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1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Development of New Drugs Possessing New Concept to Treat in Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05558082
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Bioorganic chemistry
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tokushima

Principal Investigator

TAKAISHI Yoshihisa  University of Tokushima, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor, 薬学部, 教授 (60035558)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ONO Yukihisa  Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Researcher, 研究員
NAKANO Kimiko  University of Tokushima, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Research Assistant, 薬学部, 助手 (20136279)
SHISHIDO Kozo  University of Tokushima, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor, 薬学部, 教授 (20006349)
SHIBUYA Masayuki  University of Tokushima, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor, 薬学部, 教授 (40027066)
Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1995
Keywordsrheumatoid arthritis / interleukin-1 / Celastraceae / Tripterygium / triptoquinone / diterpene / quinoide / NO / callus
Research Abstract

Tripterygium wilfordii Hook (Celastraceae) has been used as anticancer drug and an insecticide by the Chinese for hundreds of years. Recently, this plant has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and spondy litis in some Chinese clinics. We started the study of isolation of the active priciples from T.wilfordii Hook fil var. regelii. For the in vitro assay system, we used the inhibition effects of interleukin-1 (IL-1) release.
In rheumatoid arthritis, it is reported that there is a strong relationship between production of IL-1 by the synovium and degree of inflammation of the arthricular synovial membrane.
It is therefore considered that the inhibition of excessive IL-1 release from cell could block various physiological activities. Bioassay-guided exploration led to the isolation of several structurally novel diterpenoid quinones. These quinones (we named triptoquionones A-G) proved to markedly inhibit the release of IL-1alpha and -1beta from lipopolysaccharide stimulated human peripheral mononuclear cells. The structures of these compound were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical evidence.
The most promising of these diterpenoids, from the standpoint of potential utility for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is triptoquinone A,which has progressed to further biological tests in vitro. So, we attempted the total synthesis of thriptoquinone A (TQA) and succeed an efficient first total synthesis.
A significant inhibitory activity of TQA for adjuvant-induced arthritis was confirmed in rat. TQA did not show serious poisoning. TQA inhibited NOs induction primed by LPS.
We isolated seven new triterpenoids from T.wilfordii, some of which showed the inhibition of IL-1 release. We attempted the preparation of callus and hairly root from T.wilfordii, and studied the constituents of callus.

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  • [Publications] Shishido,K.,Goto,K.,Miyoshi,S.,Takaishi,Y.,Shibuya,M.: "Synthesis of (±) Triptoquinone A" Tetrahedron letters. 34. 339-340 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Shishido,K.,Goto,K.,Tsuda,A.,Takaishi,Y.,Shibuya,M.: "Diastereoselective Total Synthesis of (+) Triptoquinone Band C" J.Chem.Soc.Chem.Comun.,. 793-794 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Sasa,H.,Kogure,K.,Takaishi,Y.Terada,H.: "Structural Basis of Potent Anti Peroxidation Activity of the Triterpene Celastrol in Mitochondria : Effect of Negative Membrane Change on Lipid Peroxidation" Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 17. 201-207 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Shishido,K.,Nakano,K.,Wariishi,N.,Tateishi,H.,Omodani,T.,Shibuya,M.,Goto,K.,Ono,Y.,Takaishi,Y.: "Diterpene quinoides from Tripterygium wilfordis var.regelii which are Interleukin-1 Inhibitors" Phytochemistry. 35. 731-737 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Shishido,K.,Goto,K.,Miyoshi,S.,Takaishi,Y.,Shibuya,M.: "Synthetic Studies of Diterpenoid Quinones with Interleukin-1 Inhibitory Activity・Total Synthesis of (±) and (+) Triptoquinone A" J.Org.Chem.59. 406-414 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 高石喜久: "フェノール及びキノイド型ジテルペンの生物活性" 日本農芸化学会誌. 69. 1193-1197 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Takaishi, Y., Shishido, K., Wariishi, N., Shibuya, M., Goto, K., Kido, M., Takai, M.and Ono, Y.: ""Triptoquinone A and B,Novel Interleukin-1 Inhibitors from Tripterygium wilfordii var regelii"" Tetrahedron letters. 33. 7177-7180 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Shishido, K., Goto, K., Miyoshi, S., Takaishi, Y., Shibuya, M.: ""Total Synthesis of (+)-Triptoquinone A"" Tetrahedron letters. 34. 339-340 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Shishido, K., Goto, Tsuda, A., Takaishi, Y.and shibuya, M.: ""Diastereoselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Triptoquinone B and C"" J.Chem.Soc.Chem.Comun.793-794. (1993)

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  • [Publications] Sasa, H.Kogure, K., Takaishi, Y.and Terada, H.: ""Structural Basis of Potent Antiperoxidation Activity of the Triterpene Celastrol in Mitochondria : Effect of Negative Membrane Charge on Lipid Peroxidation"" Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 17. 201-207 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Shishido, K., Nakano, K., Wariishi, N., Tateishi, H., Omodani, T., Shibuya, M., Goto, K., Ono, K.and Takaishi, Y.: ""Diterpene quinoides from Tripterygium wilfordii var regelii which are Interleukin-1 Inhibitors"" Phytochemistry. 35. 731-737 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Shishido, K., Goto, K., Miyoshi, S., Takaishi, Y.and Shibuya, M.: ""Synthetic Studies od Diterpenoid Quinones with Interleukin-1 Inhibitory Activity. Total Synthesis of (+)-and (+)-Triptoquinone A"" J.Org.Chem.59. 406-414 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Takaishi, Y., Wariishi, N., Tateishi, H., Kawazoe, K., Miyagi, K., Li, K., Duan H.: ""Diterpenes from Tripterygium wilfordii var regelii"" Phytochemistry. (submitted). (1996)

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  • [Publications] Takaishi, Y.: ""Bioactivity of Phenol and Quinoid Type Diterpenes"" Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi. 69. 1193-1197 (1995)

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