PMID- 30155533 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190312 LR - 20190312 IS - 1477-0539 (Electronic) IS - 1477-0520 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 35 DP - 2018 Sep 11 TI - Synthesis and biological activity of a CXCR4-targeting bis(cyclam) lipid. PG - 6479-6490 LID - 10.1039/c8ob01439f [doi] AB - A bis(cyclam)-capped cholesterol lipid designed to bind C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) was synthesised in good overall yield from 4-methoxyphenol through a seven step synthetic route, which also provided a bis(cyclam) intermediate bearing an octaethyleneglycol-primary amine that can be easily derivatised. This bis(cyclam)-capped cholesterol lipid was water soluble and self-assembled into micellar and non-micellar aggregates in water at concentrations above 8 muM. The bioactivity of the bis(cyclam)-capped cholesterol lipid was assessed using primary chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cells, first with a competition binding assay then with a chemotaxis assay along a C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) concentration gradient. At 20 muM, the bis(cyclam)-capped cholesterol lipid was as effective as the commercial drug AMD3100 for preventing the migration of CLL cells, despite a lower affinity for CXCR4 than AMD3100. FAU - Peters, Anna D AU - Peters AD AD - School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. FAU - McCallion, Catriona AU - McCallion C FAU - Booth, Andrew AU - Booth A FAU - Adams, Julie A AU - Adams JA FAU - Rees-Unwin, Karen AU - Rees-Unwin K FAU - Pluen, Alain AU - Pluen A FAU - Burthem, John AU - Burthem J FAU - Webb, Simon J AU - Webb SJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Org Biomol Chem JT - Organic & biomolecular chemistry JID - 101154995 RN - 0 (Heterocyclic Compounds) RN - 0 (Lipids) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) RN - 295-37-4 (cyclam) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic MH - Heterocyclic Compounds/*chemistry MH - Humans MH - Lipids/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Receptors, CXCR4/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects EDAT- 2018/08/30 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/13 06:00 CRDT- 2018/08/30 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c8ob01439f [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Org Biomol Chem. 2018 Sep 11;16(35):6479-6490. doi: 10.1039/c8ob01439f.