Transformations of Some Sesquiterpene Lactones by Filamentous Fungi and Cytotoxic Evaluations
作者:Arturo Cano-Flores、Guillermo Delgado
DOI:10.1002/cbdv.201700211
日期:2017.10
be useful for the biotransformation of sesquiterpene lactones (SLs), leading to unusual structural changes that modify their biological activities, and other transformations mimic their biosynthetic pathways, generating evidences for the proposed biogenesis. Eight filamentous fungi were screened for their ability to transform different SLs (1 - 9), and microbial reactions yielded compounds 10 - 17, which
fever and migraine, as a lead compound with an EC50 value of 2.21 microM against HCV replication in a subgenomic RNA replicon assay system. Parthenolide is able to potentiate the interferon alpha-exerted anti-HCV effect. Several commercially available sesquiterpene lactones (2-5) structurally analogous to parthenolide and a series of synthesized Michael-type adducts of parthenolide (12-18) also exhibit
Sesquiterpene Lactones with Potential Use as Natural Herbicide Models (I): <i>trans,trans-</i>Germacranolides
作者:Francisco A. Macías、Juan C. G. Galindo、Diego Castellano、Raúl F. Velasco
DOI:10.1021/jf9903612
日期:1999.10.1
A structure-activity study to evaluate the effect of the trans,trans-germacranolide sesquiterpene lactones costunolide, parthenolide, and their 1,10-epoxy and 11,13-dihydro derivatives (in a range of 100-0.001 mu M) on the growth and germination of several mono and dicotyledon target species is accomplished. Results are compared with those obtained in the same bioassay with an internal standard, the commercial herbicide Logran, to validate the results with a known active formulation and to compare the results with a commercial product to test their potential use as natural herbicide models. These compounds appear to have a more selective effects on the radicle growth of monocotyledons. Certain factors such as the presence of nucleophile-acceptor groups and their accessibility enhance the inhibitory activity. The levels of radicle inhibition obtained with some compounds on wheat are totally comparable to those of Logran and allow to propose them as lead compounds.
Syntheses and Biological Evaluation of Costunolide, Parthenolide, and Their Fluorinated Analogues
Inspired by the biosynthesis of sesquiterpene lactones (SLs), herein we report the asymmetric total synthesis of the germacrane ring (24). The synthetic strategy features a selective aldol reaction between beta,gamma-unsaturated chiral sulfonylamide 15a and aldehyde 13, as well as the intramolecular alpha-alkylation of sulfone 21 to construct a 10-membered carbocylic ring. The key intermediate 24 can be used to prepare the natural products costunolide and parthenolide (PTL), which are the key precursors for transformation into other SLs. Furthermore, the described synthetic sequences are amenable to the total synthesis of SL analogues, such as trifluoro-methylated analogues 32 and 45. Analogues 32 and 45 maintained high activities against a series of cancer cell lines compared to their parent PTL and costunolide, respectively. In addition, 32 showed enhanced tolerance to acidic media compared with PTL. To our surprise, PTL and 32 showed comparable half-lives in rat plasma and in the presence of human liver microsomes.
Parthenolide and its photochemically synthesized 1(10) Z isomer: chemical reactivity and structure–activity relationship studies in human leucocyte chemotaxis
作者:Hannes Neukirch、Nicole C Kaneider、Christian J Wiedermann、Antonio Guerriero、Michele D'Ambrosio
DOI:10.1016/s0968-0896(02)00553-9
日期:2003.4
germacrolide into a melampolide. The investigation on their chemical properties allowed us to evaluate the minimum interatomic distance needed for transannular bridging of C(10) ring in germacrolides and to explain the regiochemical selectivity of electrophilic cyclizations. The antiinflammatory activity of parthenolide and its semisynthetic derivatives was evaluated by in vitro chemotaxis assay with human neutrophiles