Structure-activity relationship study at C9 position of kaitocephalin.

Bioorg Med Chem Lett

Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan. Electronic address:

Published: August 2016

Kaitocephalin (KCP) isolated from Eupenicillium shearii PF1191 is an unusual amino acid natural product in which serine, proline, and alanine moieties are liked with carbon-carbon bonds. KCP exhibits potent and selective binding affinity for one of the ionotropic glutamate receptor subtypes, NMDA receptors (Ki=7.8nM). In this study, new structure-activity relationship studies at C9 of KCP were implemented. Eleven new KCP analogs with different substituents at C9 were prepared and employed for binding affinity tests using native ionotropic glutamate receptors. Replacement of the 3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzoyl group of KCP with a 3-phenylpropionyl group resulted in significant loss of binding affinity for NMDARs (Ki=1300nM), indicating an indispensable role of the aromatic ring of KCP in the potent and selective binding to NMDARs. Other analogs showed potent binding affinity in a range of 11-270nM. These findings would directly link to develop useful chemical tools toward imaging and labeling of NMDARs.

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