Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 498-506.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202109003 Previous Articles     Next Articles

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基于DIC/Oxyma的蜘蛛毒素多肽GsMTx4的高效合成及活性评价

马艳楠a, 刘雅妮a, 王金艳a, 陈西同a, 尹昊a, 迟巧娜b, 贾世玺b, 杜姗姗b,c, 齐昀坤a,c,*(), 王克威a,c   

  1. a 青岛大学药学院 山东青岛 266073
    b 青岛科技大学化工学院 山东青岛 266042
    c 青岛大学创新药物研究院 山东青岛 266021
  • 收稿日期:2021-09-01 修回日期:2021-09-21 发布日期:2022-02-24
  • 通讯作者: 齐昀坤
  • 作者简介:
    共同第一作者
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(21807063); 国家自然科学基金(82003647); 国家自然科学基金(22177058); 中国博士后科学基金(2019M652307); 中国博士后科学基金(2020T130332); 山东省自然科学基金(ZR2019BH045); 山东省自然科学基金(ZR2020QH100)

DIC/Oxyma Based Efficient Synthesis and Activity Evaluation of Spider Peptide Toxin GsMTx4

Yannan Maa, Ya'ni Liua, Jinyan Wanga, Xitong Chena, Hao Yina, Qiaona Chib, Shixi Jiab, Shanshan Dub,c, Yunkun Qia,c(), Kewei Wanga,c   

  1. a School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266073
    b College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042
    c Institute of Innovative Drugs, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266021
  • Received:2021-09-01 Revised:2021-09-21 Published:2022-02-24
  • Contact: Yunkun Qi
  • About author:
    These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(21807063); National Natural Science Foundation of China(82003647); National Natural Science Foundation of China(22177058); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M652307); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020T130332); Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2019BH045); Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2020QH100)

Coupling reagents mediate the formation of amide bonds and play a key role in solid phase peptide synthesis. The novel N,N-diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC)/ethyl cyanoglyoxylate-2-oxime (Oxyma) condensation system has the advantages of low cost, operational safety, higher coupling efficiency and lower rate of racemization. The DIC/Oxyma condensation system has been widely used in manual and automated synthesis of peptides. However, the ideal reaction ratio in DIC/Oxyma condensation system at mild reaction temperature remains to be further investigated. GsMTx4 is a cysteine rich peptide toxin identified from the venom of Grammostola spatulata spider, which consists of 34 amino acid residues and three pairs of disulfide bonds. GsMTx4 is the only inhibitor specifically targeting piezo channel, which is a multifunctional mechanically sensitive cation channel and associated with a variety of hereditary diseases. Herein, the synthetic efficiencies of different reaction ratios of DIC and Oxyma at moderate reaction temperature were systematically evaluated. The efficiency and robustness of DIC/Oxyma condensation system were validated by the rapid manual synthesis of linear GsMTx4. The one-step oxidative folding strategy was applied for the construction of three pairs of disulfide bridges, affording the active GsMTx4. The circular dichroism and patch-clamp electrophysiology tests were conducted to evaluate the structure and activity of synthetic GsMTx4. In summary, a fast, robust and safe synthetic method based on DIC/Oxyma is established, which is particularly useful for the manual synthesis of peptides.

Key words: DIC, Oxyma, solid phase peptide synthesis, disulfide bond, oxidative folding, GsMTx4, peptide toxin