Frontiers in Chemistry (Jul 2019)

Compound Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Neoantimycins Against Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells

  • Xiao Lin,
  • Xiao Lin,
  • Yongjun Zhou,
  • Liyun Liu,
  • Hongrui Zhu,
  • Yeping Chen,
  • Shuping Wang,
  • Fan Sun,
  • Ling Chai,
  • Buming Liu,
  • Shihai Xu,
  • Hou-Wen Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2019.00481
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7

Abstract

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Four neoantimycins H-K (1–4) with C1-keto, including the new ones (1–2), were isolated from the culture of Streptomyces conglobatus RJ8. After enzymatically converting into their respective reduced type derivatives (5–8) in vitro, the absolute structures of 1–8 were established/reconfirmed by analyzing hydrolyzed components. The obtained NATs (4, 7, and 8) exhibited excellent cytotoxicity against drug-resistant colon and gastric cancer cells but low toxicity in the noncancerous cell. Further SAR investigation suggested that C1-hydroxyl, C9-isobutyl, and N-formyl contribute to the antiproliferation remarkably.

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