Discovery and structure–activity relationships of ent-Kaurene diterpenoids as potent and selective 11β-HSD1 inhibitors: Potential impact in diabetes
摘要:
The biological screening of a collection of nature occurring diterpenoids against 11 beta-HSD1 resulted in the discovery of the lead compound 1b, which pointed to the therapeutic potential for type 2 diabetes. Subsequently, an optimization project was initiated. Starting from compound 1b and its counterpart 2, the hemi-synthesis was performed on kaurenic acid scaffolds yielding 36 derivatives. Further evaluations on both human and mouse 11 beta-HSD revealed that seven urea derivatives exhibited significant improved potency and selectivity. Especially, the urea 19a has an IC50 (human 11 beta-HSD1) = 9.4 nM and selectivity index (human 11 beta-HSD) > 10,649. The 2D and 3D binding models of the complex 19a/11 beta-HSD1 were generated using docking simulations. Based on the results, the structural activity relationships (SARs) of compounds 1b and 2 were also discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Ten 11-oxygenated kauran-19-oic acids, ent-11α, 15α-dihydroxykaur-16-en-19-oic acid, ent-11α-hydroxy-15α-acetoxykaur-16-en-19-oic acid, ent-11α-hydroxy-15-oxo-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid and adenostemmoic acids A-G and their nine glycosides, paniculosides II and III and adenostemmosides A-G were characterized from Adenostemma lavenia O. KUNTZE. ent-11α-Hydroxy-15-oxo-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid and adenostemmoic acid B showed cytotoxic activity against L-5178Y cultured cell and prolonged the survival of mice.