Epidithiodiketopiperazine as a pharmacophore for protein lysine methyltransferase G9a inhibitors: Reducing cytotoxicity by structural simplification
摘要:
Chaetocin (1), a structurally complex epidithiodiketopiperazine (ETP) alkaloid produced by Chaetomium minutum, is a potent inhibitor of protein lysine methyltransferase G9a, which plays important roles in many biological processes. Here we present our synthetic investigations to identify a simple prototype G9a inhibitor structure based on structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on chaetocin derivatives. The simple derivative PS-ETP-1 (14) was found to be a potent G9a inhibitor with greatly reduced cytotoxicity. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Epidithiodiketopiperazine as a pharmacophore for protein lysine methyltransferase G9a inhibitors: Reducing cytotoxicity by structural simplification
摘要:
Chaetocin (1), a structurally complex epidithiodiketopiperazine (ETP) alkaloid produced by Chaetomium minutum, is a potent inhibitor of protein lysine methyltransferase G9a, which plays important roles in many biological processes. Here we present our synthetic investigations to identify a simple prototype G9a inhibitor structure based on structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on chaetocin derivatives. The simple derivative PS-ETP-1 (14) was found to be a potent G9a inhibitor with greatly reduced cytotoxicity. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The first total synthesis of chaetocin (1), a potent histone methyltransferase inhibitor, is described in detail. Key reactions were radical bromination for alpha-oxidation of the diketopiperazine ring, and reductive radical coupling for construction of the dimeric core structure. Stereoselective construction of the disulfide bridges was achieved via substitution reaction with H2S. The total synthesis of 1 was accomplished in nine steps starting from known D-amino acid derivatives. Total synthesis of non-natural ent-chaetocin (ent-1) was also achieved via the established synthetic route, starting from.-amino acid derivatives. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.