Synthesis of cembranoid analogues and evaluation of their potential as quorum sensing inhibitors
摘要:
Natural cembranoids have shown Quorum Sensing Inhibitory (QSI) activity, but their structure-function interactions are not well understood. Thirty-four cembranoid analogues were synthesized using six natural cembranoids (1-6) previously isolated from the Colombian Caribbean octocorals Eunicea knighti and Pseudoplexaura flagellosa as lead compounds. The analogues (7-40) obtained through the selected chemical transformations were tested in vitro against the QS systems of a Chromobacterium violaceum biosensor. Half of the cembranoid analogues assayed showed superior QSI activity to the lead compounds; three (8, 13, and 18) displayed remarkable potency up to three times higher than the natural compounds. Thereby, we have synthesized a pool of cembranoid QS inhibitors that can be used in concert with natural compounds to develop antipathogenic drugs and antifouling agents. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Absolute stereochemistry of antifouling cembranoid epimers at C-8 from the Caribbean octocoral Pseudoplexaura flagellosa. Revised structures of plexaurolones
7, and 8 have been reported previously, their structures and NMR assignments are revised, completed or corrected. The structures of these compounds were established on the basis of detailed analysis of their spectroscopic data. Furthermore, the relative configurations of compounds 1–3 and 7 were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The absolute configurations of compounds 1–8 were determined
Natural cembranoids have shown Quorum Sensing Inhibitory (QSI) activity, but their structure-function interactions are not well understood. Thirty-four cembranoid analogues were synthesized using six natural cembranoids (1-6) previously isolated from the Colombian Caribbean octocorals Eunicea knighti and Pseudoplexaura flagellosa as lead compounds. The analogues (7-40) obtained through the selected chemical transformations were tested in vitro against the QS systems of a Chromobacterium violaceum biosensor. Half of the cembranoid analogues assayed showed superior QSI activity to the lead compounds; three (8, 13, and 18) displayed remarkable potency up to three times higher than the natural compounds. Thereby, we have synthesized a pool of cembranoid QS inhibitors that can be used in concert with natural compounds to develop antipathogenic drugs and antifouling agents. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.