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Hybrids of aurantiamide acetate and isopropylated genipin as potential anti-inflammatory agents: The design, synthesis, and biological evaluation
Wang, Hongwei,Gao, Sufan,Li, Jiaming,Ma, Xiaodong,Liu, Wandong,Qian, Shihu
, p. 797 - 808 (2021)
A novel series of hybrids designed on the basis of aurantiamide acetate and isopropylated genipin were synthesized and biologically evaluated as anti-inflammatory agents. Among them, compound 7o exhibited the best inhibitory activity against TNF-α secretion (IC50?=?16.90?μM) and was selected for further in vitro and in vivo functional study. The results demonstrated that 7o was capable of suppressing the expression of LPS-induced iNOS and COX-2, as well as reducing the production of NO at the concentration of 5?μM, which may be resulted from its regulation of NF-κB signaling and MAPK signaling. Moreover, compound 7o exhibited favorable in vivo anti-inflammatory activity with an inhibition rate of 53.32% against xylene-induced ear swelling in mice at the dose of 5?mg/kg.
Discovery, characterization and engineering of ligases for amide synthesis
Winn, Michael,Rowlinson, Michael,Wang, Fanghua,Bering, Luis,Francis, Daniel,Levy, Colin,Micklefield, Jason
, p. 391 - 398 (2021/05/28)
Coronatine and related bacterial phytotoxins are mimics of the hormone jasmonyl-l-isoleucine (JA-Ile), which mediates physiologically important plant signalling pathways1–4. Coronatine-like phytotoxins disrupt these essential pathways and have potential in the development of safer, more selective herbicides. Although the biosynthesis of coronatine has been investigated previously, the nature of the enzyme that catalyses the crucial coupling of coronafacic acid to amino acids remains unknown1,2. Here we characterize a family of enzymes, coronafacic acid ligases (CfaLs), and resolve their structures. We found that CfaL can also produce JA-Ile, despite low similarity with the Jar1 enzyme that is responsible for ligation of JA and l-Ile in plants5. This suggests that Jar1 and CfaL evolved independently to catalyse similar reactions—Jar1 producing a compound essential for plant development4,5, and the bacterial ligases producing analogues toxic to plants. We further demonstrate how CfaL enzymes can be used to synthesize a diverse array of amides, obviating the need for protecting groups. Highly selective kinetic resolutions of racemic donor or acceptor substrates were achieved, affording homochiral products. We also used structure-guided mutagenesis to engineer improved CfaL variants. Together, these results show that CfaLs can deliver a wide range of amides for agrochemical, pharmaceutical and other applications.
Synthesis and anti-hepatitis B virus activities of Matijing-Su derivatives
Xu, Bixue,Huang, Zhengming,Liu, Changxiao,Cai, Zegui,Pan, Weidong,Cao, Peixue,Hao, Xiaojiang,Liang, Guangyi
experimental part, p. 3118 - 3125 (2009/09/25)
A series of derivatives of Matijing-Su (MTS, N-(N-benzoyl-l-phenylalanyl)-O-acetyl-l-phenylalanol) was synthesized and evaluated for their anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) activities in 2.2.15 cells. The IC50 of compounds 9c (1.40 μM), 9g (2.33 μM) and 9n (2.36 μM), etc. and the selective index of 9n (45.93) of the inhibition on the replication of HBV DNA were higher than those of the positive control lamivudine [41.59, (IC50: 82.42 μM)]. Compounds 11d, 12a and 12e also exhibited significant anti-HBV activities.
