Natural and Semisynthetic Tigliane Diterpenoids with New Carbon Skeletons from Euphorbia dracunculoides as a Wnt Signaling Pathway Inhibitor

Org Lett. 2017 Jul 21;19(14):3911-3914. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01813. Epub 2017 Jul 13.

Abstract

Euphordraculoates A (1) and B (2), featuring tigliane diterpenoids with two new carbon skeletons, were characterized as metabolites of Euphorbia dracunculoides and semisynthetic products, respectively. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic analyses and X-ray crystallography. The respective biosynthetic and chemical formation mechanisms for 1 and 2 from a known tigliane 3 was proposed. The detailed decarbonization mechanism from 3 to 2 was further explored by 18O-labeling experiment. Compound 2 could inhibit Wnt pathway in a dose- and time-dependent manner.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon
  • Diterpenes
  • Euphorbia / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxygen Isotopes
  • Wnt Signaling Pathway

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Oxygen Isotopes
  • Oxygen-18
  • Carbon