Issue 48, 2018

Bioactive spiropyrrolizidine oxindole alkaloid enantiomers from Isatis indigotica Fortune

Abstract

Four pairs of new spiropyrrolizidine oxindole enantiomers (1a/1b–4a/4b) were isolated from the leaves of Isatis indigotica Fortune. Their structures and absolute configurations were elucidated by a combination of NMR spectroscopic analyses, experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and the assistance of quantum chemical predictions (QCP) of 13C NMR chemical shifts. Notably, all the isolated spiropyrrolizidine oxindoles are reported as natural products for the first time. The biosynthetic pathway of these unique structures was proposed to be formed by cycloaddition reaction. In addition, all the compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory effects on β-amyloid aggregation by ThT assay, and the optically pure compounds 1a/1b and 2a/2b exhibited better Aβ1–42 aggregation inhibition potency (85.8% and 73.6%, 71.5% and 75.8%, respectively) at a concentration of 20 μM, compared with the positive control curcumin (57.0%). The difference of the inhibitory pattern caused by chirality was also explained by molecular docking studies.

Graphical abstract: Bioactive spiropyrrolizidine oxindole alkaloid enantiomers from Isatis indigotica Fortune

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Aug 2018
Accepted
26 Nov 2018
First published
27 Nov 2018

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018,16, 9430-9439

Bioactive spiropyrrolizidine oxindole alkaloid enantiomers from Isatis indigotica Fortune

S. Liu, B. Lin, Y. Xi, L. Zhou, L. Lou, X. Huang, X. Wang and S. Song, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 9430 DOI: 10.1039/C8OB02046A

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