New Metabolites from the South China Sea Sponge Diacarnus megaspinorhabdosa

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2015;63(6):438-42. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00022.

Abstract

Chemical investigation on CH2Cl2 extract of the marine sponge Diacarnus megaspinorhabdosa resulted in the isolation of two new farnesylacetone derivatives 1-2, a new γ-lactone 3, a known dinorditerpenone 4 and four known norsesterterpene peroxides 5-8. Their structures were elucidated by using one and two dimensional (1D and 2D)-NMR, high resolution-electrospray ionization (HR-ESI)-MS, and comparison with the literature. Compounds 1 and 2 were cis/trans-olefinic isomers and determined through nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) experiment. The absolute configuration of 3 was established by comparison of circular dichroism (CD) data with known lactones. The cytotoxic activities of the compounds were evaluated against five cancer cell lines, and compound 3 showed moderate cytotoxicity activities against cancer cell lines HeLa, H446, NCI-H460, SGC-7901 and MCF-7, with IC50 values in the range of 18.5 to 47.1 µM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / isolation & purification
  • Biological Products / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification
  • Lactones / pharmacology*
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Peroxides / chemistry
  • Peroxides / isolation & purification
  • Peroxides / pharmacology*
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Sesterterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesterterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Sesterterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Terpenes / chemistry
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification
  • Terpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Lactones
  • Peroxides
  • Sesterterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • farnesylacetone