DiaAlk is a clickable, electrophilic diazene probe which enables capture and site-centric proteomic analysis of oxidative post-translational modification (OxiPTM).
Stephacidin B is a fungal metabolite that has been found inA. ochraceus.1Dimeric stephacidin B is rapidly converted to a monomer, avrainvillamide ,in vitro.2Stephacidin B is cytotoxic to a variety of cancer cells, including testosterone-independent PC3 and -sensitive LNCaP prostate cancer cells (IC50s = 0.37 and 0.06 μM, respectively) and estradiol-independent SK-BR-3 and -sensitive MCF-7 breast cancer cells (IC50s = 0.32 and 0.27 μM, respectively).1It induces apoptosis in HepG2 and Huh7 hepatocellular carcinoma cells when used at a concentration of 4 μM.3 1.Qian-Cutrone, J., Huang, S., Shu, Y.-Z., et al.Stephacidin A and B: Two structurally novel, selective inhibitors of the testosterone-dependent prostate LNCaP cellsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.124(49)14556-14557(2002) 2.Wulff, J.E., Herzon, S.B., Siegrist, R., et al.Evidence for the rapid conversion of stephacidin B into the electrophilic monomer avrainvillamide in cell cultureJ. Am. Chem. Soc.129(16)4898-4899(2007) 3.Hu, L., Zhang, T., Liu, D., et al.Notoamide-type alkaloid induced apoptosis and autophagy via a P38/JNK signaling pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma cellsRSC Adv.9(34)19855-19868(2019)
Pericosine A is a fungal metabolite that has been found inP. byssoidesand has anticancer activity.1It inhibits the growth of a variety of cancer cells, including breast, colon, lung, ovary, stomach, and prostate cell lines (GI50s = 0.05-24.55 μM) and increases survival in a P388 mouse xenograft model when administered at a dose of 25 mg/kg. Pericosine A inhibits EGFR by 40 to 70% when used at a concentration of 100 μg/ml. It also reacts with organosulfur compounds in skunk spray to form stable thioethers as odorless products.2 1.Yamada, T., Iritani, M., Ohishi, H., et al.Pericosines, antitumour metabolites from the sea hare-derived fungus Periconia byssoides. Structures and biological activitiesOrg. Biomol. Chem.5(24)3979-3986(2007) 2.Du, L., Munteanu, C., King, J.B., et al.An electrophilic natural product provides a safe and robust odor neutralization approach to counteract malodorous organosulfur metabolites encountered in skunk sprayJ. Nat. Prod.82(7)1989-1999(2019)