Fungal Metabolites as Potent Protein Kinase Inhibitors: Identification of a Novel Metabolite and Novel Activities of Known Metabolites

Title: Fungal Metabolites as Potent Protein Kinase Inhibitors: Identification of a Novel Metabolite and Novel Activities of Known Metabolites

Volume: 1 Issue: 1

Author(s): Masayoshi Oyama, Zhihong Xu, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Timothy D. Spitzer, Peter Kitrinos, Octerloney B. McDonald, Rosie R.J. Jones and Edward P. Garvey

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Keywords: fungal metabolite, protein kinase inhibitor, cfms receptor tyrosine kinase, pp60c-src kinase, balanol, altenusin, alternariol

Abstract: A novel undecylresorcinol dimer (1) was isolated from Coleophoma sp. and inhibited cFMS receptor tyrosine kinase (IC50 of 0.4 μM), with greater than 10-fold selectivity versus nine other protein kinases. The known fungal metabolites balanol and altenusin inhibited cFMS kinase and pp60c-Src kinase, respectively, even more potently and selectively. Altenusin inhibited pp60c-Src with an IC50 of 20 nM and a selectivity of at least 400-fold versus nine other protein kinases. Balanol inhibited cFMS receptor kinase with an IC50 of 1 nM and selectivities of 14-75-fold versus pp60c-Src and VEGF receptor kinases and greater than 10,000-fold versus seven other kinases.

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Oyama Masayoshi, Xu Zhihong, Lee Kuo-Hsiung, Spitzer D. Timothy, Kitrinos Peter, McDonald B. Octerloney, Jones R.J. Rosie and Garvey P. Edward, Fungal Metabolites as Potent Protein Kinase Inhibitors: Identification of a Novel Metabolite and Novel Activities of Known Metabolites, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 2004; 1 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570180043485626