Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Majusculamides A and B and Their Analogues on Osteogenic Activity

J Nat Prod. 2020 Aug 28;83(8):2477-2482. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00441. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

Abstract

We discovered that majusculamide A (1) and majusculamide B (2), isolated from a marine cyanobacterium collected in Okinawa, induced osteoblast differentiation in MC3T3-E1 cells. Although majusculamide A (1) has a different configuration only at the C-19 stereocenter, bearing a methyl group, compared to majusculamide B (2), the effect of 1 was stronger than that of 2. We synthesized some analogues of the majusculamides (3-15) and evaluated osteogenic activities of these analogues. The structure-activity relationship study of majusculamide analogues suggested that the number of methyls and configuration at C-19 and the nature of the substituent at C-20 of majusculamide A (1) may be important for the osteoblast differentiation-inducing effect of 1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 3T3 Cells
  • Animals
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Osteogenesis / drug effects*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship