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Limonoids from seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. and their cytotoxic activity.

ABSTRACT: Four new limonoid-type nortriterpenoids, 1-detigloyl-1-O-methacryloylsalannin (1), 28-deoxo-2,3-dihydronimbolide (2), 12-acetoxy-3-O-acetyl-7-O-tigloylvilasinin (3) and 12-acetoxy-3-O-acetyl-7-O-methacryloylvilasinin (4), along with five known ones, were isolated from seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. Their structures were elucidated by various spectroscopic methods, including UV, IR, MS, NMR, X-ray crystallography, quantum chemical calculation, as well as by comparison of their spectroscopic data with those reported. In the in vitro cytotoxic assay, 2 showed inhibitory activity against human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cell line with IC50 value of 7.68±1.74 ?mol/L, and 5 inhibited growth of human cervical cancer Hela cell line, melanoma A375 cell line and promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell line, with IC50 12.00±2.08, 17.44±2.11, and 13.95±5.74 ?mol/L, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Chen J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6090013 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Limonoids from seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. and their cytotoxic activity.

Chen Jian J Fan Xiaona X Zhu Jianhua J Song Liyan L Li Zhiwei Z Lin Fei F Yu Rongmin R Xu Hanhong H Zi Jiachen J

Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B 20180201 4

Four new limonoid-type nortriterpenoids, 1-detigloyl-1-O-methacryloylsalannin (1), 28-deoxo-2,3-dihydronimbolide (2), 12-acetoxy-3-O-acetyl-7-O-tigloylvilasinin (3) and 12-acetoxy-3-O-acetyl-7-O-methacryloylvilasinin (4), along with five known ones, were isolated from seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. Their structures were elucidated by various spectroscopic methods, including UV, IR, MS, NMR, X-ray crystallography, quantum ...[more]

PMID: 30109187

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Project description:BackgroundNeem tree serves as a cornucopia for triterpenoids called limonoids that are of profound interest to humans due to their diverse biological activities. However, the biosynthetic pathway that plant employs for the production of limonoids remains unexplored for this wonder tree.ResultsHerein, we report the tracing of limonoid biosynthetic pathway through feeding experiments using 13C isotopologues of glucose in neem cell suspension. Growth and development specific limonoid spectrum of neem seedling and time dependent limonoid biosynthetic characteristics of cell lines were established. Further to understand the role of mevalonic acid (MVA) and methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways in limonoid biosynthesis, Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC)- tandem mass spectrometry based structure-fragment relationship developed for limonoids and their isotopologues have been utilized. Analyses of labeled limonoid extract lead to the identification of signature isoprenoid units involved in azadirachtin and other limonoid biosynthesis, which are found to be formed through mevalonate pathway. This was further confirmed by treatment of cell suspension with mevinolin, a specific inhibitor for MVA pathway, which resulted in drastic decrease in limonoid levels whereas their biosynthesis was unaffected with fosmidomycin mediated plastidial methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway inhibition. This was also conspicuous, as the expression level of genes encoding for the rate-limiting enzyme of MVA pathway, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) was comparatively higher to that of deoxyxylulose-phosphate synthase (DXS) of MEP pathway in different tissues and also in the in vitro grown cells. Thus, this study will give a comprehensive understanding of limonoid biosynthetic pathway with differential contribution of MVA and MEP pathways.ConclusionsLimonoid biosynthesis of neem tree and cell lines have been unraveled through comparative quantification of limonoids with that of neem tree and through 13C limonoid isotopologues analysis. The undifferentiated cell lines of neem suspension produced a spectrum of C-seco limonoids, similar to parental tissue, kernel. Azadirachtin, a C-seco limonoid is produced in young tender leaves of plant whereas in the hard mature leaves of tree, ring intact limonoid nimocinol accumulates in high level. Furthermore, mevalonate pathway exclusively contributes for isoprene units of limonoids as evidenced through stable isotope labeling and no complementation of MEP pathway was observed with mevalonate pathway dysfunction, using chemical inhibitors.

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Limonoids from seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. and their cytotoxic activity.

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Limonoids from seeds of <i>Azadirachta indica</i> A. Juss. and their cytotoxic activity.

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