Synthesis of cyclic adenosine 5 '-diphosphate ribose analogues: a C2 ' endo/syn southern ribose conformation underlies activity at the sea urchin cADPR receptor

Novel 8-substituted base and sugar-modified analogues of the Ca2+ mobilizing second messenger cyclic adenosine 5'-diphosphate ribose (cADPR) were synthesized using a chemoenzymatic approach and evaluated for activity in sea urchin egg homogenate (SUH) and in Jurkat T-lymphocytes; conformational analysis investigated by H-1 NMR spectroscopy revealed that a C2' endo/syn conformation of the southern ribose is crucial for agonist or antagonist activity at the SUH-, but not at the T cell-cADPR receptor.