Kimito Kimura, Yoshihisa Hirota, Shigefumi Kuwahara, Atsuko Takeuchi, Chisato Tode, Akimori Wada, Naomi Osakabe, Yoshitomo Suhara
Journal of medicinal chemistry 2017 Mar 23We synthesized novel vitamin K2 analogues that incorporated a heteroatom and an aromatic ring in the side chain and evaluated their effect on the selective differentiation of neuronal progenitor cells into neurons in vitro. The results showed that a menaquinone-2 analogue bearing a p-fluoroaniline had the most potent activity, which was more than twice as great as the control. In addition, the neuronal selectivity was more than 3 times greater than the control.
Kimito Kimura, Yoshihisa Hirota, Shigefumi Kuwahara, Atsuko Takeuchi, Chisato Tode, Akimori Wada, Naomi Osakabe, Yoshitomo Suhara. Synthesis of Novel Synthetic Vitamin K Analogues Prepared by Introduction of a Heteroatom and a Phenyl Group That Induce Highly Selective Neuronal Differentiation of Neuronal Progenitor Cells. Journal of medicinal chemistry. 2017 Mar 23;60(6):2591-2596
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