Enantioselective total syntheses of the proposed structures of prevezol B and evaluation of anti-cancer activity

Org Biomol Chem. 2014 Nov 7;12(41):8239-46. doi: 10.1039/c4ob01662a. Epub 2014 Sep 9.

Abstract

The first enantioselective total syntheses of the proposed structures of the natural product prevezol B are reported. The reported syntheses complement the previously-reported syntheses of the proposed structures of prevezol C, a stereoisomer of prevezol B. It was previously shown that the structure of the naturally occurring prevezol C had been incorrectly assigned. This work has led us to conclude that the proposed structures of prevezol B are also incorrect and major revision of both of the structures of the prevezols B and C is required. Cytotoxicity studies on the human cervical cancer cell line HeLa revealed that the synthesized prevezol B and C compounds were not active even at the highest concentration used (100 μM). However, one of the synthetic precursors was shown to have modest potency against HeLa cells (IC50 = 23.5 ± 1.8 μM).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biological Products / chemical synthesis
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Diterpenes / chemical synthesis
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Diterpenes
  • prevezol C