explorar los requisitos estructurales
mínimos necesarios para esta familia de inhibidores de iNOS.
Agradecimientos: Financiación de este proyecto por el MEC (proyecto CTQ2006-

00601/BQU). ISV. agradece a la FUSP-CEU una beca predoctoral.
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COPPER COMPLEXES OF AZAPIRIDOPHANES

AS SOD MIMICS
Enrique García-España,a Belen Abarca,b Raquel Belda,a Begoña Verdejo,ª

Conxa Soriano,b Salvador Blasco,a Jorge González,a José Miguel Llinares,a
Carmen Terencio.c
a) Departament de Química Inorgànica, Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Facultat de

Química,Universitat de València. b) Departament de Química Orgànica, Facultat de
Farmàcia, Universitat de València. c) Departament de Farmacología, Facultat de Farmàcia,
Universitat de València
Aerobic organisms use atmospheric oxygen as metabolic oxidant to produce

energy for their living processes. However the reduction of O2 to water originates
reactive radical species as intermediates. Living organisms need to develop
defence mechanisms to remove these radical species or to convert them into
useful chemicals for metabolic purposes.
Superoxide dismutase enzyme (SOD) has the role to protect cells from the
damage caused by superoxide radical. Under normal conditions in organisms, free
radicals are trapped by SOD present in mitochondria, blood, or in the extracellular
space, but when there is overproduction of radicals the defence control
mechanisms becomes problematic.
The use of SOD in therapy is limited by its short plasma half-life and inability to
penetrate cell membranes. Low molecular mass mimics of SOD are therefore of
much interest as potential pharmaceuticals.1234
We have prepared a series of cyclic polyaminepyridine compounds and their
complexes of Cu(II), Zn(II) with imidazolate bridge, and we have studied their
behaviour as SOD mimics. We should like to report our results here.
SOD like activity has been determined by the nitroblue tetrazolium (NTB)
method, and calculated the IC50. Assays in vitro have been performed with PMA-
stimulated polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL). SOD like activity is determined
by the luminol enhaced lumuniscence inhibition.
Acknowledgements: Financial support from Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (projets

BQU2003-09215-CO1 and BQU2003-09215-C03) is gratefully acknowledged.
1
a) Kolks, G.; Frihart, C. R.; Rabiniwitz H. N.; Lippard, S. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1976, 98, 5720. b)
Coughlin, P. K.; Dewan, J. C.; Lippard, S. J.; Watanabe E.; J.-M. Lehn, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1979, 101,
2652.
2
Drew, M. G. B.; Cairns, C.; Lavery A.; Nelson, S. M. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Com. 1980, 1120.
3
Tabbi, G.; Driessen, W. L.; Reedijk, J.; Bonomo, R. P.; Veldman, N.; Spek, A. L. Inorg. Chem. 1997,
36, 1168.
4
a) Salata, C. A.; Youinou, M.-T.; Burrows, C. J. Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30, 3454. b) Weser, U.;
Schubotz, L. M.; Lengfelder, E. J. Mol. Cat., 1981, 13, 249. c) Kimura, E.; Kurogi, Y.; Shionoya M.;
Shiro, M. Inorg. Chem., 1991, 30, 4524.
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NUEVA ACTIVIDAD ANTI-H1 DE LA VITAMINA D2
María José Duarta, Pedro A. Alemán- Lopez,b Rafael V. Martin-Algarra,b

Ramón García-Domenech, Jorge Gálvez-Alvarez and Gerardo M. Antón-
Fos *,b (email: mjduart@umh.es)
a
Dpto Ingeniería, Div. Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Universidad Miguel
Hernández. Alicante (Spain), bDept. Química Bioquímica y Biología Molecular. Universidad
c
CEU Cardenal Herrera, Moncada, Valencia (Spain). Dpto Química-Física. Universidad de
Valencia (Spain)
Nuestro grupo de investigación diseñó un modelo topológico-matemático

capaz de predecir la actividad antihistamínica de un compuesto.1 Este modelo, se
obtuvo utilizando el análisis lineal discriminante y funciones de conectividad en las
que se incluyen diferentes descriptores topológicos, y ha demostrado su eficacia
en la búsqueda de nuevos compuestos con actividad antihistamínica2.
En la búsqueda de esta propiedad sobre compuestos conocidos, el

ergocalciferol (vitamina D2) apareció como potencial antihistamínico. El papel que
juega la vitamina D en el metabolismo es complejo, y esta actividad
antihistamínica H1 no ha sido descrita hasta el momento, por lo que se decidió
realizar los correspondientes ensayos farmacologicos in vivo para evaluarla.
Para estudiar la actividad anti-H1 se siguió el procedimiento de Watanabe y

col, optimizado por nuestro grupo de investigación.1,3 Se utilizaron ratas albinas
hembra de raza Wistar, con peso comprendido entre 190-
220 g. Los productos se prepararon en atmósfera inerte y
se administraron vía oral mediante sonda esofágica,
utilizando como vehículo metilcelulosa en disolución
acuosa al 0.5 % y por vía intravenosa albúmina marcada
con fluoresceína (F-BSA). Posteriormente se administró
vía intradérmica histamina en el dorso del animal y 30
minutos después se procede al sacrificio del animal, para
recortar las zonas edematosas y medir utilizando un
fluorímetro la cantidad de albúmina-fluoresceína
extravasada. Se eligió como fármaco de referencia terfenadina, según se describe
en la bibliografía.
En la presente comunicación se muestra que la vitamina D tiene una

actividad antihistamínica H1 comparable a terfenadina.
1
Duart, M.J.; García-Domenech, R.; Antón-Fos, G.M.;Gálvez,J. J. Comput. Aid. Mol. Des. 2001,15,
561
2
Duart, M.J.; García-Domenech, R; Gálvez, J.; Alemán, P.A., Martín-Algarra, RV.; Antón-Fos, G.M.
J. Med. Chem. 2006,49, 3667
3
Watanabe, K.; Nakagawa, H.; Tsurufuji, S. J. Pharmacol. Methods, 1986, 15, 255.
158
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P-96
SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF 3-

FURYL AND 3-THIENYLQUINOXALINE-2-CARBONITRILE 1,4-DI-
N-OXIDE DERIVATIVES AGAINST PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
Esther Vicentea,b, Saioa Ancizua, Asunción Burguetea, Beatriz Solanoa,

Raquel Villara, Emily Bongardb, Sarah Charnaudb, Silvia Pérez-Silanesa,
Ignacio Aldanaa, Livia Vivasb and Antonio Mongea
a
Farmacobiología Aplicada (CIFA), Universidad de Navarra, 31080, Pamplona. Spain.
b
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine (LSHTM), Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
Malaria is by far the world’s most important tropical parasitic disease. Mortality,
currently estimated at over a million people per year, has risen in recent years,
probably due to increasing resistance to antimalarial medicines. 1
As a continuation of our research in 3-phenylquinoxaline 1,4-di-N-oxide2 and
with the aim of obtaining new antimalarial agents which can improve the currently
available treatments, new series of 3-(2-furyl) and 3-(2-thienyl)quinoxaline-2-
carbonitrile 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives have been synthesized following the
classical Beirut reaction. Antiplasmodial activity was evaluated in vitro against
Plasmodium falciparum (chloroquine-sensitive, 3D7, and chloroquine-resistant, K1,
strains) by the incorporation of [3H]-hypoxanthine. Cytotoxicity was tested in KB
cells using the Alamar Blue assay.
Twelve compounds were synthesized and evaluated for antimalarial activity.
Eight of them showed a IC50 lower than 1 M against both 3D7 and K1 strains. Six
of the eight products tested for cytotoxicity demonstrated good selectivity and are
now in more advanced studies. Their potency and selectivity make them valid
leads for synthesizing new compounds that possess better activity.
O O
+ N + N
N R7 N R7 = H, F, Cl, CH3, CF3, OCH3.
+ + X X = O or S
N N
O O
Cl
Previous leader2
IC50 = 1.008 µM
bioisosteric replacement
FcB1 strain (CQ-res)
Acknowledgements: We wish to thank the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Grant

AP2003-2175 to Esther Vicente) and the University of Navarra (PiUNA project).
1
World Health Organization (WHO). In Guidelines for the treatment of malaria. Geneva, 2006.
2
Zarranz, B.; Jaso, A.; Aldana, I.; Monge, A.; Laurel, S.; Deharo, E.; Jullian, V.; Sauvain, M.
Arzneim.-Forsch. 2005, 55, 754-761.
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CHIRAL OXIRANES FROM CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVES AS

PRECURSORS: STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF ISOSERINE
ANALOGUES
Felipe Alcudia González, Fernando Iglesias-Guerra, Margarita Vega Holm, Mª Luisa

Martínez Gómez, Ignacio Periñán Domínguez, José M. Vega-Pérez
Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, c/

Profesor García González, nº 2. 41002 Sevilla, Spain. falcudia@us.es
Isoserine derivatives constitute the essential fragment in natural products of high therapeutic
value, such as taxol (an anti-cancer agent), bestatin (a dipeptide modifier of the immune
response), and the kinostatins (potent inhibitors of the HIV-1 protease). Due to the E-
aminoalcohol properties of these compounds, one procedure for their synthesis is regio- and
stereoselective opening of chiral oxiranes with amines.
Our group has been using carbohydrate derivatives as chiral templates in the stereoselective
synthesis of different compounds. Recently we have developed a method for the
stereoselective epoxidation of olefins. The aim was to obtain the chiral oxiranes on a
skeleton that could be transformed easily into modified isoserines. The olefinic chain was
joined to the sugar moiety via an acetalic bond in order to be easily separated from the chiral
inductor.
Cinnamal acetals from different carbohydrate derivatives were epoxidized with m-CPBA.
High diastereoisomeric excess were obtained. The major oxirane configuration obtained
depends on the sugar moiety used as chiral inductor in each case.
O H
H O O O H H
Ph O O
O O O
O(c-C6H11) O O
Ph O
O O
NHAc O Ph
OH H H HO O
H
(2S,3R)-2,3-Epoxy-3-phenylpropylidene derivatives
Ph
R
O
O O
Ph O
O O(c-C6H11) O
HO O
NHAc O
HO OMe
OH
(2R,3S)-2,3-Epoxy-3-phenylpropylidene derivatives
The ring-opening reaction of these oxiranes with different nitrogen nucleophiles gave
compounds (in good yields and diastereoisomeric excesses) with an D-hydroxy-E-
aminoacetal structure, and can be used as precursors of phenylisoserine analogues.
N3
Ph O
O O
O O(c-C6H11)
OH HO
Ph O NHAc
O O
O(c-C6H11)
HO
NHAc
N
Ph O
O O
O(c-C6H11)
OH HO
NHAc
We are also developing epoxidation reactions employing chiral dioxiranes generated in situ
from different sugar derivatived ketones and Oxone£. To test their abilitiy as chiral catalysts
we performed the reaction of non chiral alkenes with these ketones. Good enantiomeric
excesses were obtained. The following step is the application of this methodology on
different cinnamal acetals (sugar and hydrobenzoin derivatives). We hope that double
asymmetric induction generated improves the diastereoisomeric excesses first reported.
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ANALYSIS OF MOE´S ABILITY TO REPRODUCE THE BIOACTIVE

CONFORMATION OF PROTEIN-BOUND LIGANDS
Jessica Opacic, Leonardo Pardo, Mercedes Campillo
Laboratori de Medicina Computacional, Unitat de Bioestadística, Facultat de Medicina,

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
A pharmacophore definition is known as the first essential step toward

understanding the interaction between a receptor and a ligand and is clearly
established as one of the successful computational tools in rational drug design. A
critical step in pharmacophore generation is the correct conformational analysis of
the ligand that must include the bioactive conformation, which is the geometry
adopted by the ligand when it binds the receptor.
The aim of this work is to evaluate the ability of MOE (Molecular Operating
Environment) to reproduce the conformation of protein-bound ligands. The
stochastic search, systematic search and conformational import procedures of
MOE with five recommended forcefields for small ligands (MMFF94, MMFF94s,
MMFF94x, OPLSAA, and TAFF) and three different solvation models (born, gas
phase and distance) were tested. In addition, the ability to generate conformation
ensembles in MOE was compared to other programs (Catalyst and OMEGA). We
have followed the approach developed previously by others1. Thus, the generated
conformation ensembles were superimposed on X-ray crystallographic ligands
from protein-ligand complexes extracted from the Protein Data Bank. Root mean
square deviation was used as a measure of the likeness. All methods gave
reasonable results but the systematic search was the best one. On the other hand
the systematic search generates enormous amount of conformations which can be
very time consuming when using them further in other analyses. Furthermore,
MOE proved to be dependent on the input conformation and had difficulties
generating the bioactive conformation when the number of rotatable bonds
increased.
1
Boström J. J Comp-Aid Mol Des. 2002, 15, 1137-1152
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SYNTHESIS AND LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY OF

NAPHTHOQUINONES AGAINST AEDES AEGYPTI
María Teresa Molinaa*, Eulogio López-Monteroa, Karlos A. L. Ribeirob,

Antônio Euzébio G. Santanab, Marília O. F. Goulartb*
a
Instituto de Química Médica (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Juan de la
Cierva, 3, 28006-Madrid, Spain
b
Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Alagoas,
57072-970, Brazil
Mosquitoes are responsible for the spread of more diseases than any other group
of arthropods. Of particular interest is Aedes aegypti because of its role as a vector
for the arboviruses responsible for yellow fever and dengue fever, both of which
are endemic to Central and South America, Asia and Africa1.
Quinones have been extensively studied due to their biological activity (especially
antitumoral) and some anthraquinones such as emodin have displayed larvicidal
activity against three mosquito species2
In this work we have examined the larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti of two
series of naphthoquinones: halonaphthoquinones (I), prepared in several steps
from juglone, and lapachol derivatives (II).
O O
OR
Br
OR O O
I II
R = H, Ac, Me R = H, Li, Ac
Several synthetic naphthoquinones were significantly active larvicides (LD 5 0 < 5

ppm and < 10mM). The most active compounds proved to be the bromo
derivatives of juglone.
The present results reinforce the potential use of substituted hydroxyquinones and
halogenated quinones as very promising leads against 4th instar larves of Aedes
aegypti, the vector of dengue.
Acknowledgements: We thank DGICYT (Spain), grant BQU2003-00813, CSIC-CNPq

(2005BR0046), and CAPES (Brazil)
1. Kroeger, A., Nathan, M.B. Lancet 2006, 368, 2193

2. Yang, Y.C.; Lim, M.-Y.; Lee, H.-S. J. Agr. Food Chem. 2003, 51, 7629
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CHIRAL SULFINAMIDES AS ORGANOCATALYSTS IN THE

ALLYLATION OF ACYL HYDRAZONES.
Felipe Alcudia,a Inmaculada Fernández,a Noureddine Khiar,b Ana Alcudia,a
Beatrice Gori,a and Victoria Valdivia.b
a
Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmaceútica. Universidad de Sevilla. c/ Prof.
García González nº 2, 41012 Sevilla. bInstituto de Investigaciones Químicas, C.S.I.C.-
Universidad de Sevilla, c/Américo Vespucio, s/n.,Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla. Spain
The development of efficient methods for the synthesis of chiral sulfoxides at the
beginning of the nineties has broadened their application to new processes of
carbon-carbon, and carbon-heteroatom processes.1 Recent interesting applications
include inter alia the utilization of sulfoxides as chiral ligands or ligands precursors
in metal catalyzed asymmetric reactions, in coordination chemistry and as Lewis
base in organocatalysis. On the other hand, due to the importance of chiral amines
which account for the 75% of the total drugs or drug candidates, their preparation
has been a standing area of interest in the last decades. Our group has recently
shown that chiral sulfoxides are excellent organocatalysts in the allylation of
hydrazones with trichloroallyl silane en route to allyl amines.2 Accordingly, excellent
enantioselectivities were obtained in the allylation of benzoyl hydrazones using
simple sulfoxides, though up to 3 equivalents of the organocatalysts were
necessary. In order to determine the mechanism of the reaction and to develop a
catalytic approximation of the process, we have recently applied as ligands a range
of sterically and electronically diverse monodentate and bidentate sulfoxides
obtained by the DAG method. Opportunely, using C2-symmetric bis-sulfoxide 2,
excellent enantioselectivities were obtained in the presence of only 1 equivalent of
the ligand.3
O O O
H S S S
H N R R R
N Cl Ligand Bz NH Fe
Bz N + Si 2
Cl 1
Cl Pri Ligands:
Pri H O O
O
S S
S p-Tol R2 NHR1
p-Tol
3 4
In the present communication we present our preliminary results on the

enantioselective allylation of hydrazones, using enantiomerically pure sulfinamides
4 as organocatalysts. Taking into account the electronic feature of the S-O bond in
sulfinamides, a better catalytic activity is predicted, as a consequence of an
enhanced coordination between the silane an the ligand. It is worth mentioning that
the modular approach developed for the synthesis of the sulfinamides, will allow a
rapid optimization of the electronic and steric substituents both on the sulfur and on
the amide function.
Acknowledgements: We thank the Dirección General de Investigación Científica y
Técnica (Grant No. CTQ2006-15515-CO2-01 and CTQ2004-01057). V. V. and A. A. thank
the CSIC and MEC for a I3P predoctoral grant and a Ramón y Cajal Contract, respectively.
1
Fernández, I.; Khiar, N. Chem Rev. 2003, 103, 3651.
2
Fernández, I.; Valdivia, V.; Gori, B.; Alcudia, F.; Alvárez, E.; Khiar, N. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 1307.
3
Fernández, I.; Valdivia, V.; Gori, B.; Pernía, M.; Khiar, N. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 2215.
163
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PEPTIDOMIMÉTICOS ȕ-LACTÁMICOS COMO MODULADORES
ALOSTÉRICOS DE LOS RECEPTORES DOPAMINÉRGICOS D 2
Claudio Palomo a, Jesús M. Aizpurua a, Azucena Jiménez a, Raluca M. Fratila a,

Ane M. Gabilondo b, J. Javier Meana b
a
Dpto.Química Orgánica-I, Centro Joxe Mari Korta Zentroa, Universidad del País Vasco, 20018
San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa,
b
Dpto. Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940 Leioa,
Vizcaya.
La L-propil-L-leucilglicinamida (PLG o melanostatina) es un tripéptido hipotalámico que

actúa como modulador alostérico de los receptores dopaminérgicos D2 facilitando su
interacción con ligandos agonistas mediante la adopción de una conformación
bioactiva presumiblemente ȕ-girada1. Nuestro grupo ha descrito recientemente una
síntesis de ȕ-lactamas via aziridina que permite acceder a moldes (“scaffolds”) mono,
di- y trisustituídos que estabilizan un giro ȕHQWRUQRDODQLOORȕ-lactámico. 2, 3
Ahora comunicamos la preparacióQ GH ORV QXHYRV FRPSXHVWRV ȕ-lactámicos 1
miméticos de la PLG. La síntesis se llevó a cabo de manera totalmente
estereocontrolada y con buenos rendimientos globales a partir de los serinatos Į-
sustituidos 2.
H H R1 R
O O H2N CO2Me
H
N N
N * O
N NH2 H
O N
*
H NH2 HO
NH O O
R2 R2
PLG 1 (R1= iBu, Bn, CH2-CH=CH2); (R2= H, Me) 2
La capacidad de estos análogos como moduladores alostéricos de receptores

dopaminérgicos D2 se evaluó mediante experimentos de competición de fijación del
radioligando antagonista selectivo [3H]-espiperona por el fármaco agonista (-)N-
propilnorapomorfina [(-) NPA] en membranas de cerebro humano postmortem.
Tanto la PLG como algunos de los miméticos ȕ-lactámicos incrementaron la afinidad
del agonista (-)NPA por el estado de alta afinidad del receptor D2 de 40 a 134 veces a
concentración 1 PM. Los resultados obtenidos reflejan una mayor capacidad
moduladora de los nuevos peptidomiméticos frente a la melanostatina, siendo el
análogo 1-(*R), [R1= i Bu; R2= Me] el que mayor efecto presentó.
1
Khalil, E.M.; Ojala, W.H.; Pradham, A.; Fair, V. D.; Gleason, W. B.; Mishra, R. K.; Johnson, R. L. J. Med.
Chem 1999, 42, 628-37.
2
Palomo, C.; Aizpurua, J.M.; Benito, A.; Miranda, J.I.; Fratila, R.M.; Matute, C.; Domercq, M.; Gago, F.;
Martin-Santamaría, S.; Linden, A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 16243-16260.
3
Palomo, C.; Aizpurua, J.M.; Balentova, E.; Jiménez, A.; Oyarbide, J.; Fratila, R.M.; Miranda, J.I. Org.
Lett. 2007, 9, 101-104.
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LA VÍA DEL METILERITRITOL FOSFATO DE BIOSÍNTESIS DE

ISOPRENOIDES COMO DIANA PARA EL DISEÑO DE NUEVOS
ANTIBIÓTICOS Y ANTIMALÁRICOS
Mariona Urtasuna, b, Victor Giménezb, Oscar Villacañasa, Enric Ureñab,

José Manuel Granadinoa, Albert Boronatb, Jaime Rubioa, Santiago Imperialb
a
Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Barcelona. Martí
Franquès 1, 08028-Barcelona y bDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular.
Facultad de Biología. Universidad de Barcelona. Avda Diagonal 645, 08028-Barcelona,
e-mail:simperial@ub.edu
La vía del metileritritol fosfato (MEP) de biosíntesis de isoprenoides es una de las

dianas más prometedoras para el desarrollo de nuevos antibióticos y
antimaláricos1. Esta vía metabólica está presente en la gran mayoría de las
bacterias patógenas y en el agente causal de la malaria, Plasmodium falciparum,
pero ausente en los seres humanos. El bloqueo de la vía del MEP en alguna de
sus etapas por parte de un determinado compuesto podría inhibir el crecimiento
bacteriano y del parásito sin afectar al organismo huésped, por lo que dicho
compuesto podría presentar actividad antibiótica y antimalárica.
Hasta el momento se ha comprobado la acción quimioterapéutica de la

fosmidomicina y compuestos análogos en microorganismos y P.falciparum. Dichos
compuestos inhiben la enzima desoxixilulosa 5-fosfato reductoisomerasa que
cataliza la segunda etapa de la vía del MEP. La fosmidomicina que actúa como
inhibidor de la enzima DXR de microorganismos inhibe también a la enzima de
P.falciparum y lo que es más importante actúa también sobre el parásito intacto
2
(IC50~370nM) .
Para proceder al diseño racional de inhibidores de una determinada etapa de la

vía del MEP es necesario disponer de información estructural sobre la enzima que
cataliza dicha etapa así como de métodos específicos y fiables para determinar su
actividad. Actualmente se ha resuelto la estructura atómica de las cinco primeras
enzimas de la vía del MEP y en nuestro grupo de investigación disponemos de
métodos automatizables para la determinación de su actividad. A partir de estas
herramientas estamos procediendo al diseño de inhibidores de enzimas de la vía
del MEP mediante técnicas de modelización molecular y a la validación funcional
de los mismos.
En esta comunicación se presentan algunos de los resultados obtenidos así como
de los proyectos en fase de realización.
1
Walsh. C. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 2003, 1, 65-70.
2
Jomaa et al. Science 1999, 285, 1573-1576.
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LABELING OF LIGANDS FOR THE STUDY OF SEROTONIN 5-HT1A

AND 5-HT6 RECEPTORS
R. Chicharroa, V. I. Doderob, A. Visoa, R. Fernández de la Pradillaa, N.

Lwoffa, A. B. Garcíaa, E. Aicartb, E. Junquerab, M. Martín-Fontechac, S.
Ortega-Gutiérrezc, B. Benhamúc, M. L. López-Rodríguezc
a
Instituto de Química Orgánica General, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas C/
Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. bDpto. Química Física I, Facultad de Ciencias
Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain. cDpto. Química
Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040
Madrid, Spain.
The complete sequentiation of human genome has provided an enormous

amount of molecular information on the relationship between the genes and the
proteins they codify. This repertoire of proteins, called the proteome, is the
responsible for the correct function of the cells. Moreover, alteration of their activity
is responsible for a wide range of disorders. For that reason, it is necessary to
develop tools that enable the direct study of the proteome in order to discover new
targets and drugs. 1
Taking into account our experience on serotonin receptors, 2 we have started the
development of 5-HT1A (1) and 5-HT6 (2) ligands coupled with different molecular
probes. The use of crosslinking and fluorescent techniques 3 of these molecular
entities will allow us to obtain structural information about the receptor-ligand
interaction.
O
N
Napht N N N R2
R1 O Linker SO 2
Ligand Linker 1
Probe
N(CH 3)2
OR O
N N Linker
ArSO2NH
2
Acknowledgements: to the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid for the financial support for
the project S-SAL-0249-2006.
1
Saghatelian, A. et al. Nature Chem. Biol. 2005, 1, 130.
2
(a) López-Rodríguez M. L. et al. J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 2548. (b) López-Rodríguez M. L. et al. J.
Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 4216.
3
(a) Jaiswal, J. K. et al. Nature Chem. Biol. 2007, 2, 92. (b) Saghatelian, A. et al. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. U.S.A. 2004, 101, 10000. (c) Salisbury, C. M. et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2007, 104,
1171.
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P-104
DISEÑO, SÍNTESIS Y ACTIVIDAD BIOLÓGICA DE

ESPIRODERIVADOS INHIBIDORES DE RHO-KINASAS
Isabel Sánchez,a Manel Romero,a Daniel-Henry Caignard,b Pierre Renard,b

Maria Dolors Pujola
Laboratori de Química Farmacèutica. Facultat de Farmàcia. Universitat de Barcelona Av.

Diagonal 643. 08028-Barcelona (Espanya)
La Rho-quinasa desempeña un papel importante en la regulación de la presión

arterial y en la contracción de la musculatura lisa vascular. Diversos agonistas de
los receptores acoplados a la proteína G de la membrana celular como, por
ejemplo, la angiotensina II activan la Rho, que acaba activando la Rho-quinasa.1-2
Al activarse Rho-cinasa por Rho se fosforila la fosfatasa de la cadena ligera de

miosina, con lo cual esta fosfatasa es inhibida favoreciendo la contracción de las
células musculares lisas vasculares, la formación de fibras de estrés y la migración
celular. Así, la activación de Rho y de Rho-quinasa tiene efectos importantes en
diversas enfermedades cardiovasculares.
CH3
O NHR2 O HO
R1-N R1-N R1-N O +
O O HO
En este trabajo se presentará la síntesis i los resultados de la actividad biológica

de una serie de nuevos inhibidores de la Rho-quinasa con estructura de
espirobenzodioxolo-piperidina.
Los inhibidores de esta vía son de utilidad para el tratamiento de las
enfermedades cardiovasculares (y otras no cardiovasculares) entre ellas la
hipertensión arterial, la hipertensión pulmonar, el espasmo cerebral y coronario y
la disfunción eréctil.
Agradecimientos: A la Universidad de Barcelona por la Ayuda ACES-2006 y ACES-2007.
1
Hu, E.; Lee, D. Curr. Opin. Investig. Drugs. 2003, 4, 1065.
2
Wehrwein, E. A.; Morthcott, C. A.; Loberg, R.D.; Watts, S. W. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.
2004, 309, 1011.
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HYBRIDS INDOLOQUINOLIZIDINE-PEPTIDE AS DUAL LIGANDS

FOR DOPAMINE AND ADENOSINE RECEPTORS
Marc Vendrell,a Aroa Soriano,b Rodolfo Lavilla,c Vicent Casadó,b Carme

Lluis,b Rafael Franco,b Fernando Albericio,c Miriam Royoa
a
Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, 08028
Barcelona, Spain.
b
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular Neurobiology Unit,
University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
c
IRB Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
The application of a multiple ligand approach is a new trend in medicinal chemistry

and it is especially true for disorders in which the alteration of a single receptor is
therapeutically insufficient.1 A relevant example is Parkinson’s disease (PD), where
balanced modulation of dopamine and adenosine receptors showed promising
efficacy and fewer side effects than single-target dopamine treatments.2 Previous
satisfactory results based on the synthesis and evaluation of hybrids alkaloid-
peptide3 led to the design of novel indoloquinolizidine-peptide compounds (1) as
multiple ligands for both dopamine and adenosine receptors. In the present work,
we report the synthesis of indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidines (2) and its derivatization with
several tripeptides. The biological evaluation of 1 revealed their capacity to interact
selectively with some subtypes of dopamine (D1 and D2) and adenosine (A2A)
receptors, indicating that these molecules are useful tools to evaluate adenosine-
dopamine cross-talk mechanisms and to test the potential of multiple ligands in the
treatment of PD.
O O
N R1 N
N OH
N H H N H
NH O
H H
O R3
R2 HN
1 NH2 2
O
Acknowledgements. This work was partially supported by funds from CICYT (CTQ 2005-
0315 and BQU 2003-00089) and the Fundació La Marató de TV3 Grant
Marató/2001/012710 (R.F.). M.V. thanks the MECD (Spain) for a predoctoral fellowship.
1
Morphy, R.; Kay, C.; Rankovic, Z. Drug Discovery Today 2004, 9, 641-651.
2
Kanda, T.; Jackson, M.J.; Smith, L.A.; Pearce, R.K.B.; Nakamura, J.; Kase, H.; Kuwana, Y.; Jenner,
P. Experimental Neurology 2000, 162, 321-327
3
Vendrell, M.; Angulo, E.; Casadó, V.; Lluis, C.; Franco, R.; Albericio, F.; Royo, M. Journal of
Medicinal Chemistry, 2007, 50, 3062-3069.
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DESIGNED MULTIPLE LIGANDS:
PYRAZOLE CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES WITH CB1
CANNABINOID AND μ OPIOID PROPERTIES
Cristina Fernández-Fernándeza, Luis F. Calladob, Rocío Girónc, Eva Sánchezc,

Pilar Goyaa, J. Javier Meanab, M. Isabel Martínc, and Nadine Jagerovica.
a
Instituto de Química Médica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
b
Dpto de Farmacología, Universidad del País Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 48940,
Lejona, Vizcaya, Spain.
c
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Dpto Ciencias de la Salud,
Unidad de Farmacología. Avda Atenas s/n, 28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain.
The CB1 cannabinoid and μ opiod receptors are implicated in important

pharmacological responses and in several diseases like drug dependence and pain.
The interactions between both systems have been studied in detail.1 It has been shown
that both receptors are co-expressed in the same cells. Moreover, there are evidences
that they form heterodimers.2
Taking into account the state of the art, it was envisaged to design and study
multiple ligands which bind to both receptors. The new synthesized compounds3 are
structurally related to the opioid fentanyl and the cannabinoid rimonabant. The two
pharmacophoric parts are separated by aliphatic, cycloalkyl or aromatic linkers (Figure1).
Even though the CB1 receptor binding affinity of these compounds lies in
micromolar range, they showed potent inverse agonist activity. In [35S]GTPS binding
assays on membrane of post-morten human frontal cortex they were even more potent
than the reference compound rimonabant.
In vivo cannabinoid properties were characterized on the basis of behavioural
effects in mice using the cannabinoid tetrad assays. They showed ability to antagonize
the effects of the agonist WIN55212-2. The opioid properties were evaluated in hot
plate test. They acted as μ opioid antagonists.
Opioid and cannabinoid antagonist have already shown to be of interest in drug
dependence treatment. Therefore, the dual antagonism of the new compounds suggest
a therapeutical application for opiate dependent patients.
Me O
X COEt
Cl N N
H
N N
Cl N
CH2CH2 C6 H5
Cl
Figure 1
Acknowledgments: SAF 2006-13391-C03-02. C. F.-F.: is recipient of a postgraduate fellowship

from the CSIC (I3P–BPD2004).
1
Vigano, Rubino and Parolaro Molecular and cellular basis of cannabinoid and opioid interactions.
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 2005, 81, 360-368.
2
Christie Opioid and cannabinoid receptors: friends with benefits or just close friends? Br J Pharmacol
2006, 148, 385-386.
3
Jagerovic, N.; Fernandez Fernandez, C.; Goya Laza, P.; Callado Hernandeo, L. F.; Meana Martinez, J. J.
Pyrazolecarboxamide derivatives, method of obtaining same and use thereof an inverse angonist/agonist
of cannabinoid CB1 and opioid μ receptor. Patent WO2007028849.
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ESTUDIO FARMACOLÓGICO DE LAS OXIMAS, SÍNTESIS Y

CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LA 1,2-CICLOPENTANONAMONOXIMA
(b) Y 1,2- CICLOPENTANODIOXIMA (c)
C. Manteca-Diego, J. Doménech y S. Doménech
Escuela de Ingeniería Técnica Aeronáutica. Dpto “Técnicas Especiales Aplicadas a la Aeronáutica.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Pza de Cardenal Cisneros Nº 3 Madrid 28040 (España)
e-mail: Consolación.Manteca@upm.es
Las oximas tienen actividad farmacológica de enorme interés, sustancias como la

bifenilcarbaldehido oxima presenta una enorme selectividad por el receptor estrógeno
(ER)1. Se ha probado la eficacia de Milbemicinoxima administrada en combinación
con Praziquantel contra el deterioro cardiaco inducido experimentalmente en gatos
infectados con Dirofilaria Immitis. Se han obtenido derivados de oximas y se ha
estudiado su capacidad para inhibir la serotonina (SERT) y dopamina (DAT)
transportadores especificos a nivel de la corteza de los conejos y las membranas
estriadas respectivamente. Se ha realizado síntesis de dioximas por ultrasonido y
transferencia de fase catalizada 2
Esquema de obtención de las oximas (b) y (c)
ĺ (b) ĺ (c)
2-carbetoxiciclopentanona (a)
Tabla I Caracterización espectroscópica
1
H-RMN G > ppm a partir de las bandas del agua (b) y (c)@
13
C-RMN ( į, ppm a partir del TMS)
-CH2-CH2- 2.50 Compleja ------- 8.7 4

b
-CH2- 1.61 Compleja ------- 4.2 2
-CH2-CH2- 2.30 Triplete ------- 2.40 4
c
-CH2- 1.10 Quíntuple te ------- 1.30 2
Calculado Experimental
Piridina DMSO
(c) C-1 157.70 157.67 158.04
C-2 25.04 28.05 28.63
C-3 24.00 20.46 21.07
1
Yanga,C.; Edsall, R.; et al . Parasitology, 2004, 122(4), 287-292
2
Ji-Tai Li and Xiao-Liang Li. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2007, 14 ( 6), 677-679
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SYNTHESIS OF UNNATURAL AMINO ACIDS
Juan A. Gallardo, Alicia Boto, Dácil Hernández, and Rosendo Hernández
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco

Sánchez 3, 38206-La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Non-proteinogenic amino acids are important building blocks in the synthesis of

alkaloids, peptides, and other biologically active products. 1 Thus, they are
components of glycopeptide and E-lactam antibiotics, glutamate antagonists, and
other drugs. Besides, these amino acids have been incorporated into peptides to
modulate their activity, and to improve their hydrolytic stability or bioavailability. As
a result, the methods to prepare these amino acids have deserved much interest.
We report here an efficient route which allows the direct conversion of serine
derivatives 1 into unnatural amino acids, such as 24. The application of this
reaction to the synthesis of bioactive products will be discussed.
O
H
N
Bz OMe
OH
1
One-pot scissionalkylation or
scissionarylation O
H
N
Bz OMe
O O
H H
N N
Bz OMe Bz OMe
O
N N
O O
O O
2 3 4
43% 80% 59%
Acknowledgments. This work was supported by the Investigation Programs PPQ2000-

0728 and PPQ2003-01379 (Plan Nacional de I + D, MEC), and 2004-8-0E211 (Proyecto
Intramural del CSIC). We also acknowledge financial support from FEDER funds. J.A.G.
thanks the Consejería de Industria del Gobierno de Canarias and CSIC for a contract.
1
(a) Pace, J. L.; Yang, G. Biochem. Pharmacol. 2006, 71, 968980. (b) Bridges, R. J.; Esselinger, C.
S. Pharmacol. Therap. 2005, 107, 271-285. (b) Van Bambeke, F. Curr. Opin. Pharmacol. 2004, 4,
471478. (c) Johansen, T. N.; Greenwood, J. R.; Frydenvang, K.; Madsen, U.; Krogsgaard-Larsen, P.
Chirality, 2003, 15, 167179. (d) Beck, G. Synlett 2002, 837–850. (e) Nájera, C. Synlett 2002,
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Abarca González, Belén P-94
belen.abarca@uv.es
Abeijón Martínez, Paula P-39
qotuca@usc.es
Alcaide Alañón, Benito P-47
alcaideb@quim.ucm.es
Alcudia González, Felipe P-97, P-100
falcudia@us.es
Aldaba Arévalo, Eneko O-7, P-11
eneko.aldaba@ikerchem.com
Alemán López, Pedro A. P-73, P-74, P-76, P-77,
paleman@uch.ceu.es P-88, P-95
Alemparte Gallardo, Carlos
carlos.g.alemparte@gsk.com
Alonso Cascón, Mercedes
malonso@neuropharma.es
Alonso Hernández, Dulce Mª P-13
dalonsoh@quim.ucm.es
Alonso Sousa, Nerea P-51, P-52
nereaalonsosousa@hotmail.com
Alvarado Narváez, Mario
qomhan@usc.es
Ancizu Pérez de Ciriza, Saioa P-20, P-32, P-33, P-34,
cifa@unav.es P-96
Andrés Gil, José Ignacio
jandres@prdes.jnj.com
Andreu Martínez, David P-4, P-38, P-62, P-89
david.andreu@upf.edu
Antón Fos, Gerardo M. P-73, P-74, P-76, P-77
ganton@uch.ceu.es P-87, P-88, P-95
Aranda Fernández-Nespral, Reyes P-83
raranda@usc.es
Arribas Mocoroa, Enrique Mª
enrique.m.arribas@gsk.com
Asensio Aguilar, Gregorio CI-16
gregorio.asensio@uv.es
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Avendaño López, Carmen P-31, P-59
avendano@farm.ucm.es
Baeza García, José Luis P-38
josebaezagarcia@yahoo.es
Barceló Caldas, María P-81
mbarcelo@usc.es
Barriobero Neila, José Ignacio
jibarrio@quim.ucm.es
Bello Iglesias, Tamara O-7
tamarabelloiglesias@yahoo.es
Benhamú Salama, Bellinda P-13, P-14, P-84, P-103
bellinda.benhamu@quim.ucm.es
Berrade Urbano, Luis P-16, P-79
cifa@unav.es
Berzal Herranz, Alfredo P-42
aberzalh@ipb.csic.es
Botet Rodríguez, Javier CI-5
jbotet@usal.es
Boto Castro, Alicia P-40, P-41, P-61, P-108
alicia@ipna.csic.es
Burguete Pérez, Asunción P-20, P-32, P-33, P-34,
cifa@unav.es P-96
Cabrera Cedrés, Mauricio Andrés P-68, P-69
macabrera@fcien.edu.uy
Caltabiano, Gianluigi
gianluigicaltabiano@gmail.com
Camarasa Rius, Mª José O-4, P-2, P-5, P-8, P-10,
mj.camarasa@iqm.csic.es P-17, P-18, P-21, P-22
Campillo Grau, Mercedes P-13, P-14, P-98
Mercedes.Campillo@uab.es
Campos Rosa, Joaquín Mª O-2, P-23
jmcampos@ugr.es
Canals Naylor, Daniel P-54
dcnqob@cid.csic.es
Carlomagno, Teresa CI-2
taco@nmr.mpibpc.mpg.de
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Casabona Agudo, Diego P-49, P-50
dcasabon@unizar.es
Casanova Malpica, Elena O-4, P-17
ecasanova@iqm.csic.es
del Castillo Nieto, Juan Carlos P-62
juancarlos.delcastillo@lacer.es
Castro Morera, Ana P-70
acastro@neuropharma.es
Cativiela Marín, Carlos P-4, P-48, P-49, P-50
cativiela@unizar.es
Ceras Arrese, Javier P-28, P-29, P-30
cifa@unav.es
Chávez Ramos, Mª Ángeles
marianchavezramos@gmail.com
Chicharro Martín, Roberto P-103
rchicharro@iqog.csic.es
Cirauqui Díaz, Nuria P-28, P-29, P-30
cifa@unav.es
Cisneros Trigo, José Antonio O-1
jacisneros@quim.ucm.es
Conde Ruzafa, Santiago P-85
sconde@iqm.csic.es
Correia Pinto Carvalho de Matos, Mª João P-64
mariacmatos@gmail.com
Cossío Mora, Fernando O-7, P-1, P-11
fp.cossio@ehu.es
de la Cuesta Elósegui, Elena P-59
ecuestae@farm.ucm.es
Cumella Montánchez, José Mª
working_jose@hotmail.com
Delgado Cirilo, Antonio P-54, P-57, P-58
adelgado@cid.csic.es
Deupí i Corral, Xavier O-8
Xavier.Deupi@uab.cat
Díaz González, Raquel P-42
dgraquel@ipb.csic.es
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Díez Pascual, Anna P-6
adiez@pcb.ub.es
Díez Torrubia, Alberto P-2
adtorrubia@hotmail.com
Dinarès Milà, Immaculada P-24, P-26, P-27
idinares@ub.edu
Dodero Bendaña, Verónica Isabel P-103
vdodero@iqog.csic.es
Dorronsoro Díaz, Isabel
idorronsoro@neuropharma.es
Duart Duart, Mª José P-73, P-76, P-77, P-87,
mjduart@umh.es P-88, P-95
Etayo Pérez, Pablo P-55, P-56
petayo@unizar.es
Expósito Castro, Ángeles P-70
maexposito@neuropharma.es
Fall Diop, Yagamare P-90, P-91
yagamare@uvigo.es
Familiar Silva, Olga O-4, P-21, P-22
olga.familiar@iqm.csic.es
Fdez de la Pradilla Sainz de Aja, Roberto P-19, P-103
iqofp19@iqog.csic.es
Fernández Menéndez, Raquel
raquel.m.fernandez@gsk.com
Fernández Fernández, Cristina P-106
cfdezfdez@iqm.csic.es
Fernández Gadea, Francisco Javier
jfernan0@prdes.jnj.com
Fernández González, Franco O-3, P-39, P-52, P-60
qofranco@usc.es
Fernández Hernández, Manuel Alejandro
maferna1@prdes.jnj.com
Fernández Masaguer, Christian P-82, P-83
qojcfm@usc.es
Fiandor Román, José Mª
jose.m.fiandor@gsk.com
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Gago Badenas, Federico O-4, P-18, P-22
federico.gago@uah.es
Galiano Ruiz, Silvia P-28, P-29, P-30
cifa@unav.es
Gallardo Naranjo, Juan Antonio P-108
gallardo@ipna.csic.es
Gallo Mezo, Miguel Ángel O-2, P-23
magallo@ugr.es
García Csákÿ, Aurelio P-7
csaky@quim.ucm.es
García García-Porrero, Ángela
agarciag@prdes.jnj.com
García López, Mª Teresa P-36, P-37, P-38
iqmgl37@iqm.csic.es
García-Echeverría, Carlos CI-4
echeverria@novartis.com
Gil Ayuso-Gontán, Carmen P-71, P-72
cgil@iqm.csic.es
Gil Idoate, Mª José P-78
mjg@unavarra.es
Gómez de la Oliva, Cristina
c.gomezoliva@iqm.csic.es
Gómez de las Heras, Federico CI-3
federico.m.gomez-de-las-heras@gsk.com
González García, Rosario CI-13
gonzalez_rosario@lilly.com
González Bulnes, Patricia P-53
pgbqob@cid.csic.es
González Muñiz, Rosario P-15, P-37, P-38
iqmg313@iqm.csic.es
González Muñoz, Gema Cristina P-85
gemagonm@hotmail.com
Goya Laza, Pilar P-106
iqmg310@iqm.csic.es
Gradillas Nicolás, Ana P-35, P-93
gradini@ceu.es
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Grandas Sagarra, Anna CI-9
anna.grandas@ub.edu
Guardia Álvarez, Ana
ana.a.guardia@gsk.com
Guzmán Pastor, Manuel CI-1
mgp@bbm1.ucm.es
Harrak Serafi, Youssef P-57
yhsqob@cid.csic.es
Hernández Mesa, Dácil P-40, P-41, P-108
dacil@ipna.csic.es
Hernández Gay, José Juan O-12
jjherga@cib.csic.es
Hernando García, Juan P-45
juan.hernando@uah.es
Herranz Herranz, Rosario P-36
rosario@iqm.csic.es
Imperial Ródenas, Santiago P-102
simperial@ub.edu
Jagerovic, Nadine P-106
nadine@iqm.csic.es
Jiménez Bargueño, Dolores
maria.jimenez@sanofi-aventis.com
Jiménez Castells, Carmen P-89
carmen.jimenez@upf.edu
Jiménez Pérez, Azucena P-101
azujp@hotmail.com
Jiménez Barbero, Jesús O-12, P-65
jjbarbero@cib.csic.es
Jimeno Herranz, Mª Luisa P-17
may@cenquior.csic.es
Kessler, Horst CP-1
kessler@ch.tum.de
León Martínez, Rafael P-92
rafael.leon@uam.es
Liskamp, Rob CP-2
R.M.J.Liskamp@pharm.uu.nl
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López Barneo, José CI-6
lbarneo@us.es
López Cobeñas, Alberto Enrique P-31
albenlopcob@yahoo.es
López de Uralde Garmendia, Beatriz P-75
lopez_beatriz@lilly.com
López Iglesias, Beatriz P-63, P-85
beatrizli@iqm.csic.es
López Martínez, Carlos
clopez@pcb.ub.es
López Rodríguez, Mª Luz O-1, P-12, P-13, P-14
mluzlr@quim.ucm.es P-84, P-103
López Roldán, Patricia P-6
plopez@pcb.ub.es
Luxen, André CI-10
aluxen@ulg.ac.be
Mancha Seguí, Gisela
gisela.mancha@uv.es
Manteca Diego, Consolación P-107
consolacion.manteca@upm.es
Marquina Ortega, Ana
amarquina@itfsp.com
Martín Couce, Lidia P-12
martincouce@hotmail.com
Martín Martínez, Mercedes P-38
mercedes@iqm.csic.es
Martín Santamaría, Sonsoles O-13
smar.fcex@ceu.es
Martínez Gil, Ana CI-7, P-70
amartinez@neuropharma.es
Martín-Fontecha Corrales, Mar P-12, P-13, P-103
marfont@opt.ucm.es
Mas Pons, Jordi
jmas@pcb.ub.es
Mascagni, Paolo CI-12
P.MASCAGNI@italfarmaco.com
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Matesanz Ballesteros, Encarnación
ematesan@prdes.jnj.com
Matía Martín, Mª Paz P-45, P-46
paz.matia@uah.es
Medina Muñoz, Rocío Almudena P-14
rocioalmu@hotmail.com
Merlino Mellognio, Alicia Beatriz P-66, P-67, P-68
amerlino@adinet.com.uy
Mesquida Estévez, Mª Neus P-24, P-25, P-27
neusmesquida@ub.edu
Messeguer Peypoc, Ángel P-3
ampqob@iiqab.csic.es
Molero Milán, Anabel P-9
amolero@pcb.ub.es
Molina Orden, Mª Teresa P-99
mtmolina@iqm.csic.es
Mollar Borràs, Cristian
crismobo1977@hotmail.com
Moscoso del Prado, Jaime
jmoscoso@itfsp.com
Mosquera Pestaña, Ramón
mosquera@faes.es
Moure Fernández, Mª Alejandra P-3
amfqob@iiqab.csic.es
Navarro Reguero, Cristina P-7
crisnare@hotmail.com
Opacic, Jessica P-14, P-98
jessica@sallander.com
Orjales Venero, Aurelio CI-8
aorjales@faes.es
Ortega Gutiérrez, Silvia O-1, O-9, P-12, P-84,
siortega@quim.ucm.es P-103
Ortega Martínez, Raquel P-82
rortegam@usc.es
Ortín Remón, Irene P-59
ireneortin@hotmail.com
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Otaegui Ansa, Dorleta
doro_dorleta@hotmail.com
Pardo Carrasco, Leonardo CI-15, O-8, P-13, P-14,
Leonardo.Pardo@uab.es P-98
de Pascual-Teresa Fernández, Beatriz O-13, P-86
bpaster@ceu.es
Pérez García, Arancha
arancha.g.perez@gsk.com
Pérez Castro, Isabel O-3, P-60
isispc@usc.es
Pérez de Vega, Mª Jesús P-15
pdevega@iqm.csic.es
Pérez Faginas, Paula P-37
paulapfaginas@hotmail.com
Pérez López, Ana Mª O-6
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Presidenta: Mª Luz López Rodríguez (UCM)

Felipe Alcudia González (U. Sevilla)

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Centro de convenciones y congresos Euroforum Infantes

Secretaría del Congreso

Departamento de Química Orgánica I

Secretaría del Congreso del 11 al 14 de septiembre de 2007

Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia

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Martes, 11 de septiembre de 2007

15:30-17:30 Recogida de documentación en la Secretaría del Congreso, en

17:30-19:30 Acto de apertura del Congreso

Miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2007

9:00-9:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-1)

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11:00-11:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-4)

Sesión de tarde Moderadores: Dr. F. Alcudia, Dra. P. Goya

15:00-16:00 Sesión de pósteres

16:00-16:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-6)

17:30 Visita al Monasterio de El Escorial

Jueves, 13 de septiembre de 2007

Sesión de mañana Moderadores: Dr. F. Fernández, Dr. C. Puig

9:00-9:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-7)

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11:00-11:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-10)

Sesión de tarde Moderadores: Dra. A. Díez, Dra. A. Marquina

15:00-16:00 Sesión de pósteres

16:00-16:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-12)

20:30 Cena de clausura en el Club de Golf La Herrería

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Sesión de mañana Moderadores: Dr. F. Gago, Dr. J. Quintana

10:00-10:30 Conferencia invitada (CI-14)

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12:30-13:30 Conferencia plenaria de clausura (CP-2)

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Horst Kessler was born in Suhl (Thuringia) Germany in 1940. He studied

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MODIFIED SELECTIVE INTEGRIN LIGANDS FOR

Cell adhesion is mediated via the cellular bidirectional receptors integrins.

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DENDRIMERS AND CLICK CHEMISTRY IN THE DESIGN AND

The powerful spectrum of chemical synthesis ranges from the synthesis of

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CANNABINOIDS AS POTENTIAL ANTI-TUMOUR

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STRUCTURAL BASIS OF LIGAND ACTIVITY STUDIED BY NMR

In structural based drug design knowledge of the orientation of the ligand in

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FEDERICO GÓMEZ DE LAS HERAS

Federico Gómez de las Heras es Doctor en Ciencias Químicas por la