title: Anticancer properties of lamellarins.
abstract: In 1985 the first lamellarins were isolated from a small oceanic sea snail. Today, more than 50 lamellarins have been inventoried and numerous derivatives synthesized and tested as antiviral or anticancer agents. The lead compound in the family is lamellarin D, characterized as a potent inhibitor of both nuclear and mitochondrial topoisomerase I but also capable of directly interfering with mitochondria to trigger cancer cell death. The pharmacology and chemistry of lamellarins are discussed here and the mechanistic portrait of lamellarin D is detailed. Lamellarins frequently serve as a starting point in the design of anticancer compounds. Extensive efforts have been devoted to create novel structures as well as to improve synthetic methods, leading to lamellarins and related pyrrole-derived marine alkaloids.
authors.affiliation: Pierre Fabre Research Institute, Research & Development Center, 3 Avenue Hubert Curien, BP 13562, 31035 Toulouse cedex 1, France. christian.bailly@pierre-fabre.com.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bailly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D003374:Coumarins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015195:Drug Design; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects; D008974:Mollusca / Q000737:chemistry; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003374:Coumarins; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D007546:Isoquinolines; C455554:lamellarin D