title: Trienamine catalyzed asymmetric synthesis and biological investigation of a cytochalasin B-inspired compound collection.
abstract: Due to their enhanced metabolic needs many cancers need a sufficient supply of glucose, and novel inhibitors of glucose import are in high demand. Cytochalasin B (CB) is a potent natural glucose import inhibitor which also impairs the actin cytoskeleton leading to undesired toxicity. With a view to identifying selective glucose import inhibitors we have developed an enantioselective trienamine catalyzed synthesis of a CB-inspired compound collection. Biological analysis revealed that indeed actin impairment can be distinguished from glucose import inhibition and led to the identification of the first selective glucose import inhibitor based on the basic structural architecture of cytochalasin B.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany. herbert.waldmann@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sellstedt
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwalfenberg
authors.forename: Slava
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.forename: Andrey P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Antonchick
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Waldmann
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D045325:HCT116 Cells; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D000588:Amines; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D005947:Glucose