Mogroside IV

This study examined the ability of sweet elements extracted from Siraitia grosvenori (SG) to inhibit the oxidation of LDL. We monitored the formation of conjugated diene during copper-mediated LDL oxidation in the presence or absence of sweet elements of whole extract of SG (SG extract) or cucurbitane glycosides (CGs) purified from SG extract as sweet elements. CGs consist of Mogroside IV (Mog.IV), Mogroside V (Mog.V), 11-Oxo-mogroside V (11-Oxo-mog.V), and Siamenoside I (Sia.I). In addition, the effect of these elements on human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC)- mediated LDL oxidation was tested by measuring production of lipid peroxides. SG extract inhibited copper-mediated LDL oxidation in a dose-dependent fashion, but neither glucose nor erythritol suppressed the oxidation. Among CGs, 11-Oxo-mog.V significantly inhibited LDL oxidation, and prolongation of the lag time during LDL oxidation by 11-Oxo-mog.V was dose-dependent. The lag time (119.7 +/- 8.9 min) in the presence of 200 microM 11-Oxo-mog.V was significantly longer than that (76.8 +/- 5.5 min) of control (p < 0.01). In addition, SG extract and 11-Oxo-mog.V inhibited HUVEC-mediated LDL oxidation in a dose-dependent manner. These results demonstrate that SG extract can inhibit LDL oxidation and that 11-Oxo-mog.V, a sweet element of SG extract, provides the anti-oxidative property of SG which might reduce the atherogenic potential of LDL.

A general strategy for the synthesis of acerogenin-type diarylheptanoids containing an endocyclic biaryl ether bond has been developed, and convergent total syntheses of acerogenin A, B, C, and L and aceroside IV have been accomplished. Cycloetherification of the linear diarylheptanoid 1-(4-fluoro-3-nitrophenyl)-7-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)heptan-3-one (18) under mild conditions (CsF, DMF, 0.01 M, rt, 5 h) gave the macrocycle 4-methoxy-17-nitro-2-oxatricyclo[13.2.2(3,7)]eicosa-1(18),3,5,7(20),15(19),16-hexaen-12-one (19) in 95% yield. Removal of the nitro group followed by O-demethylation gave acerogenin C (2), whose reduction afforded acerogenin A (1). Glucosidation of 2 with 2,3,4,6-alpha-D-tetrabenzoylglucopyranosyl bromide followed by saponification gave aceroside IV (3) in excellent overall yield. Acerogenins B (4) and L (5) were synthesized in a similar fashion featuring a key intramolecular S(N)Ar reaction of linear compound 29. The entropy driving force resulting from the preorganization of cyclization precursors in favor of the bent conformation was proposed to contribute significantly to the efficiency of this cyclization. Both computational studies and spectroscopic data (NOE) supported this hypothesis. Experimentally, it was observed that even at high concentration (1 M of 18 in DMF) the analytically pure macrocycle 19 could still be obtained in 45-50% isolated yield. Furthermore, when the cyclization of 18 was carried out in the presence of an external nucleophile (4-methoxyphenol, 33) or an electrophile (4-fluoro-3-nitrotoluene, 34), only the 15-membered cyclophane 19 was isolable. This provides experimental evidence that compound 18 is indeed preorganized in such a way that intramolecular reaction was highly competitive with the alternative intermolecular process.