Description
Concanamycin A is an 18-membered macrolide lactone antibiotic produced by Streptomyces diastatochromogenes S45. Concanamycin A has shown fungicidal, larvicidal, and cytotoxic activities. In human oral squamous cell carcinoma cells, treatment with concanamycin A inhibited the acidification of vesicular organelles, inhibited proliferation, induced apoptosis, induced phosphorylation of p38, and increased the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio. Concanamycin A is known to be a specific inhibitor of vacuolar H+-ATPase.