Methylpendolmycin, a new indole alkaloid with an N-methylisoleucine moiety incorporated in the nine-membered indolactam ring, has been isolated from an actinomycete culture of Nocardiopsis. Methylpendolmycin exhibited inhibition of phorbol ester binding to protein kinase C. Its structure was assigned on the basis of spectroscopic data.
Substance P (SP) is an undecapeptide belonging to a family of chemically related neurotransmitters and neuromodulatorsknownas neurokinins. In our search for SP antagonists, we screened microbial broth extracts for the ability to inhibit radiolabeled SP binding to membranes prepared from rat forebrain. Anthrotainin was isolated from a fungal culture and determined to be a novel tetracyclic compound, with an IC50 of 3 /xm against [125I]SP. The structure, spectroscopic, chemical, and pharmacological properties of anthrotainin are presented.
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