Chemical constituents from Perenniporia subacida / 中成药

AIM To study the chemical constituents from Perenniporia subacida.METHODS The chloroform-methanol extract from P.subacida was isolated and purified by silica,RP-18 and Sephadex LH-20 column,then the structures of obtained compands were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.RESULTS Nine compounds were isolated and identified as 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoicacid (1),2,5-dihydroxybenzoicacid (2),(22E,24R)-ergosta-7,22-dien-3β,5α,6β-triol (3),hydroxylbenzaldehyde (4),4-hydroxyphenyl acetate (5),7-hydroxymethylphthalide (6),(22E,24R)-ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol (7),(22E,24R)-5 α,8α-epidiory-ergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol (8),(22E,24R)-ergosta-7,22-dien-3 β,5 β,6β-triol (9).CONCLUSION All the compounds are isolated from Perenniporia subacida for the first time,and compound 6 is a new natural product.

Mycophenolic acid derivatives from cultures of the mushroom Laetiporus sulphureu / 中国天然药物

AIM@#To investigate the chemical constituents of the cultures of Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill.@*METHOD@#Compounds were isolated and purified by various chromatographic techniques. The structure of the new compound was determined by interpretation of MS and 1D-, 2D-NMR spectroscopic data, while the known compounds were identified by comparison of their data with those reported.@*RESULTS@#Three mycophenolic acid derivatives, 6-((2E, 6E)-3, 7-dimethyldeca-2, 6-dienyl)-7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-4-methylphtanlan-1-one (1), 6-((2E, 6E)-3, 7, 11-trimethyldedoca-2, 6, 10-trienyl)-5, 7-dihydroxy-4-methylphtanlan-1-one (2), and 6-((2E, 6E)-3, 7, 11-trimethyldedoca-2, 6, 10-trienyl)-7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-4-methylphtanlan-1-one (3) were isolated.@*CONCLUSION@#Among them, compound 1 was new, and compound 2 exhibited moderate cytotoxicity against HL-60, SMMC-7721, A-549, and MCF-7 cells, with IC50 values of 39.1, 31.1, 27.4, and 35.7 μmol·L(-1), respectively.

Two new sesquiterpenoids from basidiomycete Tyromyces chioneus / 药学学报

Two new sesquiterpenoids, named as tyromols A and B (1 and 2), were isolated from cultures of basidiomycete Tyromyces chioneus, along with two previously reported 15-hydroxy-6 α, 12-epoxy-7β, 10αH, 11βH-spiroax-4-ene (3) and agripilol C (4). Compounds 1-4 were separated and purified by silica gel, RP-18, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis including IR, MS, 1D and 2D NMR experiments.

Screening and identification of the upregulators of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 / 药学学报

ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) promotes cholesterol and phospholipid efflux from cells to lipid-poor apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), and plays a key role in the initial steps of the whole process of reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). Upregulation of ABCA1 is beneficial for atherosclerosis (AS) prevention and/or therapy, which indicated that ABCA1 was a target for anti-AS drug development. In the previous study, a high-throughput screening method was established using ABCA1p-LUC HepG2 cell line to find the upregulators of ABCA1. In the present study, compound 2030421B was found using this method, with EC50 of 0.50 microg x mL(-1). The compound was further identified as an upregulator of ABCA1 expression by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting analysis. Studies also showed that the 2030421B could induce apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux and inhibit lipids uptake into mouse peritoneal macrophages RAW264.7.

Chemical study on fruiting bodies of Boletus vioaceo-fuscus / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the chemical constituents of Boletus vioaceo-fuscus.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The compounds were isolated with column chromatography. The structures were determined by spectroscopic techniques.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Six compounds were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Boletus vioaceo-fiuscus. They were identified as ergosta-5, 7, 22-triene-3beta-ol (1), dihydrofuran-2, 5-dione (2), (22E, 24R)-5alpha, 6alpha-epoxyergosta-8, 22-diene-3beta, 7alpha-diol (3), (22E, 24R)-5alpha, 6alpha-epoxyergosta-8 (14), 22-diene-3beta, 7alphadiol (4), cerebroside B (5) and adenosine (6), respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All the Compounds were obtained from the fruiting bodies of Boletus vioaceo-fiscus for the first time.</p>

Activities of prenylphenol derivatives from fruitbodies of Albatrellus spp. on the human and rat vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1) and characterisation of the novel natural product, confluentin.

Several prenylphenols from basidiocarps of European and Chinese Albatrellus spp., namely grifolin (1), neogrifolin (2), confluentin (3), scutigeral (4), and albaconol (5) were investigated concerning their activities in test models for vanilloid receptor modulation. The isolation of these compounds from A. confluens and structure elucidation of the novel natural product confluentin (3) are described. The effects of scutigeral and neogrifolin on vanilloid receptors were studied by means of electrophysiological methodology on rat dorsal root ganglion neurons as well as on recombinant cell lines expressing the rat VR1 receptor. Concurrently, the effects of compounds 1-5 on a reporter cell line expressing the human vanilloid receptor VR1 were measured. In contrast to previous studies reported in the literature, the results of these investigations suggest that fungal prenylphenols act as weak antagonists (activity in the microM range), rather than exhibiting agonistic activities.

The first humulene type sesquiterpene from Lactarius hirtipes.

A new sesquiterpene of humulene type, named 2beta, alpha-epoxy-6Z, 9Z-humuladien-8alpha-ol (1) together with a known compound lactarinic acid was isolated from the fruiting bodies of Lactarius hirtipes. Their structures were established on the basis of spectral evidence (MS, IR, NMR, HMBC, HMQC, 1H-1H COSY, ROSEY experiments). Compound 1 was found as the first humulene-type sesquiterpene in higher fungi.

Lepidolide, a novel seco-ring-A cucurbitane triterpenoid from Russula lepida (Basidiomycetes).

A novel compound, lepidolide [structure: see text], was isolated from the fruiting bodies of the Basidiomycete Russula lepida. Its structure was established by spectroscopic and chemical means.

Construction of Recombinant Yeast Converting Xylose Angd Glucose to Ethanol / 微生物学通报

Candida shehatae xyl1 gene and Pichia stipitis xyl2 gene were amplified by PCR and the xyl1 and xyl2 were both placed under the promoter GAL of vector pYES2 to produce the recombinant expression vector pYES2-P12. Subsequently the pYES2-P12 vector was transformed into S. cerevisiae YS58 by LiAc to produce the recombinant yeast YSS8-12. It was indicate that the recombinant yeast YSS8-12 could converse xylose to ethanol with the xylose consumption rate of 81. 3%.

Progress of Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae of Xylose Metabolism and Fermentation for Ethanol Production / 微生物学通报

With the constant rise of energy price,it has a great practical meaning of using lignocellulose to produce ethanol.Xylose is a kind of monosaccharide whose content is only less than glucose in most lignocellulosic hydrolysates.There is some difficulty of producing ethanol from lignocellulose by the traditional ethanol production strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae,because it cannot metabolize xylose.People have tried to use genetic engineering technology and cell fusion method to modify Saccharomyces cerevisiae to make it metabolize xylose and produce ethanol for many years.This review indroduced the progress in this field.