Sesquiterpenes from Neurolaena lobata and their antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory activities

J Nat Prod. 2014 Mar 28;77(3):576-82. doi: 10.1021/np400834c. Epub 2014 Jan 29.

Abstract

Five new sesquiterpenes, neurolobatin A (1), neurolobatin B (2), 5β-hydroxy-8β-isovaleroyloxy-9α-hydroxycalyculatolide (3), 3-epi-desacetylisovaleroylheliangine (4), and 3β-acetoxy-8β-isovaleroyloxyreynosin (5), were isolated from the aerial parts of Neurolaena lobata. The structures were established by means of a combined spectroscopic data analysis, including ESIMS, APCI-MS, and 1D- and 2D-NMR techniques. Neurolobatin A (1) and B (2) are unusual isomeric seco-germacranolide sesquiterpenes with a bicyclic acetal moiety, compounds 3 and 4 are unsaturated epoxy-germacranolide esters, and compound 5 is the first eudesmanolide isolated from the genus Neurolaena. The isolated compounds (1-5) were shown to have noteworthy antiproliferative activities against human tumor cell lines (A2780, A431, HeLa, and MCF7). The anti-inflammatory effects of 1-5, evaluated in vitro using LPS- and TNF-α-induced IL-8 expression inhibitory assays, revealed that all these compounds strongly down-regulated the LPS-induced production of IL-8 protein, with neurolobatin B (2) and 3-epi-desacetylisovaleroylheliangine (4) being the most effective.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Asteraceae / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Female
  • Guatemala
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-8 / metabolism
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / pharmacology*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / pharmacology
  • Umbilical Veins / cytology
  • Umbilical Veins / drug effects

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Interleukin-8
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • germacranolide