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.

Kimito Kimura, Yoshihisa Hirota, Shigefumi Kuwahara, Atsuko Takeuchi, Chisato Tode, Akimori Wada, Naomi Osakabe, Yoshitomo Suhara

Journal of medicinal chemistry 2017 Mar 23

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We 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.

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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