Design, synthesis and insecticidal activity and mechanism research of Chasmanthinine derivatives
Ziyu Song1, Xiangyu Li1, Ke Xu1
1School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Unrestricted reproduction and spread of pest had caused great damage to the quality and yield of crops in recent years. Besides the use of traditional chemical pesticides, natural products also make a huge contribution against pests. Chasmanthinine, a diterpenoid alkaloid isolated from Aconitum franchetii var. villosulum, shown extremely antifeedant activity against Spodoptera exigua. Therefore, a series of novel Chasmanthinine derivatives were synthesized and their biological activity was studied in this work. Compound 33 showed the strongest antifeedant activity (EC50 = 0.10 mg/cm2) among all the test compounds. The mechanism research of 33 revealed that its antifeedant effect was related to the inhibition of carboxylesterase (CES), and proved the thiophene acyl group could form a strong binding effect with CES by molecular docking. Moreover, compound 10 exhibited the strongest cytotoxicity (IC50 = 12.87 μM) against Sf9 cell line and moderate contact toxicity. The mechanism research indicated that compound 10 could induce Sf9 cells apoptosis. In summary, the results lay a foundation for the application of diterpene alkaloids in plant protection.
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