Synthesis, Stereochemical Analysis, and Derivatization of Myricanol Provide New Probes That Promote Autophagic Tau Clearance
摘要:
We previously discovered that one specific scalemic preparation of myricanol (1), a constituent of Myrica cerifera (bayberry/southern wax myrtle) root bark, could lower the levels of the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT). The significance is that tau accumulates in a number of neurodegenerative diseases, the most common being Alzheimers disease (AD). Herein, a new synthetic route to prepare myricanol using a suitable boronic acid pinacol ester intermediate is reported. An X-ray crystal structure of the isolated myricanol (1) was obtained and showed a co-crystal consisting of (+)-aR,11S-myricanol (2) and (-)-aS,11R-myricanol (3) coformers. Surprisingly, 3, obtained from chiral separation from 1, reduced tau levels in both cultured cells and ex vivo brain slices from a mouse model of tauopathy at reasonable mid-to-low micromolar potency, whereas 2 did not. SILAC proteomics and cell assays revealed that 3 promoted tau degradation through an autophagic mechanism, which was in contrast to that of other tau-lowering compounds previously identified by our group. During the course of structureactivity relationship (SAR) development, we prepared compound 13 by acid-catalyzed dehydration of 1. 13 had undergone an unexpected structural rearrangement through the isomyricanol substitution pattern (e.g., 16), as verified by X-ray structural analysis. Compound 13 displayed robust tau-lowering activity, and, importantly, its enantiomers reduced tau levels similarly. Therefore, the semisynthetic analogue 13 provides a foundation for further development as a tau-lowering agent without its SAR being based on chirality.
Synthesis, Stereochemical Analysis, and Derivatization of Myricanol Provide New Probes That Promote Autophagic Tau Clearance
摘要:
We previously discovered that one specific scalemic preparation of myricanol (1), a constituent of Myrica cerifera (bayberry/southern wax myrtle) root bark, could lower the levels of the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT). The significance is that tau accumulates in a number of neurodegenerative diseases, the most common being Alzheimers disease (AD). Herein, a new synthetic route to prepare myricanol using a suitable boronic acid pinacol ester intermediate is reported. An X-ray crystal structure of the isolated myricanol (1) was obtained and showed a co-crystal consisting of (+)-aR,11S-myricanol (2) and (-)-aS,11R-myricanol (3) coformers. Surprisingly, 3, obtained from chiral separation from 1, reduced tau levels in both cultured cells and ex vivo brain slices from a mouse model of tauopathy at reasonable mid-to-low micromolar potency, whereas 2 did not. SILAC proteomics and cell assays revealed that 3 promoted tau degradation through an autophagic mechanism, which was in contrast to that of other tau-lowering compounds previously identified by our group. During the course of structureactivity relationship (SAR) development, we prepared compound 13 by acid-catalyzed dehydration of 1. 13 had undergone an unexpected structural rearrangement through the isomyricanol substitution pattern (e.g., 16), as verified by X-ray structural analysis. Compound 13 displayed robust tau-lowering activity, and, importantly, its enantiomers reduced tau levels similarly. Therefore, the semisynthetic analogue 13 provides a foundation for further development as a tau-lowering agent without its SAR being based on chirality.
myricanol in 9 steps and 4.9% overall yield starting from commercially available 2,3-dimethoxyphenol and methyl 3-(4-benzyloxyphenyl)propanoate. The key steps are a cross-metathesis to obtain a linear diarylheptanoid intermediate and a Suzuki–Miyaura domino reaction to generate the challenging macrocycle.
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Whiting, Donald A.; Wood, Andrew F., Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions I, 1980, p. 623 - 628
作者:Whiting, Donald A.、Wood, Andrew F.
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KRISHNAMURTY, H. G.;GHOSH, SANJUKTA;SATHYANARAYANA, S., INDIAN J. CHEM., 25,(1986) N 12, 1253-1254
作者:KRISHNAMURTY, H. G.、GHOSH, SANJUKTA、SATHYANARAYANA, S.
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Extensive 1D, 2D NMR Spectra of Some [7.0]Metacyclophanes and X-ray Analysis of (±)-Myricanol
作者:Balawant S. Joshi、S. William Pelletier、M. Gary Newton、Doowon Lee、Georgia B. McGaughey、Mohindar S. Puar
DOI:10.1021/np960230k
日期:1996.1.1
From the hexane extract of the bark of Myrica cerifera, the pentacyclic triterpenes taraxerol and myricadiol were isolated. The EtOH extract afforded the [7.0]metacyclophanes, (+/-)-myricanol(4), and myricanone (7). Accurate H-1- and C-13-NMR spectral assignments have been made for (+/-)-myricanol (4), 5,11,17-tri-O-acetyl-(+/-)-myricanol (5), 11-O-methyl-(+/-)-myricanol (6), and myricanone (7) by a study of the H-1-H-1-COSY, H-1-C-13-COSY (HETCOR), selective INEPT, and 1D NOE experiments. The structure of (+/-)-myricanol was established by a single crystal X-ray analysis. Molecular mechanics MM-3(94) calculations have been made for (R,Sa)- and (S,Sa)-myricanol, and the bond lengths, bond angles, and the torsion angles have been calculated for the energy-minimized conformation.