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Patouret R, Cham N, Chiba S. Collective Synthesis of Highly Oxygenated (Furano)germacranolides Derived from Elephantopus mollis and Elephantopus tomentosus. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402050. [PMID: 38488804 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402050] [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: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Germacranolides, secondary metabolites produced by plants, have garnered academic and industrial interest due to their diverse and complex topology as well as a wide array of pharmacological activities. Molephantin, a highly oxygenated germacranolide isolated from medicinal plants, Elephantopus mollis and Elephantopus tomentosus, has exhibited antitumor, inflammatory, and leishmanicidal activities. Its chemical structure is based on a highly strained ten-membered macrocyclic backbone with an (E,Z)-dienone moiety, which is fused with an α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone and adorned with four successive stereogenic centers. Herein, we report the first synthesis of molephantin in 12 steps starting from readily available building blocks. The synthesis features the highly diastereoselective intermolecular Barbier allylation of the β,γ-unsaturated aldehyde with optically active 3-bromomethyl-5H-furan-2-one intermediate and ensuing Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi (NHK) macrocyclization for the construction of the highly oxygenated ten-membered macrocyclic framework. This synthetic route enabled access to another germacranolide congener, tomenphantopin F. Furthermore, cycloisomerization of molephantin into 2-deethoxy-2β-hydroxyphantomolin could be facilitated by irradiation with ultraviolet A light (λmax=370 nm), which opened a versatile and concise access to the related furanogermacranolides such as EM-2, phantomolin, 2-O-demethyltomenphantopin C, and tomenphantopin C.
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- Rémi Patouret
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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Ali S, Wang P, Murphy RE, Allen JA, Zhou J. Orphan GPR52 as an emerging neurotherapeutic target. Drug Discov Today 2024; 29:103922. [PMID: 38387741 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2024.103922] [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: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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GPR52 is a highly conserved, brain-enriched, Gs/olf-coupled orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that controls various cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent physiological and pathological processes. Stimulation of GPR52 activity might be beneficial for the treatment of schizophrenia, psychiatric disorders and other human neurological diseases, whereas inhibition of its activity might provide a potential therapeutic approach for Huntington's disease. Excitingly, HTL0048149 (HTL'149), an orally available GPR52 agonist, has been advanced into phase I human clinical trials for the treatment of schizophrenia. In this concise review, we summarize the current understanding of GPR52 receptor distribution as well as its structure and functions, highlighting the recent advances in drug discovery efforts towards small-molecule GPR52 ligands. The opportunities and challenges presented by targeting GPR52 for novel therapeutics are also briefly discussed.
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- Saghir Ali
- Chemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Chemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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- Chemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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Banik A, Datta Chaudhuri R, Vashishtha S, Gupta S, Kar A, Bandyopadhyay A, Kundu B, Sarkar S. Deoxyelephantopin-a novel PPARγ agonist regresses pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis via IL-6/STAT-3 pathway in crosstalk with PKCδ. Eur J Pharmacol 2023:175841. [PMID: 37329972 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2023.175841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is associated with ventricular fibrosis leading to heart failure. The use of thiazolidinediones as Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-gamma (PPARγ)-modulating anti-hypertrophic therapeutics has been restricted due to major side-effects. The present study aims to evaluate the anti-fibrotic potential of a novel PPARγ agonist, deoxyelephantopin (DEP) in cardiac hypertrophy. AngiotensinII treatment in vitro and renal artery ligation in vivo was performed to mimic pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Myocardial fibrosis was evaluated by Masson's trichrome staining and hydroxyproline assay. Our results showed that DEP treatment significantly improves the echocardiographic parameters by ameliorating ventricular fibrosis without any bystander damage to other major organs. Following molecular docking, all atomistic molecular dynamics simulation, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and immunoblot analyses, we established DEP as a PPARγ agonist stably interacting with the ligand-binding domain of PPARγ. DEP specifically downregulated the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT)-3-mediated collagen gene expression in a PPARγ-dependent manner, as confirmed by PPARγ silencing and site-directed mutagenesis of DEP-interacting PPARγ residues. Although DEP impaired STAT-3 activation, it did not have any effect on the upstream Interleukin (IL)-6 level implying possible crosstalk of the IL-6/STAT-3 axis with other signaling mediators. Mechanistically, DEP increased the binding of PPARγ with Protein Kinase C-delta (PKCδ) which impeded the membrane translocation and activation of PKCδ, downregulating STAT-3 phosphorylation and resultant fibrosis. This study, therefore, for the first time demonstrates DEP as a novel cardioprotective PPARγ agonist. The therapeutic potential of DEP as an anti-fibrotic remedy can be exploited against hypertrophic heart failure in the future.
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- Anirban Banik
- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India.
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Fernandes RA, Ramakrishna GV. Diastereoselective Allylation in the Divergent Total Syntheses of Guaianolides (+)-Ligustrin and (+)-Grosheimin and the Formal Synthesis of (−)-Eupalinilide E. J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Rodney A. Fernandes
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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Kourgiantaki M, Demertzidou VP, Zografos AL. Short Scalable Route to Apiaceae Sesquiterpene Scaffolds: Total Synthesis of 4- epi-Epiguaidiol A. Org Lett 2022; 24:8476-8480. [PMID: 36264031 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The oxy-Cope/ene reaction cascade to form a locked elemane conformer allows the short scalable synthesis of versatile Apiaceae scaffolds. The divergent fate of the obtained macrocyclic germacrane is surveyed under cationic and dioxygen-induced Prins-type reaction conditions to allow the diastereoselective synthesis of oxidized Apiaceae guaiane congeners and the total synthesis of 4-epi-epiguaidiol A. Additionally, the unprecedented reduction of a hydrogen-bond-biased guaiane substrate permits the chemoselective synthesis of desoxo-jungiaguaiane.
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- Maria Kourgiantaki
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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Fateh ST, Salehi-Najafabadi A. Repurposing of substances with lactone moiety for the treatment of γ-Hydroxybutyric acid and γ-Butyrolactone intoxication through modulating paraoxonase and PPARγ. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:909460. [PMID: 35935832 PMCID: PMC9354891 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.909460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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GHB and GBL are highly accessible recreational drugs of abuse with a high risk of adverse effects and mortality while no specific antidotes exist. These components can also be found in the clinical setting, beverages, and cosmetic products, leading to unwanted exposures and further intoxications. As the structural analogue of GABA, GHB is suggested as the primary mediator of GHB/GBL effects. We further suggest that GBL might be as critical as GHB in this process, acting through PPARγ as its receptor. Moreover, PPARγ and PON (i.e., the GHB-GBL converting enzyme) can be targeted for GHB/GBL addiction and intoxication, leading to modulation of the GHB-GBL balance and blockage of their effects. We suggest that repurposing substances with lactone moiety such as bacterial lactones, sesquiterpene lactones, and statins might lead to potential therapeutic options as they occupy the active sites of PPARγ and PON and interfere with the GHB-GBL balance. In conclusion, this hypothesis improves the GHB/GBL mechanism of action, suggests potential therapeutic options, and highlights the necessity of classifying GBL as a controlled substance.
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- Sepand Tehrani Fateh
- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Biology, University College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- *Correspondence: Amir Salehi-Najafabadi,
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Chen B, Wu Q, Xu D, Zhang X, Ding Y, Bao S, Zhang X, Wang L, Chen Y. A Two-Phase Approach to Fusicoccane Synthesis To Uncover a Compound That Reduces Tumourigenesis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202117476. [PMID: 35166433 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202117476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Alterbrassicicene D (1) and 3(11)-epoxyhypoestenone (2) were synthesised via a two-phase approach featuring concise construction of the 5-8-5 tricyclic intermediate and a tandem base-mediated epoxide opening-transannular oxa-Michael addition cascade to forge the complex skeleton of 2. The route is scalable and we generated 15 g of the tricyclic intermediate in 8 steps from (R)-limonene and 720 mg of the penultimate bioactive intermediate in a protecting-group-free manner. Our synthesis enabled the structural determination of 2 and provided materials for preliminary anticancer evaluation. The penultimate intermediate showed therapeutic potential in terms of its ability to dramatically reduce the tumourigenic potential of PANC-1 pancreatic cancer cells according to a limiting dilution tumour-initiating assay. Our synthetic approach will facilitate unified access to naturally occurring fusicoccanes and their derivatives for anticancer evaluation.
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- Bolin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300353, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300353, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin, 300353, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- Accendatech Company, Ltd, 7 Fengze Road, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Accendatech Company, Ltd, 7 Fengze Road, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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Chen B, Wu Q, Xu D, Zhang X, Ding Y, Bao S, Zhang X, Wang L, Chen Y. A Two‐Phase Approach to Fusicoccane Synthesis To Uncover a Compound That Reduces Tumourigenesis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202117476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Bolin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology College of Pharmacy Nankai University 38 Tongyan Road Tianjin 300353 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Nankai University 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Nankai University 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- Accendatech Company, Ltd 7 Fengze Road Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- Accendatech Company, Ltd 7 Fengze Road Tianjin 300384 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Nankai University 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Nankai University 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
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Abegg D, Tomanik M, Qiu N, Pechalrieu D, Shuster A, Commare B, Togni A, Herzon SB, Adibekian A. Chemoproteomic Profiling by Cysteine Fluoroalkylation Reveals Myrocin G as an Inhibitor of the Nonhomologous End Joining DNA Repair Pathway. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:20332-20342. [PMID: 34817176 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chemoproteomic profiling of cysteines has emerged as a powerful method for screening the proteome-wide targets of cysteine-reactive fragments, drugs, and natural products. Herein, we report the development and an in-depth evaluation of a tetrafluoroalkyl benziodoxole (TFBX) as a cysteine-selective chemoproteomic probe. We show that this probe features numerous key improvements compared to the traditionally used cysteine-reactive probes, including a superior target occupancy, faster labeling kinetics, and broader proteomic coverage, thus enabling profiling of cysteines directly in live cells. In addition, the fluorine "signature" of probe 7 constitutes an additional advantage resulting in a more confident adduct-amino acid site assignment in mass-spectrometry-based identification workflows. We demonstrate the utility of our new probe for proteome-wide target profiling by identifying the cellular targets of (-)-myrocin G, an antiproliferative fungal natural product with a to-date unknown mechanism of action. We show that this natural product and a simplified analogue target the X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 5 (XRCC5), an ATP-dependent DNA helicase that primes DNA repair machinery for nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) upon DNA double-strand breaks, making them the first reported inhibitors of this biomedically highly important protein. We further demonstrate that myrocins disrupt the interaction of XRCC5 with DNA leading to sensitization of cancer cells to the chemotherapeutic agent etoposide as well as UV-light-induced DNA damage. Altogether, our next-generation cysteine-reactive probe enables broader and deeper profiling of the cysteinome, rendering it a highly attractive tool for elucidation of targets of electrophilic small molecules.
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- Daniel Abegg
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States.,Department of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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Liu W, Winssinger N. Synthesis of α-exo-Methylene-γ-butyrolactones: Recent Developments and Applications in Natural Product Synthesis. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1577-6085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AbstractThe α-exo-methylene-γ-butyrolactone moiety is present in a vast array of structurally diverse natural products and is often central to their biological activity. In this short review, we summarize new approaches to α-exo-methylene-γ-butyrolactones developed over the past decade as well as their applications in total synthesis.1 Introduction2 Approaches to α-exo-Methylene-γ-butyrolactones2.1 Enantioselective Synthesis via Lactonization Approaches2.2 Enantioselective Halolactonizations2.3 Enantioselective Barbier-Type Allylation2.4 C–H Insertion/Olefination Sequences2.5 Alkene Cyclization2.6 Strain-Driven Dyotropic Rearrangement3 β-(Hydroxymethylalkyl)-α-exo-methylene-γ-butyrolactones4 Applications in Total Synthesis4.1 Sesquiterpene Lactones4.2 Lignans4.3 Other Monocyclic Natural Products4.4 Choice of Methodology in Recent Total Syntheses5 Summary and Outlook
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Liu W, Patouret R, Barluenga S, Plank M, Loewith R, Winssinger N. Identification of a Covalent Importin-5 Inhibitor, Goyazensolide, from a Collective Synthesis of Furanoheliangolides. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:954-962. [PMID: 34235256 PMCID: PMC8227592 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Sesquiterpenes are a rich source of covalent inhibitors with a long history in traditional medicine and include several important therapeutics and tool compounds. Herein, we report the total synthesis of 16 sesquiterpene lactones via a build/couple/pair strategy, including goyasensolide. Using an alkyne-tagged cellular probe and proteomics analysis, we discovered that goyazensolide selectively targets the oncoprotein importin-5 (IPO5) for covalent engagement. We further demonstrate that goyazensolide inhibits the translocation of RASAL-2, a cargo of IPO5, into the nucleus and perturbs the binding between IPO5 and two specific viral nuclear localization sequences.
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- Weilong Liu
- Department
of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department
of Molecular Biology, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department
of Molecular Biology, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Liu W, Yu Z, Winssinger N. Total Syntheses of Paraconic Acids and 1,10- seco-Guaianolides via a Barbier Allylation/Translactonization Cascade of 3-(Bromomethyl)-2(5 H)-furanone. Org Lett 2021; 23:969-973. [PMID: 33502871 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c04165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A palladium-catalyzed Barbier allylation/translactonization cascade reaction was established for the rapid construction of β,γ-disubstituted α-exo-methylene-γ-butyrolactone, an important motif in sesquiterpenes. Dimethyl zinc played significant roles in both steps for the umpolung of π-allylpalladium as a nucleophile and promoting a Lewis acid-mediated translactonization. This sequence showed a broad substrate scope and was further harnessed for the synthesis of two paraconic acids as well as the first protecting-group-free total synthesis of two 1,10-seco-guaianolides.
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- Weilong Liu
- Department of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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Kim Y, Sengupta S, Sim T. Natural and Synthetic Lactones Possessing Antitumor Activities. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22031052. [PMID: 33494352 PMCID: PMC7865919 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, accounting for an estimated 8 million deaths each year. As a result, there have been urgent unmet medical needs to discover novel oncology drugs. Natural and synthetic lactones have a broad spectrum of biological uses including anti-tumor, anti-helminthic, anti-microbial, and anti-inflammatory activities. Particularly, several natural and synthetic lactones have emerged as anti-cancer agents over the past decades. In this review, we address natural and synthetic lactones focusing on their anti-tumor activities and synthetic routes. Moreover, we aim to highlight our journey towards chemical modification and biological evaluation of a resorcylic acid lactone, L-783277 (4). We anticipate that utilization of the natural and synthetic lactones as novel scaffolds would benefit the process of oncology drug discovery campaigns based on natural products.
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- Younghoon Kim
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea;
- Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Graduate School of Medical Science (Brain Korea 21 Project), College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea;
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- Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Graduate School of Medical Science (Brain Korea 21 Project), College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea;
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea;
- Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Graduate School of Medical Science (Brain Korea 21 Project), College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-2-2228-0797
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Wang C, Zhang YF, Guo S, Zhao Q, Zeng Y, Xie Z, Xie X, Lu B, Hu Y. GPR52 Antagonist Reduces Huntingtin Levels and Ameliorates Huntington's Disease-Related Phenotypes. J Med Chem 2020; 64:941-957. [PMID: 33185430 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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GPR52 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that has been recently implicated as a potential drug target of Huntington's disease (HD), an incurable monogenic neurodegenerative disorder. In this research, we found that striatal knockdown of GPR52 reduces mHTT levels in adult HdhQ140 mice, validating GPR52 as an HD target. In addition, we discovered a highly potent and specific GPR52 antagonist Comp-43 with an IC50 value of 0.63 μM by a structure-activity relationship (SAR) study. Further studies showed that Comp-43 reduces mHTT levels by targeting GPR52 and promotes survival of mouse primary striatal neurons. Moreover, in vivo study showed that Comp-43 not only reduces mHTT levels but also rescues HD-related phenotypes in HdhQ140 mice. Taken together, our study confirms that inhibition of GPR52 is a promising strategy for HD therapy, and the GPR52 antagonist Comp-43 might serve as a lead compound for further investigation.
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- Congcong Wang
- Neurology Department at Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Neurology Department at Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Neurology Department at Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China.,School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
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Targeted isolation of cytotoxic germacranolide sesquiterpenes from Elephantopus scaber L. using small molecule accurate recognition technology. Bioorg Chem 2020; 104:104314. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Fujioka H. Development of New Innovative Synthetic Organic Chemistry Using Lone Pairs of Oxygen Atoms. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2020; 68:907-945. [PMID: 32999145 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c20-00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxygen atoms have a lone pair of electrons, so they have high chelation ability, high nucleophilic ability, stabilizing ability of adjacent cations, and take a chelate or oxocarbenium ion structure with Lewis acids and metals. I took advantage of these properties to develop three new reactions, 1) asymmetric synthesis of chiral quaternary carbon centers, 2) asymmetric synthesis using acetal functions, and 3) organic chemistry using acetal-type reactive salt chemical species, and applied them to biologically active natural products synthesis. New reactions described here are all innovative and useful for natural products synthesis. In particular, the first asymmetric synthesis of fredericamycin A, and concise asymmetric synthesis of anthracycline antibiotics, scyphostatin, (+)-Sch 642305, (-)-stenine, clavolonine, (+)-rubrenolide, (+)-rubrynolide, (+)-centrolobine, and decytospolide A and B, etc., are noteworthy. Furthermore, since reactions using acetal-type reactive salt chemical species allow the coexistence of functional groups that normally cannot coexist, the reactions using reactive salts have potential to change the retrosynthesis planned based on conventional reactions.
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- Hiromichi Fujioka
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
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Bai M, Chen JJ, Xu W, Dong SH, Liu QB, Yao GD, Lin B, Huang XX, Song SJ. Germacranolides from Elephantopus scaber L. and their cytotoxic activities. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2020; 178:112479. [PMID: 32768717 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Seven undescribed germacranolides, named as scabertopinolide A-G were obtained from whole herbs of Elephantopus scaber L. The determination of their structures was conducted via comprehensive spectroscopic analyses combined with experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectroscopic data and quantum mechanical ECD calculations. The absolute configuration of scabertopinolide A was determined by X-ray crystallography data analysis. The cytotoxicity of all compounds was evaluated against three human cancer cell lines HepG2, Hep3B (human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines), and MCF-7 (human breast adenocarcinoma cell line). Scabertopinolide G exhibited the most significant cytotoxic activities against the three cancer cell lines with IC50 values between 7.0 and 10.3 μM. Furthermore, flow cytometry analysis has suggested that scabertopinolide G may cause death of cancer cells through apoptosis induction.
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- Ming Bai
- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Computational Chemistry-Based Natural Antitumor Drug Research & Development, Liaoning Province, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, People's Republic of China.
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Bai M, Chen JJ, Xu W, Dong SH, Liu QB, Lin B, Huang XX, Yao GD, Song SJ. Elephantopinolide A-P, germacrane-type sesquiterpene lactones from Elephantopus scaber induce apoptosis, autophagy and G2/M phase arrest in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 198:112362. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Freund RRA, Gobrecht P, Moser P, Fischer D, Arndt HD. Synthesis and biological profiling of parthenolide ether analogs. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:9703-9707. [PMID: 31701984 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02166c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Parthenolide (PTL) strongly inhibits the detyrosination of microtubules and accelerates neuronal growth. In order to access cyclic ether derivatives of PTL, ring-closing metathesis (RCM) was investigated in comparison to intramolecular sulfone alkylation. Incompatibility of RCM with epoxides was found in this setting. Biological evaluation for tubulin carboxypeptidase inhibition indicated that the epoxide is crucial for parthenolide's activity.
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- Robert R A Freund
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, ND/4, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, ND/4, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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Davis DC, Hoch DG, Wu L, Abegg D, Martin BS, Zhang ZY, Adibekian A, Dai M. Total Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Target Identification of Rare Abies Sesquiterpenoids. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:17465-17473. [PMID: 30461272 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b07652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Abiespiroside A (1), beshanzuenone C (2), and beshanzuenone D (3) belong to the Abies sesquiterpenoid family. Beshanzuenones C (2) and D (3) are isolated from the critically endangered Chinese fir tree species Abies beshanzuensis and demonstrated weak inhibiting activity against protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). We describe herein the first total syntheses of these Abies sesquiterpenoids relying on the sustainable and inexpensive chiral pool molecule (+)-carvone. The syntheses feature a palladium-catalyzed hydrocarbonylative lactonization to install the 6,6-fused bicyclic ring system and a Dreiding-Schmidt reaction to build the oxaspirolactone moiety of these target molecules. Our chemical total syntheses of these Abies sesquiterpenoids have enabled (i) the validation of beshanzuenone C's weak PTP1B inhibiting potency, (ii) identification of new synthetic analogs with promising and selective protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 inhibiting potency, and (iii) preparation of azide-tagged probe molecules for target identification via a chemoproteomic approach. The latter has resulted in the identification and evaluation of DNA polymerase epsilon subunit 3 (POLE3) as one of the novel cellular targets of these Abies sesquiterpenoids and their analogs. More importantly, via POLE3 inactivation by probe molecule 29 and knockdown experiment, we further demonstrated that targeting POLE3 with small molecules may be a novel strategy for chemosensitization to DNA damaging drugs such as etoposide in cancer.
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- Dexter C Davis
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research and Institute for Drug Discovery , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The Scripps Research Institute , 130 Scripps Way , Jupiter , Florida 33458 , United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The Scripps Research Institute , 130 Scripps Way , Jupiter , Florida 33458 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research and Institute for Drug Discovery , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research and Institute for Drug Discovery , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States.,Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The Scripps Research Institute , 130 Scripps Way , Jupiter , Florida 33458 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research and Institute for Drug Discovery , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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Lagoutte R, Pastor M, Berthet M, Winssinger N. Rapid and scalable synthesis of chiral bromolactones as precursors to α-exo-methylene-γ-butyrolactone-containing sesquiterpene lactones. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ohta R, Matsumoto N, Ueyama Y, Kuboki Y, Aoyama H, Murai K, Arisawa M, Maegawa T, Fujioka H. Highly Discriminative and Chemoselective Deprotection/Transformations of Acetals with the Combination of Trialkylsilyl Triflate/2,4,6-Collidine. J Org Chem 2018; 83:6432-6443. [PMID: 29782161 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Acetals are the most useful protecting groups for carbonyl functional groups. In addition to the role of protection, they can also be used as synthons of carbonyl functions. Previously, we developed a chemoselective deprotection and nucleophilic substitution of acetals from aldehydes in the presence of ketals. This article describes the highly discriminative and chemoselective transformations of acetals bearing different substitution patterns, different types of acetals, as well as mixed acetals. These reactions can achieve the transformations that cannot be attained by conventional methods, and their results strongly suggest the combination of R3SiOTf/2,4,6-collidine to promote such unprecedented phenomena.
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- Reiya Ohta
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Osaka University , 1-6 Yamada-oka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan
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Hoch DG, Abegg D, Adibekian A. Cysteine-reactive probes and their use in chemical proteomics. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:4501-4512. [PMID: 29645055 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc01485j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Proteomic profiling using bioorthogonal chemical probes that selectively react with certain amino acids is now a widely used method in life sciences to investigate enzymatic activities, study posttranslational modifications and discover novel covalent inhibitors. Over the past two decades, researchers have developed selective probes for several different amino acids, including lysine, serine, cysteine, threonine, tyrosine, aspartate and glutamate. Among these amino acids, cysteines are particularly interesting due to their highly diverse and complex biochemical role in our cells. In this feature article, we focus on the chemical probes and methods used to study cysteines in complex proteomes.
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- Dominic G Hoch
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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Nascimento de Oliveira M, Arseniyadis S, Cossy J. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of 4-Substituted Isoxazolidin-5-ones: Straightforward Access to β2,2
-Amino Acids. Chemistry 2018; 24:4810-4814. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Marllon Nascimento de Oliveira
- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique; Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI)-ESPCI; Paris/CNRS (UMR8231)/PSL* Research University; 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique; Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI)-ESPCI; Paris/CNRS (UMR8231)/PSL* Research University; 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
- Queen Mary, University of London; School of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Mile End Road London E1 4NS UK
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique; Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI)-ESPCI; Paris/CNRS (UMR8231)/PSL* Research University; 10 rue Vauquelin 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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Schepetkin IA, Kirpotina LN, Mitchell PT, Kishkentaeva АS, Shaimerdenova ZR, Atazhanova GA, Adekenov SM, Quinn MT. The natural sesquiterpene lactones arglabin, grosheimin, agracin, parthenolide, and estafiatin inhibit T cell receptor (TCR) activation. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2018; 146:36-46. [PMID: 29216473 PMCID: PMC5750123 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Inhibition of the T cell receptor (TCR) pathway represents an effective strategy for the treatment of T cell-mediated inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. To identify natural compounds that could inhibit inflammatory T cell responses, we screened 13 sesquiterpene lactones, including achillin, arglabin, argolide, argracin, 3β-hydroxyarhalin, artesin, artemisinin, estafiatin, grosheimin, grossmisin, leucomisine, parthenolide, and taurine, for their ability to modulate activation-induced Ca2+ mobilization in Jurkat T cells. Five of the compounds (arglabin, grosheimin, argracin, parthenolide, and estafiatin) inhibited anti-CD3-induced mobilization of intercellular Ca2+ ([Ca2⁺]i) in Jurkat cells, with the most potent being parthenolide and argacin (IC50 = 5.6 and 6.1 μM, respectively). Likewise, phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 in activated Jurkat cells was inhibited by these five compounds, with the most potent being parthenolide and estafiatin (IC50 = 13.8 and 15.4 μM, respectively). These compounds also inhibited ERK1/2 phosphorylation in primary human T cells and depleted intracellular glutathione. In contrast, none of the sesquiterpene lactones inhibited ERK1/2 phosphorylation in HL60 cells transfected with N-formyl peptide receptor 2 (FPR2) and stimulated with the FPR2 peptide agonist WKYMVM, indicating specificity for T cell activation. Estafiatin, a representative sesquiterpene lactone, was also profiled in a cell-based phosphokinase array for 43 kinase phosphorylation sites, as well as in a cell-free competition binding assay for its ability to compete with an active-site directed ligand for 95 different protein kinases. Besides inhibition of ERK1/2 phosphorylation, estafiatin also inhibited phosphorylation of p53, AMPKα1, CREB, and p27 elicited by TCR activation in Jurkat cells, but it did not bind to any of 95 kinases evaluated. These results suggest that arglabin, grosheimin, agracin, parthenolide, and estafiatin can selectively inhibit initial phases of TCR activation and may be natural compounds with previously undescribed immunotherapeutic properties.
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- Igor A Schepetkin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, United States
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- International Research and Production Holding "Phytochemistry", Karaganda 100009, Kazakhstan
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- International Research and Production Holding "Phytochemistry", Karaganda 100009, Kazakhstan
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- International Research and Production Holding "Phytochemistry", Karaganda 100009, Kazakhstan
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- International Research and Production Holding "Phytochemistry", Karaganda 100009, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, United States.
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Widen JC, Kempema AM, Baur JW, Skopec HM, Edwards JT, Brown TJ, Brown DA, Meece FA, Harki DA. Helenalin Analogues Targeting NF-κB p65: Thiol Reactivity and Cellular Potency Studies of Varied Electrophiles. ChemMedChem 2018; 13:303-311. [PMID: 29349898 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Helenalin is a pseudoguaianolide natural product that targets Cys38 within the DNA binding domain of NF-κB transcription factor p65 (RelA). Helenalin contains two Michael acceptors that covalently modify cysteines: a α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone and a cyclopentenone. We recently reported two simplified helenalin analogues that mimic the biological activity of helenalin and contain both electrophilic moieties. To determine the individual contributions of the Michael acceptors toward NF-κB inhibition, we synthesized a small library of helenalin-based analogues containing various combinations of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones and cyclopentenones. The kinetics of thiol addition to a subset of the analogues was measured to determine the relative thiol reactivities of the embedded electrophiles. Additionally, the cellular NF-κB inhibitory activities of the analogues were determined to elucidate the contributions of each Michael acceptor to biological potency. Our studies suggest the α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone contributes most significantly to the NF-κB inhibition of our simplified helenalin analogues.
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- John C Widen
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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Synthesis of deoxyelephantopin analogues. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2017; 71:248-256. [PMID: 29089602 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2017.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Deoxyelephantopin is a sesquiterpene lactone that was reported to be as effective in the treatment of mammary tumours and lung metastasis as taxol based on a murine orthotopic cancer model. Its germacrene skeleton harbours three Michael acceptors that can potentially engage a target covalently. Its strained 10-membered ring is densely functionalised and represents an important synthetic challenge. We herein describe our studies towards deoxyelephantopins using a ring-closing metathesis approach and report some unexpected observations.
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Mehmood T, Maryam A, Tian X, Khan M, Ma T. Santamarine Inhibits NF-кB and STAT3 Activation and Induces Apoptosis in HepG2 Liver Cancer Cells via Oxidative Stress. J Cancer 2017; 8:3707-3717. [PMID: 29151958 PMCID: PMC5688924 DOI: 10.7150/jca.20239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Sesquiterpene lactones have long been used in traditional Chinese medicines to treat inflammatory diseases. Recently, sesquiterpene lactone family compounds have been recognized as potential anticancer agents. Thus, it is necessary to explore new sesquiterpene lactones and their antitumor mechanism for cancer treatments. In the present study, we have explored the potential anti-cancer activity of a novel sesquiterpene lactone compound “santamarine” (STM) in HepG2 cells. It inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis dose-dependently with IC50 ~ 70 μM. Induction of apoptosis was found to be linked with increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, decreased activity of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), glutathione (GSH) depletion, mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) dissipation, Bcl-2 family proteins modulation, cytochrome c release, caspases-9, -8 and -3 activation and PARP cleavage. Further mechanistic study demonstrated that STM inhibited the constitutive and TNF-α-induced translocation of NF-кB into nucleus by decreasing phosphorylation of IkB-α. Moreover, STM inhibited STAT3 activation by decreasing phosphorylation at tyrosine705. NAC pretreatment reversed the effect of STM-mediated cell death, NF-кB inhibition and blockage of STAT3 activity, indicating the involvement of oxidative stress in STM-mediated anticancer activity. Further studies are needed to explore the exact molecular mechanism of STM-induced apoptosis to develop it into a lead for treatment of liver cancer in future.
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- Tahir Mehmood
- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116044, P.R. China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116044, P.R. China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116044, P.R. China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116044, P.R. China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116044, P.R. China
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Lagoutte R, Patouret R, Winssinger N. Covalent inhibitors: an opportunity for rational target selectivity. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2017; 39:54-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Teah YF, Abduraman MA, Amanah A, Adenan MI, Sulaiman SF, Tan ML. The effects of deoxyelephantopin on the cardiac delayed rectifier potassium channel current (I Kr) and human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) expression. Food Chem Toxicol 2017; 107:293-301. [PMID: 28689918 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Elephantopus scaber Linn and its major bioactive component, deoxyelephantopin are known for their medicinal properties and are often reported to have various cytotoxic and antitumor activities. This plant is widely used as folk medicine for a plethora of indications although its safety profile remains unknown. Human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) encodes the cardiac IKr current which is a determinant of the duration of ventricular action potentials and QT interval. The hERG potassium channel is an important antitarget in cardiotoxicity evaluation. This study investigated the effects of deoxyelephantopin on the current, mRNA and protein expression of hERG channel in hERG-transfected HEK293 cells. The hERG tail currents following depolarization pulses were insignificantly affected by deoxyelephantopin in the transfected cell line. Current reduction was less than 40% as compared with baseline at the highest concentration of 50 μM. The results were consistent with the molecular docking simulation and hERG surface protein expression. Interestingly, it does not affect the hERG expression at both transcriptional and translational level at most concentrations, although higher concentration at 10 μM caused protein accumulation. In conclusion, deoxyelephantopin is unlikely a clinically significant hERG channel and Ikr blocker.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yi Fan Teah
- Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals, National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals, National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Atta-ur-Rahman Institute for Natural Product Discovery, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals, National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; Advanced Medical & Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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Nascimento de Oliveira M, Fournier J, Arseniyadis S, Cossy J. A Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation Approach to α-Quaternary γ-Butyrolactones. Org Lett 2016; 19:14-17. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marllon Nascimento de Oliveira
- Laboratoire de
Chimie Organique,
Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI) - ESPCI Paris/CNRS
(UMR8231), PSL Research University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de
Chimie Organique,
Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI) - ESPCI Paris/CNRS
(UMR8231), PSL Research University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de
Chimie Organique,
Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI) - ESPCI Paris/CNRS
(UMR8231), PSL Research University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de
Chimie Organique,
Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI) - ESPCI Paris/CNRS
(UMR8231), PSL Research University, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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