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Sciacca C, Cardullo N, Pulvirenti L, Travagliante G, D'Urso A, D'Agata R, Peri E, Cancemi P, Cornu A, Deffieux D, Pouységu L, Quideau S, Muccilli V. Synthesis of obovatol and related neolignan analogues as α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2024; 147:107392. [PMID: 38723423 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107392] [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: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia, which can be counteracted by the inhibition of α-glucosidase (α-Glu) and α-amylase (α-Amy), enzymes responsible for the hydrolysis of carbohydrates. In recent decades, many natural compounds and their bioinspired analogues have been studied as α-Glu and α-Amy inhibitors. However, no studies have been devoted to the evaluation of α-Glu and α-Amy inhibition by the neolignan obovatol (1). In this work, we report the synthesis of 1 and a library of new analogues. The synthesis of these compounds was achieved by implementing methodologies based on: phenol allylation, Claisen/Cope rearrangements, methylation, Ullmann coupling, demethylation, phenol oxidation and Michael-type addition. Obovatol (1) and ten analogues were evaluated for their in vitro inhibitory activity towards α-Glu and α-Amy. Our investigation highlighted that the naturally occurring 1 and four neolignan analogues (11, 22, 26 and 27) were more effective inhibitors than the hypoglycemic drug acarbose (α-Amy: 34.6 µM; α-Glu: 248.3 µM) with IC5O value of 6.2-23.6 µM toward α-Amy and 39.8-124.6 µM toward α-Glu. Docking investigations validated the inhibition outcomes, highlighting optimal compatibility between synthesized neolignans and both the enzymes. Concurrently circular dichroism spectroscopy detected the conformational changes in α-Glu induced by its interaction with the studied neolignans. Detailed studies through fluorescence measurements and kinetics of α-Glu and α-Amy inhibition also indicated that 1, 11, 22, 26 and 27 have the greatest affinity for α-Glu and 1, 11 and 27 for α-Amy. Surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI) measurements confirmed that among the compounds studied, the neolignan 27 has the greater affinity for both enzymes, thus corroborating the results obtained by kinetics and fluorescence quenching. Finally, in vitro cytotoxicity of the investigated compounds was tested on human colon cancer cell line (HCT-116). All these results demonstrate that these obovatol-based neolignan analogues constitute promising candidates in the pursuit of developing novel hypoglycemic drugs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Sciacca
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- CNR-ICB, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, via Paolo Gaifami 18, Catania 95126, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo, Palermo 90128, Italy
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- Department of Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo, Palermo 90128, Italy
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM (CNRS-UMR 5255), 351 cours de la Libération, Talence Cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM (CNRS-UMR 5255), 351 cours de la Libération, Talence Cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM (CNRS-UMR 5255), 351 cours de la Libération, Talence Cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM (CNRS-UMR 5255), 351 cours de la Libération, Talence Cedex, France; Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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Sun W, Kim TS, Choi NS, Seo SY. Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazole and Pyrazole Analogues as Bioisosteres of Biphenyl-Neolignans. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.11352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Wei Sun
- College of Pharmacy; Gachon University; Incheon 21936 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Gachon University; Incheon 21936 Republic of Korea
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- College of Interdisciplinary & Creative Studies; Konyang University; Nonsan 32992 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Gachon University; Incheon 21936 Republic of Korea
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Yu JY, Lee JJ, Jung JK, Min YK, Ma JY, Kim TJ, Lee MY, Yun YP. Anti-platelet activity of diacetylated obovatol through regulating cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase activities. Arch Pharm Res 2012; 35:2191-8. [PMID: 23263814 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-012-1217-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2012] [Revised: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Obovatol has been reported biological activities such as muscle relaxative, anti-gastric ulcer, anti-allergic and anti-bacterial activities. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of diacetylated obovatol, an obovatol derivative, on rabbit platelet aggregation, and their possible molecular mechanisms. Effects of diacetylated obovatol on platelet activation including aggregation and serotonin secretion were examined. In addition, we investigated the effect of diacetylated obovatol on archidonic acid and metabolites liberation and intracellular calcium mobilization. Diacetylated obovatol concentration-dependently inhibited the washed rabbit platelet aggregation induced by collagen and arachidonic acid, suggesting that diacetylated obovatol may selectively inhibits collagen- and arachidonic acid-mediated signal transduction. In accordance with these results, diacetylated obovatol showed a concentration-dependent decrease in cytosolic Ca(2+) mobilization and serotonin secretion. However, diacetylated obovatol did not inhibit arachidonic acid liberation; on the other hand, diacetylated obovatol inhibited the formation of arachidonic acid metabolites such as thromboxane A(2), prostaglandin D(2) and 12-HETE through interfering with cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and lipoxygenase (LOX) activities. The results demonstrated that diacetylated obovatol has antiplatelet activities through inhibition of COX-1 and LOX activities.
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- Ji-Yeon Yu
- Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon 305-600, Korea
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Bedos-Belval F, Rouch A, Vanucci-Bacqué C, Baltas M. Diaryl ether derivatives as anticancer agents – a review. MEDCHEMCOMM 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2md20199b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Jung JW, Jang J, Seo SY, Jung JK, Suh YG. Total synthesis of rodgersinol: a survey of the Cu(II)-mediated coupling of ortho-substituted phenols. Tetrahedron 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Yu JY, Lee JJ, Jung JK, Kim TJ, Yoo HS, Yun YP, Lee JC. JY0691, a newly synthesized obovatol derivative, inhibits cell cycle progression of rat aortic smooth muscle cells through up-regulation of p21cip1. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 624:23-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.09.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Revised: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kwak JH, In JK, Lee MS, Choi EH, Lee H, Hong JT, Yun YP, Lee SJ, Seo SY, Suh YG, Jung JK. Concise synthesis of Obovatol: Chemoselective ortho-bromination of phenol and survey of Cu-catalyzed diaryl ether couplings. Arch Pharm Res 2008; 31:1559-63. [PMID: 19099224 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-001-2151-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Concise total synthesis of obovatol (1) was achieved from the commercially available eugenol (5) via linear 4 steps in 40% overall yield. The key features of the synthesis involve the chemoselective orthobromination of phenol in the presence of isolated double bond and the efficient Cu-catalyzed Ullmann coupling of two aromatic moieties for the diaryl ether skeleton.
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- Jae-Hwan Kwak
- College of Pharmacy, CBITRC, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 361-763, Korea
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