Vladimuliecins A and B: cytotoxic pentacyclic pregnanols from Vladimiria muliensis

J Nat Prod. 2009 Jun;72(6):1128-32. doi: 10.1021/np900120q.

Abstract

Two new steroids, vladimuliecins A (1) and B (2), were isolated by bioassay-guided fractionation from the rhizome of Vladimiria muliensis. Compounds 1 and 2 are the first examples possessing a pentacyclic 3alpha,5alpha-cyclopregnane-type framework. The structures of vladimuliecins A (1) and B (2) and their deacetylated derivative (3) were determined on the basis of IR, MS, 1D NMR, 2D NMR, and X-ray data analyses. The absolute configuration of the 10 stereogenic centers of compounds 1 and 2 was determined to be 3R,5R,6R,8S,9R,10R,13R,14R,17S,20R by means of auxiliary chiral MTPA derivatives and optical rotation calculation. A probable biosynthesis pathway to 1 and 2 is also proposed and discussed. In addition, the cytotoxicity of compounds 1, 2, and 3 was evaluated against selected cancer cell lines, including human leukemia cell (HL-60), human hepatoma cell (SMMC-7721), and human cervical carcinoma cell (HeLa) lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • HL-60 Cells
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Pregnanes / chemistry
  • Pregnanes / isolation & purification*
  • Pregnanes / pharmacology*
  • Rhizome / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Pregnanes
  • vladimuliecin A
  • vladimuliecin B