Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Triketone-Aminopyridines as Potent p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase Inhibitors
Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Triketone-Aminopyridines as Potent p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase Inhibitors
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强效对羟基苯丙酮酸双加氧酶抑制剂三酮-氨基吡啶的合成及其除草活性
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jafc.0c07782
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Yang Guang-Fu
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作者:
Nan Jia-Xu;Yang Jing-Fang;Lin Hong-Yan;Yan Yao-Chao;Zhou Shao-Meng;Wei Xue-Fang;Chen Qiong;Yang Wen-Chao;Qu Ren-Yu;Yang Guang-Fu
Exploring novelp-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27, HPPD) inhibitors has become one of the most promising research directions in herbicide innovation. On the basis of our tremendous interest in exploiting more powerful HPPD inhibitors, we designed a family of benzyl-containing triketone-aminopyridines via a structure-based drug design (SBDD) strategy and then synthesized them. Among these prepared derivatives, the best active 3-hydroxy-2-(3,5,6-trichloro-4-((4-isopropylbenzyl)amino)picolinoyl)cyclohex-2-en-1-one (23, IC50= 0.047 μM) exhibited a 5.8-fold enhancement in inhibitingArabidopsis thaliana(At) HPPD activity over that of commercial mesotrione (IC50= 0.273 μM). The predicted docking models and calculated energy contributions of the key residues for small molecules suggested that an additional π–π stacking interaction with Phe-392 and hydrophobic contacts with Met-335 and Pro-384 were detected inAtHPPD upon the binding of the best active compound23compared with that of the reference mesotrione. Such a molecular mechanism and the resulting binding affinities coincide with the proposed design scheme and experimental values. It is noteworthy that inhibitors16(3-hydroxy-2-(3,5,6-trichloro-4-((4-chlorobenzyl)amino)picolinoyl)cyclohex-2-en-1-one),22(3-hydroxy-2-(3,5,6-trichloro-4-((4-methylbenzyl)amino)picolinoyl)cyclohex-2-en-1-one), and23displayed excellent greenhouse herbicidal effects at 150 g of active ingredient (ai)/ha after postemergence treatment. Furthermore, compound16showed superior weed-controlling efficacy againstSetaria viridis(S. viridis) versus that of the positive control mesotrione at multiple test dosages (120, 60, and 30 g ai/ha). These findings imply that compound16, as a novel lead of HPPD inhibitors, possesses great potential for application in specifically combating the malignant weedS. viridis.