title: Generating a generation of proteasome inhibitors: from microbial fermentation to total synthesis of salinosporamide a (marizomib) and other salinosporamides.
abstract: The salinosporamides are potent proteasome inhibitors among which the parent marine-derived natural product salinosporamide A (marizomib; NPI-0052; 1) is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of various cancers. Methods to generate this class of compounds include fermentation and natural products chemistry, precursor-directed biosynthesis, mutasynthesis, semi-synthesis, and total synthesis. The end products range from biochemical tools for probing mechanism of action to clinical trials materials; in turn, the considerable efforts to produce the target molecules have expanded the technologies used to generate them. Here, the full complement of methods is reviewed, reflecting remarkable contributions from scientists of various disciplines over a period of 7 years since the first publication of the structure of 1.
authors.affiliation: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 10480 Wateridge Circle, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: Kin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015195:Drug Design; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005285:Fermentation; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology; D061988:Proteasome Inhibitors; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007783:Lactones; D061988:Proteasome Inhibitors; D011758:Pyrroles; C475865:marizomib