Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, CAS, Guangzhou 510663, PR China.
Org Lett. 2010 Mar 19;12(6):1368-71. doi: 10.1021/ol100308a.
The efficient total synthesis of the natural substance largazole is described. Using this strategy, a small library of largazole analogs was developed. Structure-activity relationship studies suggested that the geometry of the alkene in the side chain is critical. While the largazole's analogues with trans-alkene are potent for the antiproliferative effect, those with cis-alkene are completely inactive. Most importantly, replacement of valine with tyrosine in largazole increased selectivity toward human cancer cells over human normal cells more than 100-fold.
本文描述了天然物质 largazole 的高效全合成。利用该策略,开发了一个 largazole 类似物的小文库。构效关系研究表明,侧链中烯烃的几何形状是关键的。 largazole 的顺式烯烃类似物完全没有活性,而反式烯烃类似物具有很强的抗增殖作用。最重要的是, largazole 中的缬氨酸被酪氨酸取代后,对人癌细胞的选择性比人正常细胞高 100 多倍。