18318-80-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Afroside, a 15β-Hydroxycardenolide
Cheung, H.T. Andrew,Coombe, Reginald G.,Sidwell, William T. L.,Watson, Thomas R.
, p. 64 - 72 (1981)
Afroside (2) has the same carbohydrate as gomphoside (1), namely a 4,6-dideoxyhexosulose doubly linked to the aglycone at the 2α and 3β positions.It differs from gomphoside in having a 15β-hydroxy-group, the location of which is shown by n.m.r. (1H and 13C) and mass spectra, and is established by the formation of a 14,15-cyclic carbonate derivative (2e).The 14β,15β-diol group shows unusual inertness to glycol cleavage and to OO-isopropylidene derivative formation, in contrast with the behaviour of the 2',3'-diol in the carbohydrate, and the 2α,3β-diol in the genin, afrogenin (4).Degradation of the carbohydrate in afroside gave afrogenin (4), and 'anhydroafrogenin' (9) which is a 15-ketone with 14α-H.The conformation of the highly crowded ring D is studied using 1H and 13C n.m.r.
Lactols in hydrolysates of DNA treated with α-acetoxy-n- nitrosopyrrolidine or crotonaldehyde
Wang, Mingyao,Upadhyaya, Pramod,Dinh, Trieu T.,Bonilla, Leo E.,Hecht, Stephen S.
, p. 1567 - 1573 (2007/10/03)
α-Acetoxy-N-nitrosopyrrolidine (α-acetoxyNPYR) is a stable precursor to α-hydroxyNPYR, the initial product of metabolism and proposed proximate carcinogen of N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR). Crotonaldehyde (2-butenal) is a metabolite of NPYR and also a mutagen and carcinogen. Both α-acetoxyNPYR and crotonaldehyde form DNA adducts, but these reactions have not been completely characterized. In previous studies, we detected substantial amounts of unidentified radioactivity in hydrolysates of DNA that had been treated with radiolabeled α-acetoxyNPYR. In this study, we have characterized these products as 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran, the cyclic form of 4-hydroxybutanal, and paraldol, the dimer of 3-hydroxybutanal. These products were identified by comparison to standards and by conversion to 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones. 2-Hydroxytetrahydrofuran is the major product in neutral thermal hydrolysates of α-acetoxyNPYR-treated DNA and is derived predominantly from N2- (tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)deoxyguanosine 8. Paraldol is present to a lesser extent than 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran in these reactions and is formed from paraldol-releasing adducts, which in turn are produced in the reaction of crotonaldehyde, a solvolysis product of α-acetoxyNPYR, with DNA. Other products in hydrolysates of α-acetoxyNPYR-treated DNA are N7-substituted guanines 5 and 6, cyclic N7-C8 guanines 4, 11, and 12, and 1,N2- propanodeoxyguanosines 9 and 10. Paraldol is a major product in hydrolysates of crotonaldehyde-treated DNA, being present in amounts 100 times greater than those of previously identified adducts 9 and 10. The results of this study provide a more complete picture of the reactions of α-acetoxyNPYR with DNA and yield some new insights about possible endogenous DNA adducts formed from crotonaldehyde.
