Synthesis and biological evaluation of heterocyclic ring-substituted maslinic acid derivatives as novel inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B

A series of maslinic acid derivatives have been synthesized by introducing various fused heterocyclic rings at C-2 and C-3 positions. Their inhibitory effects on PTP1B, TCPTP and related PTPs are evaluated. Most of the compounds exhibited a dramatic increase in inhibitory potency and selectivity, the two most potent PTP1B inhibitors 20 (IC50 = 0.61 μM) and 29 (IC50 = 0.64 μM) showed about 10-fold more potent than lead compound maslinic acid. More importantly, 29 possesses the best selectivity of 6.9-fold for PTP1B over TCPTP.

Graphical abstractA series of heterocyclic ring-substituted maslinic acid derivatives were prepared and subsequently evaluated on PTP1B, TCPTP and related PTPs in order to increase PTP1B inhibitory activity and especially selectivity for PTP1B over TCPTP.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide