Inhibition of cholesteryl ester synthesis by polyacetylenes from Atractylodes rhizome.

Elyza Aiman Azizah Nur, Taichi Ohshiro, Keisuke Kobayashi, Jing Wu, Elly Wahyudin, Huiping Zhang, Fumiaki Hayashi, Hirokazu Kawagishi, Hiroshi Tomoda

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 2020 Apr 01

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Using activity guided purification, four known compounds, sesquiterpene atractylenolide III (1), and the polyacetylenes 14-acetoxy-12-senecioyloxytetradeca-2E,8E,10E-trien-4,6-diyn-1-ol (2), 14-acetoxy-12-α-methylbutyl-2E,8E,10E-trien-4,6-diyn-1-ol (3), and 14-acetoxy-12-β -methylbutyl-2E,8E,10E-trien-4,6-diyn-1-ol (4), were isolated from a traditional herbal medicine, Atractylodes rhizome. Structurally similar 3 and 4 (3/4 mixture) were obtained as a mixture. In intact Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) K1 cell assays, 1, 2, and a 3/4 mixture selectively inhibited cholesterol [14C]oleate synthesis from [14C]oleate with IC50 values of 73.5 µM, 35.4 µM, and 10.2 µM, respectively, without any effects on cytotoxicity. As a potential target of these inhibitors involved in cholesteryl ester (CE) synthesis, effects on sterol O-acyltransferase (SOAT) activity were investigated using microsomes prepared from CHO-K1 cells as an enzyme source. Hence, these compounds inhibit SOAT activity with IC50 values (211 µM for 1, 29.0 µM for 2, and 11.8 µM for 3/4 mixture) that correlate well with those measured from intact cell assays. Our results strongly suggest that these compounds inhibit CE synthesis by blocking SOAT activity in CHO-K1 cells. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Elyza Aiman Azizah Nur, Taichi Ohshiro, Keisuke Kobayashi, Jing Wu, Elly Wahyudin, Huiping Zhang, Fumiaki Hayashi, Hirokazu Kawagishi, Hiroshi Tomoda. Inhibition of cholesteryl ester synthesis by polyacetylenes from Atractylodes rhizome. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters. 2020 Apr 01;30(7):126997