Isolation of a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor, lavendustin A, from Streptomyces griseolavendus

A potent tyrosine kinase inhibitor, lavendustin A [1], has been isolated from a butyl acetate extract of Streptomyces griseolavendus culture filtrate. It inhibits epidermal growth factor receptor-associated tyrosine kinase with an IC50 of 4.4 ng/ml, which is about 50 times more inhibitory than erbstatin. It does not inhibit protein kinase A or C. Its structure, determined by spectral data and total synthesis, is novel, having a tertiary amine in the center with substituted benzyl and phenyl groups. Lavendustin A competes with ATP and is noncompetitive with the peptide. Its structure-activity relationship is discussed.