In an effort to overcome the unavailability of cotylenin A (CN A), an anticancer agent and a stabilizer of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) mediated by 14-3-3 proteins, ISIR-050 was designed as a CN A mimic. The synthesis was accomplished via a semisynthetic approach starting from fusicoccin A. ISIR-050 showed interferon-α (IFNα)-dependent growth inhibitory activity and a PPI stabilization effect