Liquid phase synthesis method of eptifibatide
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of polypeptide synthesis, in particular to a liquid-phase synthesis method of eptifibatide.
Background
Eptifibatide consists of seven amino acids or amino acid derivative residues, contains a modified KGD sequence, forms a ring by intramolecular disulfide bonds, and has high affinity and specificity for GP IIb/IIIa receptors. Eptifibatide, marketed in the united states in 1998 under the trade name Integrilin, is a clinically useful drug developed by structural modification of Barbourin as an anti-platelet aggregation drug for the treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), which mechanism works by inhibiting platelet aggregation, specifically by blocking the platelet receptor GPIIb/IIIa. Platelet aggregation can impede blood supply to the heart, causing unstable angina and possibly myocardial infarction. Eptifibatide has material for platelets, avoids the interference of other common cardiovascular methods, and can eliminate the effect after credit, so the eptifibatide is more and more widely applied clinically.
The synthesis method of eptifibatide can be mainly divided into a solid-phase synthesis method and a liquid-phase synthesis method, and the liquid-phase synthesis method is mainly realized by polypeptide fragment synthesis.
The synthesis of eptifibatide using solid phase methods is described in US5318899, US5686570, US5747447, WO2005121164, WO2006045483A2 and WO2006119388A2, among others. The solid phase method for synthesizing eptifibatide described in WO2005121164 is to attach protected Cys derivative to solid phase carrier, prepare Mpr (Acm) -Lys (Boc) -Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-Cys (Acm) -Resin by conventional solid phase polypeptide synthesis method, and then cleave it from Resin by using cleavage reagent. The eptifibatide precursor with two sulfydryl groups protected by Acm can be obtained by converting Lys into homoarginine, and finally, intramolecular disulfide bond can be formed while removing the Acm protecting group by adopting iodine oxidation, so that eptifibatide is obtained. The solid phase peptide synthesis method is usually adopted to crack the crude eptifibatide precursor peptide from resin and then carry out oxidative cyclization to obtain eptifibatide, and a patent also introduces that a certain method is adopted to lead the eptifibatide precursor to form disulfide bond on the resin, so that the eptifibatide can be cracked from the resin to obtain the eptifibatide. The excess multiple of amino acids used in the synthesis of eptifibatide by the solid-phase polypeptide method is large (usually 4-5 times), meanwhile, solvent lotion resin such as DMF is adopted in the synthesis process, intermediate peptide cannot be separated, the eptifibatide can only be purified by an RP-HPLC method after being cyclized in a liquid phase, and no separation and purification process is adopted in the middle, which means that the synthesis cost is very high, and the eptifibatide can be synthesized by a liquid-phase synthesis method as a polypeptide only containing 7 amino acids.
It is generally considered that the liquid phase synthesis method is more feasible than the solid phase synthesis method for mass production of eptifibatide. Firstly, an intermediate is continuously separated in the liquid phase synthesis process, the purity of the intermediate obtained in each step is higher, and the quality of a finished product can be ensured by controlling the purity of the intermediate and the like; secondly, compared with a solid phase polypeptide synthesis method, the liquid phase polypeptide synthesis method can save more solvent cost and has more advantages for enterprises; thirdly, because the eptifibatide chain is not long, the solubility problem is small when the liquid phase synthesis method is adopted, so that a large amount of intermediates can be prepared, and a good foundation is laid for the industrial production of eptifibatide. A number of methods for the liquid phase synthesis of eptifibatide are also described, for example in US7674768 et al.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a method for preparing eptifibatide in a liquid phase, which is characterized by firstly synthesizing two tripeptide chains, condensing the tripeptide chains to form hexapeptide, then reacting the hexapeptide with a Cys derivative to obtain an eptifibatide precursor, and cyclizing to obtain eptifibatide;
the specific method of the present invention comprises the steps of:
1) liquid phase synthesis of fragment 1: mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-OH;
2) liquid-phase synthesis of peptide fragment 2: R1-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-OH;
3) condensing the peptide segment 1 and the peptide segment 2 to obtain a protective peptide segment 3:
Mpa(X)-Har(Y)-Gly-Asp(R2)-Trp(R3)-Pro-OH;
4) condensing the peptide fragment 3 with H-Cys (R4) -NH2 to obtain peptide fragment 4:
Mpa(X)-Har(Y)-Gly-Asp(R2)-Trp(R3)-Pro-Cys(R4)-NH2;
5) deprotecting peptide stretch 4 to give a linear peptide:
mpa (X) -Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys (R4) -NH2 or
Mpa (X) -Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys-NH2 or
Mpa-Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys (R4) -NH2 or
Mpa-Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys-NH2;
6) Oxidizing and cyclizing the linear peptide into a disulfide bond to prepare eptifibatide:
wherein,
mpa is mercaptopropionic acid;
har is a homoaminoacyl;
gly is glycyl;
asp is aspartyl;
trp is tryptophanyl;
pro is prolyl;
Cys-NH2 is cysteine amide;
x, Y, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are protecting groups and are preferably defined as follows:
r1 is selected from Fmoc, CbZ or Boc;
r2 is selected from tBu or Bn;
r3 is selected from H or Boc;
r4 is selected from Acm, Trt or Npys;
x is selected from Acm or Trt;
y is selected from Pbf, Mtr, Mbs or (Boc) 2.
The synthesis of the peptide chain can be carried out by adopting a common method for liquid phase polypeptide synthesis, and the synthesis is very easy.
The peptide segment 1 is synthesized by firstly reacting H-Gly-OMe HCl with alpha-amino protected Har (Y) to obtain alpha-amino protected Har (Y) -Gly-OMe dipeptide derivative, removing the alpha-amino protecting group of the dipeptide derivative, then reacting with Mpa (X) -OH to obtain Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-OMe tripeptide derivative, and saponifying under the condition of NaOH/MeOH/H2O to obtain Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-OH.
The peptide segment 1 can also be synthesized by adopting Mpa (X) -OH activated ester to firstly react with H-Har (Y) -OH to obtain Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -OH dipeptide, and then the dipeptide is activated to react with unprotected Gly to obtain Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-OH.
The peptide segment 1 can also be synthesized by adopting Mpa (X) -OH activated ester to react with H-Har (Y) -Gly-OH to obtain Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-OH, and the Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-OH is obtained by reacting the activated ester with unprotected Gly after activation.
The peptide segment 2 can be synthesized by firstly adopting H-Pro-OMe HCl to react with Trp (R3) protected by alpha-amino to obtain Trp-Pro-OMe dipeptide derivative protected by alpha-amino, removing the alpha-amino protecting group of the dipeptide derivative, then reacting with Asp protected by alpha-amino and side chain carboxyl to obtain R1-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-OMe, and removing R1 to obtain H-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-OMe.
Peptide 3 was synthesized by reacting mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-OH with H-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-OMe to obtain mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-OMe, followed by saponification under NaOH/MeOH/H2O to obtain mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-OH.
Peptide segment 4 is prepared by condensing Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-OH and H-Cys (R4) -NH2 in liquid phase to obtain Mpa (X) -Har (Y) -Gly-Asp (R2) -Trp (R3) -Pro-Cys (R4) -NH 2.
According to the protection of Mpa, Har, Asp, Trp and Cys in the peptide segment 4, different methods can be adopted to selectively remove or completely remove the Mpa, Har, Asp, Trp and Cys.
If the eptifibatide linear peptide precursor with the protecting group completely removed is obtained, air oxidation, DMSO oxidation, iodine oxidation, 1% NH4HCO3 solution oxidation, or the like can be used.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is an HPLC chromatogram of a crude eptifibatide product;
FIG. 2 is an HPLC chromatogram of a fine eptifibatide.
Detailed Description
Certain embodiments of the present invention will be further illustrated with reference to specific examples, which should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.
Example 1: synthesis of amino acid methyl ester hydrochloride
(1) Synthesis of H-Gly-OMe & HCl
0.1mmol of H-Gly-OH was dissolved in anhydrous methanol (50ml) and stirred in an ice-salt bath, and 2eq of SOCl was slowly added dropwise2The dropwise addition was completed in the above solution for 30 minutes. And removing the deicing salt bath after the dropwise addition is finished, stirring at room temperature overnight, and adopting TLC (thin layer chromatography) for controlling the reaction process. After the reaction is finished, decompressing, concentrating and recrystallizing to obtain 10.23g of H-Gly-OMe, wherein the product is white crystal;
(2) synthesis of H-Pro-OMe & HCl
0.1mmol of H-Pro-OH was dissolved in anhydrous methanol (50ml) in an ice-salt bath and stirred, 2eq of SOCl was slowly added dropwise2The dropwise addition was completed in the above solution for 30 minutes. And removing the deicing salt bath after the dropwise addition is finished, stirring at room temperature overnight, and adopting TLC (thin layer chromatography) for controlling the reaction process. After the reaction, the reaction solution is decompressed, concentrated and recrystallized to obtain 10.94g of H-Pro-OMe & HCl;
example 2: synthesis of H-Trp-Pro-OMe
1mmol H-Pro-OMe & HCl was suspended in DCM and 3eq Et was added with stirring3N; 1.2eq CBz-Trp-OH and 1.5eq HOCt were dissolved in anhydrous DCM, and 1.5eq DCC was slowly added dropwise to the above solution with stirring for 30 min. After filtration, the solution was added to H-Pro-OMe/Et3In the mixture of N/DCM, stir overnight at room temperature and check the reaction by TLC. The reaction solution was filtered and then treated with 0.3M NaHCO3Washing for 4 times, washing for 3 times with 0.2M HCl, washing with saturated salt water for 1 time, adding anhydrous sodium sulfate, drying, and concentrating under reduced pressure to obtain white solid Cbz-Trp-Pro-OMe 0.41g;
dissolving 0.2mmol of Cbz-Trp-Pro-OMe in 10ml of MeOH, adding Pd/C30 mg, introducing hydrogen for catalytic hydrogenation, detecting complete reaction by TLC after 3h, filtering Pd/C, and concentrating under reduced pressure to obtain 52.67mg of oily liquid.
Example 3: synthesis of H-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OMe
Dissolving 1mmol H-Trp-Pro-OMe in 10ml anhydrous DCM, and stirringThen add 1.5eq Et3N; 1.2eq Cbz-Asp (OtBu) -OH and 1.2eq HOCt were dissolved in 20ml of anhydrous DCM, 1.5eq DIC was slowly added dropwise to the above solution over 30min with stirring, and after 30min of activation, the mixed solution was added dropwise to the mixed solution and stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction solution was filtered and then treated with 0.5M NaHCO30.1M HCl and brine, anhydrous MgSO4Drying, concentrating under reduced pressure to obtain oil, and crystallizing to obtain white Cbz-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OMe 0.53 g.
1mmol of Cbz-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OMe was dissolved in 30ml of anhydrous methanol, 50mg of Pd/C was added thereto, and then hydrogen gas was introduced thereinto to conduct catalytic hydrogenation, the reaction was allowed to proceed overnight, and the reaction was monitored by TLC. Pd/C was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 0.45g of oily liquid H-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OMe.
Example 4: synthesis of H-Har-Gly-OMe
Cbz-Har-Gly-OMe is synthesized by the method of example 2, the feeding amount is respectively 1.2mmol of Cbz-Har-OH and 1mmol of H-Gly-OMe & HCl, and 0.41g of white solid Cbz-Har-Gly-OMe is obtained;
dissolving 1mmol Cbz-Har-Gly-OMe in 30ml anhydrous methanol, adding 50mg Pd/C, introducing hydrogen for catalytic hydrogenation, reacting overnight, and monitoring the reaction by TLC. Pd/C was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 0.32g of H-Har-Gly-OMe.
Example 5: mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-OH synthesis
Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-OMe was synthesized by the method of example 3, the feeding amounts were respectively 1mmol Mpa (Acm) -OH and 1mmol H-Har-Gly-OMe, and Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-OMe 0.475g was obtained;
dissolving 1mmol Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-OMe in 20ml anhydrous methanol, adding Ba (OH) under stirring2Solution (1M, 2ml), TLC monitor the reaction, 4h reaction completion. Adding a certain amount of dilute hydrochloric acid to neutralize excessive Ba (OH)2After the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, 10ml of dilute hydrochloric acid was added to obtain a white solid, which was then filtered and washed with saline and isopropyl ether to obtain Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-OH0.44g.
Example 6: mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OH synthesis
(1)1mmol of H-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OMe was dissolved in 20ml of anhydrous DCM and 1.2mmol of Et3N was added with stirring;
(2) dissolving 1.5mmol Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-OH and 2mmol HOCt in 10ml anhydrous DCM, slowly adding 2mmol DIC (dropwise adding within 30 min) under stirring, reacting for 30min, adding the solution into (1), stirring for reacting overnight, and monitoring the reaction by TLC. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was filtered, extracted with Na2CO3, dilute hydrochloric acid and saturated brine, and then anhydrous MgSO4Drying, concentrating under reduced pressure, and crystallizing to obtain Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OMe 0.78 g.
(3) Preparation of Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OH
0.2g Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OMe was dissolved in 30ml of anhydrous methanol, and 1M Ba (OH) was added thereto with stirring2TLC monitored the extent of reaction progress and 4h reaction was complete. After adding dilute hydrochloric acid, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and then dilute hydrochloric acid was added thereto to obtain a white solid (Mpa), (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OH (0.17 g).
Example 7: mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys (Acm) -NH2Preparation of
(1) Dissolving 1mmol of H-Cys (Acm) -NH2 in anhydrous DCM, and adding 1.5eq DIEA under stirring;
(2) dissolving 2mmol and 1.5mmol of (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-OH and HOCt in 20ml of anhydrous DCM respectively (adding a small amount of anhydrous DMF if the anhydrous DMF is not dissolved), slowly adding DIC under stirring, reacting for 30min, adding the mixed solution into (1), reacting overnight, and monitoring the reaction degree by TLC. The reaction was completed, and the mixture was extracted with Na2CO3, dilute hydrochloric acid and saturated brine in this order, and then anhydrous MgSO4Drying, drying under reduced pressure, and recrystallizing to obtain solid Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp (OtBu) -Trp-Pro-Cys (Acm) -NH20.5g;
(3)Mpa(Acm)-Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys(Acm)-NH2Preparation of
0 is added.5g Mpa(Acm)-Har-Gly-Asp(OtBu)-Trp-Pro-Cys(Acm)-NH2Put into a 100ml round bottom flask, 15ml 95% TFA was added: 5% H2After the O reaction for 1 hour, directly pouring the lysate into glacial isopropyl ether, filtering the obtained solid, washing the solid for 3 times by using the glacial isopropyl ether, and drying the solid under reduced pressure to obtain 0.46g Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys (Acm) -NH2。
Example 8: disulfide bond formation
10g Mpa (Acm) -Har-Gly-Asp-Trp-Pro-Cys (Acm) -NH2Dissolving in 100ml of purified water, and slowly adding 5% I dropwise under stirring2And (3) monitoring the reaction of the solution by HPLC, purifying a target product by adopting reverse phase liquid chromatography after the reaction is completed, and freeze-drying to obtain 1.2g of a target compound.