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M. Carmen González
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Kinetic characterization of mitochondrial complex I inhibitors using annonaceous acetogenins
1999
The NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain is by far the largest and most complicated of the proton-translocating enzymes involved in the oxidative phosphorylation. Many clues regarding the electron pathways from matrix NADH to membrane ubiquinone and the links of this process with the translocation of protons are highly controversial. Different types of inhibitors become valuable tools to dissect the electron and proton pathways of this complex enzyme. Therefore, further knowledge of the mode of action of complex I inhibitors is needed to understand the underlying mechanism of energy conservation. This study presents for the first time a detailed …
Prenylated benzopyran derivatives from two Polyalthia species
1996
Two new benzopyran derivatives, (6E,10E)-isopolycerasoidol and polycerasoidin methyl ester, have been isolated from a methanolic extract of the stem bark of Polyalthia cerasoides. Their structures were established on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence. Polyalthia sclerophylla contains (6E,10E)-isopolycerasoidol, besides the known polycerasoidin and polycerasoidol. In addition, a known phenylpropene derivative, trans-asarone, has also been isolated from both species and fully characterized.
Rollimembrin, a novel acetogenin inhibitor of mammalian mitochondrial complex I
1997
Abstract Rollimembrin (3), is a new adjacent bis-tetrahydrofuranic acetogenin with a scarce relative configuration, threo/cis/threo/cis/erythro, isolated from Rollinia membranacea seeds. The mechanism of cytotoxic activity, determined by NADH-oxidase experiments, establish that rollimembrin (3) is the most potent inhibitor of mammalian mitochondrial complex I.
New method for the determination of the absolute stereochemistry in antitumoral annonaceous acetogenins
1998
Abstract The absolute configurations at the carbinol centers in several acetogenins were determined through p-bromophenylurethane derivatives and subsequent Mosher ester methodology. This method has been applied on α,α′-dihydroxylated adjacent bis-THF acetogenins with a threo/cis/threo/cis/erythro relative configuration membrarollin (1), a new acetogenin isolated from Rollinia membranacea seeds, rollimembrin (2), membranacin (3) and rolliniastatin-1 (4), and a threo/trans/threo/translerythro relative configuration motrilin (5), squamocin (6), and desacetyluvaricin (7). 1 was found to be the most potent inhibitor of the mammalian mitochondrial complex I.
Semisynthesis of antitumoral acetogenins: SAR of functionalized alkyl-chain bis-tetrahydrofuranic acetogenins, specific inhibitors of mitochondrial c…
2000
The acetogenins of Annonaceae are known by their potent cytotoxic activity. In fact, they are promising candidates as a new future generation of antitumoral drugs to fight against the current chemiotherapic resistant tumors. The main target enzyme of these compounds is complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, a key enzymatic complex of energy metabolism. In an attempt to characterize the relevant structural factor of the acetogenins that determines the inhibitory potency against this enzyme, we have prepared a series of bis-tetrahydrofuranic acetogenins with different functional groups along the alkyl chain. They comprise several oxo, hydroxylimino,…
Cerasodine and Cerasonine: New Oxoprotoberberine Alkaloids from Polyalthia cerasoides
1997
Two new 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoprotoberberine alkaloids, cerasodine (1) and cerasonine (2), were isolated from the stem bark of Polyalthia cerasoides (Annonaceae).
Gamma-lactone-Functionalized antitumoral acetogenins are the most potent inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I.
2001
To study the relevance of the terminal alpha,beta-unsaturated gamma-methyl-gamma-lactone moiety of the antitumoral acetogenins of Annonaceae for potent mitochondrial complex I inhibition, we have prepared a series of semisynthetic acetogenins with modifications only in this part of the molecule, from the natural rolliniastatin-1 (1) and cherimolin-1 (2). Some of the hydroxylated derivatives (1b, 1d and 1e) in addition to two infrequent natural beta-hydroxy gamma-methyl gamma-lactone acetogenins, laherradurin (3) and itrabin (4), are more potent complex I inhibitors than any other known compounds.