PTP1B-Inhibiting Branched-Chain Fatty Acid Dimers from Eremophila oppositifolia subsp. angustifolia Identified by High-Resolution PTP1B Inhibition Profiling and HPLC-PDA-HRMS-SPE-NMR Analysis

J Nat Prod. 2020 May 22;83(5):1598-1610. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00070. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

Abstract

Ten new branched-chain fatty acid (BCFA) dimers with a substituted cyclohexene structure, five new monomers, and two known monomers, (2E,4Z,6E)-5-(acetoxymethyl)tetradeca-2,4,6-trienoic acid and its 5-hydroxymethyl analogue, were identified in the leaf extract of Eremophila oppositifolia subsp. angustifolia using a combination of HPLC-PDA-HRMS-SPE-NMR analysis and semipreparative-scale HPLC. The dimers could be classified as three types of Diels-Alder reaction products formed between monomers at two different sites of unsaturation of the dienophile. Two of the monomers represent potential biosynthetic intermediates of branched-chain fatty acids. Several compounds were found by high-resolution bioactivity profiling to inhibit PTP1B and were purified subsequently by semipreparative-scale HPLC. The dimers were generally more potent than the monomers with IC50 values ranging from 2 to 66 μM, compared to 38-484 μM for the monomers. The ten fatty acid dimers represent both a novel class of compounds and a novel class of PTP1B inhibitors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Fatty Acids
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / chemistry*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / metabolism
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1 / chemistry*
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1 / metabolism
  • Scrophulariaceae / chemistry*
  • Solid Phase Extraction
  • alpha-Glucosidases / metabolism

Substances

  • Fatty Acids
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • PTPN1 protein, human
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1
  • alpha-Glucosidases