Alutacenoic acids A and B, rare naturally occurring cyclopropenone derivatives isolated from fungi: Potent non-peptide factor XIIIa inhibitors
Alutacenoic acids A and B, rare naturally occurring cyclopropenone derivatives isolated from fungi: Potent non-peptide factor XIIIa inhibitors
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DOI:
10.1021/ja992355s
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发表时间:
2000-03-01
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15
通讯作者:
Ogita, T
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作者:
Kogen, H;Kiho, T;Ogita, T
Factor XIII is a plasma transglutaminase which acts on the final step in the blood coagulation cascade. 1 Factor XIII exists in plasma as a zymogen and is activated to factor XIIIa by thrombin in the presence of Ca2+ in a process that reveals a cysteine active center. 2 The enzyme covalently cross-links fibrin monomers and converts soft fibrin clots to hard clots. 3 These clots are less rapidly lysed by agents such as plasmin or tissue plasminogen activator. In addition, factor XIIIa is also known to cross-link fibrin to extracellular matrixes, such as vitronectin, fibronectin, and collagen, thereby forming additional clots to the vessel wall. Specific inhibitors of factor XIIIa are therefore thought to offer possibilities in the therapy for thrombosis, 1a atherosclerosis, and coronary heart disease, 4 and a few such inhibitors have already been reported. In addition to several peptides5 and the synthetic compound L-722,151, 6 a known antimicrobial agent, cerulenin, 7 has also been reported by Tymiak to show inhibitory activity (10 μM) 8 against factor XIIIa. To our knowledge, cerulenin is the only naturally occurring non-peptide factor XIIIa inhibitor. Here we report the isolation of novel specific non-peptide inhibitors of factor XIIIa, alutacenoic acids A (1a) and B (1b), from fungi. Both compounds have an extremely rare cyclopropenone ring isolated from natural sources.Our recent screening efforts have concentrated on the search for specific inhibitors of factor XIIIa. As a result of our efforts, we have isolated alutacenoic acids A (1a) and B (1b) 9 (1a, IC50) 1.9 μM; 1b, IC50) 0.61 μM), 10 a pair of fungal metabolites from Eupenicillium alutaceum Scott, 11 and found them to be