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Zhang YT, Guo J, Zhao Y, Si C. Synthesis of a collection of nootkatone analogues with diverse skeletons. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH 2024; 26:1160-1165. [PMID: 38945153 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2024.2358834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 05/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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A collection of ring distorted analogue of Nootkatone including 6 CTD (Complex to Diversity) compounds and 9 SAR (Structure Activity Relationship) compounds were synthesized utilizing the carbonyl group as a starting reaction point.
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- Yu-Ting Zhang
- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou Polytechnic College, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Yangzhou Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Products Intelligent Measurement and Control & Cleaner Production, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou Polytechnic College, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Yangzhou Engineering Research Center of Agricultural Products Intelligent Measurement and Control & Cleaner Production, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- Shandong Healthcare Group Xinwen Central Hospital, Xintai 271200, China
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Kim R, Wu Y, Tong R. Asymmetric total syntheses of sarglamides A, C, D, E, and F. Chem Sci 2024; 15:12856-12860. [PMID: 39148793 PMCID: PMC11322964 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc03553d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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Sarglamides A-E were identified as a structurally new class of alkaloids with potential application for inflammation-associated diseases. Reported is the first asymmetric total synthesis of sarglamides A, C, D, E, and F within 7 steps, featuring an intermolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition of (S)-phellandrene and 1,4-benzoquinone and intramolecular (aza-)Michael addition to construct the tetracyclic core of sarglamides. Importantly, our work demonstrated that the hypothetic Diels-Alder reaction of α-phellandrene with dienophile toussaintine C (or analogues) originally proposed as a biosynthetic pathway was not viable under non-enzymatic conditions. Additionally, we discovered novel and efficient double cyclization (cycloetherification and oxa-Michael cyclization) to construct the core framework of sarglamides E and D. Our concise synthetic strategy might allow rapid access to a library of sarglamide analogues for further evaluation of their bioactivity and mode of action.
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- Ryungwoo Kim
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China +86 23581594 +86 23587357
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China +86 23581594 +86 23587357
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay Kowloon Hong Kong China +86 23581594 +86 23587357
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Bailly C. Limonoids isolated from Chisocheton ceramicus Miq. and the antiadipogenic mechanism of action of ceramicine B. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2024; 357:e2400160. [PMID: 38678480 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202400160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Different types of limonoids have been isolated from plants of the Chisocheton genus, notably from the species Chisocheton ceramicus Miq. which is largely distributed in the Indonesian archipelago and Malaysia region. A variety of natural products have been found in the bark of the tree and characterized as antimicrobial and/or antiproliferative agents. The isolated limonoids include chisomicines A-E, proceranolide, and a few other compounds. A focus is made on a large series of limonoids designated ceramicines A to Z including derivatives with antiparasitic activities, antioxidant, antimelanogenic, and antiproliferative effects and/or acting as regulators of lipogenesis. The lead compound in the series is ceramicine B functioning as a potent inhibitor of lipid droplet accumulation (LDA). Extracts from Chisocheton ceramicus and ceramicines have shown anti-LDA effects, with little or no cytotoxic effects. Ceramicine B is the most active compound functioning as a regulator of lipid storage in cells and tissues. Ceramicine B is a transcriptional repressor of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and an inhibitor of phosphorylation of the transcription factor FoxO1, acting via an upstream molecular target. Targeting of glycogen synthase kinase-3β is proposed, based on the analogy with structurally related limonoids known to target this enzyme, and supported by a molecular docking analysis. The target and pathway implicated in ceramicine B activity are discussed. The analysis shed light on ceramicine B as a natural product precursor for the design of novel compounds capable of reducing LDA in cells and of potential interest for the treatment of obesity, liver diseases, and other pathologies.
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- Christian Bailly
- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR9020-U1277-CANTHER-Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, OncoLille Institut, University of Lille, Lille, France
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Albert Lespagnol (ICPAL), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lille, Lille, France
- OncoWitan, Scientific Consulting Office, Lille, France
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Adessi TG, Wagner PM, Bisogno FR, Nicotra VE, Guido ME, García ME. Enhancing structural diversity through chemical engineering of Ambrosia tenuifolia extract for novel anti-glioblastoma compounds. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14229. [PMID: 38902325 PMCID: PMC11190268 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63639-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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Natural products are an unsurpassed source of leading structures in drug discovery. The biosynthetic machinery of the producing organism offers an important source for modifying complex natural products, leading to analogs that are unattainable by chemical semisynthesis or total synthesis. In this report, through the combination of natural products chemistry and diversity-oriented synthesis, a diversity-enhanced extracts approach is proposed using chemical reactions that remodel molecular scaffolds directly on extracts of natural resources. This method was applied to subextract enriched in sesquiterpene lactones from Ambrosia tenuifolia (Fam. Asteraceae) using acid media conditions (p-toluenesulfonic acid) to change molecular skeletons. The chemically modified extract was then fractionated by a bioguided approach to obtain the pure compounds responsible for the anti-glioblastoma (GBM) activity in T98G cell cultures. Indeed, with the best candidate, chronobiological experiments were performed to evaluate temporal susceptibility to the treatment on GBM cell cultures to define the best time to apply the therapy. Finally, bioinformatics tools were used to supply qualitative and quantitative information on the physicochemical properties, chemical space, and structural similarity of the compound library obtained. As a result, natural products derivatives containing new molecular skeletons were obtained, with possible applications as chemotherapeutic agents against human GBM T98G cell cultures.
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- Tonino G Adessi
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Edificio de Ciencias Químicas 2, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina
- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Edificio de Ciencias Químicas 2, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC-CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Edificio de Ciencias Químicas 2, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-Química de Córdoba (INFIQC-CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Edificio de Ciencias Químicas 2, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina
- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Edificio de Ciencias Químicas 2, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC-CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Edificio de Ciencias Químicas 2, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina.
- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina.
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Cheng S, Dong C, Ma Y, Xu X, Zhao Y. Skeletal Transformations of Terpenoid Forskolin Employing an Oxidative Rearrangement Strategy. J Org Chem 2024; 89:5741-5745. [PMID: 38568052 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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The skeletal transformations of diterpenoid forskolin were achieved by employing an oxidative rearrangement strategy. A library of 36 forskolin analogues with structural diversity was effectively generated. Computational analysis shows that 12 CTD compounds with unique scaffolds and ring systems were produced during the course of this work.
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- Shihao Cheng
- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
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Lee H, Kim J, Koh M. Medium-Sized Ring Expansion Strategies: Enhancing Small-Molecule Library Development. Molecules 2024; 29:1562. [PMID: 38611841 PMCID: PMC11013129 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29071562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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The construction of a small molecule library that includes compounds with medium-sized rings is increasingly essential in drug discovery. These compounds are essential for identifying novel therapeutic agents capable of targeting "undruggable" targets through high-throughput and high-content screening, given their structural complexity and diversity. However, synthesizing medium-sized rings presents notable challenges, particularly with direct cyclization methods, due to issues such as transannular strain and reduced degrees of freedom. This review presents an overview of current strategies in synthesizing medium-sized rings, emphasizing innovative approaches like ring-expansion reactions. It highlights the challenges of synthesis and the potential of these compounds to diversify the chemical space for drug discovery, underscoring the importance of medium-sized rings in developing new bioactive compounds.
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- Hwiyeong Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Chemistry and Integrative Institute of Basic Science, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea;
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Vergoten G, Bailly C. Insights into the Mechanism of Action of the Degraded Limonoid Prieurianin. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3597. [PMID: 38612409 PMCID: PMC11011620 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Limonoids are extremely diversified in plants, with many categories of products bearing an intact, rearranged or fragmented oxygenated scaffold. A specific subgroup of fragmented or degraded limonoids derives from the tetranortriterpenoid prieurianin, initially isolated from the tree Trichilia prieuriana but also found in other plants of the Meliaceae family, including the more abundant species Aphanamixis polystachya. Prieurianin-type limonoids include about seventy compounds, among which are dregeanin and rohitukin. Prieurianin and analogs exhibit insecticidal, antimicrobial, antiadipogenic and/or antiparasitic properties but their mechanism of action remains ill-defined at present. Previous studies have shown that prieurianin, initially known as endosidin 1, stabilizes the actin cytoskeleton in plant and mammalian cells via the modulation of the architecture and dynamic of the actin network, most likely via interference with actin-binding proteins. A new mechanistic hypothesis is advanced here based on the recent discovery of the targeting of the chaperone protein Hsp47 by the fragmented limonoid fraxinellone. Molecular modeling suggested that prieurianin and, to a lesser extent dregeanin, can form very stable complexes with Hsp47 at the protein-collagen interface. Hsp-binding may account for the insecticidal action of the product. The present review draws up a new mechanistic portrait of prieurianin and provides an overview of the pharmacological properties of this atypical limonoid and its chemical family.
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- Gérard Vergoten
- U1286—INFINITE, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, Institut de Chimie Pharmaceutique Albert Lespagnol (ICPAL), Faculté de Pharmacie, University of Lille, 3 Rue du Professeur Laguesse, 59006 Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR9020-U1277-CANTHER—Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, OncoLille Institut, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, France
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Albert Lespagnol (ICPAL), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lille, 59006 Lille, France
- OncoWitan, Scientific Consulting Office, 59290 Lille, France
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Wang S, Kuperman LL, Song Z, Chen Y, Liu K, Xia Z, Xu Y, Yu Q. An overview of limonoid synthetic derivatives as promising bioactive molecules. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 259:115704. [PMID: 37544186 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Limonoids, a class of abundant natural tetracyclic triterpenoids, present diverse biological activity and provide a versatile platform amenable by chemical modifications for clinical use. Among all of the limonoids isolated from natural sources, obacunone, nomilin, and limonin are the primary hub of limonoid-based chemical modification research. To date, more than 800 limonoids analogs have been synthesized, some of which possess promising biological activities. This review not only discusses the synthesis of limonoid derivatives as promising therapeutic candidates and details the pharmacological studies of their underlying mechanisms from 2002 to 2022, but also proposes a preliminary limonoid synthetic structure-activity relationship (SAR) and provides future direction of limonoid derivatization research.
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- Shaochi Wang
- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China; Translational Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20740, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20740, USA
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- Translational Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Translational Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Translational Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China.
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
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Li X, Zhang J, Chen Q, Tang P, Zhang T, Feng Q, Chen J, Liu Y, Wang FP, Peng C, Qin Y, Ouyang L, Xiao K, Liu XY. Diversity-oriented synthesis of diterpenoid alkaloids yields a potent anti-inflammatory agent. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2023; 117:154907. [PMID: 37295024 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2023.154907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The diterpenoid alkaloids belong to a highly esteemed group of natural compounds, which display significant biological activities. It is a productive strategy to expand the chemical space of these intriguing natural compounds for drug discovery. METHODS We prepared a series of new derivatives bearing diverse skeletons and functionalities from the diterpenoid alkaloids deltaline and talatisamine based on a diversity-oriented synthesis strategy. The anti-inflammatory activity of these derivatives was initially screened and evaluated by the release of nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW264.7 cells. Futhermore, the anti-inflammatory activity of the representative derivative 31a was validated in various inflammatory animal models, including phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced mice ear edema, LPS-stimulated acute kidney injury, and collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). RESULTS It was found that several derivatives were able to suppress the secretion of NO, TNF-α, and IL-6 in LPS-activated RAW264.7 cells. Compound 31a, one of the representative derivatives named as deltanaline, demonstrated the strongest anti-inflammatory effects in LPS-activated macrophages and three different animal models of inflammatory diseases by inhibiting nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling and inducing autophagy. CONCLUSION Deltanaline is a new structural compound derived from natural diterpenoid alkaloids, which may serve as a new lead compound for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
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- Xiaojie Li
- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Okolo EA, Pahl A, Sievers S, Pask CM, Nelson A, Marsden SP. Scaffold Remodelling of Diazaspirotricycles Enables Synthesis of Diverse sp 3 -Rich Compounds With Distinct Phenotypic Effects. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203992. [PMID: 36722618 PMCID: PMC10946999 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A 'top down' scaffold remodelling approach to library synthesis was applied to spirotricyclic ureas prepared by a complexity-generating oxidative dearomatisation. Eighteen structurally-distinct, sp3 -rich scaffolds were accessed from the parent tricycle through ring addition, cleavage and expansion strategies. Biological screening of a small compound library based on these scaffolds using the cell-painting assay demonstrated distinctive phenotypic responses engendered by different library members, illustrating the functional as well as structural diversity of the compounds.
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- Max-Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyDepartment of Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 11Dortmund44227Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyDepartment of Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 11Dortmund44227Germany
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of LeedsLeedsLS2 9JTUK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular BiologyUniversity of LeedsLeedsLS2 9JTUK
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Chuang L, Liu S, Franke J. Post-Cyclization Skeletal Rearrangements in Plant Triterpenoid Biosynthesis by a Pair of Branchpoint Isomerases. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:5083-5091. [PMID: 36821810 PMCID: PMC9999417 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Triterpenoids possess potent biological activities, but their polycyclic skeletons are challenging to synthesize. The skeletal diversity of triterpenoids in plants is generated by oxidosqualene cyclases based on epoxide-triggered cationic rearrangement cascades. Normally, triterpenoid skeletons then remain unaltered during subsequent tailoring steps. In contrast, the highly modified triterpenoids found in Sapindales plants imply the existence of post-cyclization skeletal rearrangement enzymes that have not yet been found. We report here a biosynthetic pathway in Sapindales plants for the modification of already cyclized tirucallane triterpenoids, controlling the pathway bifurcation between different plant triterpenoid classes. Using a combination of bioinformatics, heterologous expression in plants and chemical analyses, we identified a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase and two isomerases which harness the epoxidation-rearrangement biosynthetic logic of triterpene cyclizations for modifying the tirucallane scaffold. The two isomerases share the same epoxide substrate made by the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP88A154, but generate two different rearrangement products, one containing a cyclopropane ring. Our findings reveal a process for skeletal rearrangements of triterpenoids in nature that expands their scaffold diversity after the initial cyclization. In addition, the enzymes described here are crucial for the biotechnological production of limonoid, quassinoid, apoprotolimonoid, and glabretane triterpenoids.
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- Ling Chuang
- Centre of Biomolecular Drug Research, Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Centre of Biomolecular Drug Research, Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Centre of Biomolecular Drug Research, Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany.,Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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Li Y, Cheng S, Tian Y, Zhang Y, Zhao Y. Recent ring distortion reactions for diversifying complex natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:1970-1992. [PMID: 35972343 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00027j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Covering: 2013-2022.Chemical diversification of natural products is an efficient way to generate natural product-like compounds for modern drug discovery programs. Utilizing ring-distortion reactions for diversifying natural products would directly alter the core ring systems of small molecules and lead to the production of structurally complex and diverse compounds for high-throughput screening. We review the ring distortion reactions recently used in complexity-to-diversity (CtD) and pseudo natural products (pseudo-NPs) strategies for diversifying complex natural products. The core ring structures of natural products are altered via ring expansion, ring cleavage, ring edge-fusion, ring spiro-fusion, ring rearrangement, and ring contraction. These reactions can rapidly provide natural product-like collections with properties suitable for a wide variety of biological and medicinal applications. The challenges and limitations of current ring distortion reactions are critically assessed, and avenues for future improvements of this rapidly expanding field are discussed. We also provide a toolbox for chemists for the application of ring distortion reactions to access natural product-like molecules.
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- Yu Li
- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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Kelly AM, Berry MR, Tasker SZ, McKee SA, Fan TM, Hergenrother PJ. Target-Agnostic P-Glycoprotein Assessment Yields Strategies to Evade Efflux, Leading to a BRAF Inhibitor with Intracranial Efficacy. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:12367-12380. [PMID: 35759775 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) presents a major hurdle in the development of central nervous system (CNS) active therapeutics, and expression of the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux transporter at the blood-brain interface further impedes BBB penetrance of most small molecules. Designing efflux liabilities out of compounds can be laborious, and there is currently no generalizable approach to directly transform periphery-limited agents to ones active in the CNS. Here, we describe a target-agnostic, prospective assessment of P-gp efflux using diverse compounds. Our results demonstrate that reducing the molecular size or appending a carboxylic acid in many cases enables evasion of P-gp efflux in cell-based experiments and in mice. These strategies were then applied to transform a periphery-limited V600EBRAF inhibitor, dabrafenib, into versions that possess potent and selective anti-cancer activity but now also evade P-gp-mediated efflux. When compared to dabrafenib, the compound developed herein (everafenib) has superior BBB penetrance and superior efficacy in an intracranial mouse model of metastatic melanoma, suggesting it as a lead candidate for the treatment of melanoma metastases to the brain and gliomas with BRAF mutation. More generally, the results described herein suggest the actionability of the trends observed in these target-agnostic efflux studies and provide guidance for the conversion of non-BBB-penetrant drugs into versions that are BBB-penetrant and efficacious.
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- Aya M Kelly
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Recent Advances in Divergent Synthetic Strategies for Indole-Based Natural Product Libraries. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27072171. [PMID: 35408569 PMCID: PMC9000743 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27072171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Considering the potential bioactivities of natural product and natural product-like compounds with highly complex and diverse structures, the screening of collections and small-molecule libraries for high-throughput screening (HTS) and high-content screening (HCS) has emerged as a powerful tool in the development of novel therapeutic agents. Herein, we review the recent advances in divergent synthetic approaches such as complexity-to-diversity (Ctd) and biomimetic strategies for the generation of structurally complex and diverse indole-based natural product and natural product-like small-molecule libraries.
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Giniyatullina GV, Petrova AV, Mustafin AG, Zileeva ZR, Kuzmina US, Vakhitova YV, Kazakova OB. Synthesis and Promising Cytotoxic Activity of Betulonic Acid Modified Derivatives. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202101687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Ufa Institute of Chemistry UFRC RAS Ufa 71 pr. Oktyabrya 450054 Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS Ufa 71 pr. Oktyabrya 450054 Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS Ufa 71 pr. Oktyabrya 450054 Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS Ufa 71 pr. Oktyabrya 450054 Russian Federation
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- Ufa Institute of Chemistry UFRC RAS Ufa 71 pr. Oktyabrya 450054 Russian Federation
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Zhu H, Cai Y, Ma S, Futamura Y, Li J, Zhong W, Zhang X, Osada H, Zou H. Privileged Biorenewable Secologanin-Based Diversity-Oriented Synthesis for Pseudo-Natural Alkaloids: Uncovering Novel Neuroprotective and Antimalarial Frameworks. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:5320-5327. [PMID: 34636473 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Bioprivileged molecules hold great promise for supplementing petrochemicals in sustainable organic synthesis of a diverse bioactive products library. Secologanin, a biorenewable monoterpenoid glucoside with unique structural elements, is the key precursor for thousands of natural monoterpenoid alkaloids. Inspired by its inherent highly congested functional groups, a secologanin-based diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) strategy for novel pseudo-natural alkaloids was developed. All the reactive units of secologanin were involved in these operation simplicity protocols under mild reaction conditions, including the one-step enantioselective transformation of exocyclic C8, C8/C11, and C8/C9/C10 as well as the chemoenzymatic manipulation of endocyclic C2/C6 via the attack by various nucleophiles. A combinatory scenario of the aforementioned reactions further provided diverse polycyclic products with multiple chiral centers. Preliminary activity screening of these newly constructed molecules led to the discovery of antimalarial and highly potent neuroprotective skeletons. The application of green biorenewable secologanin in diversity-oriented pseudo-natural monoterpenoid alkaloid synthesis might encourage the pursuit of valuable bioactive frameworks.
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- Huajian Zhu
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- Chemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- Chemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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Liu J, Flegel J, Otte F, Pahl A, Sievers S, Strohmann C, Waldmann H. Combination of Pseudo-Natural Product Design and Formal Natural Product Ring Distortion Yields Stereochemically and Biologically Diverse Pseudo-Sesquiterpenoid Alkaloids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:21384-21395. [PMID: 34297473 PMCID: PMC8518946 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We describe the synthesis and biological evaluation of a new natural product-inspired compound class obtained by combining the conceptually complementary pseudo-natural product (pseudo-NP) design strategy and a formal adaptation of the complexity-to-diversity ring distortion approach. Fragment-sized α-methylene-sesquiterpene lactones, whose scaffolds can formally be viewed as related to each other or are obtained by ring distortion, were combined with alkaloid-derived pyrrolidine fragments by means of highly selective stereocomplementary 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. The resulting pseudo-sesquiterpenoid alkaloids were found to be both chemically and biologically diverse, and their biological performance distinctly depends on both the structure of the sesquiterpene lactone-derived scaffolds and the stereochemistry of the pyrrolidine fragment. Biological investigation of the compound collection led to the discovery of a novel chemotype inhibiting Hedgehog-dependent osteoblast differentiation.
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- Jie Liu
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyDepartment of Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 1144227DortmundGermany
- Technical University DortmundFaculty of ChemistryChemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 644221DortmundGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyDepartment of Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 1144227DortmundGermany
- Technical University DortmundFaculty of ChemistryChemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 644221DortmundGermany
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- Technical University DortmundFaculty of ChemistryInorganic ChemistryOtto-Hahn-Strasse 644221DortmundGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyDepartment of Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 1144227DortmundGermany
- Compound Management and Screening CenterDortmundGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyDepartment of Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 1144227DortmundGermany
- Compound Management and Screening CenterDortmundGermany
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- Technical University DortmundFaculty of ChemistryInorganic ChemistryOtto-Hahn-Strasse 644221DortmundGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular PhysiologyDepartment of Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 1144227DortmundGermany
- Technical University DortmundFaculty of ChemistryChemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 644221DortmundGermany
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Liu J, Flegel J, Otte F, Pahl A, Sievers S, Strohmann C, Waldmann H. Combination of Pseudo‐Natural Product Design and Formal Natural Product Ring Distortion Yields Stereochemically and Biologically Diverse Pseudo‐Sesquiterpenoid Alkaloids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Jie Liu
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology Department of Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
- Technical University Dortmund Faculty of Chemistry Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6 44221 Dortmund Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology Department of Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
- Technical University Dortmund Faculty of Chemistry Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6 44221 Dortmund Germany
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- Technical University Dortmund Faculty of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6 44221 Dortmund Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology Department of Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
- Compound Management and Screening Center Dortmund Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology Department of Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
- Compound Management and Screening Center Dortmund Germany
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- Technical University Dortmund Faculty of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6 44221 Dortmund Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology Department of Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
- Technical University Dortmund Faculty of Chemistry Chemical Biology Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6 44221 Dortmund Germany
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