Discovery of Anti-Hypercholesterolemia Agents Targeting LXRα from Marine Microorganism-Derived Natural Products

A strategy integrating in silico molecular docking with LXRα and phenotypic assays was adopted to discover anti-hypercholesterolemia agents in a small library containing 205 marine microorganism-derived natural products, collected by our group in recent years. Two fumitremorgin derivatives, 12R,13S-dihydroxyfumitremorgin C (1) and tryprostatin A (3), were identified as potential LXRα agonists, by real-time qPCR and Western blot (WB) analysis, together with a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assay. The anti-hypercholesterolemic effects of 1 and 3, together with their mechanisms, were investigated in depth using different cell and mouse models, among which the study of LXRα is of crucial importance. Compound 1 or 3 exhibited the capacity to effectively reverse excessive lipid accumulation in a hepatic steatosis cell model and significantly reduce liver damage and blood cholesterol levels in high cholesterol diet (HCD)-fed wild-type mice, whereas those beneficial effects were completely nullified in HCD-fed LXRα-knockout mice. Furthermore, 1 and 3 outperformed common LXRα agonists by suppressing the expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1) in HCD-fed mice, mitigating lipotoxicity. Thus, this study highlights the discovery of two marine microorganism-derived anti-hypercholesterolemia agents targeting LXRα.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:87

Enthalten in:

Journal of natural products - 87(2024), 2 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 322-331

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Yuwei [VerfasserIn]
She, Jianglian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Tanwei [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Danni [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Xiaowei [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Xiangxi [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Chenghai [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yonghong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Cuixian [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Lan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xuefeng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

97C5T2UQ7J
CW5S8OP3VO
Cholesterol
Journal Article
Liver X Receptors
Orphan Nuclear Receptors
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tryprostatin A
Tryptoquivaline

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01029

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368235718