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Briarenols W–Z: Chlorine-Containing Polyoxygenated Briaranes from Octocoral Briareum stechei (Kükenthal, 1908)

  • You Ying Chen
  • , Yi Lin Zhang
  • , Gene Hsiang Lee
  • , Lun Kelvin Tsou
  • , Mingzi M. Zhang
  • , Hsing Pang Hsieh
  • , Jih Jung Chen
  • , Chou Yuan Ko
  • , Zhi Hong Wen
  • , Ping Jyun Sung

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Abstract

Briareum stechei is proven to be a rich source of 3,8-cyclized cembranoids (briarane) with a bicyclo[8.4.0] carbon core. In the present study, four previously unreported briaranes, briarenols W–Z (1–4), along with solenolide A (5), briarenolide M (6), briaexcavatolide F (7), and brianolide (8), were isolated and characterized through spectroscopic analysis, and the absolute configuration of 8 was corroborated by a single-crystal x-ray diffraction analysis. Briaranes 2 and 5 were found to induce significant inflammatory activity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW 264.7 mouse macrophage cells by enhancing the expression of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) proteins.

Original languageEnglish
Article number77
JournalMarine Drugs
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Feb

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

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