1. Ubiquitin-Proteasome Modulating Dolabellanes and Secosteroids from Soft Coral Clavularia flava .
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Chiu CY, Ling XH, Wang SK, and Duh CY
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- Animals, Bortezomib chemistry, Proteasome Inhibitors chemistry, Anthozoa chemistry, Diterpenes chemistry, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex chemistry, Secosteroids chemistry, Ubiquitin chemistry
- Abstract
We performed a high-content screening (HCS) assay aiming to discover bioactive molecules with proteasome inhibitory activity. By structural elucidation, we identified six compounds purified from soft coral Clavularia flava , which potentiates proteasome inhibition . Chemical structure elucidation revealed they are dolabellane- and secosteroid-based compounds including a new dolabellane, clavinflol C ( 1 ), three known dolabellanes, stolonidiol ( 2 ), stolonidiol-17-acetate ( 3 ), and clavinflol B ( 4 ) as well as two new secosteroids, 3,11-dihydroxy-24-methyl-9,11-secocholest-5-en-9,23-dione ( 5 ) and 3,11-dihydroxy-24-methylene-9,11-secocholest-5-en-9,23-dione ( 6 ). All six compounds show less cytotoxicity than those of known proteasome inhibitors, bortezomib and MG132. In summary, the high-content measurements of control inhibitors, bortezomib and MG132, manifest the highest ratio >2 in high-content measurement. Of the isolated compounds, 2 and 5 showed higher activity, followed by 3 and 6, and then 1 and 4 exhibited moderate inhibition., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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- 2020
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