Monanchocidin: a new apoptosis-inducing polycyclic guanidine alkaloid from the marine sponge Monanchora pulchra

Org Lett. 2010 Oct 1;12(19):4292-5. doi: 10.1021/ol101716x.

Abstract

Monanchocidin (1), a guanidine alkaloid with an unprecedented skeleton system derived from a polyketide precursor, (ω-3)-hydroxy fatty acid, and containing a 2-aminoethyl- and 3-aminopropyl-substituted morpholine hemiketal ring, has been isolated from the sponge Monanhora pulchra. The structure of 1 was assigned on the basis of detailed analysis of 1D and 2D NMR spectra, mass spectrometry, and results of chemical transformations. Compound 1 shows pro-apoptotic and cytoxic activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Cell Line
  • Guanidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Guanidine / chemistry
  • Guanidine / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Porifera / chemistry*

Substances

  • monanchocidin
  • Guanidine