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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 55, Issue 19, Pages 8303-8317Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jm300911g
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- Coral Reef Initiative in the South Pacific (CRISP)
- MIUR
- University of Salerno
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In this paper we report the isolation and the molecular characterization of a new class of PPAR gamma ligands from the marine environment. Biochemical characterization of a library of 13 oxygenated polyketides isolated from the marine sponge Plakinastrella mamillaris allowed the discovery of gracilioether B and plakilactone C as selective PPAR gamma ligands in transactivation assays. Both agents covalently bind to the PPAR gamma ligand binding domain through a Michael addition reaction involving a protein cysteine residue and the alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone in their side chains. Additionally, gracilioether C is a noncovalent agonist for PPAR gamma, and methyl esters 1 and 2 are noncovalent antagonists. Structural requirements for the interaction of these agents within the PPAR gamma ligand binding domain were obtained by docking analysis. Gracilioether B and plakilactone C regulate the expression of PPAR gamma-dependent genes in the liver and inhibit the generation of inflammatory mediators by macrophages.
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