Structures and cytotoxic properties of cucumariosides H₂, H₃ and H₄ from the sea cucumber Eupentacta fraudatrix

Nat Prod Res. 2012;26(19):1765-74. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2011.602637. Epub 2011 Oct 11.

Abstract

New triterpene glycosides, cucumariosides H₂ (1), H₃ (2) and H₄ (3), have been isolated from the Far Eastern sea cucumber Eupentacta fraudatrix. The structures of 1-3 were elucidated using extensive NMR spectroscopy (¹H- and ¹³C-NMR, DEPT, ¹H-¹H COSY, 1D TOCSY, H2BC, HMBC, heteronuclear single-quantum coherence, and NOESY) and ESI-MS. Glycosides 1-3 are monosulphated branched pentaosides having rare 3-O-methyl-D-xylose as a terminal monosaccharide. Glycosides 1 and 3 contain holostane aglycones, whereas 2 has a 23,24,25,26,27-pentanorlanostane aglycone with an 18(16)-lactone, which is also uncommon for the sea cucumbers. Glycoside 3 contains a very rare ethoxyl radical at C-25 of the aglycone side chain, and it is most probably an artefact that was formed during long storage of the ethanolic extract. Cytotoxic activities of 1-3 against mouse spleen lymphocytes, haemolytic activity against mouse erythrocytes and Ehrlich carcinoma cells have been studied. The presence of 25-hydroxy group in aglycone moiety significantly decreased the activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / drug therapy
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Erythrocytes / drug effects
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology*
  • Hemolytic Agents / pharmacology
  • Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sea Cucumbers / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spleen / cytology
  • Triterpenes / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Hemolytic Agents
  • Triterpenes
  • cucumarioside H2
  • cucumarioside H3
  • cucumarioside H4