A phytochemical investigation on the seeds of Sophora alopecuroides led to obtaining fourteen structurally diverse matrine-based alkaloids(1-14),including eight new ones(1,6,8-12,14).Notably,alopecuroide F(1)represent...A phytochemical investigation on the seeds of Sophora alopecuroides led to obtaining fourteen structurally diverse matrine-based alkaloids(1-14),including eight new ones(1,6,8-12,14).Notably,alopecuroide F(1)represents the first dimeric matrine-type skeleton assembled via unprecedent C-13-C-12'connection.The new structures were determined through extensive spectroscopic data(UV,OR,HRESIMS,1D,and 2D NMR),ECD calculations,and three instances,verified by X-ray crystallography.Biologically,all alkaloids were evaluated for cytotoxicity against four human cancer cell lines(HepG2,A549,THP-1,and MCF-7)and anti-inflammatory activities for two pro-inflammatory cytokines(TNF-αand IL-6).Alopecuroide F(1)can inhibit TNF-αand IL-6 productions in a dose-dependent manner with IC50 values of 35.6±0.5 and 41.7±0.8μmol/L,respectively.展开更多
基金This project was supported financially by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81803376,82074116,81973190)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2020B1515020033)+4 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.2018B030311020)the Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(No.2017BT01Y036)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation-Regional Joint Fund(Youth Fund Project,No.2020A1515110415)Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou(No.201906010069)We thank the High Performance Public Computing Service Platform of Jinan University for the help of theoretical ECD calculations.
文摘A phytochemical investigation on the seeds of Sophora alopecuroides led to obtaining fourteen structurally diverse matrine-based alkaloids(1-14),including eight new ones(1,6,8-12,14).Notably,alopecuroide F(1)represents the first dimeric matrine-type skeleton assembled via unprecedent C-13-C-12'connection.The new structures were determined through extensive spectroscopic data(UV,OR,HRESIMS,1D,and 2D NMR),ECD calculations,and three instances,verified by X-ray crystallography.Biologically,all alkaloids were evaluated for cytotoxicity against four human cancer cell lines(HepG2,A549,THP-1,and MCF-7)and anti-inflammatory activities for two pro-inflammatory cytokines(TNF-αand IL-6).Alopecuroide F(1)can inhibit TNF-αand IL-6 productions in a dose-dependent manner with IC50 values of 35.6±0.5 and 41.7±0.8μmol/L,respectively.
