Undescribed indole lactones from Alstonia scholaris protecting hepatic cell damage

Phytochemistry
2024.0

Abstract

Six previously undescribed rigidly monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, alstolactines F-K (1-6), were isolated from Alstonia scholaris. Among them, a pair of cage-like epimers, 1 and 2, featuring a rare 6/5/6/6/7 ring system, represent the first example of C(5)-->C(20)-olide, while compound 3 possesses unique degraded C(18) and C(19). The structures of the isolates were established by multiple spectroscopic analyses, quantum computational chemistry methods, and X-ray diffraction. Furthermore, the expression levels of proteins including NLRP3, TLR4, P-p65, NF-kB, Notch-2, IL-18, P-p38, and p38 in LPS-induced human normal hepatocyte (LO2) cells could be significantly downregulated by compounds 1-6, which showed potent anti-inflammatory bioactivity. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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