title: Synthesis and antiviral activities of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids and their derivatives.
abstract: Racemic phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids tylophorine, antofine, and deoxytylophorinine, and optically pure alkaloids S-(+)-tylophorine and R-(-)-tylophorine were synthesized and evaluated for their antiviral activities against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Further salinization modifications based on tylophorine increased stability and water solubility and improved the antiviral activity in application. The bioassay results showed that most of these synthesized compounds showed higher antiviral activity against TMV in vitro and in vivo than commercial Ningnanmycin. Especially, tylophorine salt derivatives 10, 11, 13, 17, and 22 emerged as potential inhibitors of plant virus. These findings demonstrate that these phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids and their salt derivatives represent a new template for antiviral studies and could be considered for novel therapy against plant virus infection.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Kailiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Ziwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yanna
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zhijin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.forename: Qingmin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001681:Biological Assay; D004355:Drug Stability; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000998:Antiviral Agents