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Anti-inflammatory bioassay-guided compound isolation from the exocarp of the Australian rainforest tree Endiandra insignis (family Lauraceae) has led to the discovery and structural elucidation of unusual α, β-unsaturated twenty-four carbon fatty acids and their positional isomers, insignoic acids A – E (1a – 5c). The stereochemistry and position of the double bond within the aliphatic chain were independently determined via NMR spectroscopy and Ozone-Induced Dissociation (OzID) Mass Spectrometry, respectively. Compounds (1a – 5c) displayed good to moderate anti-inflammatory activity in the range of 8–84 μM. The low therapeutic index observed when assessing the cell viability in the RAW macrophage cell lines, prompted us to investigate the anticancer potential of these unusual fatty acids. The anti-cancer activity was assessed in A-431 carinoma cell lines and MM649 melanoma cell lines. Insignoic acid C (3a-f) exhibited the highest level of potency with an IC50 value of 5–7 ....
The cellular energy and biomass demands of cancer drive a complex dynamic between uptake of extracellular FAs and their de novo synthesis. Given that oxidation of de novo synthesized FAs for energy would result in net-energy loss, there is an implication that FAs from these two sources must have distinct metabolic fates; however, hitherto, all FAs have been considered part of a common pool. To probe potential metabolic partitioning of cellular FAs, cancer cells were supplemented with stable isotope-labeled FAs. Structural analysis of the resulting glycerophospholipids revealed that labeled FAs from uptake were largely incorporated to canonical (sn-) positions on the glycerol backbone. Surprisingly, labeled FA uptake also disrupted canonical isomer patterns of the unlabeled lipidome and induced repartitioning of n-3 and n-6 PUFAs into glycerophospholipid classes. These structural changes support the existence of differences in the metabolic fates of FAs derived from uptake or de novo so ....