Abstract
Recognized calmodulin antagonists and chlorinated phenoxyalkylamines were tested as inhibitors of mevalonate incorporation into triterpenols and their fatty acid esters in a centrifuged pellet from the latex of Euphorbia lathyris. The calmodulin antagonists, chlorpromazine (II), fluphenzine, and trifluoperazine were good inhibitors; I50 values for II and trifluoperazine were 150 and 55 micromolar, respectively. Inhibition by the phenoxyalkylamines increased with increasing chlorine substitution, and I50 for 2-(pentachlorophenoxy)ethyl N,N-diethylamine (IX) was 35 micromolar. The calmodulin-stimulated phosphodiesterase catalyzed hydrolysis of cAMP was used as an assay to quantitate the calmodulin antagonism of the tested compounds. Compounds II and IX were calmodulin antagonists over a concentration range similar to their effective range in the biosynthesis of triterpenes. The antagonism of the chlorinated phenoxy compounds increased in parallel to their inhibitory effect upon triterpene biosynthesis.
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