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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C20H24O6
Molecular Weight 360.401
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 9 / 9
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of TRIPTOLIDE

SMILES

[H][C@@]12C[C@@H]3O[C@@]34[C@H](O)[C@]5(O[C@H]5[C@@H]6O[C@]46[C@@]1(C)CCC7=C2COC7=O)C(C)C

InChI

InChIKey=DFBIRQPKNDILPW-CIVMWXNOSA-N
InChI=1S/C20H24O6/c1-8(2)18-13(25-18)14-20(26-14)17(3)5-4-9-10(7-23-15(9)21)11(17)6-12-19(20,24-12)16(18)22/h8,11-14,16,22H,4-7H2,1-3H3/t11-,12-,13-,14-,16+,17-,18-,19+,20+/m0/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C20H24O6
Molecular Weight 360.401
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 9 / 9
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Triptolide, the active component of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F has been used to treat autoimmune and inflammatory conditions for over two hundred years in traditional Chinese medicine. Triptolide possesses immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer effects. Triptolide is a woody vine which is widely distributed in Eastern and Southern China. In China, triptolide is frequently used to treat autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases due to its favorable cost–benefit ratio. Commercial preparations of triptolide have been commonly used for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, nephritis and psoriasis.Triptolide has been demonstrated to exert novel chondroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects on rheumatoid arthritis. Triptolide has been used to treat ADPKD patients in clinical trials in China. Triptolide significantly protected glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of ADPKD patients compared with placebo. Two recent small clinical studies have demonstrated tiptolide’s effectiveness against rheumatoid arthritis. A larger study confirmed the therapeutic effects of triptolide in the aforementioned studies. Triptolide is among the most powerful and broadly active antiinflammatory/immunomodulating natural products ever discovered. Triptolide acts at nanomolar concentrations and inhibits the production of various cellular targets including inflammatory cytokines, cyclooxygenase, inducible nitric oxide synthase and metalloproteinases and transcription factors. The anti-tumor activity of Triptolide in vitro and in various tumor-bearing animal models has been investigated for years, and many findings showed that Triptolide is a promising agent in anti-tumor therapy. Triptolide has been approved for Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of prostate cancer, but the anti-tumor effect and mechanism of TPL need to be further elucidated.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: Triptolide crosses the blood-brain barrier easily due to its small molecular size and lipophilic property. Triptolide inhibits amyloid-β production and protects neural cells by inhibiting CXCR2 activity.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
14.18 µM [IC50]
8.36 µM [IC50]
Target ID: HuCCT1, human cholangiocarcinoma
12.6 nM [IC50]
30.0 pM [IC50]
14.0 nM [IC50]
Conditions
OverviewDrug as perpetrator​Drug as victim
Sourcing

Sourcing

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PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Triptolide binds covalently to a 90 kDa nuclear protein. Role of epoxides in binding and activity.
2007
Differential expression and oxidation of MKP-1 modulates TNF-alpha gene expression.
2007 Sep
Triptolide cooperates with chemotherapy to induce apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia cells.
2008 Dec
Upregulation of ICAM-1 expression in bronchial epithelial cells by airway secretions in bronchiectasis.
2008 Feb
Phase I dose-escalation study of F60008, a novel apoptosis inducer, in patients with advanced solid tumours.
2009 Jul
Caspase 3 is involved in the apoptosis induced by triptolide in HK-2 cells.
2009 Jun
Interleukin-6-independent expression of glucocorticoid receptor is upregulated by triptolide in multiple myeloma.
2009 May
Triptolide alters histone H3K9 and H3K27 methylation state and induces G0/G1 arrest and caspase-dependent apoptosis in multiple myeloma in vitro.
2010 Jan 12
Identification of triptolide, a natural diterpenoid compound, as an inhibitor of lung inflammation.
2010 Jun
Cytotoxicity of Triptolide and Triptolide loaded polymeric micelles in vitro.
2011 Dec
Effect of triptolide on progesterone production from cultured rat granulosa cells.
2012 Jun
Minnelide: a novel therapeutic that promotes apoptosis in non-small cell lung carcinoma in vivo.
2013
Interleukin-17 mediates triptolide-induced liver injury in mice.
2014 Sep
Triptolide disrupts fatty acids and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) levels in male mice testes followed by testicular injury: A GC-MS based metabolomics study.
2015 Oct 2
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Minnelide will be administered at the dose of 0.67 mg/m2 as a 30 min infusion intravenously daily on days 1-21 of each cycle followed by a 7 day rest period (days 22-28)
Route of Administration: Intravenous
The A549/Taxol cells were treated with different concentrations of Triptolide (0.03, 0.3 or 3 uM/l) for 2, 4, 6 and 12 h. On exposure to 3 uM Triptolide for 2, 4, 6 and 12 h, the extent of cell apoptosis observed markedly increased. The inhibitory effect reached a maximum with 3 uM Triptolide at the 12 h time point (cell apoptotic rate, 65.33%), whereas the apoptotic rate of the control group was 7.23% at 12 h.
Substance Class Chemical
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TRIPTOLIDE
MI   WHO-DD  
Common Name English
(3BS,4AS,5AS,6R,6AR,7AS,7BS,8AS,8BS)-3B,4,4A,6,6A,7A,7B,8B,9,10-DECAHYDRO-6-HYDROXY-8B-METHYL-6A-(1-METHYLETHYL)TRISOXIRENO(4B,5:6,7:8A,9)PHENANTHRO(1,2-C)FURAN-1(3H)-ONE
Common Name English
(3BS,4AS,5AS,6R,6AR,7AS,7BS,8AS,8BS)-3B,4,4A,6,6A,7A,7B,8B,9,10-DECAHYDRO-6-HYDROXY-6A-ISOPROPYL-8B-METHYLTRISOXIRENO(6,7:8A,9:4B,5)PHENANTHRO(1,2-C)FURAN-1(3H)-ONE
Common Name English
NSC-163062
Code English
TRIPTOLIDE [MI]
Common Name English
Triptolide [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
ALANWOOD
triptolide
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MESH
C001899
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SMS_ID
100000128444
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID5041144
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WIKIPEDIA
Triptolide
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NSC
163062
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PUBCHEM
107985
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FDA UNII
19ALD1S53J
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DRUG BANK
DB12025
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MERCK INDEX
m11193
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CAS
38748-32-2
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EVMPD
SUB35481
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