A modificação experimental para a síntese do MESG (2-amino-6-mercapto-7-metilpurina ribonucleosídeo) 1 foi realizada com sucesso e sua caracterização total apresentada. ESI(+)-MSMS em alta resolução foram realizados indicando que a clivagem nucleosídica como principal e um possível mecanismo S N 1. Cálculos ab initio baseados em estados de transição blueprint corroboram com a proposta de um mecanismo S N 1 e descartam a possibilidade de um mecanismo S N 2. Ensaios com a enzima purina nucleosídica fosforilase (PNP, tanto humana como de M. tuberculosis) indicam a eficiência do substrato na reação de fosforilação do MESG e permitem a determinação de fosfato inorgânico em tempo real em ensaios biológicos.A modified experimental procedure for the synthesis of MESG (2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine ribonucleoside) 1 has been successfully performed and its full characterization is presented. High resolution ESI(+)-MSMS indicates both the nucleoside bond cleavage as the main fragmentation in the gas phase and a possible S N 1 mechanism. Ab initio transition state calculations based on the blue print transition state support this mechanistic rationale and discard an alternative S N 2 mechanism. Assays using purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) enzyme (human and M. tuberculosis sources) indicate its efficiency in the phosphorolysis of MESG and allow the quantitative determination of inorganic phosphate in real time assay.
Keywords: MESG, PNP enzyme, ESI, tuberculosisIntroduction 2-Amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine ribonucleoside 1 (MESG) is a very important substrate for the continuous spectrophotometric assay of inorganic phosphate and for measuring phosphate release kinetics in biological systems.1 In addition, 1 has been employed in the discovery of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) enzyme inhibitors.2 It has been established that this molecule is an important substrate for PNP and the kinetics of its phosphorolysis (or hydrolysis) can be conveniently followed spectrophotometrically in the range of 355-360 nm (Scheme 1).3 The PNP-catalyzed phosphorolysis of the guanosine analogue MESG (l max = 330 nm at pH 7.6) releases the free base 2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine 2 (l max = 360 nm at pH 7.6). 1 has also been used to monitor the activities of several ATPases.
4PNP is an enzyme of great importance and plays a role in clinical medicine, 5 especially because this enzyme is associated with profound immunodeficiency in T-cell function. 6,7 Further interest in this enzyme has significantly increased since the discovery that the congenital absence of its activity causes T-cell impairment in human beings, though keeping normal levels of B-cells. 8 Human PNPSynthesis and Enzymatic Evaluation of the Guanosine Analogue 2-Amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 152 is therefore a target for the development of drugs to treat immunological disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disorders and multiple sclerosis, and T-cell proliferative disorders, such as organ transplant rejecti...