title: A new concise synthesis of arcyriacyanin A and its unique inhibitory activity against a panel of human cancer cell line.
abstract: The nucleophilic addition reaction of N-tosyl-4-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole (12) with the lithium salt of 1-methoxyindole (5), followed by dehydration with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) gave the derivative of 2,4'-bi-1H-indole (9) which provides a new concise synthetic method of an indole pigment of the slime mould, arcyriacyanin A. The compound was first demonstrated here to have unique inhibitory activity to a panel of human cancer cell lines and to inhibit protein kinase C and protein tyrosine kinase.
authors.affiliation: Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tobinaga
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002384:Catalysis; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008301:Maleimides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007211:Indoles; D008301:Maleimides; C406440:arcyriacyanin A; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases