Unprecedented Nor-seco-diterpene Lactones Inhibited Osteogenic
Differentiation of Valve Interstitial Cells
Abstract
The first examples of diterpene lactones with an unusual
2-nor-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one nucleus, eufislactones A (1) and B (2),
were isolated from the roots of Euphorbia fischeriana, together with a
new (3) and fifteen known biosynthetic congeners (4–18). Compound 1
possesses an unprecedented 2,3-seco-2-nor-ent-atisane diterpenoid
skeleton, and 2 features a new 2,3-seco-2-nor-ent-isopimarane
diterpenoid core. Their structures incorporating absolute configurations
were elucidated via the comprehensive spectroscopic analyses, quantum
chemical calculations, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations,
and sin-gle-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Biogenetically, this
compound was constructed by the plausible monomeric precursor,
ent-atis-16-ene-3,14-dione (6) and ent-isopimara-8(14),15-dien-3-one
(17), via key Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, decarboxylation, and
recyclization to form an unique 2-nor-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one core.
Our bioassays have revealed that eufislactone A (EFA, 1) dis-played
significant inhibitory effect on the osteogenic differentiation of human
valvular interstitial cells (VICs), highlighting its poten-tial as a
preventive agent against the progression of human calcific aortic valve
disease (CAVD).