Sycosterol A, an α-Synuclein Inhibitory Sterol from the Australian Ascidian Sycozoa cerebriformis
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Xu, Mingming
Mellick, George D
Carroll, Anthony R
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During a recent biodiscovery study to identify new α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation inhibitors, we screened 29 Australian marine sponge and ascidian extracts in an MS binding assay. This resulted in an extract from the ascidian Sycozoa cerebriformis showing activity toward α-syn. The bioassay and MS guided isolation process led to the identification of one new polyoxygenated sterol sulfate, sycosterol A (1). The structure of this low-yielding steroid was elucidated from HRMS and NMR analysis. Sycosterol A displayed moderate antiaggregation activity with 46.2% (±1.8) inhibition when screened against α-syn at a 5:1 (sycosterol A:α-syn) molar ratio. The α-syn antiaggregation activity displayed by 1 and the recent discovery of similar sterols with α-syn antiaggregation activity and potent antiprion activity suggest this unique class may be useful antineurodegenerative compounds.
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This document is the Accepted Manuscript versionof a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Natural Products, copyright 2021 American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00768
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Natural products and bioactive compounds
Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Neurosciences
Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
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Prebble, DW; Xu, M; Mellick, GD; Carroll, AR, Sycosterol A, an α-Synuclein Inhibitory Sterol from the Australian Ascidian Sycozoa cerebriformis, Journal of Natural Products, 2021