Chemistry:Lupeol

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Lupeol
Lupeol structure.svg
Names
IUPAC name
(1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,9S,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-ol
Other names
(3β,13ξ)-Lup-20(29)-en-3-ol; Clerodol; Monogynol B; Fagarasterol; Farganasterol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
UNII
Properties
C30H50O
Molar mass 426.729 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Lupeol is a pharmacologically active pentacyclic triterpenoid. It has several potential medicinal properties, like anticancer and anti-inflammatory activity.[1]

Natural occurrences

Lupeol is found in a variety of plants, including mango, Acacia visco and Abronia villosa.[2] It is also found in dandelion coffee. Lupeol is present as a major component in Camellia japonica leaf.[1]

Total synthesis

The first total synthesis of lupeol was reported by Gilbert Stork et al.[3]

In 2009, Surendra and Corey reported a more efficient and enantioselective total synthesis of lupeol, starting from (1E,5E)-8-[(2S)-3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl]-2,6-dimethylocta-1,5-dienyl acetate by use of a polycyclization.[4]

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Biosynthesis

Lupeol is produced by several organisms from squalene epoxide. Dammarane and baccharane skeletons are formed as intermediates. The reactions are catalyzed by the enzyme lupeol synthase.[5] A recent study on the metabolomics of Camellia japonica leaf revealed that lupeol is produced from squalene epoxide where squalene play the role as a precursor.[1]

Pharmacology

Lupeol has a complex pharmacology, displaying antiprotozoal, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, antitumor and chemopreventive properties.[6]

Animal models suggest lupeol may act as an anti-inflammatory agent. A 1998 study found lupeol to decrease paw swelling in rats by 39%, compared to 35% for the standardized control compound indomethacin.[7]

One study has also found some activity as a Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor and prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitor at high concentrations (in the millimolar range).[8]

It is an effective inhibitor in laboratory models of prostate and skin cancers.[9][10][11]

As an anti-inflammatory agent, lupeol functions primarily on the interleukin system. Lupeol to decreases IL-4 (interleukin 4) production by T-helper type 2 cells.[6][12]

Lupeol has been found to have a contraceptive effect due to its inhibiting effect on the calcium channel of sperm (CatSper).[13]

Lupeol has also been shown to exert anti-angiogenic and anti-cancer effects via the downregulation of TNF-alpha and VEGFR-2.[14]

Famous anti-inflammatory ethno-medicinal plant Camellia japonica contains anti-inflammatory component lupeol in its leaf.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Majumder, Soumya; Ghosh, Arindam; Bhattacharya, Malay (2020-08-27). "Natural anti-inflammatory terpenoids in Camellia japonica leaf and probable biosynthesis pathways of the metabolome". Bulletin of the National Research Centre 44 (1): 141. doi:10.1186/s42269-020-00397-7. ISSN 2522-8307. 
  2. "Abronione, a rotenoid from the desert annual Abronia villosa". Phytochemistry Letters 4 (2): 72–74. June 2011. doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2010.08.004. PMID 21617767. 
  3. "Total synthesis of lupeol". Journal of the American Chemical Society 93 (19): 4945. 1971. doi:10.1021/ja00748a068. 
  4. "A short enantioselective total synthesis of the fundamental pentacyclic triterpene lupeol". Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (39): 13928–9. October 2009. doi:10.1021/ja906335u. PMID 19788328. 
  5. "Solanum lycopersicum lupeol biosynthesis". http://solcyc.solgenomics.net/LYCO/NEW-IMAGE?type=PATHWAY&object=PWY-112. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Margareth B. C. Gallo; Miranda J. Sarachine (2009). "Biological activities of Lupeol". International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 3 (Special Issue 1): 46–66. http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/JournalsSup/images/0906/IJBPS_3%28SI1%2946-66o.pdf. 
  7. "Anti-inflammatory activity of lupeol and lupeol linoleate in rats". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 76 (1): 77–80. June 2001. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(01)00175-1. PMID 11378285. 
  8. "Flavonoids with prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitory activity isolated from Scutellaria racemosa Pers". Fitoterapia 81 (6): 552–6. September 2010. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2010.01.018. PMID 20117183. 
  9. "Protective effects of lupeol and mango extract against androgen induced oxidative stress in Swiss albino mice". Asian Journal of Andrology 10 (2): 313–8. March 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00313.x. PMID 18097535. 
  10. "Preventive effects of lupeol on DMBA induced DNA alkylation damage in mouse skin". Food and Chemical Toxicology 45 (11): 2331–5. November 2007. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2007.06.002. PMID 17637493. 
  11. "Lupeol modulates NF-kappaB and PI3K/Akt pathways and inhibits skin cancer in CD-1 mice". Oncogene 23 (30): 5203–14. July 2004. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207641. PMID 15122342. 
  12. "Suppression of T lymphocyte activity by lupeol isolated from Crataeva religiosa". Phytotherapy Research 20 (4): 279–87. April 2006. doi:10.1002/ptr.1852. PMID 16557610. 
  13. "Regulation of the sperm calcium channel CatSper by endogenous steroids and plant triterpenoids". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (22): 5743–5748. May 2017. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700367114. PMID 28507119. 
  14. "Lupeol and stigmasterol suppress tumor angiogenesis and inhibit cholangiocarcinoma growth in mice via downregulation of tumor necrosis factor-α". PLOS ONE 12 (12): e0189628. 2017-12-12. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189628. PMID 29232409. Bibcode2017PLoSO..1289628K.