Mar. Drugs 2012, 10(6), 1383-1390; doi:10.3390/md10061383
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Chalinulasterol, a Chlorinated Steroid Disulfate from the Caribbean Sponge Chalinula molitba. Evaluation of Its Role as PXR Receptor Modulator

Roberta Teta 1 email, Gerardo Della Sala 1 email, Barbara Renga 2 email, Alfonso Mangoni 1 email, Stefano Fiorucci 2 email and Valeria Costantino 1,* email
1 The NeaNat Group, Department of Chemistry of Natural Products, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy 2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Via Gerardo Dottori 1, S. Andrea delle Fratte, 06132 Perugia, Italy
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 20 April 2012; in revised form: 17 May 2012 / Accepted: 1 June 2012 / Published: 14 June 2012
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Abstract: Chalinulasterol (1) a new chlorinated sterol disulfate was isolated from the Caribbean sponge Chalinula molitba. Its structure was elucidated using mass spectrometry and NMR experiments. The possible role of chalinulasterol as modulator of the PXR nuclear receptor was investigated but, in spite of the close structural relationship with the PXR agonist solomonsterol A (2), it showed no activity. The structural requirements for the PXR nuclear receptor activity were discussed.
Keywords: sterol sulfate; chlorine-containing steroid; Chalinula molitba; structure elucidation; PXR modulator

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Teta, R.; Della Sala, G.; Renga, B.; Mangoni, A.; Fiorucci, S.; Costantino, V. Chalinulasterol, a Chlorinated Steroid Disulfate from the Caribbean Sponge Chalinula molitba. Evaluation of Its Role as PXR Receptor Modulator. Mar. Drugs 2012, 10, 1383-1390.

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Teta R, Della Sala G, Renga B, Mangoni A, Fiorucci S, Costantino V. Chalinulasterol, a Chlorinated Steroid Disulfate from the Caribbean Sponge Chalinula molitba. Evaluation of Its Role as PXR Receptor Modulator. Marine Drugs. 2012; 10(6):1383-1390.

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Teta, Roberta; Della Sala, Gerardo; Renga, Barbara; Mangoni, Alfonso; Fiorucci, Stefano; Costantino, Valeria. 2012. "Chalinulasterol, a Chlorinated Steroid Disulfate from the Caribbean Sponge Chalinula molitba. Evaluation of Its Role as PXR Receptor Modulator." Mar. Drugs 10, no. 6: 1383-1390.

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