Production of the Cytotoxic Cardenolide Glucoevatromonoside by Semisynthesis and Biotransformation of Evatromonoside by a Digitalis lanata Cell Culture.

Munkert J, Santiago Franco M, Nolte E, Silva IT, Oliveira Castilho R, Ottoni FM, Schneider NFZ, Oliveira MC, Taubert H, Bauer W, Andrade SF, Alves RJ, Simões CMO, Braga FC, Kreis W, De Padua RM (2017)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2017

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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-109557

Abstract

Recent studies demonstrate that cardiac glycosides, known to inhibit Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in humans, have increased susceptibility to cancer cells that can be used in tumor therapy. One of the most promising candidates identified so far is glucoevatromonoside, which can be isolated from the endangered species Digitalis mariana ssp. heywoodii. Due to its complex structure, glucoevatromonoside cannot be obtained economically by total chemical synthesis. Here we describe two methods for glucoevatromonoside production, both using evatromonoside obtained by chemical degradation of digitoxin as the precursor. 1) Catalyst-controlled, regioselective glycosylation of evatromonoside to glucoevatromonoside using 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl bromide as the sugar donor and 2-aminoethyldiphenylborinate as the catalyst resulted in an overall 30 % yield. 2) Biotransformation of evatromonoside using Digitalis lanata plant cell suspension cultures was less efficient and resulted only in an overall 18 % pure product. Structural proof of products has been provided by extensive NMR data. Glucoevatromonoside and its non-natural 1-3 linked isomer neo-glucoevatromonoside obtained by semisynthesis were evaluated against renal cell carcinoma and prostate cancer cell lines.

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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Brazil (BR) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Brazil (BR)

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APA:

Munkert, J., Santiago Franco, M., Nolte, E., Silva, I.T., Oliveira Castilho, R., Ottoni, F.M.,... De Padua, R.M. (2017). Production of the Cytotoxic Cardenolide Glucoevatromonoside by Semisynthesis and Biotransformation of Evatromonoside by a Digitalis lanata Cell Culture. Planta medica. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-109557

MLA:

Munkert, Jennifer, et al. "Production of the Cytotoxic Cardenolide Glucoevatromonoside by Semisynthesis and Biotransformation of Evatromonoside by a Digitalis lanata Cell Culture." Planta medica (2017).

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