Callyaerins from the Marine Sponge Callyspongia aerizusa: Cyclic Peptides with Antitubercular Activity

J Nat Prod. 2015 Aug 28;78(8):1910-25. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00266. Epub 2015 Jul 27.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the Indonesian sponge Callyspongia aerizusa afforded five new cyclic peptides, callyaerins I-M (1-5), along with the known callyaerins A-G (6-12). The structures of the new compounds were unambiguously elucidated on the basis of one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. In addition, the structures of callyaerins D (9), F (11), and G (12), previously available in only small amounts, have been reinvestigated and revised. All compounds were tested in vitro against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, as well as against THP-1 (human acute monocytic leukemia) and MRC-5 (human fetal lung fibroblast) cell lines, in order to assess their general cytotoxicity. Callyaerins A (6) and B (7) showed potent anti-TB activity with MIC₉₀ values of 2 and 5 μM, respectively. Callyaerin C (8) was found to be less active, with an MIC₉₀ value of 40 μM. Callyaerin A (6), which showed the strongest anti-TB activity, was not cytotoxic to THP-1 or MRC-5 cells (IC₅₀ > 10 μM), which highlights the potential of these compounds as promising anti-TB agents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Callyspongia / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry
  • Peptides, Cyclic / isolation & purification*
  • Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • callyaerin A
  • callyaerin B