The Journal of Antibiotics
Online ISSN : 1881-1469
Print ISSN : 0021-8820
ISSN-L : 0021-8820
GEX1 Compounds, Novel Antitumor Antibiotics Related to Herboxidiene, Produced by Streptomyces sp.
I. Taxonomy, Production, Isolation, Physicochemical Properties and Biological Activities
YASUSHI SAKAI, TETSUO YOSHIDA, KEIKO OCHIAI, YOUICHI UOSAKI, YUTAKA SAITOH, FUTOSHI TANAKA, TADAKAZU AKIYAMA, SHIRO AKINAGA, TAMIO MIZUKAMI
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2002 Volume 55 Issue 10 Pages 855-862

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Six structurally related antitumor antibiotics named GEX1 compounds were isolated from a culture broth of Streptomyces sp. GEX1A was identified as a known herbicide, herboxidiene, structurally interested by the tetrahydropyran moiety and the side chain including a conjugated diene. GEX1Q1-Q5 were determined as novel compounds related to herboxidiene. All GEX1 compounds showed cytotoxicity with IC50 values of 0.0037-0.99μM against human tumor cell lines in vitro, but were not active against both Gram-positive and -negative bacteria. Though GEX1A/herboxidiene exhibited antitumor activity in murine tumor-planted mouse models, both GEX1Q3 and GEX1Q5 did not.

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