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. 2019 Aug 23;17(9):493. doi: 10.3390/md17090493

Table 7.

Preclinical and clinical status of some kinase inhibitors, and bryostatin 1, with marine-derived natural product origins a,b.

Compound Name (Trademark) Target Marine Source Chemical Class Company or Institution Therapeutic Area Status References
plitidepsin (aplidin, 107) VEGFR1 ascidian depsipeptide PharmaMar multiple myeloma FDA-approved (2018) [124,125,126,127]
midostaurin (108) PKC-α, KIT, FLT3, VEGFR2, PDGFR-β ascidian / bacteria indolocarbazole Novartis acute myeloid leukemia, FDA-approved (2017) [124,127,128]
lestaurtinib (CEP-701, 109) Flt-3, JAK-2 ascidian / bacteria indolocarbazole Kyowa kirin acute lymphoblast leukemia Phase III [127,130]
enzastaurin (LY317615, 110) PKCβ, Class I PI3K ascidian / bacteria indolocarbazole Eli Lilly diffuse large B cell lymphoma Phase III [127,131]
kahalalide F (PM-92102, 111) EGFR mollusk and algae tridecapeptide PharmaMar
Cephalon
cancar Phase II (terminated) [127,132,133]
isokahalalide F (PM02734, elisidepsin, 112) ErbB2 mollusk and algae tridecapeptide PharmaMar cancer Phase I (terminated) [14,124,127]
7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01, 113) Chk2, PDPK1, Chk1 PKC ascidian / bacteria indolocarbazole Kyowa kirin cancer Phase II (terminated) [127,134,135,]
CEP-2563 (114, prodrug of CEP-751) Trk-A, Trk-B, Trk-C ascidian / bacteria indolocarbazole Cephalon cancer Phase I (terminated) [14,124,127]
CEP-1347 (KT7515; 115) MAP3K11 ascidian indolocarbazole Teva Parkinson’s Phase III (terminated) [14,124,127]
staurosporine (AM-2282, 116) PKC, JAK2, CamKIII ascidian / bacteria indolocarbazole Kyowa Hakko Kirin (originator) multiple myeloma Phase II (terminated) [127,136]
bryostatin 1 b (117) PKC bryozoan macrocytic lactone Neurotrope Bioscience Alzheimer’s Phase II (terminated) [127,137,138,139]

a Staurosporine and several derivatives are included here. These compounds have been derived from terrestrial soil bacteria, ascidians and marine bacteria. b bryostatin 1 is a Protein Kinase C (PKC) activator.