Lipophilicity Modulations by Fluorination Correlate with Membrane Partitioning
Lipophilicity Modulations by Fluorination Correlate with Membrane Partitioning
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氟化的亲脂性调节与膜分配相关
DOI:
10.1002/ange.202301077
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发表时间:
2023
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通讯作者:
Wang Z
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作者:
Wang Z
Bioactive compounds generally need to cross membranes to arrive at their site of action. The octanol‐water partition coefficient (lipophilicity, logPOW) has proven to be an excellent proxy for membrane permeability. In modern drug discovery, logPOWand bioactivity are optimized simultaneously, for which fluorination is one of the relevant strategies. The question arises as to which extent the often subtle logPmodifications resulting from different aliphatic fluorine‐motif introductions also lead to concomitant membrane permeability changes, given the difference in molecular environment between octanol and (anisotropic) membranes. It was found that for a given compound class, there is excellent correlation between logPOWvalues with the corresponding membrane molar partitioning coefficients (logKp); a study enabled by novel solid‐state19F NMR MAS methodology using lipid vesicles. Our results show that the factors that cause modulation of octanol‐water partition coefficients similarly affect membrane permeability.