R. Obata et al., CHEMICAL MODIFICATION AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY-RELATIONSHIPS OF PYRIPYROPENES .2. 1,11-CYCLIC ANALOGS, Journal of antibiotics, 49(11), 1996, pp. 1149-1156
A series of 1,11-cyclic analogs of pyripyropene A were prepared. Repla
cement of the 1,11-acyl groups of pyripyropenes with 1,11-cyclic aceta
ls effectively improved in vitro acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase
(ACAT) inhibitory activity. Especially noteworthy is benzylidene aceta
l analog 35, the most potent inhibitor (IC50 = 5.6 nM) among the deriv
atives prepared so far, which showed 16 times more potent inhibitory a
ctivity than pyripyropene A.