单萜吲哚生物碱的合成生物学研究进展

单萜吲哚生物碱是一类具有重要药用价值的天然产物,但是在其宿主的生物含量很低;虽然通过有机化学的方法可以实现该类复杂结构化合物的全合成,但是难以大量快速获得,而且围绕核心骨架的进一步衍生化修饰也有一定的瓶颈.随着单萜吲哚生物碱生物合成途径的解析和合成生物学使能技术的发展,利用合成生物学策略结合化学半合成将是实现该类化合物的合成制造和通量结构衍生化的重要发展趋势.单萜吲哚生物碱基因元件的挖掘鉴定和生物合成途径的解析是进行合成生物学研究的前提条件.异胡豆苷是单萜吲哚生物碱合成的关键骨架化合物,由色胺和开环马钱子苷汇聚合成,这一过程被称为上游合成途径;以异胡豆苷为骨架形成各种单萜吲哚生物碱的过程称为下游合成途径.从这两个方面对近30年来单萜吲哚生物碱合成元件的发现和合成生物学研究进展进行了综述,为后续合成生物学的应用研究奠定基础.     

云南蕊木茎中的抗炎吲哚生物碱

应用多种色谱和波谱学方法,从云南蕊木(Kopsia officinalis)茎中分离鉴定了27个单萜吲哚生物碱,包括7个新化合物kopsiofficines A^G和20个已知化合物.此外,建立脂多糖(LPS)诱导的小鼠巨噬细胞RAW 264.7炎症模型,通过测定IL-1β,PGE2和TNF-α炎症因子释放评价生物碱的抗炎活性.结果表明,kopsiofficines A(1),kopsiofficines B(2),kopsiofficines D(4),kopsiofficines F(6),kopsiofficines G(7),12-methoxykopsine(11),kopsinoline(15),(-)-N-methoxycarbonyl-11,12-methylenedioxykopsinaline(16),kopsinine(18)和kopsinic acid(20)表现出显著的抗炎活性,与阳性对照(地塞米松)基本相当.研究发现C-5位丙酮基取代的单萜吲哚生物碱的抗炎活性明显强于原型生物碱,推测丙酮基可能是抗炎活性的药效促进基团,研究结果为进一步的结构修饰和药理学研究提供了线索.     

单萜吲哚生物碱的仿生合成

单萜吲哚生物碱因其骨架和官能团的丰富变化,加上它们的生物活性,多年来 一直哟引着一代又一代的化学家对其进行结构和合成研究,它们的共同生物合成前 体strictosidine是由色胺和单萜苷secologanin缩合形成的。自从secologanin可 以大量得到以后,以它为原料沿着可能的生物合成路线合成天然生物碱即仿生合成 就成为一个重要的研究领域。它对于理解和阐释生物碱的生物合成过程,为提供天 然来源极少的生物碱供药理试验及对促进有机合成化学的发展等都是有重要意义。 这方面的研究也取得了许多重要进展,成功合成了一些重要的单萜吲哚生物碱,如 育亨宾类、钩藤碱、异钩藤碱、卡得宾、利血平类似物、喜树碱等。     

单萜吲哚生物碱Uleine及其衍生物的合成进展

生物碱uleine及其衍生物从结构上看属于单萜吲哚生物碱,它们共同的结构特征是吲哚核与碱性氮原子之间只有一个碳相隔,而不像其它单萜吲哚生物碱有两个碳原子.由于其结构特异,天然含量少,因而其合成工作一直吸引着化学工作者.总结uleine生物碱及其衍生物的合成方法,根据构建环的种类不同,把合成方法分为五类.大部分方法都是以吲哚和吡啶衍生物为起始原料进行四环的合成,有几条合成路线简短易行.     

具有肿瘤多药耐药逆转作用的金雀异黄素衍生物的合成及生物活性研究

细胞膜P-糖蛋白(P-gp)介导的药物外流是肿瘤多药耐药(MDR)产生的重要机制,异黄酮类化合物可以通过抑制P-gp活性发挥MDR逆转作用.通过对P-gp抑制剂进行结构分析,以金雀异黄素为母体,在其7位、8位及4'位分别引进碱性边链,设计、合成了20个金雀异黄素衍生物(其中16个未见文献报道),并检测了其多药耐药逆转活性.结果表明,大多数目标化合物对人白血病耐药细胞株K562/A02具有不同程度的耐药逆转作用.其中目标化合物8a,8b,8d,8e逆转作用较强,逆转倍数分别为8.97,6.36,5.19和5.82.     

阔叶十大功劳逆转K562/ADM耐药活性研究

采用MTT法运用阔叶十大功劳逆转白血病细胞株K562/ADM对阿霉素(ADM)耐药活性进行评价,考察了阔叶十大功劳不同萃取分离部位对ADM的增敏活性.活性数据显示阔叶十大功劳的各提取部位均对K562/ADM细胞具有不同程度的增敏ADM活性.其中样品Ⅴ增敏活性最高,而样品Ⅴ中主要成分为生物碱类物质,这说明阔叶十大功劳中生物碱类成分具有逆转肿瘤细胞耐药活性.然而样品Ⅰ-Ⅴ逆转肿瘤细胞耐药活性差别不显著,这说明阔叶十大功劳中生物碱类成分含量丰富,在各个提取部位均大量存在,更适合全草入药,在逆转肿瘤细胞耐药方面具有非常好的潜在应用价值.     

诱导效应指数用于吲哚类生物碱质谱特征预测

在原有质谱裂解理论的基础上, 结合诱导效应指数, 通过比较吲哚生物碱中两类不同化学环境中的氮原子(吲哚环上的氮原子Na和侧链上的氮原子Nb)周围取代基诱导效应指数, 对质谱碰撞过程中电荷定域及吲哚生物碱的质谱特征进行了预测, 结果与标准物质质谱数据完全相同. 建立了利用比较杂原子诱导指数从化合物结构直接预测吲哚生物碱质谱特征的新方法. 该方法可用于吲哚生物碱和其它含氮化合物及其代谢产物的质谱特征的预测.     

吲哚类生物碱的合成研究进展

吲哚类生物碱是具有吲哚分子骨架的一类化合物,具有多种良好的生理活性。文章综述了近年来新发现吲哚类生物碱的合成研究进展,介绍了(-)-Arboricine,(±)-cis-Trikentrin A,(-)-Corynantheidol等化合物的合成方法。     

含噻唑烷二酮-3-乙酸结构查尔酮衍生物的合成及抗菌活性的研究

合成了一系列含噻唑烷二酮-3-乙酸结构的新型查尔酮衍生物,并对化合物进行了抗菌活性测定.结果显示,一些化合物对4种多重耐药菌显示出较强的抗菌活性,其中化合物8g,8i,8l和8m在抗耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌的最小抑制浓度(MIC)达到4μg/mL,与对照药诺氟沙星(norfloxacin)相当.另外,在64μg/mL浓度下,所有化合物对大肠杆菌1356均无明显抑制活性.     

抗肿瘤Lamellarin类生物碱的合成研究新进展

Lamellarin类化合物是从海洋软体动物中分离得到的一类生物碱. Lamellarin类生物碱及其类似物具有良好的抑制肿瘤细胞增殖、逆转p-糖蛋白介导的多药耐药等活性, 显示出成为抗肿瘤候选药物的潜力. 近年来, 对Lamellarin类生物碱结构改造和新型杂合体及类似物的研究, 已成为新型抗肿瘤候选药物研究的热点之一. 综述了Lamellarin类生物碱的全合成策略与技术等方面的研究新进展.     

Four novel gelsedine-type oxindole alkaloids from Gelsemium elegans

Four new gelsedine-type oxindole alkaloids (1-4) were isolated from the leaves and branches of Gelsemium elegans, together with 10 known alkaloids. The structures of the new alkaloids were determined by spectroscopic analyses and partial synthesis from known compounds. Gelsecrotonidine (1), 14-hydroxygelsecrotonidine (2), and 11-methoxygelsecrotonidine (3) possess an additional C₂ unit with an acetic acid residue compared to gelsenicine-related monoterpenoid indole alkaloids. 14-Hydroxygelsedilam (4) is an 18,19-nor-type monoterpenoid indole alkaloid.     

Four novel gelsenicine-related oxindole alkaloids from the leaves of Gelsemium elegans benth

[reaction: see text] New types of four gelsenicine-related oxindole alkaloids were isolated from the leaves of Gelsemium elegans Benth. Gelsedilam (1) and 14-acetoxygelsedilam (2) are the first examples of 18,19-nor-type monoterpenoid indole alkaloids. Gelsefuranidine (3) and gelseiridone (4) have, respectively, an additional furan residue or an iridoid unit on the gelsenicine-related monoterpenoid indole alkaloid.     

A Homo-Mannich Reaction Strategy Enables Collective Access to Ibophyllidine,Aspidosperma, Kopsia,and Melodinus Alkaloids

We report here a homo-Mannich reaction of cyclopropanol with an iminium ion, generated by an asymmetric allylic dearomatization of indole, to construct a tricyclic hydrocarbazole core, which is shared by a variety of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids across families. Through this approach, an all-carbon quaternary stereogenic center as well as an allyl and a ketone group were installed. Using this functionalized hydrocarbazole as the structural platform, D ring and E rings of different sizes (i.e., five-, six-, and seven-membered) were successively or simultaneously assembled, leading to a collective asymmetric synthesis of seven alkaloids belonging to the ibophyllidine, Aspidosperma, Kopsia, and Melodinus alkaloid families.     

Calophyline A, a new rearranged monoterpenoid indole alkaloid from Winchia calophylla

Calophyline A (1), a novel unprecedented rearranged monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, along with a new natural product N-methyl aspidodasycarpine (2) and six known analogues, was isolated from the trunk barks of Winchia calophylla. The structure of compound 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data and then confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis. A hypothetical biogenetic pathway for compound 1 was proposed. All isolated compounds were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity against a small panel of human cancer cell lines.     

Bioinspired Synthesis of (+)‐Cinchonidine Using Cascade Reactions

The development of efficient syntheses of complex natural products has long been a major challenge in synthetic chemistry. Designing cascade reactions and employing bioinspired transformations are an important and reliable means of achieving this goal. Presented here is a combination of these two strategies, which allow efficient asymmetric synthesis of the cinchona alkaloid (+)‐cinchonidine. The key steps of this synthesis are a controllable, visible‐light‐induced photoredox radical cascade reaction to efficiently access the tetracyclic monoterpenoid indole alkaloid core, as well as a practical biomimetic cascade rearrangement for the indole to quinoline transformation. The use of stereoselective chemical transformations in this work makes it an efficient synthesis of (+)‐cinchonidine.     

Six new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from the aerial part of Gelsemium elegans

Six new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids along with four known analogues were isolated from the aerial part of Gelsemium elegans. Their structures with absolute configurations were elucidated by NMR, HRESIMS, X-ray diffraction, CD spectra, and molecular modeling calculation. Among them, gelselenidine (1) is a new gelsedine-type alkaloid with a 2,3-epoxybutane unit. Gelseziridine (2) is the first example of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids with an oxaziridine residue. Compounds 6 and 7 are a pair of N₄ epimers of humantenine N₄-oxide. A plausible biogenetic pathway for compounds 1-4 was also proposed.     

A Photoinduced Cyclization Cascade—Total Synthesis of (−)‐Leuconoxine

A protecting‐group‐free and enantioselective total synthesis of the monoterpenoid indole alkaloid (?)‐leuconoxine was accomplished. The key step comprises a novel photoinduced domino macrocyclization/transannular cyclization involving the Witkop cyclization, for which additional mechanistic evidence is provided. This process furnishes a diaza[5.5.6.6]fenestrane skeleton, which is a hitherto unprecedented structure element.     

Cytotoxic monoterpenoid indole alkaloids isolated from the barks of Voacanga africana Staph.

A new monoterpenoid indole alkaloid compound (1) and six known monoterpenoid indole alkaloids compounds (2–7) were isolated from the barks of Voacanga africana Staph. The structures were established by spectral analysis as ibogamine-16-carboxylic acid,17,20-didehydro-5,6-dioxo-10-methoxy-methyl ester (1), voacamine (2), vobasine (3), voacangine (4), voacristine (5), 19-epi-voacristine (6) and 19-epi-heyneanine (7). Compound 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. All of the isolated compounds were evaluated for cytotoxicity against five cell lines (HEPG-2, A375, MDA-MB-231, SH-SY5Y, CT26). Among them, compounds 2 and 6 displayed significant inhibitory activities, compounds 3, 4 and 5 showed moderate inhibitory activities, while compounds 1 and 7 showed no inhibitory activities against the five cell lines.     

A new gluco indole alkaloid, 3, 4-dehydro-5-carboxystrictosidine, from Peruvian Uña de Gato (Uncaria tomentosa)

A new gluco indole alkaloid, 3,4-dehydro-5-carboxystrictosidine, was obtained from Peruvian U?a de Gato (Cat's Claw, original plant: Uncaria tomentosa) together with two known gluco indole alkaloids. This compound was the first example of isolation of a gluco monoterpenoid indole alkaloid having a 3,4-dihydro-beta-carboline ring system from nature. A characteristic feature of the compound was the quick replacement of the methylene hydrogens on C-14 with deuterium that was observed when it was dissolved in CD3OD. We demonstrated a similar proton-deuterium exchange on a model compound, 1-methyl-3,4-dihydro-gamma-carboline, in CD3OD solution.