Homosecoiridoids from the flower buds of Lonicera japonica

J Nat Prod. 2011 Oct 28;74(10):2151-60. doi: 10.1021/np2004566. Epub 2011 Sep 26.

Abstract

Homosecoiridoids (1-15) were isolated from the flower buds of Lonicera japonica. Compounds 1-4, designated as loniphenyruviridosides A-D, possess unprecedented skeletons featuring phenylpyruvic acid derived moieties coupled with an iridoid or a secoiridoid nucleus. Compounds 5-15 (lonijaposides D-N) are additional examples of the unusual pyridinium alkaloid-coupled secoiridoids (lonijaposides A-C). The validity of the CD data to determine the configuration of the secoiridoid derivatives is discussed on the basis of detailed CD data analysis and semisynthesis of 2 and 3 with the co-occurring secologanic acid. The configuration of secologanic acid was determined by a single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis using anomalous scattering of Cu Kα radiation. Biosynthetic pathways of the homosecoiridoids were postulated. Compounds 1-4 inhibited STAT-3 activity of HELF cells, and lonijaposides F (7), H (9), I (10), and K (12) showed activity against the release of glucuronidase in rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes induced by platelet-activating factor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Flowers / chemistry
  • Glucuronidase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Iridoids / blood
  • Iridoids / chemistry
  • Iridoids / isolation & purification*
  • Iridoids / pharmacology
  • Lonicera / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neutrophils / drug effects
  • Neutrophils / metabolism
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Platelet Activating Factor / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • STAT3 Transcription Factor / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Iridoids
  • Platelet Activating Factor
  • STAT3 Transcription Factor
  • Glucuronidase