The dithiolopyrrolone (DTP) natural products contain a unique ene-disulfide that is essential for their antimicrobial and anticancer activities. The ene-disulfide in some DTPs is oxidized to a cyclic thiosulfonate, but it is unknown how the DTP thiosulfonates react with biomolecules. We studied the reactivity of the thiosulfonate derivative of the DTP holomycin, oxo-holomycin, and discovered a unique redox reaction: Oxo-holomycin is reduced to its parent disulfide, while oxidizing small molecule and protein thiols to disulfides. Our work reveals that the DTP core is a privileged scaffold that undergoes unusual redox chemistry. The redox chemistry of the DTP natural products may contribute to their mechanism of action.
Reducing Holomycin Thiosulfonate to its Disulfide with Thiols / A.N. Chan, W.J. Wever, E. Massolo, S.E. Allen, A. Bo Li. - In: CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY. - ISSN 0893-228X. - 32:3 (Special Issue)(2019 Mar), pp. 400-404. [10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00243]
Reducing Holomycin Thiosulfonate to its Disulfide with Thiols
E. Massolo;
2019
Abstract
The dithiolopyrrolone (DTP) natural products contain a unique ene-disulfide that is essential for their antimicrobial and anticancer activities. The ene-disulfide in some DTPs is oxidized to a cyclic thiosulfonate, but it is unknown how the DTP thiosulfonates react with biomolecules. We studied the reactivity of the thiosulfonate derivative of the DTP holomycin, oxo-holomycin, and discovered a unique redox reaction: Oxo-holomycin is reduced to its parent disulfide, while oxidizing small molecule and protein thiols to disulfides. Our work reveals that the DTP core is a privileged scaffold that undergoes unusual redox chemistry. The redox chemistry of the DTP natural products may contribute to their mechanism of action.
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