Benastatin C is a polyketide synthase-derived benastatin that has been found inStreptomycesand has diverse biological activities.1,2It inhibits glutathione S-transferase (GST; IC50= 24 μg ml for the rat liver enzyme).2Benastatin C also inhibits the esterase activity of isolated porcine pancreatic lipase (IC50= 10 μg ml). It increases LPS- or concanavalin A-induced blastogenesis of isolated mouse spleen lymphocytes in a concentration-dependent manner. 1.Xu, Z., Schenk, A., and Hertweck, C.Molecular analysis of the benastatin biosynthetic pathway and genetic engineering of altered fatty acid-polyketide hybridsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.129(18)6022-6030(2007) 2.Aoyama, T., Kojima, F., Yamazaki, T., et al.Benastatins C and D, new inhibitors of glutathione S-transferase, produced by Streptomyces sp. MI384-DF12. Production, isolation, structure determination and biological activitiesJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)46(5)712-718(1993)
TEI-9648, a Vitamin D3 Lactone analogue, is a potent and specific vitamin D receptor (VDR) antagonist. TEI-9648 inhibits VDR/VDRE-mediated genomic actions of 1α,25(OH)2D3. TEI-9648 also inhibits HL-60 cell differentiation induced by of 1α,25(OH)2D3. TEI-9648 has the potential for bone metabolism research[1][2]. TEI-9648 (10-1000 nM) dose-dependently blocks the reciprocal changes of CD11b and CD71 expression associated with HL-60 cell differentiation induced by 1α,25(OH)2D3[1]. TEI-9648 has consistently weaker suppressive effect than TEI-9647[1]. TEI-9648 can not induce cell differentiation even after treatment at 1 μM in HL-60 cell[1]. TEI-9648 alone can not induce activation of NBT-reducing activity or α-NB esterase activity. In contrast, TEI-9648 markedly suppresses the up-regulation induced by 1α,25(OH)2D3 (0.1 nM) in HL-60 cells[1]. [1]. Miura D, et al. Antagonistic action of novel 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-26, 23-lactone analogs on differentiation of human leukemia cells (HL-60) induced by 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jun 4;274(23):16392-9. [2]. Kazuya Takenouchi, et al. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of TEI-9647 derivatives as Vitamin D3 antagonists. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2004 May;89-90(1-5):31-4.