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Synthesis and SAR of lehualide B: A marine-derived natural product with potent anti-multiple myeloma activity

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authors

  • Jeso, Valer
  • Yang, C.
  • Cameron, Michael
  • Cleveland, John
  • Micalizio, Glenn

publication date

  • June 2013

journal

  • ACS Chemical Biology  Journal

abstract

  • We report a concise and convergent laboratory synthesis of the rare marine natural product lehualide B that has led to the discovery that (1) this compound has low nanomolar activity against human multiple myeloma cells and (2) the anticancer effects of lehualide B and its analogues are selective (i.e., they are approximately 2-3 orders of magnitude less toxic to human breast cancer cells). Synthetic lehualide B is shown to be an effective inhibitor of complex I of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, with potency similar to that observed for the terrestrial natural products piericidin A1 and rotenone, an observation that led to the discovery that piericidin A1 is also selectively cytotoxic toward human multiple myeloma cells. Interestingly, synthetic derivatives of lehualide B that resemble verticipyrone (an established complex I inhibitor composed of a γ-pyrone and a simple monounsaturated hydrophobic chain) lack the potent antimyeloma activity of the natural product. Finally, the synthesis and evaluation of a collection of lehualide-inspired analogues led to the elucidation of structure-activity relationships for this rare natural product that established important roles for the substituted γ-pyrone headgroup and the skipped polyene side chain.

subject areas

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Humans
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Pyrones
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3758376

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1554-8937 (Electronic) 1554-8929 (Linking)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1021/cb300582s

PubMed ID

  • 23547759
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1241

end page

  • 1252

volume

  • 8

issue

  • 6

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