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Tanimoto H. Development of Synthetic Chemistry on Organic Azides by Breaking their 1,3-Dipolar Characteristics. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2022. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.80.1100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Miki Y, Tomita N, Ban K, Sajiki H, Sawama Y. Synthesis of 1‐Pyrroline by Denitrogenative Ring Expansion of Cyclobutyl Azides under Thermal Conditions. Adv Synth Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Yuya Miki
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi Gifu 501-1196, Japan
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi Gifu 501-1196, Japan
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi Gifu 501-1196, Japan
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi Gifu 501-1196, Japan
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi Gifu 501-1196, Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Osaka University 1-6 Yamada-oka, Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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Thangamani M, Thangamalar S, Srinivasan K. Tin(iv) chloride mediated (3 + 2) annulation of trans-2-aroyl-3-styrylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylates with nitriles: diastereoselective access to 5-vinyl-1-pyrroline derivatives. RSC Adv 2021; 11:14980-14985. [PMID: 35424056 PMCID: PMC8697856 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra01194d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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A tin(iv) chloride promoted (3 + 2) annulation of trans-2-aroyl-3-styrylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylates with nitriles is reported. The transformation involves the Lewis acid assisted formation of 1,5-dipolar intermediates from the cyclopropane dicarboxylates and nitriles followed by cyclization. The reactions proceed in a highly diastereoselective manner and afford 5-vinyl-1-pyrroline derivatives in 60-88% yields.
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- Murugesan Thangamani
- School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli-620024 Tamil Nadu India +91-431-2407043 +91-431-2407053
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- School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli-620024 Tamil Nadu India +91-431-2407043 +91-431-2407053
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- School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli-620024 Tamil Nadu India +91-431-2407043 +91-431-2407053
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Peng H, Zhang Y, Deng G, Deng H. Silver( i)-catalyzed tandem reaction of enynones and 4-alkynyl isoxazoles: regioselective synthesis of highly functionalized 4 H-furan[3,4- c]pyrroles. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00510c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This work reports a silver(i)-catalyzed tandem reaction of enynones with 4-alkynyl isoxazoles.
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- Haiyun Peng
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
- Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
- Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
- Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water Safety and Protection in Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Sozanski K, do Prado LP, Mularo AJ, Sadowski VA, Jones TH, Adams RMM. Venom Function of a New Species of Megalomyrmex Forel, 1885 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:E679. [PMID: 33137918 PMCID: PMC7693960 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12110679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Alkaloids are important metabolites found across a variety of organisms with diverse ecological functions. Of particular interest are alkaloids found in ants, organisms well known for dominating the ecosystems they dwell in. Within ants, alkaloids are found in venom and function as potent weapons against heterospecific species. However, research is often limited to pest species or species with parasitic lifestyles and thus fails to address the broader ecological function of ant venom alkaloids. Here we describe a new species of free-living Megalomyrmex ant: Megalomyrmex peetersi sp. n. In addition, we identify its singular venom alkaloid (trans-2-butyl-5-heptylpyrrolidine) and elucidate the antibiotic and insecticidal functions of its venom. Our results show that Megalomyrmex peetersi sp. n. venom is an effective antibiotic and insecticide. These results are comparable to venom alkaloids found in other ant species, such as Solenopsis invicta. This research provides great insight into venom alkaloid function, and it is the first study to explore these ideas in the Megalomyrmex system.
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- Kyle Sozanski
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (K.S.); (V.A.S.)
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- Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 66077-830, PA, Brazil;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana, IN 47907, USA;
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (K.S.); (V.A.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute, Virgina, VA 24450, USA;
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (K.S.); (V.A.S.)
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA
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Structural diversity of arthropod venom toxins. Toxicon 2018; 152:46-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kanchupalli V, Katukojvala S. [1+1+3] Annulation of Diazoenals and Vinyl Azides: Direct Synthesis of Functionalized 1-Pyrrolines through Olefination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Vinaykumar Kanchupalli
- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science Education & Research BhopaI; Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science Education & Research BhopaI; Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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Kanchupalli V, Katukojvala S. [1+1+3] Annulation of Diazoenals and Vinyl Azides: Direct Synthesis of Functionalized 1-Pyrrolines through Olefination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201801976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Vinaykumar Kanchupalli
- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science Education & Research BhopaI; Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science Education & Research BhopaI; Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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Peeters C, Adams RMM. Uncoupling Flight and Reproduction in Ants: Evolution of Ergatoid Queens in Two Lineages of Megalomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2016; 16:iew068. [PMID: 27620557 PMCID: PMC5019021 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iew068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Megalomyrmex Forel (Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) consists of 44 species with diverse life history strategies. Most species are predatory and may also tend honeydew-producing insects. A morphologically derived group of species are social parasites that consume the brood and fungus garden within fungus-growing ant nests. The reproductive strategies of Megalomyrmex queens are somewhat aligned with these life-style patterns. Predatory species in the leoninus species group are large in body size and have ergatoid (i.e., permanently wingless) queens whereas the social parasitic species are smaller and typically have winged queens. We examined two ergatoid phenotypes of Megalomyrmex foreli Emery and Megalomyrmex wallacei Mann and compared them to winged species, one a social lestobiotic or "thief ant" parasite (Megalomyrmex mondabora Brandão) and the other a predator (Megalomyrmex modestus Emery). Megalomyrmex foreli colonies have a single queen with an enlarged gaster that is morphologically distinct from workers. Megalomyrmex wallacei colonies have several queens that are similar in body size to workers. Queens in both species showed a simplification of the thorax, but there was a dramatic difference in the number of ovarioles. Megalomyrmex foreli had 60-80 ovarioles compared to eight in M. wallacei and M. mondabora and M. modestus had 22-28. Along with flight loss in queens, there is an obligate shift to dependent colony founding (also called budding or fission) consequently influencing dispersal patterns. These constraints in life history traits may help explain the variation in nesting biology among Megalomyrmex species.
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- Christian Peeters
- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, UMR CNRS 7618, Sorbonne Universités UPMC, Paris 75005, France
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Museum of Biological Diversity, Rm 1500, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212, USA
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Mandal S, Mahato S, Jana CK. Direct β-C(sp3)–H Functionalization of Aliphatic Amines to α,β-Unsaturated Imines, Aldehydes, and Chromenes. Org Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Sumana Mandal
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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Alkaloid Venom Weaponry of Three Megalomyrmex Thief Ants and the Behavioral Response of Cyphomyrmex costatus Host Ants. J Chem Ecol 2015; 41:373-85. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-015-0565-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Touchard A, Koh JMS, Aili SR, Dejean A, Nicholson GM, Orivel J, Escoubas P. The complexity and structural diversity of ant venom peptidomes is revealed by mass spectrometry profiling. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:385-396. [PMID: 26349460 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE Compared with other animal venoms, ant venoms remain little explored. Ants have evolved complex venoms to rapidly immobilize arthropod prey and to protect their colonies from predators and pathogens. Many ants have retained peptide-rich venoms that are similar to those of other arthropod groups. METHODS With the goal of conducting a broad and comprehensive survey of ant venom peptide diversity, we investigated the peptide composition of venoms from 82 stinging ant species from nine subfamilies using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS). We also conducted an in-depth investigation of eight venoms using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) separation coupled with offline MALDI-TOFMS. RESULTS Our results reveal that the peptide compositions of ant venom peptidomes from both poneroid and formicoid ant clades comprise hundreds of small peptides (<4 kDa), while large peptides (>4 kDa) are also present in the venom of formicoids. Chemical reduction revealed the presence of disulfide-linked peptides in most ant subfamilies, including peptides structured by one, two or three disulfide bonds as well as dimeric peptides reticulated by three disulfide bonds. CONCLUSIONS The biochemical complexity of ant venoms, associated with an enormous ecological and taxonomic diversity, suggests that stinging ant venoms constitute a promising source of bioactive molecules that could be exploited in the search for novel drug and biopesticide leads.
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- Axel Touchard
- CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, 97379, Kourou Cedex, France
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- Neurotoxin Research Group, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Neurotoxin Research Group, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, 97379, Kourou Cedex, France
- Laboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Neurotoxin Research Group, School of Medical & Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane (EcoFoG), Campus Agronomique, BP 316, 97379, Kourou Cedex, France
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Zhang H, Hayashi K, Tanimoto H, Morimoto T, Nishiyama Y, Kakiuchi K. Total synthesis of unsaturated imine venom alkaloids of Costa Rican ant by way of Schmidt reaction via allyl/pentadienyl cations. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.09.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Hayashi K, Tanimoto H, Zhang H, Morimoto T, Nishiyama Y, Kakiuchi K. Efficient Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Alkylimines Performed with Allyl Cations and Azides: Application to the Synthesis of an Ant Venom Alkaloid. Org Lett 2012; 14:5728-31. [DOI: 10.1021/ol302608q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kyohei Hayashi
- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 6300192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 6300192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 6300192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 6300192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 6300192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 6300192, Japan
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Rifflet A, Tene N, Orivel J, Treilhou M, Dejean A, Vetillard A. Paralyzing action from a distance in an arboreal African ant species. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28571. [PMID: 22194854 PMCID: PMC3237465 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Due to their prowess in interspecific competition and ability to catch a wide range of arthropod prey (mostly termites with which they are engaged in an evolutionary arms race), ants are recognized as a good model for studying the chemicals involved in defensive and predatory behaviors. Ants' wide diversity of nesting habits and relationships with plants and prey types implies that these chemicals are also very diverse. Using the African myrmicine ant Crematogaster striatula as our focal species, we adopted a three-pronged research approach. We studied the aggressive and predatory behaviors of the ant workers, conducted bioassays on the effect of their Dufour gland contents on termites, and analyzed these contents. (1) The workers defend themselves or eliminate termites by orienting their abdominal tip toward the opponent, stinger protruded. The chemicals emitted, apparently volatile, trigger the recruitment of nestmates situated in the vicinity and act without the stinger having to come into direct contact with the opponent. Whereas alien ants competing with C. striatula for sugary food sources are repelled by this behavior and retreat further and further away, termites defend their nest whatever the danger. They face down C. striatula workers and end up by rolling onto their backs, their legs batting the air. (2) The bioassays showed that the toxicity of the Dufour gland contents acts in a time-dependent manner, leading to the irreversible paralysis, and, ultimately, death of the termites. (3) Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses showed that the Dufour gland contains a mixture of mono- or polyunsaturated long-chain derivatives, bearing functional groups like oxo-alcohols or oxo-acetates. Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry showed the presence of a molecule of 1584 Da that might be a large, acetylated alkaloid capable of splitting into smaller molecules that could be responsible for the final degree of venom toxicity.
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- Aline Rifflet
- Venoms and Biological Activities Laboratory, EA 4357, PRES-Université de Toulouse, Jean-François Champollion University Center, Albi, France
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- Venoms and Biological Activities Laboratory, EA 4357, PRES-Université de Toulouse, Jean-François Champollion University Center, Albi, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR-8172), Ecologie des forêts de Guyane, Campus Agronomique, Kourou, France
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- Venoms and Biological Activities Laboratory, EA 4357, PRES-Université de Toulouse, Jean-François Champollion University Center, Albi, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR-8172), Ecologie des forêts de Guyane, Campus Agronomique, Kourou, France
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Venoms and Biological Activities Laboratory, EA 4357, PRES-Université de Toulouse, Jean-François Champollion University Center, Albi, France
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Shu H, Noble AR, Zhang S, Miao L, Trudell ML. Enantioselective syntheses of both enantiomers of cis-pyrrolidine 225H. Tetrahedron 2010; 66:4428-4433. [PMID: 20725594 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The efficient and expeditious syntheses of both enantiomers of the amphibian alkaloid cis-225H have been achieved. Utilizing a common cis-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidine building block derived from (+)-2-tropinone, the enantioselective syntheses have established the absolute configuration of these alkaloids as (+)-(2R,5S) and (-)-(5S,2R).
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- Hong Shu
- Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
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Jones TH, Garraffo HM, Spande TF, Andriamaharavo NR, Gorman JST, Snyder AJ, Jeter AW, Torres JA, Snelling RR, Daly JW. Caste-specific tyramides from Myrmicine ants. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2010; 73:313-6. [PMID: 20102169 PMCID: PMC2846196 DOI: 10.1021/np900697s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Analysis of the extracts of male ants of Monomorium minimum and Monomorium ebeninum by GC-MS and GC-FTIR revealed the presence of tyramides 2 and 4c, for which the structures were established by comparison with synthetic samples. These compounds and their analogues 1 and 3 were also found in males of other Monomorium species, males of Myrmicaria opaciventris, and males of several Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) species. Vapor-phase FTIR spectra revealed critically important structural clues to two of the tyramides, which had methyl branching in the tyramide acyl moiety. Tyramide 4c exhibited a strong intramolecular amide NH hydrogen bond where an alpha-keto group was deduced to be present in the acyl moiety and also showed the overlap of this ketone group frequency with that of the amide nu(C horizontal lineO). The biological function of these compounds is uncertain; however, their role in ant-mating behavior may be suggested by a large body of evidence.
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- Tappey H Jones
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia 24450, USA.
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Leclercq S, Braekman JC, Daloze D, Pasteels JM. The defensive chemistry of ants. FORTSCHRITTE DER CHEMIE ORGANISCHER NATURSTOFFE = PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS. PROGRES DANS LA CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES ORGANIQUES NATURELLES 2000; 79:115-229. [PMID: 10838783 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6341-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- S Leclercq
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
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Eymery F, Iorga B, Savignac P. Synthesis of phosphonates by nucleophilic substitution at phosphorus: The SNP(V) reaction. Tetrahedron 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00822-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chapter 4 The Ecological Activity of Alkaloids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0099-9598(08)60156-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Brand JM, Mpuru SP. Dufour's gland and poison gland chemistry of the myrmicine ant,Messor capensis (Mayr). J Chem Ecol 1993; 19:1315-21. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00984878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/1992] [Accepted: 02/09/1993] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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