バイオヤナギンAおよびその類似体の総合合成,改訂された構造,および生物学的評価
K C Nicolaou1, T Robert Wu, David Sarlah
1Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. kcn@scripps.edu
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 24, 2008
まとめ
研究者らはバイオヤナギンAと同類物を合成し,その構造を修正し,抗HIVと抗サイトカインの性質を確認した. ハイパーオラクトンCドメインは,バイオヤナギンAの鍵です.
科学分野:
- 自然製品化学 自然製品化学
- オーガニック・シンセシス オーガニック・シンセシス
- 薬用化学 薬用化学について
背景:
- ハイペリカム種は,潜在的治療用途を持つ新しい化合物を産生します.
- 自然産物であるバイオユヤナギンAは,抗HIVと抗サイトカイン活性において有望であることが示されています.
- バイオヤナギンAの正確な構造と合成は,以前は確認されていなかった.
研究 の 目的:
- バイオヤナギンAおよびそのアナログの全合成を達成するために.
- 合成データとスペクトロスコピクデータを基に,バイオヤナギンAの構造を修正する.
- HIVと抗サイトカイン効果を含む合成化合物の生物学的活動を評価する.
主な方法:
- カスケード配列と新しい [2+2] 光誘発サイクロアディションを用いた総合成.
- 構造解明のためのNMR光譜分析.
- 抗HIVとリポポリサッカリド誘発のサイトカイン抑制を評価するための生物学的測定法.
主要な成果:
- バイオヤナギンA (改訂構造2b) と同類 (3-11) の完全な合成が成功しました.
- エナティオメリックに純粋な主要な構成要素であるエンツジンジベレンとハイパーオラクトンC.を効率的に生産する.
- バイオヤナギンAの生物学的活性に不可欠なハイパーオラクトンC構造領域の特定.
結論:
- バイオヤナギンAの構造は2bに修正されました.
- 合成された化合物は,HIVと炎症経路の研究に貴重なツールを提供します.
- ハイパーオラクトンC分子は,バイオヤナギンAの観察された抗HIVおよび抗サイトカイン活動に不可欠である.
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