Novel Flavonol Alkaloids in Green Tea: Synthesis, Detection, and Anti-Alzheimer’s Disease Effect in a Transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans CL4176 Model

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2024.0

Abstract

Novel N-ethy-2-pyrrolidinone-substituted flavonols, myricetin alkaloids A-C (1-3), quercetin alkaloids A-C (4a, 4b, and 5), and kaempferol alkaloids A and B (6 and 7), were prepared from thermal reaction products of myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol & horbar;l-theanine, respectively. We used HPLC-ESI-HRMS/MS to detect 1-7 in 14 cultivars of green tea and found that they were all present in Shuchazao, Longjing 43, Fudingdabai, and Zhongcha 108 green teas. The structures of 1-4 and 6 were determined by extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopies. These flavonol alkaloids along with their skeletal flavonols were assessed for anti-Alzheimer's disease effect based on molecular docking, acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and the transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans CL4176 model. Compound 7 strongly binds to the protein amyloid beta (A beta(1-42)) through hydrogen bonds (BE: -9.5 kcal/mol, K-i: 114.3 nM). Compound 3 (100 mu M) is the strongest one in significantly extending the mean lifespan (13.4 +/- 0.5 d, 43.0% promotion), delaying the A beta(1-42)-induced paralysis (PT50: 40.7 +/- 1.9 h, 17.1% promotion), enhancing the locomotion (140.0% promotion at 48 h), and alleviating glutamic acid (Glu)-induced neurotoxicity (153.5% promotion at 48 h) of CL4176 worms (p < 0.0001).

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