Miyabeacin: A new cyclodimer presents a potential role for willow in cancer therapy.

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Ward, J. L., Wu, Y., Harflett, C., Onafuye, H., Corol, D. I., Lomax, C., Macalpine, W. J., Cinatl, J., Wass, M. N., Michaelis, M. and Beale, M. H. 2020. Miyabeacin: A new cyclodimer presents a potential role for willow in cancer therapy. Scientific Reports. 10, p. 6477. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63349-1

AuthorsWard, J. L., Wu, Y., Harflett, C., Onafuye, H., Corol, D. I., Lomax, C., Macalpine, W. J., Cinatl, J., Wass, M. N., Michaelis, M. and Beale, M. H.
Abstract

Willow (Salix spp.) is well known as a source of medicinal compounds, the most famous being salicin, the progenitor of aspirin. Here we describe the isolation, structure determination, and anti-cancer activity of a cyclodimeric salicinoid (miyabeacin) from S. miyabeana and S. dasyclados. We also show that the capability to produce such dimers is a heritable trait and how variation in structures of natural miyabeacin analogues is derived via cross-over Diels-Alder reactions from pools of ortho-quinol precursors. These transient ortho-quinols have a role in the, as yet uncharacterised, biosynthetic pathways around salicortin, the major salicinoid of many willow genotypes.

KeywordsWillow; Miyabeacin; Metabolomics; Cancer; Salix; NMR; Mass Spectrometry
Year of Publication2020
JournalScientific Reports
Journal citation10, p. 6477
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63349-1
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeTailoring Plant Metabolism (TPM) - Work package 2 (WP2) - Designer Willows: high value phenolic glycosides for health and industry
Maximising carbon harvest from perennial crops
Ionic Liquid Biorefining of Lignocellulose to Sustainable Polymers
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Accepted author manuscript
Supplemental file
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online15 Apr 2020
Publication process dates
Accepted27 Mar 2020
PublisherNature Publishing Group
ISSN2045-2322

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