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. 2022 Dec 15:244:114866.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114866. Epub 2022 Oct 28.

Fused-ring α-pyrones from intramolecular C-H activation and their lipids-lowering activity associated with LXR-IDOL-LDLR axis regulation

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Fused-ring α-pyrones from intramolecular C-H activation and their lipids-lowering activity associated with LXR-IDOL-LDLR axis regulation

Yingle Mao et al. Eur J Med Chem. .

Abstract

Lipids-lowering is considered as the most effective approach to decrease the risk of Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), of which atherosclerosis is the most common cause. Natural products containing a unique type of α-pyrone was reported to suppress atherosclerosis in which α-pyrone might be considered as an important pharmacore. In this study, an efficient one-pot intramolecular C-H activation strategy was applied to the synthesis of potentially bioactive α-pyrone derivatives. As the result, three different scaffolds were quickly and conveniently generated, including thiophenes, pyrrole and indole derivatives. Among of them, eight α-pyrone derivatives showed potential effects to promote the uptake of LDL in HepG2 cells. Active unique α-pyrones compounds exhibiting potent in vitro and in vivo lipids-lowering effects, and a novel mechanism associated with the regulation of LXR-IDOL-LDLR axis, the new pathway targeted pharmacologically to control plasma cholesterol levels, were disclosed firstly in this study.

Keywords: C–H activation; In vivo lipids-lowering effect; LDL uptaking; LXR-IDOL-LDLR axis; One-pot intramolecular cyclization; α-Pyrone derivatives.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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