RESUMO
A phytochemical investigation on the roots of Hypericum beanii resulted in the isolation of six new polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs), hyperberlones A-F, along with fourteen known analogues. The structural characterization of these compounds was carried out by analyzing the HRESIMS data, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic data, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations, and gauge-independent atomic orbital (GIAO) NMR calculations. Hyperberlone A (1) was a caged PPAP with a rare tricyclo[4.3.1.03,8]decane carbon skeleton. It was deduced to be biosynthetically generated from hyperbeanol C (8) through key Paternò-Büchi reaction, radical cascade cyclizations, and retro-aldol reaction. Compounds 4, 6, 7, 9, 14, and 16 exhibited significant nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitory effects in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced BV-2 microglial cells with IC50 values of 6.11-25.28 µM. Moreover, compound 4 significantly decreased the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in LPS-induced BV-2 microglia, as well as the phosphorylation of JNK.
Assuntos
Hypericum , Hypericum/química , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Estrutura Molecular , Floroglucinol/químicaRESUMO
Acylphloroglucinol meroterpenoids are adducts of the acylphloroglucinol unit and polyprenylated fragments (terpenoids) with attractive structures and bioactivities. During study of the medicinal molecules of the genus Hypericum, the first example of dimethylated acylphloroglucinol meroterpenoids with pyran-fused 6/6/6 tricyclic skeletons ((+)/(-)-elodeoidols A-F (1-6)), along with three biogenetical homologues (7-9) were isolated from the herbaceous plant of Hypericum elodeoides. Their structures including absolute configurations were then identified by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (HRESIMS), electronic circular dichroism (ECD) analysis and calculations. The monoterpene moiety of 1-6 were cyclized as two cyclohexanes and fused with a dimethylated acylphloroglucinol unit through an additional ether linkage, which led to an interesting pyran-fused linear or angle type 6/6/6 tricyclic skeleton. Compounds 5, 8 and 9 showed preferable antibacterial activities against three oral bacteria, among the MIC value of (+)-5 was 6.25 µg/ml; Compounds 3, 7 and 8 exhibited significant NO inhibitory activity against LPS induced RAW264.7 cells (IC50: 10.39 ± 0.49 ~ 34.25 ± 2.32 µM).
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Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Hypericum/química , Óxido Nítrico/antagonistas & inibidores , Floroglucinol/farmacologia , Terpenos/farmacologia , Animais , Antibacterianos/química , Antibacterianos/isolamento & purificação , Anti-Inflamatórios/química , Anti-Inflamatórios/isolamento & purificação , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Fusobacterium nucleatum/efeitos dos fármacos , Lipopolissacarídeos/antagonistas & inibidores , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Camundongos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Estrutura Molecular , Óxido Nítrico/biossíntese , Floroglucinol/química , Floroglucinol/isolamento & purificação , Células RAW 264.7 , Streptococcus mutans/efeitos dos fármacos , Streptococcus sanguis/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Terpenos/química , Terpenos/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
Eight new compounds (Entanutilins O-V; 1-8), including four limonoids, two steroids, one triterpenoid and one lignan were isolated from the stem barks of Entandrophragma utile. Their structures were determined by detailed spectroscopic analyses (HRESIMS and 1D/2D-NMR). Bioactivity screening indicated that compounds 1, 6 and 7 exhibited effective in reversing resistance in MCF-7/DOX cells at a nontoxic concentration of 30 µM with 18.18-, 7.43- and 7.94-fold enhancing effect, respectively, meanwhile, compounds 5 and 6 showed moderate NO inhibitory activities in LPS-activated RAW 264.7 macrophages.