Discovery of a potent, metabolically stabilized resorcylic lactone as an anti-inflammatory lead

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Nov 1;19(21):6196-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.08.096. Epub 2009 Sep 3.

Abstract

With bioactivity-guided phenotype screenings, a potent anti-inflammatory compound f152A1 has been isolated, characterized and identified as the known natural product LL-Z1640-2. Metabolic instability precluded its use for the study on animal disease models. Via total synthesis, a potent, metabolically stabilized analog ER-803064 has been created; addition of the (S)-Me group at C4 onto f152A1 has resulted in a dramatic improvement on its metabolic stability, while preserving the anti-inflammatory activities.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Drug Design
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism
  • Lactones / chemical synthesis
  • Lactones / chemistry*
  • Lactones / pharmacokinetics
  • Mice
  • Microsomes, Liver / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • ER 803064
  • Interleukin-6
  • LL Z1640-2
  • Lactones