New brassinosteroid analogs having nitrogenated functionalities at C3 to provide more information about the brassinosteroid–receptor interaction
摘要:
An efficient synthesis of different brassinosteroid derivatives with an azide or an amine function at C3 without any function at C2 and their biological activity evaluation in the rice lamina inclination test is described. The key step in the synthetic strategy involves a nucleophilic substitution by azide of an activated 3beta-OH followed by reduction to amine. The activity elicited by 7 and 9 having an azide group, in contrast with the residual ones elicited by their corresponding amines, suggests that the 3alpha-OH group of an active brassinosteroid could act as acceptor in the putative hydrogen bonding interaction with the receptor/s. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Syntheses and antiproliferative activity of some sulfated hydroximinosterols
摘要:
Four new sulfated steroidal compounds, sodium 3-hydroxy-6-hydroximinocholestane 3-sulfate (7a), sodium 3-hydroxy-6-hydroximinostigmastane 6-sulfate (7b), sodium 3-hydroxy-6-hydroximinocholest-4-ene 3-sulfate (10a), and sodium 6-hydroxy-3-hydroximinocholestane 6-sulfate (16) had been synthesized using cholesterol or stigmasterol as starting materials by different synthetic methods. The synthetic compounds were characterized by their analytical and spectral data, and their antiproliferative activity against MGC 7901 (human gastric carcinoma cell line), HeLa (human cervical carcinoma cell line), and SMMC 7404 (human liver carcinoma cell line) were investigated. The results showed that the compounds exhibited a remarkable cytotoxicity against HeLa tumor cells in vitro and 7a displayed a better cytotoxicity than cisplatin (a positive contrast).
side chain at position 17 is required for the biological activity of the compounds as we previously confirmed, elimination of the 4,5-double bond augmented the cytotoxicactivity for the steroidal oximes. In addition, the presence of a hydroxy on 3- or 6-position of the steroidal nucleus resulted in a remarkable increase of cytotoxicactivity. Our findings present more evidence showing the relationship
Synthesis and bioactivity of natural and C-3 fluorinated biosynthetic precursors of 28-homobrassinolide
作者:Lydia R Galagovsky、Eduardo G Gros、Javier A Ramı́rez
DOI:10.1016/s0031-9422(01)00379-x
日期:2001.11
paper we describe the synthesis of two new fluorinated brassinosteroids: (22R,23R)-22,23-dihydroxy-3alpha-fluorostigmastan-6-one and (22R,23R)-22,23-dihydroxy-3beta-fluorostigmastan-6-one. Their bioactivities were evaluated in the rice lamina inclination test and compared with that of 28-homocastasterone, 28-homotyphasterol and 28-homoteasterone, possible biosyntheticprecursors of 28-homobrassinolide