A chemical investigation of the Antarctic sponge Lyssodendoryx flabellata

Nat Prod Res. 2012;26(13):1240-8. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2011.561493. Epub 2011 Oct 6.

Abstract

From the Antarctic sponge Lyssodendoryx flabellata, a new polycyclic compound, which we named flabellone, related to the oestrogenic hormone oestrone, has been elucidated by spectrometric and spectroscopic means. Along with flabellone, a glycosphingolipid (GSL) mixture featuring an unusual α-fucofuranosyl-3-β-glucopyranoside unit structurally identical to the previously reported terpioside has been isolated and identified. The mixture of GSL homologues exhibited inhibitory effects in mixed lymphocyte reactions on human cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Glycosphingolipids / chemistry*
  • Glycosphingolipids / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / chemistry*
  • Immunologic Factors / pharmacology*
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / cytology
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Porifera / chemistry*

Substances

  • Glycosphingolipids
  • Immunologic Factors