Casuarinines A-J, lycodine-type alkaloids from Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides

J Nat Prod. 2013 Aug 23;76(8):1475-84. doi: 10.1021/np4003355. Epub 2013 Aug 13.

Abstract

Ten new lycodine-type alkaloids, named casuarinines A-J (1-10), along with eight known analogues (11-18), were isolated from the whole plant of Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides . The new structures were established by spectroscopic methods and chemical transformations. Casuarinines A-D (1-4) and J (10) are common lycodine alkaloids possessing four connected six-membered rings, while tricyclic casuarinines E-H (5-8) are the piperidine ring cleavage products. In particular, casuarinine I (9) has an unprecedented five-membered tetrahydropyrrole ring instead of the piperidine ring. A plausible biosynthetic pathway to 9 is proposed. Among the compounds reported, casuarinine H (8) exhibited significant neuroprotective effect against hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂)-induced neuronal cell damage in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells, while casuarinines C (3) and I (9) showed moderate inhibitory activity against acetylcholinesterase (AChE).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / drug effects
  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / isolation & purification*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / pharmacology
  • Lycopodiaceae / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neuroblastoma / drug therapy
  • Neuroprotective Agents / chemistry
  • Neuroprotective Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Neuroprotective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Piperidines / chemistry

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Piperidines
  • casuarinine H
  • piperidine
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Acetylcholinesterase