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Lei H, Chen X, Bai R, Wang Q, Xian N, Zhao X, Zhou X, Zheng Y, Wang G. Genetically predicted TWEAK mediates the association between lipidome and Keratinocyte Carcinomas. Skin Res Technol 2024; 30:e13781. [PMID: 38932454 PMCID: PMC11208293 DOI: 10.1111/srt.13781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Reports suggest that lipid profiles may be linked to the likelihood of developing skin cancer, yet the exact causal relationship is still unknown. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the connection between lipidome and skin cancers, as well as investigate any possible mediators. METHODS A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was conducted on 179 lipidomes and each skin cancer based on a genome-wide association study (GWAS), including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Then, Bayesian weighted MR was performed to verify the analysis results of two-sample MR. Moreover, a two-step MR was employed to investigate the impact of TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK)-mediated lipidome on skin cancer rates. RESULTS MR analysis identified higher genetically predicted phosphatidylcholine (PC) (17:0_18:2) could reduce the risk of skin tumors, including BCC (OR = 0.9149, 95% CI: 0.8667-0.9658), SCC (OR = 0.9343, 95% CI: 0.9087-0.9606) and melanoma (OR = 0.9982, 95% CI: 0.9966-0.9997). The proportion of PC (17:0_18:2) predicted by TWEAK-mediated genetic prediction was 6.6 % in BCC and 7.6% in SCC. The causal relationship between PC (17:0_18:2) and melanoma was not mediated by TWEAK. CONCLUSION This study identified a negative causal relationship between PC (17:0_18:2) and keratinocyte carcinomas, a small part of which was mediated by TWEAK, and most of the remaining mediating factors are still unclear. Further research on other risk factors is needed in the future.
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- Hao Lei
- Department of Dermatologythe First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral DiseasesDepartment of OrthodonticsSchool of StomatologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityShaanxi ProvinceXi'anChina
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- Department of Dermatologythe First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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- Department of DermatologyTangdu HospitalAir Force Military Medical UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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- Department of Dermatologythe First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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- Department of Dermatologythe First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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- Department of Dermatologythe Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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- Department of Dermatologythe First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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- The First Department of General Surgerythe Third Affiliated Hospital and Shaanxi Provincial People's HospitalXi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'anShaanxi ProvinceChina
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Seo JW, Park KS, Lee GB, Park SE, Choi JH, Moon MH. Comprehensive Lipid Profiling Recapitulates Enhanced Lipolysis and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Intimal Foamy Macrophages From Murine Atherosclerotic Aorta. Immune Netw 2023; 23:e28. [PMID: 37670810 PMCID: PMC10475825 DOI: 10.4110/in.2023.23.e28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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Lipid accumulation in macrophages is a prominent phenomenon observed in atherosclerosis. Previously, intimal foamy macrophages (FM) showed decreased inflammatory gene expression compared to intimal non-foamy macrophages (NFM). Since reprogramming of lipid metabolism in macrophages affects immunological functions, lipid profiling of intimal macrophages appears to be important for understanding the phenotypic changes of macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions. While lipidomic analysis has been performed in atherosclerotic aortic tissues and cultured macrophages, direct lipid profiling has not been performed in primary aortic macrophages from atherosclerotic aortas. We utilized nanoflow ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to provide comprehensive lipid profiles of intimal non-foamy and foamy macrophages and adventitial macrophages from Ldlr-/- mouse aortas. We also analyzed the gene expression of each macrophage type related to lipid metabolism. FM showed increased levels of fatty acids, cholesterol esters, phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol, and sphingomyelin. However, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidic acid, and ceramide levels were decreased in FM compared to those in NFM. Interestingly, FM showed decreased triacylglycerol (TG) levels. Expressions of lipolysis-related genes including Pnpla2 and Lpl were markedly increased but expressions of Lpin2 and Dgat1 related to TG synthesis were decreased in FM. Analysis of transcriptome and lipidome data revealed differences in the regulation of each lipid metabolic pathway in aortic macrophages. These comprehensive lipidomic data could clarify the phenotypes of macrophages in the atherosclerotic aorta.
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- Jae Won Seo
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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Soteriou C, Kalli AC, Connell SD, Tyler AII, Thorne JL. Advances in understanding and in multi-disciplinary methodology used to assess lipid regulation of signalling cascades from the cancer cell plasma membrane. Prog Lipid Res 2020; 81:101080. [PMID: 33359620 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2020.101080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The lipid bilayer is a functional component of cells, forming a stable platform for the initiation of key biological processes, including cell signalling. There are distinct changes in the lipid composition of cell membranes during oncogenic transformation resulting in aberrant activation and inactivation of signalling transduction pathways. Studying the role of the cell membrane in cell signalling is challenging, since techniques are often limited to by timescale, resolution, sensitivity, and averaging. To overcome these limitations, combining 'computational', 'wet-lab' and 'semi-dry' approaches offers the best opportunity to resolving complex biological processes involved in membrane organisation. In this review, we highlight analytical tools that have been applied for the study of cell signalling initiation from the cancer cell membranes through computational microscopy, biological assays, and membrane biophysics. The cancer therapeutic potential of extracellular membrane-modulating agents, such as cholesterol-reducing agents is also discussed, as is the need for future collaborative inter-disciplinary research for studying the role of the cell membrane and its components in cancer therapy.
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- C Soteriou
- School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, UK; Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, UK
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- School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS29JT, UK.
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Urbanelli L, Buratta S, Logozzi M, Mitro N, Sagini K, Raimo RD, Caruso D, Fais S, Emiliani C. Lipidomic analysis of cancer cells cultivated at acidic pH reveals phospholipid fatty acids remodelling associated with transcriptional reprogramming. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2020; 35:963-973. [PMID: 32308048 PMCID: PMC7191909 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2020.1748025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Cancer cells need to modulate the biosynthesis of membrane lipids and fatty acids to adapt themselves to an accelerated rate of cell division and survive into an extracellular environment characterised by a low pH. To gain insight this crucial survival process, we investigated the lipid composition of Mel 501 melanoma cells cultured at either physiological or acidic pH and observed the remodelling of phospholipids towards longer and more unsaturated acyl chains at low pH. This modification was related to changes in gene expression profile, as we observed an up-regulation of genes involved in acyl chain desaturation, elongation and transfer to phospholipids. PC3 prostate and MCF7 breast cancer cells adapted at acidic pH also demonstrated phospholipid fatty acid remodelling related to gene expression changes. Overall findings clearly indicate that low extracellular pH impresses a specific lipid signature to cells, associated with transcriptional reprogramming.
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- Lorena Urbanelli
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.,CEMIN-Center of Excellence for Innovative Nanostructured Material, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Giannuzzi D, Marconato L, Elgendy R, Ferraresso S, Scarselli E, Fariselli P, Nicosia A, Pegolo S, Leoni G, Laganga P, Leone VF, Giantin M, Troise F, Dacasto M, Aresu L. Longitudinal transcriptomic and genetic landscape of radiotherapy response in canine melanoma. Vet Comp Oncol 2019; 17:308-316. [PMID: 30805995 DOI: 10.1111/vco.12473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Canine malignant melanoma (MM) is a highly aggressive tumour with a low survival rate and represents an ideal spontaneous model for the human counterpart. Considerable progress has been recently obtained, but the therapeutic success for canine melanoma is still challenging. Little is known about the mechanisms beyond pathogenesis and melanoma development, and the molecular response to radiotherapy has never been explored before. A faster and deeper understanding of cancer mutational processes and developing mechanisms are now possible through next generation sequencing technologies. In this study, we matched whole exome and transcriptome sequencing in four dogs affected by MM at diagnosis and at disease progression to identify possible genetic mechanisms associated with therapy failure. According to previous studies, a genetic similarity between canine MM and its human counterpart was observed. Several somatic mutations were functionally related to MAPK, PI3K/AKT and p53 signalling pathways, but located in genes other than BRAF, RAS and KIT. At disease progression, several mutations were related to therapy effects. Natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity and several immune-system-related pathways resulted activated opening a new scenario on the microenvironment in this tumour. In conclusion, this study suggests a potential role of the immune system associated to radiotherapy in canine melanoma, but a larger sample size associated with functional studies are needed.
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- Diana Giannuzzi
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy
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- Centro Oncologico Veterinario, Sasso Marconi, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy
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- Nouscom AG, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.,CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c. a.r.l., Naples, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy
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- Centro Oncologico Veterinario, Sasso Marconi, Bologna, Italy
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- Centro Oncologico Veterinario, Sasso Marconi, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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Dai W, Liu H, Xu X, Ge J, Luo S, Zhu D, Amos CI, Fang S, Lee JE, Li X, Nan H, Li C, Wei Q. Genetic variants in ELOVL2 and HSD17B12 predict melanoma-specific survival. Int J Cancer 2019; 145:2619-2628. [PMID: 30734280 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Fatty acids play a key role in cellular bioenergetics, membrane biosynthesis and intracellular signaling processes and thus may be involved in cancer development and progression. In the present study, we comprehensively assessed associations of 14,522 common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 149 genes of the fatty-acid synthesis pathway with cutaneous melanoma disease-specific survival (CMSS). The dataset of 858 cutaneous melanoma (CM) patients from a published genome-wide association study (GWAS) by The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center was used as the discovery dataset, and the identified significant SNPs were validated by a dataset of 409 CM patients from another GWAS from the Nurses' Health and Health Professionals Follow-up Studies. We found 40 noteworthy SNPs to be associated with CMSS in both discovery and validation datasets after multiple comparison correction by the false positive report probability method, because more than 85% of the SNPs were imputed. By performing functional prediction, linkage disequilibrium analysis, and stepwise Cox regression selection, we identified two independent SNPs of ELOVL2 rs3734398 T>C and HSD17B12 rs11037684 A>G that predicted CMSS, with an allelic hazards ratio of 0.66 (95% confidence interval = 0.51-0.84 and p = 8.34 × 10-4 ) and 2.29 (1.55-3.39 and p = 3.61 × 10-5 ), respectively. Finally, the ELOVL2 rs3734398 variant CC genotype was found to be associated with a significantly increased mRNA expression level. These SNPs may be potential markers for CM prognosis, if validated by additional larger and mechanistic studies.
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- Wei Dai
- Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.,Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.,Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.,Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.,Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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Urosa A, Tobal IE, de la Granja ÁP, Capitán MC, Moro RF, Marcos IS, Garrido NM, Sanz F, Calle E, Díez D. Diastereoselective synthesis of chiral 1,3-cyclohexadienals. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192113. [PMID: 29438416 PMCID: PMC5810990 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
A novel approach to the production of chiral 1,3-cyclohexadienals has been developed. The organocatalysed asymmetric reaction of different β-disubstituted-α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with a chiral α,β-unsaturated aldehyde in the presence of a Jørgensen-Hayashi organocatalyst provides easy and stereocontrolled access to the cyclohexadienal backbone. This method allows for the synthesis of potential photoprotective chiral 1,3-cyclohexadienals and extra extended conjugation compounds in a simple manner.
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- Aitor Urosa
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Servicio de Difracción de Rayos X, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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