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Triaa N, Znati M, Ben Jannet H, Bouajila J. Biological Activities of Novel Oleanolic Acid Derivatives from Bioconversion and Semi-Synthesis. Molecules 2024; 29:3091. [PMID: 38999041 PMCID: PMC11243203 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29133091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Oleanolic acid (OA) is a vegetable chemical that is present naturally in a number of edible and medicinal botanicals. It has been extensively studied by medicinal chemists and scientific researchers due to its biological activity against a wide range of diseases. A significant number of researchers have synthesized a variety of analogues of OA by modifying its structure with the intention of creating more potent biological agents and improving its pharmaceutical properties. In recent years, chemical and enzymatic techniques have been employed extensively to investigate and modify the chemical structure of OA. This review presents recent advancements in medical chemistry for the structural modification of OA, with a special focus on the biotransformation, semi-synthesis and relationship between the modified structures and their biopharmaceutical properties.
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- Nahla Triaa
- Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products Team, Laboratory of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Natural Products and Reactivity (LR11ES39), Faculty of Science of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue of Environment, Monastir 5019, Tunisia; (N.T.); (M.Z.)
- Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, INPT, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products Team, Laboratory of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Natural Products and Reactivity (LR11ES39), Faculty of Science of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue of Environment, Monastir 5019, Tunisia; (N.T.); (M.Z.)
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products Team, Laboratory of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Natural Products and Reactivity (LR11ES39), Faculty of Science of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue of Environment, Monastir 5019, Tunisia; (N.T.); (M.Z.)
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- Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, INPT, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Mrudulakumari Vasudevan U, Lee EY. Flavonoids, terpenoids, and polyketide antibiotics: Role of glycosylation and biocatalytic tactics in engineering glycosylation. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 41:107550. [PMID: 32360984 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Flavonoids, terpenoids, and polyketides are structurally diverse secondary metabolites used widely as pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Most of these molecules exist in nature as glycosides, in which sugar residues act as a decisive factor in their architectural complexity and bioactivity. Engineering glycosylation through selective trimming or extension of the sugar residues in these molecules is a prerequisite to their commercial production as well to creating novel derivatives with specialized functions. Traditional chemical glycosylation methods are tedious and can offer only limited end-product diversity. New in vitro and in vivo biocatalytic tools have emerged as outstanding platforms for engineering glycosylation in these three classes of secondary metabolites to create a large repertoire of versatile glycoprofiles. As knowledge has increased about secondary metabolite-associated promiscuous glycosyltransferases and sugar biosynthetic machinery, along with phenomenal progress in combinatorial biosynthesis, reliable industrial production of unnatural secondary metabolites has gained momentum in recent years. This review highlights the significant role of sugar residues in naturally occurring flavonoids, terpenoids, and polyketide antibiotics. General biocatalytic tools used to alter the identity and pattern of sugar molecules are described, followed by a detailed illustration of diverse strategies used in the past decade to engineer glycosylation of these valuable metabolites, exemplified with commercialized products and patents. By addressing the challenges involved in current bio catalytic methods and considering the perspectives portrayed in this review, exceptional drugs, flavors, and aromas from these small molecules could come to dominate the natural-product industry.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea.
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Yan S, Lin H, Huang H, Yang M, Xu B, Chen G. Microbial hydroxylation and glycosidation of oleanolic acid by Circinella muscae and their anti-inflammatory activities. Nat Prod Res 2018; 33:1849-1855. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1477150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Sensen Yan
- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University , Nantong, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University , Nantong, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University , Nantong, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University , Nantong, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University , Nantong, PR China
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Zhang CX, Ma WJ, Liu DL, Jia XJ, Zhao YM. Biotransformation of ursolic acid by Alternaria longipes AS3.2875. Nat Prod Res 2018; 32:536-543. [PMID: 28553725 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2017.1327860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Microbial transformation of ursolic acid (1) was carried out by Alternaria longipes AS 3.2875. Six transformed products (2-7) from 1 were isolated and their structures were identified as 3-carbonyl ursolic acid 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester (2), ursolic acid 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), ursolic acid 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester (4), 2α, 3β-dihydroxy ursolic acid 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester (5), 3β, 21β dihydroxy ursolic acid 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester (6), and 3-O-(β-D-glucopyranosyl)- ursolic acid 28-O-(β-D-glucopyranosyl) ester (7) based on the analysis of 1D NMR, 2DNMR and MS data. The product 2 was a new compound among them and showed stronger antibacterial activity against S. aureu, MRSA and MRCA than substrate. In this study, we modified structure of ursolic acid through biotransformation to enhance its activities and preliminarily discussed the transformation way of the products.
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- Chen-Xi Zhang
- a Tianjin Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Occupational and Environmental Hazard , Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces , Tianjin , P.R. China
- b College of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , P.R. China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Occupational and Environmental Hazard , Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces , Tianjin , P.R. China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Occupational and Environmental Hazard , Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces , Tianjin , P.R. China
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- b College of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , P.R. China
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- a Tianjin Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Occupational and Environmental Hazard , Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces , Tianjin , P.R. China
- b College of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin , P.R. China
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Shirahata T, Nagai T, Hirata N, Yokoyama M, Katsumi T, Konishi N, Nishino T, Makino K, Yamada H, Kaji E, Kiyohara H, Kobayashi Y. Syntheses and mucosal adjuvant activity of simplified oleanolic acid saponins possessing cinnamoyl ester. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:1747-1755. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.09.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Revised: 09/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Profiling and identification of the metabolites of ginsenoside Ro in rat faeces and urine after oral administration. Eur Food Res Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-015-2531-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Ludwig B, Geib D, Haas C, Steingroewer J, Bley T, Muffler K, Ulber R. Whole-cell biotransformation of oleanolic acid by free and immobilized cells ofNocardia iowensis: Characterization of new metabolites. Eng Life Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201400121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Benjamin Ludwig
- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering; University of Kaiserslautern; Kaiserslautern Germany
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- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering; University of Kaiserslautern; Kaiserslautern Germany
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- Institute of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering; TU Dresden; Dresden Germany
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- Institute of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering; TU Dresden; Dresden Germany
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- Institute of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering; TU Dresden; Dresden Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences and Engineering; University of Applied Sciences Bingen; Bingen Germany
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- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering; University of Kaiserslautern; Kaiserslautern Germany
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Shah SAA, Tan HL, Sultan S, Faridz MABM, Shah MABM, Nurfazilah S, Hussain M. Microbial-catalyzed biotransformation of multifunctional triterpenoids derived from phytonutrients. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:12027-60. [PMID: 25003642 PMCID: PMC4139828 DOI: 10.3390/ijms150712027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Microbial-catalyzed biotransformations have considerable potential for the generation of an enormous variety of structurally diversified organic compounds, especially natural products with complex structures like triterpenoids. They offer efficient and economical ways to produce semi-synthetic analogues and novel lead molecules. Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi could catalyze chemo-, regio- and stereospecific hydroxylations of diverse triterpenoid substrates that are extremely difficult to produce by chemical routes. During recent years, considerable research has been performed on the microbial transformation of bioactive triterpenoids, in order to obtain biologically active molecules with diverse structures features. This article reviews the microbial modifications of tetranortriterpenoids, tetracyclic triterpenoids and pentacyclic triterpenoids.
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- Syed Adnan Ali Shah
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Puncak Alam Campus, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Puncak Alam Campus, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Puncak Alam Campus, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Puncak Alam Campus, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Puncak Alam Campus, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, DHA Suffa University, Off, Khayaban-e-Tufail, Phase VII (Extension), DHA, Karachi 75500, Pakistan.
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Martinez A, Rivas F, Perojil A, Parra A, Garcia-Granados A, Fernandez-Vivas A. Biotransformation of oleanolic and maslinic acids by Rhizomucor miehei. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2013; 94:229-237. [PMID: 23790643 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Microbial transformation of oleanolic acid by Rhizomucor miehei produced three metabolites. A known compound, a 30-hydroxyl derivative (queretaroic acid), and two 7β,30- and 1β,30-dihydroxylated metabolites, respectively. The action of the same fungus (R. miehei) on maslinic acid produced an olean-11-en-28,13β-olide derivative, a metabolite hydroxylated at C-30, an 11-oxo derivative, and two metabolites with an 11α,12α-epoxy group, hydroxylated or not at C-30. Their structures were elucidated by extensive analyses of their spectroscopic data, and also by chemical correlations.
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- Antonio Martinez
- Departamento de Química, Orgánica Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
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Fu SB, Yang JS, Cui JL, Sun DA. Biotransformation of ursolic acid by Syncephalastrum racemosum CGMCC 3.2500 and anti-HCV activity. Fitoterapia 2013; 86:123-8. [PMID: 23425601 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Microbial transformation of ursolic acid (UA, 3β-hydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid, 1) by filamentous fungus Syncephalastrum racemosum CGMCC 3.2500 was conducted. Five metabolites 3β, 7β, 21β-trihydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid (2); 3β, 21β-dihydroxy-urs-11-en-28-oic acid-13-lactone (3); 1β, 3β, 21β-trihydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid (4); 3β, 7β, 21β-trihydroxy-urs-1-en-28-oic acid-13-lactone (5); and 21-oxo-1β, 3β-dihydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid (6) were afforded. Elucidation of the structures of these metabolites was primarily based on 1D and 2D NMR and HR-MS data. Metabolite 2 was a new compound. In addition, the anti-HCV activity of compounds 1-6 was evaluated.
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- Shao-Bin Fu
- Institute of Medical Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
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