Lin You-Cheng, Lin Chi-Chien, Chu Yi-Chia, Fu Chung-Wei, Sheu Jyh-Horng
Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
Institute of Biomedical Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Dec 1;14(12):1252. doi: 10.3390/ph14121252.
Chemical investigation of the soft coral sp. led to the discovery of twelve new verticillane-type diterpenes and norditerpenes: cespitulins H-O (-), one cyclic diterpenoidal amide cespitulactam L (), norditerpenes cespitulin P (), cespitulins Q and R ( and ), four new sesquiterpenes: cespilins A-C (-) and cespitulolide (), along with twelve known metabolites. The structures of these metabolites were established by extensive spectroscopic analyses, including 2D NMR experiments. Anti-inflammatory effects of the isolated compounds were studied by evaluating the suppression of pro-inflammatory protein tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and nitric oxide (NO) overproduction, and the inhibition of the gene expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), in lipopolysaccharide-induced dendritic cells. A number of these metabolites were found to exhibit promising anti-inflammatory activities.
对软珊瑚物种进行的化学研究发现了12种新的轮状烷型二萜和去甲二萜:丛生素H - O(-)、一种环状二萜酰胺丛生内酰胺L()、去甲二萜丛生素P()、丛生素Q和R(和)、4种新的倍半萜:丛生素A - C(-)和丛生内酯(),以及12种已知代谢产物。这些代谢产物的结构通过广泛的光谱分析得以确定,包括二维核磁共振实验。通过评估在脂多糖诱导的树突状细胞中促炎蛋白肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)和一氧化氮(NO)过量产生的抑制情况,以及诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOS)和环氧化酶-2(COX-2)基因表达的抑制情况,研究了分离出的化合物的抗炎作用。发现其中许多代谢产物具有有前景的抗炎活性。