Abiesatrines A-J: Anti-inflammatory and antitumor triterpenoids from Abies georgei Orr

  • Xian Wen Yang
  • , Su Mei Li
  • , Liang Wu
  • , Yong Li Li
  • , Lin Feng
  • , Yun Heng Shen
  • , Jun Mian Tian
  • , Jian Tang
  • , Ning Wang
  • , Yonghong Liu
  • , Wei Dong Zhang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    A novel spiro-lanostane (abiesatrine A, 1) was isolated from the aerial parts of Abies georgei together with 9 new (abiesatrines B-J, 2-10) and 10 known triterpenes (11-20). The new structures were established by the extensive analysis of their spectroscopic data. The configuration of 1, featuring a unique spirolactone formed by C-13 and C-23 via oxygen-bridge, was confirmed by X-ray crystallography, and its biopathway was tentatively proposed. Among these isolates, compound 16 showed the strongest inhibitory activity against LPS-induced NO production in RAW264.7 macrophages (IC50 = 8.9 μg mL-1). While compounds 1 and 20 exhibited potent anti-proliferative effects on QGY-7703 cells with IC50 values of 9.3 and 7.6 μg mL-1, respectively. Preliminary structure-activity relationship (SAR) investigations defined structural feature of the 24Z-olefinic bond key to the lanostane and cycloartane pharmacophore.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2609-2616
    Number of pages8
    JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
    Volume8
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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