Biosynthesis of Nonimmunosuppressive ProlyIFK506 Analogues with Neurite Outgrowth and Synaptogenic Activity
JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS(2021)
Abstract
Separating the immunosuppressive activity of FK506 (1) from its neurotrophic activity is required to develop FK506 analogues as drugs for the treatment of neuronal diseases. Two new FK506 analogues, 9-deoxo-36,37-dihydro-prolyIFK506 (2) and 9-deoxo-31-O-demethy1-36,37-dihydro-prolyIFK506 (3) containing a proline moiety instead of the pipecolate ring at C-1 and modifications at the C-9/C-31 and C-36-C-37 positions, respectively, were biosynthesized, and their biological activities were evaluated. The proline substitution in 9-deoxo-36,37-dihydroFK506 and 9-deoxo-31-O-demethyl-36,37-dihydroFK506 reduced immunosuppressive activity by more than 120-fold, as previously observed. Compared with FK506 (1), 2 and 3 exhibited similar to 1.2 x 105- and 2.2 x 105-fold reductions in immunosuppressive activity, respectively, whereas they retained almost identical neurite outgrowth activity. Furthermore, these compounds significantly increased the strength of synaptic transmission, confirming that replacement of the pipecolate ring with a proline is critical to reduce the strong immunosuppressive activity of FK506 (1) while enhancing its neurotrophic activity.
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Key words
nonimmunosuppressive,biosynthesis,neurite outgrowth
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