Eponemycin analogues: syntheses and use as probes of angiogenesis

Bioorg Med Chem. 1998 Aug;6(8):1209-17. doi: 10.1016/s0968-0896(98)00089-3.

Abstract

Derivatives of the epoxy-beta-aminoketone containing natural product eponemycin have been prepared in order to study the molecular mode of action of this anti-angiogenic compound. Synthesis and use of a biotinylated dihydroeponemycin analogue demonstrated that dihydroeponemycin forms a covalent adduct with at least two intracellular proteins in human endothelial cells. Pretreatment of cells with a five equivalent excess of dihydroeponemycin precluded biotin-dihydroeponemycin binding indicating a specific interaction between natural product and the target proteins. This biotin-dihydroeponemycin derivative will prove useful in the purification and identification of eponemycin receptors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amides / metabolism
  • Amides / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / metabolism
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacology*
  • Biotin / chemical synthesis*
  • Biotin / chemistry
  • Biotin / metabolism
  • Biotin / pharmacology
  • Cattle
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Endothelium, Vascular / cytology
  • Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects
  • Endothelium, Vascular / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Neovascularization, Physiologic / drug effects*
  • Receptors, Drug / chemistry
  • Receptors, Drug / metabolism
  • Serine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Serine / chemical synthesis
  • Serine / chemistry
  • Serine / metabolism
  • Serine / pharmacology

Substances

  • Amides
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Ligands
  • Receptors, Drug
  • biotin-dihydroeponemycin
  • dihydroeponemycin
  • eponemycin
  • Serine
  • Biotin