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Li HB, Bai SQ, Shu TY, Wang Q, Chen H, Su LH, Xu M. Lappanolides A-N, fourteen undescribed sesquiterpenoids from Saussurea costus (Syn. Saussurea lappa) and their anti HBV activity. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2024; 226:114207. [PMID: 38972443 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2024.114207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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Lappanolides A-N (1-14), 14 undescribed sesquiterpenoids, along with 23 known ones (15-37), were isolated from the roots of Saussurea costus, which were primarily categorized into eudesmane, guaiane, and germacrane types. Lappanolide A (1) possessed an unprecedented pseudo-disesquiterpenoids. Their structures and absolute configurations were established using physical data analyses (HRESIMS, IR, 1D and 2D NMR) and ECD calculations. All isolated compounds were tested for anti-hepatitis B virus (anti-HBV) activity. Ten compounds (1, 9, 11, 12, 19, 22, 28, 29, 31, and 36) exhibited activities against HBsAg secretions as determined by ELISA assay, with IC50 values ranging from 5.2 to 45.7 μM. In particular, compounds 28 and 29 showed inhibition of HBsAg secretion with IC50 values of 5.28 and 5.30 μM, and CC50 values of 9.85 and 6.37 μM, respectively, though they all exhibited low selectivity. Several compounds displayed cytotoxicity in the MTT assay. Among them, compound 28 was the most notable and was chosen for further study using flow cytometry. The result showed that it significantly induced HepG2 cell arrest in the S phase and induced apoptosis.
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- Hong-Bo Li
- Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming, 650500, China.
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming, 650500, China.
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Silva EO, Ruano-González A, Dos Santos RA, Sánchez-Maestre R, Furtado NAJC, Collado IG, Aleu J. Antifungal and Cytotoxic Assessment of Lapachol Derivatives Produced by Fungal Biotransformation. Nat Prod Commun 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1601100128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In the screening for biological active compounds, the biotransformation processes catalyzed by filamentous fungi are useful because they can provide information about the possible appearance of toxic metabolites after oral administration and also generate new leads. In this paper, biotransformation of lapachol (1) by three fungal strains, Mucor circinelloides NRRL3631, Botrytis cinerea UCA992 and Botrytis cinerea 2100, has been investigated for the first time. Lapachol (1) was biotransformed into avicequinone-A (2) by M. circinelloides, 3′-hydroxylapachol (3) by B. cinerea, and into dehydro-α-lapachone (4) by both fungi. All these compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities. The metabolite 2 displayed non-selective cytotoxicity against tumor and normal cell lines, 3 did not show cytotoxicity against the same cells, while 4 showed higher cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines than lapachol (1). The transformation of 1 into harmless and reactive metabolites evidences the importance of the evaluation of drug metabolism in the drug discovery process. Antifungal potential of lapachol (1) and its metabolites 2 and 4 against B. cinerea has also been evaluated. Dehydro-α-lapachone (4) has been shown to be less toxic to fungal growth than lapachol (1), which indicates a detoxification mechanism of the phytopathogen.
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- Eliane O. Silva
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo 14040-903, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz 11510, Spain
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, São Paulo 14404-600, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz 11510, Spain
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo 14040-903, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz 11510, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, Puerto Real, Cádiz 11510, Spain
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Chen LX, Zhao Q, Zhang M, Liang YY, Ma JH, Zhang X, Ding LQ, Zhao F, Qiu F. Biotransformation of Curcumenol by Mucor polymorphosporus. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2015; 78:674-680. [PMID: 25821895 DOI: 10.1021/np500845z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Biocatalysis of curcumenol (1) was performed by Mucor polymorphosporus AS 3.3443. Six metabolites including five new compounds were obtained, and their structures were elucidated as 10β-hydroxy-9,10-dihydrocurcumenol (2), 2β-hydroxycurcumenol (3), 15-hydroxycurcumenol (4), 12-hydroxycurcumenol (5), 1-hydroxy-4αH-guai-1,6,9-triene-2,8-dione (6), and 5-hydroxycarbonyl-1-oxo-3,7-dimethylindane (7) by spectroscopic analysis. M. polymorphosporus catalyzed unusual degradation and rearrangement reactions to generate a ring-contracted metabolite (7) of curcumenol (1). Curcumenol (1) and metabolites 4-7 exhibited inhibitory activities against lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 macrophages, with 7 exhibiting more potent activity than curcumenol.
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- ‡School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, People's Republic of China
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- §School of Pharmacy, Yantai University, Laishan District, Yantai, 264005, People's Republic of China
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- ‡School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, People's Republic of China
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Csupor-Löffler B, Zupkó I, Molnár J, Forgo P, Hohmann J. Bioactivity-guided Isolation of Antiproliferative Compounds from the Roots of Onopordum acanthium. Nat Prod Commun 2014. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1400900313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Onopordum acanthium has been considered in traditional medicine to be effective against different cancers. The chloroform extracts of the root, which displayed antiproliferative effect against human tumor cell lines, was subjected to bioactivity-guided multistep chromatographic separation. This experiment resulted in the isolation of the sesquiterpene lactones 4β,14-dihydro-3-dehydrozaluzanin C (1), zaluzanin C (2) and 4β,15,11β,13-tetrahydrozaluzanin C (3), the neolignan nitidanin-diisovalerianate (4), besides 13-oxo-9 Z,11 E-octadecadienoic acid (5), 24-methylenecholesterol (6), α-linolenic acid, linoleic acid, stigmasterol and β-sitosterol. The structures of the isolated compounds were established through analytical data (NMR, MS), and by comparison of these with those reported in the literature. All the aforementioned compounds were detected for the first time from this plant. The antiproliferative activities of compounds 1–6 were assessed on cervix adenocarcinoma HeLa, breast adenocarcinoma MCF7 and skin epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells by using the MTT assay. It was found that, 4β,14-dihydro-3-dehydrozaluzanin C (1), the most active antiproliferative compound of the extract, exerted remarkable tumor cell growth inhibitory activity (IC50 2.7–15.1 μM).
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Xin XL, Zhan LB, Li FY, Ma XC, Liu KX, Han J, Guo DA. Microbial transformation of bufotalin by Alternaria alternata AS 3.4578. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH 2009; 11:7-11. [PMID: 19180348 DOI: 10.1080/10286020802413197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The microbial transformation of a cytotoxic bufadienolide, bufotalin (1), was carried out. Three transformed products from 1 by Alternaria alternata were isolated. Their structures were characterized as 3-keto-bufotalin (2), 12 beta-hydroxyl-bufotalin (3), and 3-keto-12 beta-hydroxyl-bufotalin (4) based on the extensive NMR studies. Among them, 3 and 4 were new compounds with strong in vitro cytotoxic activities against HeLa cells.
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- Xiu-Lan Xin
- The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
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Ma XC, Liu KX, Zhang BJ, Xin XL, Huang J. Structural determination of three new eudesmanolides from Inula helenium. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2008; 46:1084-1088. [PMID: 18767032 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Ten sesquiterpenens were isolated from Inula helenium. Among them, three eudesmanolides: 15-hydroxy-11betaH-eudesm-4-en-8beta,12-olide (1), 3alpha-hydroxy-11betaH-eudesm-5-en-8beta,12-olide (2) and 2beta, 11alpha-dihydroxy-eudesm-5-en-8beta,12-olide (3) are new compounds. Their chemical structures were determined by spectral methods including 2D NMR.
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- Xiao-Chi Ma
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116027, PR China.
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Xin XL, Ma XC, Liu KX, Han J, Wang BR, Guo DA. Microbial transformation of alantolactone by Mucor polymorphosporus. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH 2008; 10:933-937. [PMID: 19003611 DOI: 10.1080/10286020802240301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Two new transformed sesquiterpenes of alantolactone by Mucor polymorphosporus were obtained. They were characterized as 3beta-hydroxy-11betaH-eudesm-5-en-8beta,12-olide (2) and 3beta,11alpha-dihydroxy-eudesm-5-en-8beta,12-olide (3), on the basis of spectral methods including 2D NMR. And product 3 was an unusual hydroxylation derivative of alantolactone at C-11.
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- Xiu-Lan Xin
- The State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Jia N, Xiao Chi M, Xiu Lan X, Hong Wei J, Dean G. Structural determination of two new sesquiterpenes biotransformed from germacrone by Mucor alternata. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2008; 46:178-181. [PMID: 18098168 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Eight transformed sesquiterpenes of germacrone by Mucor alternata were obtained. Their structures were characterized on the basis of spectral methods including 2D NMR. Among them, (1S, 4S, 5S, 10R)-isozedoarondiol (2) and (1R, 4S, 5S, 10R)-diepoxy-12-hydroxygermacrone (3) are new compounds.
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- Niu Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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