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Lu Y, Cao T, Li K, Lin YW, Zhu L, Huang J. Total Synthesis of Brevitaxin. Org Lett 2024; 26:5237-5242. [PMID: 38856036 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Brevitaxin was prepared in nine steps from commercially available carnosic acid. The construction of the 1,4-benzodioxin moiety involved an unique stepwise ortho-quinone-engaged [4+2] cycloaddition. Two strategic stages were employed to prepare the highly unsaturated cycloaddition precursor 3: (1) synthesizing the diene moiety (C1-C2 and C10-C20 double bonds) by regioselective ortho-quinone tautomerization, and (2) installing four sp2-hybridized carbon atoms (C3, C5, C6 and C7) in one step using a SeO2-promoted chemo- and regioselective oxidation reaction.
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- Yang Lu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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Liu M, Tang Q, Wang Q, Xie W, Fan J, Tang S, Liu W, Zhou Y, Deng X. Rapid access to icetexane diterpenes: Their protective effects against lipopolysaccharides-induced acute lung injury via PI3K/AKT/NF-κB axis in macrophages. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 260:115769. [PMID: 37683363 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115769] [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: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a life-threatening disease with limited therapeutic options available in clinic. Development of novel strategies and drugs for anti-ALI therapy are urgently needed. In this study, a facile synthesis of 21 icetexane diterpenes and derivatives with widely-varied oxidation states, particularly the taxamairins that are otherwise challenging to access, were developed from the readily available carnosic acid. Further explorations of their biological implications led to the identification of taxamairin B (6) as a potent anti-inflammatory agent by decreasing the gene expressions of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6), as well as mitigating NO and ROS production, within LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells. Taxamairin B (6, 25 mg/kg) also exerted significant protective effects against in LPS-induced ALI in mice. Mechanistic insights drawn from the transcriptomic analysis revealed that taxamairin B (6) down-regulated the PI3K-AKT pathway, along with the suppression of the nuclear translocation of NF-κB. This study not only paves a new pathway to taxamairins, but also provides novel drug leads for the development of anti-inflammatory agents with unique mode of actions.
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- Moude Liu
- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drug Research for Chronic Diseases, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
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- Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Drug Research for Chronic Diseases, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
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Naeini AA, Ziegelmeier AA, Chain WJ. Recent Developments with Icetexane Natural Products. Chem Biodivers 2022; 19:e202200793. [PMID: 36215180 PMCID: PMC11067433 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202200793] [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: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Icetexane diterpenoids are a diverse family of natural products sourced from several species of terrestrial plants. Icetexanes exhibit a broad array of biological activities and together with their complex 6-7-6 tricyclic scaffolds, they have piqued the interest of synthetic organic chemists, natural products chemists, and biological investigators over the past four decades and were reviewed 13 years ago. This review summarizes icetexane natural products isolated since 2009, provides an overview of new synthetic approaches to the icetexane problem, and proposes an additional classification of icetexanes based on novel structures that are unlike previously isolated materials.
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- Ali Amiri Naeini
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States
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Kang J, Quynh Le T, Oh CH. Recent advances in abietane/icetexane synthesis. Tetrahedron Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.154133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Kang J, Lee JH, Lee J, Oh CH. Intramolecular Cyclization of 2‐alkynylphenylcarbonyls with a pendant double bond under Cu catalysis: A general approach to Norabietane core structure. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Juyeon Kang
- Hanyang University Chemistry KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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- Hanyang University Chemistry KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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- Chonnam National University Chemistry KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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- Hanyang University Department of Chemistry Sungdong-Gu 133-791 Seoul KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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Le QT, Guo L, Lee SL, Lee J, Oh CH. Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of Icetexane Cores: Short Synthesis of Taxamairin B and Rosmaridiphenol. Org Lett 2020; 22:9225-9228. [PMID: 33206542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report the short synthesis of two natural products, rosmaridiphenol and taxamairin B, from key intermediates 5a and 5b, which were prepared from enynals 8a and 9b, respectively, by using a gold-catalyzed cyclization reaction. This approach can be widely applied in the synthesis of [6,7,6]-fused tricyclic compounds found in many icetexane diterpenoids.
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- Quynh Thuy Le
- Department of Chemistry and Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis (CNOS), Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis (CNOS), Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis (CNOS), Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea
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