Organic Chemistry: Current Research
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Biological macromolecules from medicinal plants: Prospective therapeutic agents

3^rd International Conference on Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

July 17-19, 2017 Chicago, USA

Vakhtang Barbakadze

Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Organic Chem Curr Res

Abstract :

Within the field of pharmacologically active biological macromolecules the area of stable polyethers seems rather new and attractive. A new series of linear and regular caffeic acid-derived polyether, namely poly[oxy-1-carboxy-2-(3,4- dihydroxyphenyl)ethylene] or poly[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)glyceric acid] (PDPGA) was isolated and identified in the watersoluble, high molecular weight fractions obtained from Symphytum asperum, S. caucasicum, S. officinale, S. grandiflorum and Anchusa italica (Boraginaceae). According to data of 13C, 1H NMR, 2D 1H/13C HSQC experiments the polyoxyethylene chain is the backbone of the polymer molecule. The 3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl and carboxyl groups are regular substituents at two carbon atoms in the chain. The repeating unit of this polymer is 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)glyceric acid residue. Most of the carboxylic groups of PDPGA from A. italica and S. grandiflorum unlike the polymer of S. asperum, S. caucasicum and S. officinale are methylated. The 2D DOSY experiment gave the similar diffusion coefficient for the methylated and non-methylated signals of A. italica PDPGA. Both sets of signals fell in the same horizontal. This would imply a similar molecular weight for methylated and non-methylated polymers. PDPGA is endowed with intriguing pharmacological properties as anticomplementary, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, burn and wound healing effect. The synthesis of racemic monomer of PDPGA 2,3-dihydroxy- 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propionic acid (DDPPA) and its enantiomers (+)-(2R,3S)-DDPPA and (��?)-(2S,3R)-DDPPA was carried out via sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation of trans-caffeic acid derivatives using a potassium osmate catalyst and cinchona alkaloid derivatives (DHQ)2-PHAL and (DHQD)2-PHAL as chiral auxiliaries. PDPGA and DDPPA exerted anticancer efficacy in vitro and in vivo against human prostate cancer (PCA) cells via targeting androgen receptor, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis without any toxicity, together with a strong decrease in prostate specific antigen level in plasma. However, our results showed that anticancer efficacy of PDPGA is more effective compared to its synthetic monomer. Overall, this study identifies PDPGA as a potent agent against PCA without any toxicity, and supports its clinical application.

Biography :

Email: v_barbakadze@hotmail.com