Effect of a Bromo Substituent on the Glutathione Peroxidase Activity of a Pyridoxine-like Diselenide

• In search for better mimics of the glutathioneperoxidase enzymes, pyridoxine-like diselenides 6 and 11,carrying a 6-bromo substituent, were prepared. Reaction of2,6-dibromo-3-pyridinol 5 with sodium diselenide provided 6via aromatic nucleophilic substitution of the 2-bromosubstituent. LiAlH4 caused reduction of all four ester groupsand returned 11 after acidic workup. The X-ray structure of 6showed that the dipyridyl diselenide moiety was kept in analmost planar, transoid conformation. According to NBOanalysis,this was due to weak intramolecular Se···O (1.1 kcal/mol) and Se···N-interactions (2.5 kcal/mol). That the 6-bromo substituent increased the positive charge on seleniumwas confirmed by NPA-analysis and seen in calculated andobserved 77Se NMR-shifts. Diselenide 6 showed a more than 3-fold higher reactivity than the corresponding des-bromocompound 3a and ebselen when evaluated in the coupled reductase assay. Experiments followed for longer time (2 h) confirmedthat diselenide 6 is a better GPx-catalyst than 11. On the basis of 77Se-NMR experiments, a catalytic mechanism for diselenide 6was proposed involving selenol, selenosulfide and seleninic acid intermediates. At low concentration (10 μM) where it showedonly minimal toxicity, it could scavenge ROS produced by MNC- and PMNC-cells more efficiently than Trolox.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Kemi med inriktning mot organisk kemi

Chemistry with specialization in Organic Chemistry

Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot materialvetenskap

Engineering Science with specialization in Materials Science

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