Abstract

Synthesis, solubility and cytotoxicity evaluation of anionic phosphonates derived from betulin, betulinic acid, oleanolic acid and ursolic acid is reported. Phosphonate moieties were successfully installed at terpenoid C28 by carboxylic acid deprotonation/alkylation sequence using (dimethoxyphosphoryl)methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate as alkylation reagent. Also, betulin-derived and ether-linked bis-phosphonate is obtained and characterized. After demethylation in the presence of TMSI the resulting phosphonic acids were transformed into their disodium salts. All target compounds display excellent water solubility, which was determined by qNMR in D2O. Cytotoxicity tests were performed in different concentrations of each compound (10–50 µM) against human osteosarcoma cell line MG-63 and osteoblast precursor cell line MC3T3-E1. Improved aqueous solubility and low cytotoxicity profile of the newly designed triterpenoid phosphonates reveal high potential for various medicinal chemistry and pharmacological applications in the future.

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Title
Synthesis and preliminary cytotoxicity evaluation of water soluble pentacyclic triterpenoid phosphonates
Author
Lugiņina, Jevgeņija 1 ; Kroškins, Vladislavs 1 ; Lācis, Rihards 1 ; Fedorovska, Elza 1 ; Demir, Öznur 2 ; Dubnika, Arita 2 ; Loca, Dagnija 2 ; Turks, Māris 1 

 Riga Technical University, Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Riga, Latvia (GRID:grid.6973.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0567 9729) 
 Riga Technical University, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Riga, Latvia (GRID:grid.6973.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0567 9729); Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence, Headquarters at Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia (GRID:grid.6973.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0567 9729) 
Pages
28031
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3128469303
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.