Terpenylated coumarins as SIRT1 activators isolated from Ailanthus altissima

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  • Trong-Tuan Dao
  • Tien-Lam Tran
  • Jayeon Kim
  • Phi-Hung Nguyen
  • Eun-Hee Lee
  • Junsoo Park
  • Ik-Soon Jang
  • Won-Keun Oh

Four new terpenylated coumarins (1-4) were isolated from the stem bark of Ailanthus altissima by bioactivity-guided fractionation using an in vitro SIRT1 deacetylation assay. Their structures were identified as (2'R,3'R)-7-(2',3'-dihydroxy-3',7'-dimethylocta-6'-enyloxy)-6,8-dimethoxycoumarin (1), 6,8-dimethoxy-7-(3',7'-dimethylocta-2',6'-dienyloxy)coumarin (2), (2'R,3'R,6'R)-7-(2',3'-dihydroxy-6',7'-epoxy-3',7'-dimethyloctaoxy)-6,8-dimethoxycoumarin (3), and (2'R,3'R,4'S,5'S)-6,8-dimethoxy-7-(3',7'-dimethyl-4',5'-epoxy-2'-hydroxyocta-6'-enyloxy)coumarin (4). Compounds 1-4 strongly enhanced SIRT1 activity in an in vitro SIRT1-NAD/NADH assay and an in vivo SIRT1-p53 luciferase assay. These compounds also increased the NAD-to-NADH ratio in HEK293 cells. The present results suggest that terpenylated coumarins from A. altissima have a direct stimulatory effect on SIRT1 deacetylation activity and may serve as lead molecules for the treatment of some age-related disorders.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume75
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)1332-8
Number of pages7
ISSN0163-3864
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jul 2012

    Research areas

  • Ailanthus, Amino Acid Sequence, Coumarins, Humans, Luciferases, Molecular Structure, NAD, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Plant Bark, Plant Stems, Republic of Korea, Sirtuin 1, Stereoisomerism, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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