Synthesis of constrained peptidomimetics for therapeutic, diagnostic and theranostic applications

Greco, Arianna (2015) Synthesis of constrained peptidomimetics for therapeutic, diagnostic and theranostic applications , [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Chimica, 27 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/7028.
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Abstract

This thesis work deals, principally, with the development of different chemical protocols ranging from environmental sustainability peptide synthesis to asymmetric synthesis of modified tryptophans to a series of straightforward procedures for constraining peptide backbones without the need for a pre-formed scaffold. Much efforts have been dedicated to the structural analysis in a biomimetic environment, fundamental for predicting the in vivo conformation of compounds, as well as for giving a rationale to the experimentally determined bioactivity. The conformational analyses in solution has been done mostly by NMR (2D gCosy, Roesy, VT, titration experiments, molecular dynamics, etc.), FT-IR and ECD spectroscopy. As a practical application, 3D rigid scaffolds have been employed for the synthesis of biological active compounds based on peptidomimetic and retro-mimetic structures. These mimics have been investigated for their potential as antiflammatory agents and actually the results obtained are very promising. Moreover, the synthesis of Amo ring permitted the development of an alternative high effective synthetic pathway for obtaining Linezolid antibiotic. The final section is, instead, dedicated to the construction of a new biosensor based on zeolite L SAMs functionalized with the integrin ligand c[RGDfK], that has showed high efficiency for the selective detection of tumor cells. Such kind of sensor could, in fact, enable the convenient, non-invasive detection and diagnosis of cancer in early stages, from a few drops of a patient's blood or other biological fluids. In conclusion, the researches described herein demonstrate that the peptidomimetic approach to 3D definite structures, allows unambiguous investigation of the structure-activity relationships, giving an access to a wide range bioactive compounds of pharmaceutical interest to use not only as potential drugs but also for diagnostic and theranostic applications.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Greco, Arianna
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze chimiche
Ciclo
27
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
PEG resin; SPPS; N-carboxyanhydride; microwave; integrin; c[RGDfK]; zeolites; monolayers ; dehydroamino acids; tryptophan; Friedel-Crafts alkylation; Peptidomimetics; Freidinger lactams; Conformation analysis; b-amino acids; turn; 5-aminomethyloxazolidin-2,4-dione; oxazolidin-2-one; imidazolidin-2-one; Linezolid; retro sequences; b2-proline;
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/7028
Data di discussione
9 Aprile 2015
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