K. Nakae et al., Migrastatin, a new inhibitor of tumor cell migration from Streptomyces sp MK929-43F1 - Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and biological activities, J ANTIBIOT, 53(10), 2000, pp. 1130-1136
A new compound, migrastatin, was isolated from a cultured broth of Streptom
yces sp. MK929-43F1, as an inhibitor of tumor cell migration. It was purifi
ed by column chromatographies on silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 and HPLC. Mi
grastatin has the molecular formula of C27H39NO7 consisting of 14-membered
macrolide and glutarimide moiety. It inhibited spontaneous migration of hum
an esophageal cancer EC17 cells. Migration inhibitory activity of migrastat
in was not dependent on cytotoxicity or inhibition of protein synthesis.