In vivo transformations of dihydro-epi-deoxyarteannuin B in Artemisia annua plants |
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Authors: | Geoffrey D Brown Lai-King Sy |
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Institution: | a School of Chemistry, The University of Reading, Whiteknights Rd., Reading, RG6 6AD, UK b Department of Chemistry and Open Laboratory of Chemical Biology of the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, Area of Excellence Scheme of University Grant Committee (Hong Kong), The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Rd., Hong Kong, China |
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Abstract: | 15-13C2H3]-dihydro-epi-deoxyarteannuin B (4a) has been fed to intact Artemisia annua plants via the root and three labeled metabolites (17a-19a) have been identified by 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopies. The in vivo transformations of 4a in A. annua are proposed to involve enzymatically-mediated processes in addition to possible spontaneous autoxidation. In the hypothetical spontaneous autoxidation pathway, the tri-substituted double bond in 4a appears to have undergone ‘ene-type’ reaction with oxygen to form an allylic hydroperoxide, which subsequently rearranges to the allylic hydroxyl group in the metabolite 3α-hydroxy-dihydro-epi-deoxyarteannuin B (17a). In the enzymatically-mediated pathways, compound 17a has then been converted to its acetyl derivative, 3α-acetoxy-dihydro-epi-deoxyarteannuin B (18a), while oxidation of 4a at the ‘unactivated’ 9-position has yielded 9β-hydroxy-dihydro-epi-deoxyarteannuin B (19a). Although all of the natural products artemisinin (1), arteannuin K (7), arteannuin L (8), and arteannuin M (9) have been suggested previously as hypothetical metabolites from dihydro-epi-deoxyarteannuin B in A. annua, none were isolated in labeled form in this study. It is argued that the nature of the transformations undergone by compound 4a are more consistent with a degradative metabolism, designed to eliminate this compound from the plant, rather than with a role as a late precursor in the biosynthesis of artemisinin or other natural products from A. annua. |
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Keywords: | Terpenes and terpenoids Biogenesis Autoxidation NMR |
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