Przewalcyrones A-F, epoxychromene-containing polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols with immunosuppressive activity from Hypericum przewalskii Maxim

Org Biomol Chem. 2019 Sep 21;17(35):8234-8242. doi: 10.1039/c9ob01500k. Epub 2019 Aug 23.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the extracts of the aerial parts of Hypericum przewalskii Maxim. resulted in the isolation and identification of six new epoxychromene-containing polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs), named przewalcyrones A-F (1-6), and one known analogue (7). All of the structures were determined based on extensive spectroscopic analyses, X-ray crystallographic analysis, modified Mosher's method, [Rh2(OCOCF3)4]-induced ECD, and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) comparison. Structurally, przewalcyrones A-F represent the first examples of PPAPs containing an unexpected 8,8-dimethyl-3,9-epoxychromene moiety. All these compounds were evaluated for the immunosuppressive activity in anti-CD3/anti-CD28 monoclonal antibody (mAb)-stimulated human T cells. Among them, przewalcyrones C and D exhibited potential in vitro immunosuppressive activity, with IC50 values of (5.01 ± 0.52) μM and (5.26 ± 0.56) μM, respectively, highlighting those compounds as a promising starting point for the development of new immunosuppressive agents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Humans
  • Hypericum / chemistry*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / chemistry
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / isolation & purification
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacology*
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / drug effects
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Phloroglucinol / analogs & derivatives
  • Phloroglucinol / chemistry
  • Phloroglucinol / pharmacology*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • T-Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Phloroglucinol