福建金线莲的化学成分研究Ⅲ

从福建金线莲(Anoectochilus roxburghii)乙醇提取物的己烷萃取部分分得3个化合物和-甾体混合物,三个化合物结构分别鉴定为Sorghumol(1),木栓酮(2)和棕榈酸(3),甾体混合物经EI-MS、ESI-MS／MS技术确定含有24-异丙烯基胆甾醇、开唇兰甾醇、β-谷甾醇、豆甾醇和菜油甾醇。所有化合物均为该植物首次报道,其中化合物1为首次从兰科植物中分得,并首次对其光谱数据进行了详细的分析,化合物2为从该属植物中首次分得。     

钟花报春花的化学成分研究(Ⅱ)

从钟花报春花Primula sikkmensis Hook.中分离得到5个化合物,通过波谱分析其结构分别鉴定为5-羟基黄酮(1),2-苯基色原酮(2),5,8-二羟基黄酮(3),2’-羟基黄酮(4),3’-羟基-黄酮-4’-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖苷(5)。其中化合物1～4首次从该属植物中分离得到,化合物5首次从该植物中分离得到,并首次对3的NMR数据进行了归属。     

胡桃枝的化学成分及抑制一氧化氮生成的作用

以体外测定各化合物对抑制脂多糖(LPS)和γ干扰素(IFNγ)诱导的RAW264.7大鼠巨噬细胞NO的生成量为活性指标,从核桃中分离得到了5个化合物,分别为2乙氧基胡桃醌(1),3乙氧基胡桃醌(2),regiolone(3),(4S)4hydroxyαtetralone(4)和大黄素(5)。化合物1和2为首次从该植物中分离得到,化合物1具有较强的抑制大鼠巨噬细胞NO生成的作用。化合物1和2均为首次作为天然产物得到。     

中华光萼苔的化学成分研究

首次对中华光萼苔(Porella chinensis(Steph.)Hat.)的化学成分进行了研究,从中分离得到四种倍半萜类化合物.通过波谱学数据并与已知化合物的数据比较,它们分别鉴定为环色烯酮(cycloeolorenone,1)、辛辣木醇(drimenol,2)、辛辣木素(drimenin,3)及α-古巴烯(α-copacne,4).通过NOESY确定了化合物1的相对构型.化合物2和4首次从该植物的配子体中分离得到.     

相似蜂海绵相关真菌杂色曲霉F62活性代谢产物研究

研究了1株相似蜂海绵相关真菌F62的活性代谢产物,经分子系统学分析表明该真菌属于杂色曲霉。将F62菌株用大米固体培养基在室温（约25℃）下静置培养45d,经乙酸乙酯超声萃取得到粗提物。通过硅胶柱层析、Sephadex LH-20凝胶柱层析和HPLC等色谱手段,分离得到了6个化合物。通过核磁共振、质谱等波谱分析手段可鉴定出其结构分别为Alantrypinone（1）、洛伐他汀（2）、甲酯型莫纳克林K（3）、土曲霉酮（4）、土震素B（5）和麦角甾醇（6）。化合物1系首次从该属真菌中分离得到,化合物2－5为首次从该种真菌中分离得到。首次对化合物3的碳谱数据进行报道。初步的药理研究表明,化合物4具有体外抗炎活性。     

密毛番荔枝化学成分的研究

采用正相、反相硅胶,Sephadex LH-20凝胶,MCI树脂等层析方法对密毛番荔枝茎枝的化学成分进行分离纯化,运用现代波谱技术鉴定了9个化合物:槲皮素(1),圣草酚(2),原儿茶酸(3),丁香酸(4),N-p-hydroxy-cis-coumaroyltyramine(5),annonacin(6),annonacin-10-one(7),β-谷甾醇(8)和胡萝卜苷(9)。其中化合物3为首次从该属植物中分离得到,化合物1、2、4、5、8和9均为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

藏药提宗龙胆花的化学成分研究

从传统藏药提宗龙胆(Gentiana tizuensisFranch.)花的乙醇提取物中分离得到3个化合物,利用波谱方法鉴定为熊果酸(ursolic acid,1)、异荭草苷(isooreintin,2)、日本獐牙菜素(swertiajaponin,3).其中,化合物2为首次从该植物中发现,化合物3为龙胆属植物中首次发现.     

新疆蓝刺头化学成分研究

以新疆蓝刺头(Echinops ritro L.)全草为研究材料,通过硅胶柱色谱,Sephadex LH-20柱色谱,重结晶等技术对新疆蓝刺头化学成分进行分离纯化,通过理化性质分析及1H-NMR,13C-NMR等技术对化合物结构进行鉴定.结果表明,共分离出5个化合物,分别是三萜类化合物蒲公英甾醇乙酰酯(化合物1)、蒲公英甾醇(化合物2)、黄酮苷类化合物金丝桃苷(化合物3)、胡萝卜苷(化合物4)与β-豆甾醇葡萄糖苷(化合物5).其中化合物1,2,5首次从该种植物中分离,化合物3为首次从该属植物中分离.     

紫叶李果实的化学成分研究北大核心CSCD

采用硅胶、ODS和Sephadex LH-20柱色谱等方法对紫叶李果实95%乙醇提取物进行提取分离纯化,运用IR、UV、1H NMR、13C NMR、HMBC、HSQC等波谱学技术鉴定5个化合物：3-O-乙酰基原儿茶酸（1）、2（R）-羟基丁二酸-1-甲酯（2）、3,3′,4,4′-四羟基联苯（3）、β-胡萝卜苷（4）和槲皮素（5）。化合物1～4是首次从该植物中分离得到,其中化合物1为新天然产物,并且首次报道化合物1的1H NMR,13C NMR数据。对已分离的5个化合物进行了DPPH自由基清除实验,结果显示化合物3、5具有潜在的抗氧化活性。     

北美盐角草(Salicornia bigelovii Torr.)化学成分的研究(英文)

从北美盐角草中分离得到6个化合物,运用波谱手段分别鉴定为东莨菪内酯(1),杜松脑(2),金丝桃苷(3),槲皮素(4),异鼠李素-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(5)和β-谷甾醇(6)。其中,化合物1和2为该属植物中首次分离得到,化合物4和6为首次从该种植物中得到。     

Induction of apoptosis in human cervical carcinoma HeLa cells by neoechinulin A from marine-derived fungus Microsporum sp.

Recently, the relationship between apoptosis and cancer has been emphasized and the induction of apoptosis is recognized as one of the key mechanisms of anti-cancer agents. Marine-derived fungi are valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds with anticancer activity. In the present study, a marine-derived fungus, Microsporum sp. was cultured and a prenylated indole alkaloid, neoechinulin A was isolated from the culture broth extract. Neoechinulin A has shown cytotoxic effect on human cervical carcinoma HeLa cells and its apoptosis induction in HeLa cells was investigated by the expressions of p53, p21, Bax, Bcl-2, Caspase 9, and Caspase 3 proteins. Western blot analysis has revealed that neoechinulin A could induce cell apoptosis through down-regulating of Bcl-2 expression, up-regulating of Bax expression, and activating the caspase-3 pathway. Collectively, these results suggest that neoechinulin A could be a potential candidate in the field of anticancer drug discovery against human cervical cancer.     

Crystallographic study of endogenous alpha-amylase inhibitor from wheat

Endogenous alpha-amylase inhibitor from wheat has been crystallized by a microdialysis method. There are two forms of monoclinic crystal in a microdialysis cell with a space group of P2(1). The unit cell dimensions are a = 43.5 A, b = 64.8 A, c = 32.2 A, beta = 113 degrees for the rod-like crystal, and a = 42.5 A, b = 65.2 A, c = 32.2 A, beta = 112 degrees for the plate-like crystal. The former is suitable for structure analysis because it gives the sharp diffraction beyond 2.0 A resolution, and the latter tends to form a twin crystal. A heavy-atom derivative has been successfully prepared with the heavy-atom reagent K2PtCl4, and structure analysis is in progress.     

Reduced representation model of protein structure prediction: statistical potential and genetic algorithms.

A reduced representation model, which has been described in previous reports, was used to predict the folded structures of proteins from their primary sequences and random starting conformations. The molecular structure of each protein has been reduced to its backbone atoms (with ideal fixed bond lengths and valence angles) and each side chain approximated by a single virtual united-atom. The coordinate variables were the backbone dihedral angles phi and psi. A statistical potential function, which included local and nonlocal interactions and was computed from known protein structures, was used in the structure minimization. A novel approach, employing the concepts of genetic algorithms, has been developed to simultaneously optimize a population of conformations. With the information of primary sequence and the radius of gyration of the crystal structure only, and starting from randomly generated initial conformations, I have been able to fold melittin, a protein of 26 residues, with high computational convergence. The computed structures have a root mean square error of 1.66 A (distance matrix error = 0.99 A) on average to the crystal structure. Similar results for avian pancreatic polypeptide inhibitor, a protein of 36 residues, are obtained. Application of the method to apamin, an 18-residue polypeptide with two disulfide bonds, shows that it folds apamin to native-like conformations with the correct disulfide bonds formed.     

Identification of proteins that bind to the neuroprotective agent neoechinulin A

Neoechinulin A is an indole alkaloid with several biological activities. We previously reported that this compound protects neuronal PC12 cells from cytotoxicity induced by the peroxynitrite generator 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1), but the target proteins and precise mechanism of action of neoechinulin A were unclear. Here, we employed a phage display screen to identify proteins that bind directly with neoechinulin A. Our findings identified two proteins, chromogranin B and glutaredoxin 3, as candidate target binding partners for the alkaloid. QCM analyses revealed that neoechinulin A displays high affinity for both chromogranin B and glutaredoxin 3. RNA interference-mediated depletion of chromogranin B decreased the sensitivity of PC12 cells against SIN-1. Our results suggested chromogranin B is a plausible target of neoechinulin A.     

The solution structure of a monomeric insulin. A two-dimensional 1H-NMR study of des-(B26-B30)-insulin in combination with distance geometry and restrained molecular dynamics.

The solution conformation of des-(B26-B30)-insulin (DPI) has been investigated by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. A set of 250 approximate interproton distance restraints, derived from two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectra, were used as the basis of a structure determination using distance geometry (DG) and distance-bound driven dynamics (DDD). Sixteen DG structures were optimized using energy minimization (EM) and submitted to short 5-ps restrained molecular dynamics (RMD) simulations. A further refinement of the DDD structure with the lowest distance errors was done by energy minimization, a prolonged RMD simulation in vacuo and a time-averaged RMD simulation. An average structure was obtained from a trajectory generated during 20-ps RMD. The final structure was compared with the des-(B26-B30)-insulin crystal structure refined by molecular dynamics and the 2-Zn crystal structure of porcine insulin. This comparison shows that the overall structure of des-(B26-B30)-insulin is retained in solution with respect to the crystal structures with a high flexibility at the N-terminal part of the A chain and at the N-terminal and C-terminal parts of the B chain. In the RMD run a high mobility of Gly A1, Asn A21 and of the side chain of Phe B25 is noticed. One of the conformations adopted by des-(B26-B30)-insulin in solution is similar to that of molecule 1 (Chinese nomenclature) in the crystal structure of porcine insulin.     

The X-ray crystal structure of beta-ketoacyl [acyl carrier protein] synthase I

The crystal structure of the fatty acid elongating enzyme beta-ketoacyl [acyl carrier protein] synthase I (KAS I) from Escherichia coli has been determined to 2.3 A resolution by molecular replacement using the recently solved crystal structure of KAS II as a search model. The crystal contains two independent dimers in the asymmetric unit. KAS I assumes the thiolase alpha(beta)alpha(beta)alpha fold. Electrostatic potential distribution reveals an acyl carrier protein docking site and a presumed substrate binding pocket was detected extending the active site. Both subunits contribute to each substrate binding site in the dimer.     

Comparison of X-ray crystal structure of the 30S subunit-antibiotic complex with NMR structure of decoding site oligonucleotide-paromomycin complex

Aminoglycoside antibiotics that bind to 16S ribosomal RNA in the aminoacyl-tRNA site (A site) cause misreading of the genetic code and inhibit translocation. Structures of an A site RNA oligonucleotide free in solution and bound to the aminoglycosides paromomycin or gentamicin C1a have been determined by NMR. Recently, the X-ray crystal structure of the entire 30S subunit has been determined, free and bound to paromomycin. Distinct differences were observed in the crystal structure, particularly at A1493. Here, the NMR structure of the oligonucleotide-paromomycin complex was determined with higher precision and is compared with the X-ray crystal structure of the 30S subunit complex. The comparison shows the validity of both structures in identifying critical interactions that affect ribosome function.     

The structural consequences of exchanging tryptophan and tyrosine residues in B. stearothermophilus lactate dehydrogenase.

A mutant Bacillus stearothermophilus lactate dehydrogenase has been prepared in which all three tryptophan residues in the wild-type enzyme have been replaced by tyrosines. In addition, a tyrosine residue has been mutated to a tryptophan, which acts as a fluorescence probe to monitor protein folding. The mutant enzyme crystallizes in the same crystal form as the wild-type. The crystal structure of the mutant has been determined at 2.8 A resolution. Solution studies have suggested that there is little effect upon the mutant enzyme as judged by its kinetic properties. Comparison of the crystal structures of the mutant and wild-type enzymes confirms this conclusion, and reveals that alterations in structure in the region of these mutations are of a similar magnitude to those observed throughout the structure, and are not significant when compared with the errors in atomic positions expected for a structure at this resolution.     

Refined structure of porcine cytosolic adenylate kinase at 2.1 A resolution

The crystal structure of porcine cytosolic adenylate kinase has been established at 2.1 A resolution using a restrained least-squares refinement method. Based on 11,251 independent reflections of better than 10 A resolution, a final R-factor of 19.3% was obtained with a model obeying standard geometry within 0.026 A in bond lengths and 3.3 degrees in bond angles. In comparison with the previous structure at 3 A resolution, there is a significant improvement. The high resolution structure has been used to rationalize the strictly conserved residues in the adenylate kinase family. Among these is the glycine-rich loop, which forms a giant anion hole accommodating a sulfate ion which mimics a phosphoryl group of a substrate. Such a structure seems to occur in a large group of mononucleotide binding proteins. Moreover, a conserved cis-proline has been detected in the active center. A structural comparison with the complex between adenylate kinase from yeast and a substrate-analog at medium resolution indicates that this kinase performs appreciable mechanical movements during a catalytic cycle. The reported structure presumably represents an open form of the enzyme, similar to that in solution in the absence of substrates. However, since there are large intermolecular contacts in the crystal, some deviation from the solution structure has to be expected.     

A unique structural feature of a phospholipase A2 is probed by molecular dynamics

The unusual catalytic network, revealed by the crystal structure of one of the two phospholipases A₂ (PLA₂) from the venom of the crotalid A.p.piscivorus has been probed using molecular dynamics. The catalytic network has been remodeled to a conformation similar to that found in all other PLA₂, and the modeled structure has been submitted to energy minimization and molecular dynamics simulation, to explore the conformational space of the network. The calculations have yielded a large reorganization of the catalytic network, which gets a conformation close to that of the crystal structure. These results suggest that the unusual catalytic network observed in the studied PLA₂ is a structural feature of the protein and not a crystal artifact.