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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 October; 50(4): 914-918

Protein synthesis by mammalian cells treated with C-3-modified analogs of the 12,13-epoxytrichothecenes T-2 and T-2 tetraol.

K C Ehrlich and K W Daigle

ABSTRACT

Modification at the C-3 position of the trichothecenes T-2 and T-2 tetraol affected their ability to inhibit protein synthesis in African green monkey kidney (Vero) and mouse erythroleukemia cells. Replacement of the 3-hydroxyl of T-2 with hydrogen caused a 24-fold decrease in activity, whereas acetylation resulted in a 500-to 1,000-fold decrease. Protection of the 3-hydroxyl with a tetrahydropyranyl moiety gave an analog that was 37-fold more inhibitory to Vero than to mouse erythroleukemia cells; with the other analogs a similar effect on protein synthesis was found for both types of cells. The analogs obtained after alkaline hydrolysis were much less potent than the parent trichothecenes. The 3-tetrahydropyranyl-modified analog was equivalent in potency to T-2 tetraol, while the deoxygenated species was at least threefold less potent. All T-2 analogs caused some degree of polysome "runoff," thereby demonstrating that these species inhibit protein synthesis at the chain initiation stage when added at their 50% infective dose concentrations or lower. From these results, we suggest that the 3-hydroxyl moiety is essential for T-2 to exhibit such high activity on eucaryotic cell protein synthesis and that modification at the C-3 position decreases but does not eliminate this activity.

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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 October; 50(4): 914-918

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