A total of 14 ocotillol-type ginsenosides were conveniently synthesized employing glycosylation of ocotillol sapogenin derivatives with glucosyl ortho-alkynylbenzoate donors under the promotion of a gold(I) catalyst as the key step. Relying on a rational protecting group strategy and the unexpected regioselectivity of the glycosylation of the 3,25-diol sapogenins (2a/2b, 5a/5b) for the tertiary 25-OH, mono 3-O-glucosyl ocotillol-PPD, 6-O-glucosyl ocotillol-PPT, 25-O-glucosyl ocotillol-PPD/PPT and 3,25-di-O-glucosyl ocotillol-PPD/PPT ginsenosides were prepared in which the configuration at the C-24 is either R or S.
Epimeric 20S, 24-epoxy-dammarane-3β, 6α, 12β, 25-tetraol acetic ester was synthesized from 20(S)- protopanaxatriol in the presence of acetic anhydride and the product oxidated by m-CPBA. 20S, 24R-epoxy dammarane- 3β, 6α, 12β, 25-tetraol (ocotillol derivative) and its epimer were synthesized by saponification in the presence of sodium hydroxide in 1:1 molar ratio. The structures of the two compounds were characterized by X-ray diffraction method. The results showed the configuration of C-24 of two epimers as S-form (4, ocotillol derivative) and R-form (3, epimer), respectively.
1. In this study, the oxidative metabolites of 20(S)-protopanaxatriol (PPT) were identified in human liver microsomes (HLMs) and in rats using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.2. Twelve oxidative metabolites were found in HLM, eight of which have not been previously reported. Twenty-four oxidative metabolites were found in rat feces after oral administration and 20 of these, including six found in HLM, were first reported. The results indicated PPT was more extensively metabolized in rats than in HLM. C20-24 epoxides, a pair of epimers (namely, M1-1 and M1-2) were the major metabolites, and other metabolites were derived from their further metabolism.3. Enzyme kinetics experiments showed that the apparent formation V-max of M1-1 was 10.4 folds and 2.4 folds higher than that of M1-2 in HLM and in rat liver microsomes (RLMs), respectively. The depletion rate of M1-2 was 11.0 folds faster than M1-1 in HLM, and was similar in RLM. Hence, the remarkable species differences of PPT metabolism mainly resulted from the stereoselective formation and further metabolic elimination of M1-1 and M1-2.4. Chemical inhibition study and recombinant human P450 isoforms analysis showed that CYP3A4 was the predominant isoform involved in the oxidative metabolism of M1-1 and M1-2.
Biotransformation of 20(S)-protopanaxatriol by Aspergillus niger and the cytotoxicity of the resulting metabolites
作者:Guangtong Chen、Yan Song、Hongjuan Ge、Jie Ren、Xue Yang、Jianlin Li
DOI:10.1016/j.phytol.2014.11.006
日期:2015.3
The microbial transformation of 20(S)-protopanaxatriol by cell suspension cultures of Aspergillus niger AS 3.1858 yielded metabolites 1-13. The chemical structures of these transformed products were elucidated based on various spectroscopic analyses, including 1D and 2D NMR and HRESIMS. Metabolites 3, 11, and 13 are new compounds. Furthermore, metabolite 3 exhibited relative better activity profile toward the tested seven cancer cell lines (Du-145, Hela, K562, K562/ADR, SH-SY5Y, HepG2, and MCF-7) than substrate and preliminary structure-activity relationships were concluded. (C) 2014 Phytochemical Society of Europe. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.