Potentially Cardiotoxic Diterpenoid Alkaloids from the Roots of Aconitum carmichaelii.
J Nat Prod
; 82(4): 980-989, 2019 04 26.
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| ID: mdl-30892884
ABSTRACT
Aconitum carmichaelii is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine used for the treatment of pain and inflammation in the joints. However, the strong cardiotoxicity hinders its use. Although diester- and monoester-type diterpenoids, e.g., aconitine, mesaconitine, and hypacaonitine, are commonly considered as the toxic components, the toxicity of A. carmichaelii cannot be completely explained by the compounds reported. To investigate further the cardiotoxic compounds and their potential mechanism, the chemical constituents were first isolated by column chromatography and identified using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Two new hetisine-type (1 and 2) and four new aconitine-type alkaloids (3-6) were assigned. The cardiac cytotoxicity assessed on H9c2 cells indicated that the new compound 4 as well as six known alkaloids (7 and 9-13) exhibited significant toxicities. A preliminary structure-toxicity relationship study suggested that substitution at C-8 and C-10 both have a significant influence on cardiotoxicity, and such toxicity decreased in the order OBz-8, OBu-8, and OMe-8. The presence of an OH-10 group abolished the toxicity. Finally, it was found that ion channel disorder and induction of mitochondrial-mediated cell apoptosis are the possible mechanisms of cardiotoxicity among the compounds studied.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Raízes de Plantas
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Aconitum
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Diterpenos
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Alcaloides
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article