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In Vitro and In Silico Studies of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitors from the Roots of Lycopus lucidus. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10020356. [PMID: 33668538 PMCID: PMC7917821 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is an enzyme that is considered a potential therapeutic target in human cardiovascular disease. Triterpenes (1–4) and phenylpropanoids (5–10) were isolated from Lycopus lucidus to obtain sEH inhibitors through various chromatographic purificationtechniques. The isolated compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against sEH, and methyl rosmarinate (7), martynoside (8), dimethyl lithospermate (9) and 9″ methyl lithospermate (10) showed remarkable inhibitory activity, with the IC50 values ranging from 10.6 ± 3.2 to 35.7 ± 2.1 µM. Kinetic analysis of these compounds revealed that 7, 9 and 10 were competitive inhibitors bound to the active site, and 8 was the preferred mixed type inhibitor for allosteric sites. Additionally, molecular modeling has identified interacting catalytic residues and bindings between sEH and inhibitors. The results suggest that these compounds are potential candidates that can be used for further development in the prevention and treatment for cardiovascular risk.
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Ojo OS, Nardone B, Musolino SF, Neal AR, Wilson L, Lebl T, Slawin AMZ, Cordes DB, Taylor JE, Naismith JH, Smith AD, Westwood NJ. Synthesis of the natural product descurainolide and cyclic peptides from lignin-derived aromatics. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 16:266-273. [PMID: 29242868 DOI: 10.1039/c7ob02697h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Alternative sources of potential feedstock chemicals are of increasing importance as the availability of oil decreases. The biopolymer lignin is viewed as a source of useful mono-aromatic compounds as exemplified by the industrial scale production of vanillin from this biomass. Alternative lignin-derived aromatics are available in pure form but to date examples of the use of these types of compounds are rare. Here we address this issue by reporting the conversion of an aromatic keto-alcohol to the anti- and syn-isomers of Descurainolide A. The key step involves a rhodium-catalyzed allylic substitution reaction. Enantio-enriched allylic alcohols were generated via an isothiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution enabling access to both the (2R,3R) and (2S,3S) enantiomers of anti-Descurainolide A. In addition we show that the lignin-derived keto-alcohols can be converted into unnatural amino acid derivatives of tyrosine. Finally, these amino acids were incorporated into cyclic peptide scaffolds through the use of both chemical and an enzyme-mediated macrocylisation.
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- O Stephen Ojo
- School of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews and EaStCHEM, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, KY16 9ST, UK
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Wang B, Wang L, Peng Y, Pang Y, Xiao H, Wang X, Huang S. The First Total Synthesis of (±)-Methyl Salvianolate A Using a Convergent Strategy. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24050999. [PMID: 30871115 PMCID: PMC6429350 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24050999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Herein, a convergent, practicable and first total synthesis of the natural product, (±)-methyl salvianolate A, is reported. The key features of the approach are the use of a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction and the protection of multiple hydroxyls using silyl protecting groups. The employment of the readily removable silyl protecting groups allows the synthesis of (±)-methyl salvianolate A and its derivatives on a reasonably large scale.
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- Bo Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
- College of Biomedical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China.
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Wang Q, Hu Z, Li X, Wang A, Wu H, Liu J, Cao S, Liu Q. Salviachinensines A-F, Antiproliferative Phenolic Derivatives from the Chinese Medicinal Plant Salvia chinensis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:2531-2538. [PMID: 30370766 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Six new phenolic acid derivatives, salviachinensines A-F (1-6), together with 14 known compounds (7-20) were isolated from the Chinese medicinal plant Salvia chinensis. The structures of salviachinensines A-F (1-6) were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy, bioinspired chemical synthesis, ECD analysis, and quantum chemical calculation methods. Compounds 2 and 3 are a pair of cis- trans isomers, and compounds 5 and 6 a pair of epimers. The solvent-induced isomerization of compounds 5 and 6 and the hypothetical biogenetic pathway of compounds 1-6, as well as the antiproliferative property and the ability of 1 to induce apoptosis and arrest cell cycle progression of MOLM-13 cells, were also investigated.
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- Qi Wang
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031 , People's Republic of China
- Institutes of Chronic Disease , Qingdao University , Qingdao 266003 , People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031 , People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031 , People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031 , People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031 , People's Republic of China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy , University of Hawai'i at Hilo , Hilo , Hawaii 96720 , United States
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031 , People's Republic of China
- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology , Anhui University , Hefei 230601 , People's Republic of China
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Capitta F, Melis N, Secci F, Romanazzi G, Frongia A. Organocatalytic synthesis of optically active aryllactic acid derivatives from β-ketosulfoxides. J Sulphur Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/17415993.2014.946506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Francesca Capitta
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Complesso Universitario di Monserrato, S.S. 554, Bivio per Sestu, I-09042 Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Complesso Universitario di Monserrato, S.S. 554, Bivio per Sestu, I-09042 Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Complesso Universitario di Monserrato, S.S. 554, Bivio per Sestu, I-09042 Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Complesso Universitario di Monserrato, S.S. 554, Bivio per Sestu, I-09042 Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy
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