Discovery, Total Synthesis, and SAR of Anaenamides A and B: Anticancer Cyanobacterial Depsipeptides with a Chlorinated Pharmacophore

Org Lett. 2020 Jun 5;22(11):4235-4239. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01281. Epub 2020 May 16.

Abstract

New modified depsipeptides and geometric isomers, termed anaenamides A (1a) and B (1b), along with the presumptive biosynthetic intermediate, anaenoic acid (2), were discovered from a marine cyanobacterium from Guam. Structures were confirmed by total synthesis. The alkylsalicylic acid fragment and the C-terminal α-chlorinated α,β-unsaturated ester are novelties in cyanobacterial natural products. Cancer cell viability assays indicated that the C-terminal unit serves as the pharmacophore and that the double-bond geometry impacts the cytotoxicity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cyanobacteria / chemistry*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Discovery*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HCT116 Cells
  • Halogenation
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents