Biosynthesis of Isoprenoids Alan C. Spivey

Biosynthesis of Isoprenoids Alan C. Spivey

Biosynthesis – Inspiration for Drug Discovery Biosynthesis of Isoprenoids Alan C. Spivey [email protected] Dec 2008 Format & Scope of Lecture • What are isoprenoids? – n × C5 diversity: terpenes, steroids, carotenoids & natural rubber – ‘the isoprene rule’ – mevalonate pathway to IPP & DMAPP • Monoterpnes (C10) – regular (‘head-to-tail’) via geranyl pyrophosphate – apparently irregular ‘iridoids’ (e.g. seco-loganin) • Sesquiterpenes (C15) – farnesyl pyrophosphate derived metabolites • Diterpenes (C20) – taxol • Triterpenes (C30) – steroids (2,3-oxidosqualene → lanosterol → cholesterol → estrone) – ring-opened ‘steroids’: vitamin D2 & azadirachtin Isoprenoids • isoprenoids are widely distributed in the natural world – particularly prevalent in plants and least common in insects; >30,000 known – composed of integral numbers of C5 ‘isoprene’ units: • monoterpenes (C10); sesquiterpenes (C15); diterpenes (C20); sesterpenes (C25, rare); triterpenes (C30); carotenoids (C40) H O H OH O OH HO O OH thujone borneol lavandulol HO (C10) (C10) (C10) (Z)-α-bisabolene humulone (2x C ) 5 (C ) 15 H O O OH H n O 5 ISOPRENOIDS H artemisinin (C15) natural rubber (~10 x C5) O O OPP OPP OH O OH dimethylallyl isopentenyl pyrophosphate pyrophosphate HO OH (DMAPP) (IPP) euonyminol (C ) β-carotene (C40) 15 OH OH OH H H OH OH AcO O H OH Ph H O gibberellic acid (C20) (gibberellin A ) HH BzHN O HO 3 H CO H HO O 2 HO O HO cholesterol BzO AcO O (C27 but C30-derived) taxol (C20) Historical Perspective – ‘The Isoprenoid Rule’ • Early 1900s: – common structural feature of terpenes – integral # of C5 units – pyrolysis of many monoterpenes produced two moles of isoprene: 2x Δ 200°C isoprene (C5) α-pinene (C10) • 1940s: – biogenesis of terpenes attributed to oligomers of isoprene – ‘the isoprene rule’ • 1953: – Ruzicka proposes ‘the biogenetic isoprene rule’ to accomodate ‘irregular’ terpenoids: • i.e. that terpenes were derived from a number of biological equivalents of isoprene initially joined in a ‘head-to-tail’ manner & sometimes subsequently modified enzymatically to provide greater diversity of structure • 1964: – Nobel prize awarded to Bloch, Cornforth & Popjak for elucidation of biosynthetic pathway to cholesterol including the first steps: • acetate → mevalonate (MVA) → isopentenylpyrophosphate (IPP) & dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP) • 1993: – Rohmer, Sahm & Arigoni elucidate an additional pathway to IPP & DMAPP: • pyruvate + glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate → 1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate → IPP & DMAPP Primary Metabolism - Overview Primary metabolism Primary metabolites Secondary metabolites CO2 +H2O PHOTOSYNTHESIS 1) 'light reactions': hv -> ATP and NADPH 2) 'dark reactions': CO2 -> sugars (Calvin cycle) HO O oligosaccharides HOHO polysaccharides HO nucleic acids (RNA, DNA) OH glycolysis glucose & other 4,5,6 & 7 carbon sugars CO2 SHIKIMATE METABOLITES PO cinnamic acid derivatives CO2 aromatic compounds + HO HO OH lignans, flavinoids PO O OH OH phosphoenol pyruvate erythrose-4-phosphate shikimate ALKALOIDS aromatic amino acids peptides penicillins CO 2 proteins cephalosporins aliphatic amino acids cyclic peptides O pyruvate tetrapyrroles (porphyrins) Citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) saturated fatty acids FATTY ACIDS & POLYKETIDES SCoA SCoA unsaturated f atty acids prostaglandins lipids CO2 polyacetylenes O O aromatic compounds, polyphenols acetyl coenzyme A malonyl coenzyme A macrolides CoAS O HO ISOPRENOIDS terpenoids CO2 O HO steroids carotenoids acetoacetyl coenzyme A mevalonate Biosynthesis of Mevalonate • Mevalonate (MVA) is the first committed step of isoprenoid biosynthesis – this key 6-carbon metabolite is formed from three molecules of acetyl CoA via acetoacetyl CoA: Primary metabolism Secondary metabolism CO2 pyruvate GLYCOLYSIS O CoASH CO2 oxidative decarboxylation NAD NADH SCoA acetyl CoA CITRIC ACID CYCLE O SCoA acetyl CoA carboxylase O CO2 Claisen CoASH (biotin-dependent) carboxylation condensation CoAS O aldol O SCoA saturated fatty acids FATTY ACIDS & POLYKETIDES acetoacetyl CoA unsaturated fatty acids reaction CO2 prostaglandins then [R] O lipids polyacetylenes SCoA 2x CoASH malonyl CoA aromatic compounds, polyphenols 2x NADPH macrolides O 2x NADP HO ISOPRENOIDS CO2 terpenoids HO steroids mevalonate (MVA) carotenoids Biosynthesis of IPP & DMAPP - via Mevalonate • IPP & DMAPP are the key C5 precursors to all isoprenoids – the main pathway is via: acetyl CoA → acetoacetyl CoA → HMG CoA → mevalonate → IPP → DMAPP: HMG CoA reductase inhibitors - Statins • HMG CoA → MVA is the rate determining step in the biosynthetic pathway to cholesterol – 33 enzyme mediated steps are required to biosynthesise cholesterol from acetyl CoA & in principle the inhibition of any one of these will serve to break the chain. In practice, control rests with HMG-CoA reductase as the result of a variety of biochemical feedback mechanisms • ‘Statins’ inhibit HMG CoA reductase and are used clinically to treat hypercholesteraemia -a causative factor in heart disease – e.g. mevinolin (=lovastatin®, Merck) from Aspergillus terreus is a competitive inhibitior of HMG-CoA reductase HO CoAS HO CO2 NADPH Zn2 H CO2 HO R N O CoAS O CO2 H H HO O NADPH HMG CoA H2N NADP NADP mevalonate (MVA) OH CoASH OH CO2 HO H O OH O CO2 i 2 O Pr OH O OO O OH PhHN N LIPITOR in vivo Ph H F mevinolin (=lovastatin®) H H HO ACTIVE DRUG cholesterol PRO-DRUG mimic of tetrahedral intermediate NB. type I (iterative) PKS natural product in HMG reduction by NADPH Hemi-Terpenes – ‘Prenylated Alkaloids’ • DMAPP is an excellent alkylating agent • C5 units are frequently encountered as part of alkaloids (& shikimate metabolites) due to ‘late- stage’ alkylation by DMAPP – the transferred dimethyl allyl unit is often referred to as a ‘prenyl group’ – ‘normal prenylation’ – ‘SN2’-like alkylation; ‘reverse prenylation’ – ‘SN2’-like alkylation • e.g. lysergic acid (recall the ergot alkaloids) – a ‘normal prenylated’ alkaloid (with significant subsequent processing) • e.g. roquefortine – a ‘reverse prenylated’ alkaloid DMAPP histidine O H OPP OPP Me O HO N DMAPP H 'reverse' 'normal' H N prenylation NH prenylation 4 3 tyrosine N N tyrosine cf. SN2' N H cf. S 2 H O N N N N H H H roquefortine lysergic acid (blue cheese mould) (halucinogen) – review: R.M. Williams et al. ‘Biosynthesis of prenylated alkaloids derived from tryptophan’ Top. Curr. Chem. 2000, 209, 97-173 (DOI) Linear C5n ‘head-to-tail’ Pyrophosphates • head-to-tail C5 oligomers are the key precursors to isoprenoids – geranyl pyrophosphate (C10) is formed by SN1 alkylation of DMAPP by IPP → monoterpenes – farnesyl (C15) & geranylgeranyl (C20) pyrophosphates are formed by further SN1 alkylations with IPP: Monoterpenes – α-Terpinyl Cation Formation • geranyl pyrophosphate isomerises readily via an allylic cation to linalyl & neryl pyrophosphates – the leaving group abilty of pyrophosphate is enhanced by coordination to Mg2+ ions – all three pyrophosphates are substrates for cyclases via an α-terpinyl cation: OPP (E) O O Mg O P O P O O O gerenyl Mg pyrophosphate OPP linalyl pyrophosphate OPP (Z) OPP cyclase = MONOTERPENES (C10) OPP neryl pyrophosphate initial chiral centre α-terpinyl cation allylic cation intimate ion pair Monoterpenes – Fate of the α-Terpinyl Cation • The α-terpinyl cation undergoes a rich variety of further chemistry to give a diverse array of monoterpenes • Some important enzyme catalysed pathways are shown below – NB. intervention of Wagner-Meerwein 1,2-hydride- & 1,2-alkyl shifts limonene α-terpineol hydrolysis [O] trapping by PPO- H H OH OH OPP OPP O bornyl borneol camphor E1 elimination trapping with pyrophosphate a b water = c OPP OPP trapping by alkene H E elimination c 1 = d at 'red' carbon 1,2-alkyl shift c d (anti-Markovnikov) H e = camphene b trapping by alkene H2O at 'blue' carbon (Markovnikov) a α-terpinyl cation E1 elimination H d = H H = 1,2-hydride shift e = β-pinene H O H E1 elimination = = α-pinene H thujone Limonene & Carvone Chiroscience plc. (now Dow Inc.) 1. S-(-)-limonene (lemon) 4. R-(-)-carvone (spearmint) 2. R-(+)-limonene (orange) 5. S-(+)-carvone (caraway) 3. RS-(±)-limonene (pleasant) 6. RS-(±)-carvone (disgusting) Apparently Irregular Monoterpenes • Apparently irregular monoterpenes can also occur by non-cationic cyclisation of geranyl PP derivatives followed by extensive rearrangement – e.g. iridoids – named after Iridomyrmex ants but generally of plant origin and invariably glucosidated • e.g. seco-loganin (recall indole alkaloids) is a key component of strictosidine - precorsor to numerous complex medicinally important alkaloids: H2O H OPP OPP O O 2x NADP NADPH [O] OH = O P450 OH O OH 2x NADPH O NADP OH 10 10 [O] PP geranyl PP i 10-oxo geranal P450 unusual reductive ring-closure -> cyclopentane (NB. Non-cationic) OH O HO2C NH2 [O] P450 glycoside N H formation H tryptamine O ATP N NH HO HO [O] P OP 450 tryptophan H H H H H OGlu OGlu OGlu OGlu OGlu methylation H H O H SAM isoprene O O ADP O O MeO C H2O MeO2C H O MeO C HO C 2 2 MeO2C 2 2 strictosidine secologanin loganin enzymatic Pictet-Spengler unusual fragmentation reaction Strictosidine → Vinca, Strychnos, Quinine etc. • The diversity of alkaloids derived from strictosidine is stunning and many pathways remain to be fully elucidated: N OH N N H H H N H N H N H H N O H H H MeO2C MeO2C N OAc ajmalicine H MeO H OH Me (vinca) CO2Me MeO2C vinblastine OH (vinca) yohimbine MeO O N N H N 3 NH O N H H H H OGlu N H OH O H O aspidospermine camptothecin MeO2C (vinca) H strictosidine (isovincoside) N H N Me HO H MeO N H O N H H N O H O quinine N O H strychnine (strychnos) gelsemine (oxindole) Sesquiterpenes – Farnesyl Pyrophosphate (FPP) • ‘SN2’-like alkylation of geranyl PP by IPP gives farnesyl PP: pro-R hydrogen is lost OPP OPP HS HR OPP OPP (E) (E) geranyl PP IPP E,E-farnesyl PP (FPP) • just as geranyl PP readily isomerises to neryl & linaly PPs so farnesyl PP readily isomerises to equivalent compounds – allowing many modes of cyclisation & bicyclisation OPP (E) (E) O O Mg O O P P O E,E-FPP O O Mg - further cyclisation (E) 6-memb - 1,2-hydride & alkyl shifts (Z) cyclases vast array of 10-memb mono- & bicyclic 11-memb SESQUITERPENES ring cyclised E,Z-FPP OPP - trapping with H2O 'CATIONS' - elimination to alkenes OPP NB.

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