- Discovery of triterpenoids as potent dual inhibitors of pancreatic lipase and human carboxylesterase 1
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Pancreatic lipase (PL) is a well-known key target for the prevention and treatment of obesity. Human carboxylesterase 1A (hCES1A) has become an important target for the treatment of hyperlipidaemia. Thus, the discovery of potent dual-target inhibitors based on PL and hCES1A hold great potential for the development of remedies for treating related metabolic diseases. In this study, a series of natural triterpenoids were collected and the inhibitory effects of these triterpenoids on PL and hCES1A were determined using fluorescence-based biochemical assays. It was found that oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA) have the excellent inhibitory effects against PL and hCES1A, and highly selectivity over hCES2A. Subsequently, a number of compounds based on the OA and UA skeletons were synthesised and evaluated. Structure–activity relationship (SAR) analysis of these compounds revealed that the acetyl group at the C-3 site of UA (compound 41) was very essential for both PL and hCES1A inhibition, with IC50 of 0.75 μM and 0.014 μM, respectively. In addition, compound 39 with 2-enol and 3-ketal moiety of OA also has strong inhibitory effects against both PL and hCES1A, with IC50 of 2.13 μM and 0.055 μM, respectively. Furthermore, compound 39 and 41 exhibited good selectivity over other human serine hydrolases including hCES2A, butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV). Inhibitory kinetics and molecular docking studies demonstrated that both compounds 39 and 41 were effective mixed inhibitors of PL, while competitive inhibitors of hCES1A. Further investigations demonstrated that both compounds 39 and 41 could inhibit adipocyte adipogenesis induced by mouse preadipocytes. Collectively, we found two triterpenoid derivatives with strong inhibitory ability on both PL and hCES1A, which can be served as promising lead compounds for the development of more potent dual-target inhibitors targeting on PL and hCES1A.
- He, Rong-Jing,Huo, Hong,Li, Yan-Ran,Pan, Qiu-Sha,Qian, Xing-Kai,Sun, Cheng-Gong,Sun, Lei,Wang, Le-Tian,Wang, Ya-Jie,Yang, Ling,Zhang, Jing,Zhou, Xiang-Lu,Zou, Li-Wei
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p. 629 - 640
(2022/02/09)
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- A process for the preparation of oleanolic acid derivatives
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The invention belongs to the technical field of chemical pharmacy and particularly provides a novel preparation method of oleanolic acid derivatives which have a structure shown as the formula I and are mainly used for treating diabetes mellitus. Accordin
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Paragraph 0041; 0042; 0043
(2017/01/31)
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- Oleanolic acid-miazines conjugate and its preparation method and application
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The invention discloses an oleanolic acid-pyrimidine conjugate and a preparation method thereof as well as application of the oleanolic acid-pyrimidine conjugate in the pharmaceutical field. An applicant finds that the anti-tumor activity of the oleanolic acid-pyrimidine conjugate is higher than that of a parent body namely oleanolic acid, and a lead compound is provided for developing new anti-tumor medicaments. The conjugate has a structure as shown in the following general formula (I), (II) or (III).
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Paragraph 0278; 0279
(2016/10/08)
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- Semi-synthesis of acylated triterpenes from olive-oil industry wastes for the development of anticancer and anti-HIV agents
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A broad set of potential bioactive conjugate compounds has been semi-synthesized through solution- and solid-phase organic procedures, coupling two natural pentacyclic triterpene acids, oleanolic (OA) and maslinic acids (MA), at the hydroxyl groups of the A-ring of the triterpene skeleton, with 10 different acyl groups. These acyl OA and MA derivatives have been tested for their anti-proliferative (against the b16f10 murine melanoma cancer cells) and antiviral (as inhibitors of the HIV-1-protease) effects. Several derivatives have shown high levels of early and total apoptosis (up to 90%). Most of the compounds that exhibited anti-proliferative effects also generated ROS, probably involving the activation of an intrinsic apoptotic route. The only four compounds that did not cause the release of ROS could be related to the participation of a probable extrinsic activation of the apoptosis mechanism. A great number of these acyl OA and MA derivatives have proved to be potent inhibitors of the HIV-1-protease, the most active inhibitors having IC 50 values between 0.31 and 15.6 μM, these values being between 4 and 186 times lower than their non-acylated precursors. The potent activities exhibited in the apoptosis-activation processes and in the inhibition of the HIV-1-protease by some OA and MA acylated derivatives imply that these compounds could be used as new, safe, and effective anticancer and/or antiviral drugs.
- Parra, Andres,Martin-Fonseca, Samuel,Rivas, Francisco,Reyes-Zurita, Fernando J.,Medina-O'Donnell, Marta,Martinez, Antonio,Garcia-Granados, Andres,Lupia?ez, Jose A.,Albericio, Fernando
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p. 278 - 301
(2014/02/14)
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- Pentacyclic triterpenes. Part 3: Synthesis and biological evaluation of oleanolic acid derivatives as novel inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase
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Oleanolic acid and its synthetic derivatives have been identified as novel inhibitors of glycogen phosphorylase. Within this series of compounds, 4 (IC50 = 3.3 μM) is the most potent GPa inhibitor. Preliminary structure-activity relationships of the oleanolic acid derivatives are discussed.
- Chen, Jun,Liu, Jun,Zhang, Luyong,Wu, Guanzhong,Hua, Weiyi,Wu, Xiaoming,Sun, Hongbin
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p. 2915 - 2919
(2007/10/03)
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