Thorectandrols A and B, new cytotoxic sesterterpenes from the marine sponge Thorectandra species

J Nat Prod. 2001 May;64(5):661-3. doi: 10.1021/np000544e.

Abstract

Two new sesterterpenes, thorectandrol A (1) and B (2), were isolated from extracts of the marine sponge Thorectandra sp. The structures were determined by extensive NMR spectral data analysis. NOE correlations were used to define the relative stereochemistry of 1 and 2, while CD data were used to suggest their absolute stereochemistry. Both compounds 1 and 2 inhibited the growth of MALME-3M (melanoma) and MCF-7 (breast) cancer cell lines in the range 30-40 microg/mL. The known compound palauolol (3) was isolated as well and was also cytotoxic.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Terpenes / chemistry*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Terpenes
  • thorectandrol A
  • thorectandrol B