In Planta, In Vitro and In Silico Studies of Chiral N6-Benzyladenine Derivatives: Discovery of Receptor-Specific S-Enantiomers with Cytokinin or Anticytokinin Activities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Chemical Synthesis
2.1.1. Synthesis of N6-Alkyladenines
2.1.2. Synthesis of Ribonucleosides
2.1.3. Synthesis of AdoBOM and AdeBOM
2.2. Study of the Biological Activity of the Chiral Compounds
2.2.1. Cytokinin Activity of Compounds in Arabidopsis Bioassays
2.2.2. Anticytokinin Activity of Compounds in Arabidopsis Bioassay
2.2.3. (Anti)Cytokinin Binding Assay
3. Molecular Modeling and Docking
3.1. In Silico Study of the Interaction of Chiral BA Derivatives with Cytokinin Receptors
3.2. Difference between R- and S-Derivative Binding in Molecular Dynamics Simulation
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Chemical Synthesis
4.1.1. General
4.1.2. Synthesis of N6-Alkyladenines
4.1.3. Synthesis of Ribonucleosides
4.1.4. Synthesis of AdoBOM and AdeBOM
4.2. Plant-Based Methods
4.2.1. Cytokinin and Anticytokinin Activity Assay
4.2.2. Histochemical Determination of GUS Activity
4.2.3. Expression of Cytokinin Receptor Genes and Membrane Fraction Isolation
4.2.4. Cytokinin Binding Assay
4.2.5. Statistical Analysis
4.3. Computational Methods
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Compound | Chemical Name | Chirality | N9-Substituent (X) | C2-Substituent (Y) |
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Nucleobases | ||||
5a | N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | R | H | H |
6a | 2-fluoro,N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | R | H | F |
7a | 2-chloro,N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | R | H | Cl |
8a | 2-amino,N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | R | H | NH2 |
5b | N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | S | H | H |
6b | 2-fluoro,N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | S | H | F |
7b | 2-chloro,N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | S | H | Cl |
8b | 2-amino,N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenine | S | H | NH2 |
Ribonucleosides | ||||
12a | N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | R | Rib | H |
13a | 2-fluoro,N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | R | Rib | F |
14a | 2-chloro,N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | R | Rib | Cl |
16a | 2-amino, N6-((R)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | R | Rib | NH2 |
12b | N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | S | Rib | H |
13b | 2-fluoro,N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | S | Rib | F |
14b | 2-chloro,N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | S | Rib | Cl |
16b | 2-amino,N6-((S)-α-methylbenzyl) adenosine | S | Rib | NH2 |
Derivative Number | АНК2 | АНК3 | CRE1/АНК4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
S-nucleobases | 5b | 71.3 ± 5.1 | 107.6 ± 11.5 | 43.0 ±5,5 |
6b | 116.5 ± 10.5 | 122.3 ± 2.8 | 93.7 ± 4.2 | |
7b | 105.0 ± 6.0 | 111.5 ± 4.8 | 100.3 ± 2.5 | |
8b | 9.8 ± 4.8 | 79.5 ± 9.0 | 38.5 ± 7.7 | |
12a | 89.1 ± 12.6 | 74.4 ± 7.7 | 142.5 ± 8.1 | |
R-ribonucleosides | 13a | 86.1 ± 2.6 | 95.2 ± 7.6 | 101.2 ± 11.1 |
14a | 105.3 ± 2.6 | 79.8 ± 3.5 | 109.2 ± 13.2 | |
16a | 47.3 ± 5.4 | 26.6 ± 2.8 | 48.6 ± 2.6 | |
S-ribonucleosides | 12b | 9.5 ± 2.6 | 71.9 ± 8.3 | 0.0 ± 2.6 |
13b | 0.4 ± 3.6 | 61.0 ± 3.5 | 0.0 ± 2.7 | |
14b | 1.3 ± 3.7 | 84.3 ± 10.1 | 0.0 ± 2.5 | |
16b | 8.5 ± 2.2 | 77.8 ± 12.9 | 0.0 ± 5.4 |
Derivative Number | АНК2 | АНК3 | CRE1/АНК4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
S-nucleobases | 5b | 124.5 ± 3.9 | 129.3 ± 4.8 | 162.5 ± 10.1 |
8b | 136.80 ± 4.4 | 140.5 ± 9.0 | 136.7 ± 19.0 | |
R-ribonucleosides | 12a | 197.5 ± 5.2 | 240.6 ± 2.9 | 212.7 ± 6.1 |
16a | 126.8 ± 10.4 | 108.4 ± 11.4 | 112.5 ± 6.7 | |
S-ribonucleosides | 12b | 64.6 ± 2.5 | 152.1 ± 6.1 | 60.9 ± 8.6 |
13b | 102.9 ± 3.8 | n/d * | 110.6 ± 3.4 | |
14b | 116.7 ± 15.7 | n/d * | 126.4 ± 11.5 | |
16b | 109.8 ± 5.3 | 124.6 ± 11.0 | 64.8 ± 4.5 |
Derivative Number | АНК2 | АНК3 | CRE1/AHK4 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 µM | 50 µM | 1 µM | 50 µM | 1 µM | 50 µM | ||
R-nucleobases | 5a | 88.9 ± 0.5 | n/d * | 97.7 ± 1.0 | n/d * | 87.7 ± 1.0 | n/d * |
6a | 92.1 ± 1.0 | n/d * | 99.8 ± 1.5 | n/d * | 97.2 ± 0.9 | n/d * | |
7a | 42.6 ± 0.4 | n/d * | 88.9 ± 0.7 | n/d * | 74.1 ± 1.6 | n/d * | |
8a | 58.8 ± 1.3 | n/d * | 54.7 ± 1.1 | n/d * | 30.4 ± 1.0 | n/d * | |
S-nucleobases | 5b | 8.9 ± 4.9 | 48.2 ± 1.0 | 46.5 ± 2.2 | 97.0 ± 0.6 | 11.1 ± 1.4 | 48.6 ± 3.3 |
6b | 8.7 ± 0.9 | 84.7 ± 0.6 | 74.7 ± 1.7 | 99.7 ± 5.3 | 45.8 ± 0.3 | 98.4 ± 0.2 | |
7b | 3.1 ± 0.4 | 82.5 ± 0.7 | 80.6 ± 1.5 | 97.4 ± 2.6 | 37.1 ± 1.2 | 94.9 ± 0.1 | |
8b | 2.3 ± 3.7 | 28.0 ± 0.1 | 3.7 ± 0.1 | 85.4 ± 1.5 | 4.8 ± 0.5 | 70.4 ± 1.7 | |
R-ribonucleosides | 12a | 9.3 ± 0.6 | 16.3 ± 0.5 | 4.3 ±1.4 | 35.7 ± 0.9 | 10.7 ± 1.6 | 10.6 ± 1.8 |
13a | 2.6 ± 5.1 | 15.2 ± 2.0 | 26.9 ± 2.3 | 81.3 ± 6.1 | 0.5 ± 1.9 | 39.5 ±1.0 | |
14a | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 23.7 ± 3.2 | 3.5 ± 0.1 | 45.0 ± 7.7 | 3.2 ± 0.1 | 64.3 ± 1.2 | |
16a | 1.7 ± 2.9 | 11.2 ± 0.2 | 3.6 ± 2.9 | 38.8 ± 0.4 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 19.6 ± 2.8 | |
S-ribonucleosides | 12b | 9.9 ± 2.1 | 12.2 ± 1.2 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 8.3 ± 1.2 | 4.1 ± 1.5 | 4.0 ± 0.2 |
13b | 0.5 ± 1.7 | 0.2 ± 0.01 | 3.1 ± 5.8 | 40.9 ± 2.8 | 4.1 ± 2.6 | 2.9 ± 0.6 | |
14b | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 12.1 ± 8.4 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 4.3 ± 1.6 | |
16b | 3.4 ± 1.0 | 6.2 ± 0.1 | 8.6 ± 1.2 | 22.9 ± 1.8 | 2.9 ± 2.1 | 6.9 ± 3.5 |
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Savelieva, E.M.; Zenchenko, A.A.; Drenichev, M.S.; Kozlova, A.A.; Kurochkin, N.N.; Arkhipov, D.V.; Chizhov, A.O.; Oslovsky, V.E.; Romanov, G.A. In Planta, In Vitro and In Silico Studies of Chiral N6-Benzyladenine Derivatives: Discovery of Receptor-Specific S-Enantiomers with Cytokinin or Anticytokinin Activities. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 11334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911334
Savelieva EM, Zenchenko AA, Drenichev MS, Kozlova AA, Kurochkin NN, Arkhipov DV, Chizhov AO, Oslovsky VE, Romanov GA. In Planta, In Vitro and In Silico Studies of Chiral N6-Benzyladenine Derivatives: Discovery of Receptor-Specific S-Enantiomers with Cytokinin or Anticytokinin Activities. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(19):11334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911334
Chicago/Turabian StyleSavelieva, Ekaterina M., Anastasia A. Zenchenko, Mikhail S. Drenichev, Anna A. Kozlova, Nikolay N. Kurochkin, Dmitry V. Arkhipov, Alexander O. Chizhov, Vladimir E. Oslovsky, and Georgy A. Romanov. 2022. "In Planta, In Vitro and In Silico Studies of Chiral N6-Benzyladenine Derivatives: Discovery of Receptor-Specific S-Enantiomers with Cytokinin or Anticytokinin Activities" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 19: 11334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231911334