Sesquiterpene benzoxazoles and sesquiterpene quinones from the marine sponge Dactylospongia elegans

J Nat Prod. 2011 Jan 28;74(1):65-8. doi: 10.1021/np100669p. Epub 2010 Dec 14.

Abstract

A new sesquiterpene benzoxazole, nakijinol B (3), its acetylated derivative, nakijinol B diacetate (6), and two new sesquiterpene quinones, smenospongines B (4) and C (5), were isolated from the methanol extract of the marine sponge Dactylospongia elegans. Also isolated were the known compounds dactyloquinone B and a 1:1 mixture of ilimaquinone and 5-epi-ilimaquinone. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses and comparison with literature data. The isolated compounds were assessed for their cytotoxicity against a panel of human tumor cell lines (SF-268, H460, MCF-7, and HT-29) and a normal mammalian cell line (CHO-K1). All compounds were found to have activities in the range 1.8-46 μM and lacked selectivity for tumor versus normal cell lines.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Benzoxazoles / chemistry
  • Benzoxazoles / isolation & purification*
  • Benzoxazoles / pharmacology
  • Cells, Cultured / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Marine Biology
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Quinones / chemistry
  • Quinones / isolation & purification*
  • Quinones / pharmacology
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzoxazoles
  • Quinones
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • dactyloquinone B
  • nakijinol B
  • nakijinol B diacetate
  • smenospongine B
  • smenospongine C
  • ilimaquinone