N01WA-735E, a Human Leukocyte Elastase Inhibitor from Metabolites of Microorganisms

Abstract:

Human leukocyte elastase is an important selection target of inflammation and cancer. In this paper, a high throughput screening model was established for screening human leukocyte elastase inhibitors from thousands of strains of actinomycetes. As a result, a strain, N01WA-735 with potent suppression activity was isolated. Firstly, the strain N01WA-735 was identified as Streptomyces according to morphology and biochemical analysis. The Streptomyces N01WA-735 was processed by solvent extraction, silica column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and crystallization to get a pure active compound named N01WA-735E. Its chemical structure was elucidated as the same as that of the compound named BE-52440A by physicochemical properties and spectral data of UV, MS, ¹H-NMR and ¹³C-NMR respectively. The compound showed a strong inhibitory activity against human leukocyte elastase with IC₅₀ of 3.02μmol/L. The compound is reported as a human leukocyte elastase inhibitor for the first time.