Lee Hyejin, Jang Hongjun, Myung Hwan, Rivera Angela, Averette Anna F, Heitman Joseph, Park Jiyong, Kim Deukjoon, Kim Hyoungsu, Hong Jiyong
Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States.
College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (RIPST), Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea.
ACS Cent Sci. 2025 Jun 3;11(7):1103-1110. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.5c00332. eCollection 2025 Jul 23.
The guaianolide family of sesquiterpene lactones is known for its distinctive structural features and diverse biological activities. 4,9,10-Trihydroxyguaia-11(13)-en-12,6-olide, with an underdetermined absolute stereochemistry ( or -), is a newly identified 6,12-guaianolide isolated from the genus . Motivated by the potential biological activity of the natural product, we pursue its stereoselective synthesis. Starting from ()-limonene, an asymmetric total synthesis of 4α,9α,10α-trihydroxyguaia-11(13)-en-12,6α-olide () is accomplished in 20 steps with an overall yield of 4%, utilizing key transformations such as stereoselective reductive epoxide opening and additions of methyl lithiopropiolate and allyl cuprate. Most significantly, preliminary biological testing uncovers new anticancer activity of against rare and aggressive childhood atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) and other cancer cell lines. We anticipate that our synthetic strategy will enable the development of chemical probes and derivatives derived from for mechanism of action studies and anticancer drug discovery.
愈创木烷型倍半萜内酯家族以其独特的结构特征和多样的生物活性而闻名。4,9,10-三羟基愈创木-11(13)-烯-12,6-内酯,其绝对立体化学尚未确定(或-),是一种新鉴定的从该属中分离出的6,12-愈创木烷型内酯。受该天然产物潜在生物活性的驱动,我们开展了其立体选择性合成研究。以()-柠檬烯为起始原料,通过立体选择性还原环氧开环以及甲基丙炔酸锂和烯丙基铜酸盐的加成等关键转化步骤,经20步反应完成了4α,9α,10α-三羟基愈创木-11(13)-烯-12,6α-内酯()的不对称全合成,总收率为4%。最显著的是,初步生物学测试发现其对罕见且侵袭性强的儿童非典型畸胎样横纹肌样瘤(ATRT)和其他癌细胞系具有新的抗癌活性。我们预计我们的合成策略将推动基于该化合物的化学探针和衍生物的开发,用于作用机制研究和抗癌药物发现。