Uncovering the Potent Antiviral Activity of the Sesterterpenoids from the Sponge Ircinia felix against Human Adenoviruses: from the Natural Source to the Total Synthesis
Carlos Jimenez, Ana Ruiz-Molina, Dawrin Pech-Puch, Ramón E. Millán, Lucía Ageitos, Harold Villegas-Hernández, Jerónimo Pachón, José Pérez Sestelo, Javier Sánchez-Céspedes, Jaime Rodríguez
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Abstract
Human Adenovirus (HAdV) infections in immunocompromised patients can result in disseminated diseases with high morbidity and mortality rates due to the absence of available treatments for these infections. Ircinia felix sponge was selected for the significant anti-HAdV activity displayed by its organic extracts. Its chemical analysis yielded three novel sesterterpene lactams, ircinialactams J-L, along with three known sesterterpene furans which structures were established by a deep spectrometric analysis. Ircinialactam J displayed significant antiviral activity against HAdV without significant cytotoxicity, showing an effectiveness 11 times greater than that of the standard treatment, cidofovir®. Some structure-activity relationships were deduced. Mechanistic assays suggest that ircinialactam J targets an early step of the HAdV replicative cycle before HAdV genome reaches the nucleus of the host cell. The first total synthesis of ircinialactam J was also accomplished to prove the structure and to provide access to analogues. Key steps are a regio- and stereoselective construction of the trisubstituted Z-olefin at Δ7 by iron-catalyzed carbometallation of a homopropargylic alcohol, a stereoselective methylation to generate the stereogenic center at C18, and the formation of the (Z)-Δ20 by stereoselective aldol condensation to introduce the tetronic acid unit. Ircinialactam J is a promising antiviral drug against HAdV infections.
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