• Modeled Marine Metabolite Mechanism Miraculously Mitigates Metastasis M

    From ironjustice@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 11 09:31:12 2018
    Biologically Inspired Total Synthesis of Ulbactin F, an Iron-Binding Natural Product.
    Shapiro JA1, Morrison KR1, Chodisetty SS1, Musaev DG2, Wuest WM1,3.
    Org Lett. 2018 Sep 10. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02599

    Abstract
    Natural products from environmental microbiomes provide exquisite templates for elucidating biological activity in the search for new drugs. A recently discovered marine Brevibacillus sp. metabolite, ulbactin F, was found to inhibit tumor cell migration
    and invasion at IC50 < 3 μM. Herein, we disclose the first total synthesis of ulbactin F and epi-ulbactin F, which was modeled after the biosynthetic pathway. The scaffold bears structural similarity to siderophores of human pathogens but contains a
    novel tricyclic ring system derived from cysteine. We have found that ulbactin F forms low-affinity metal complexes, with a preference for Fe3+ and Cu2+, which may hint both at its environmental role and its antimetastatic mechanism of action.

    PMID: 30199265 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02599

    Who loves ya.
    Tom


    Jesus Was A Vegetarian!
    http://tinyurl.com/634q5a

    Man Is A Herbivore!
    http://tinyurl.com/4rq595

    DEAD PEOPLE WALKING
    http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)