Isolation and Characterization of Anti-Mycobacterial Natural Products from a Petrosia sp. Marine Sponge

J Nat Prod. 2023 Mar 24;86(3):574-581. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c01003. Epub 2023 Mar 7.

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a dreadful infectious disease and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, second in 2020 only to severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-Cov-2). With limited therapeutic options available and a rise in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases, it is critical to develop antibiotic drugs that display novel mechanisms of action. Bioactivity-guided fractionation employing an Alamar blue assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv led to the isolation of duryne (13) from a marine sponge Petrosia sp. sampled in the Solomon Islands. Additionally, five new strongylophorine meroditerpene analogues (1-5) along with six known strongylophorines (6-12) were isolated from the bioactive fraction and characterized using MS and NMR spectroscopy, although only 13 exhibited antitubercular activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
  • COVID-19*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
  • Petrosia* / chemistry
  • Porifera* / chemistry
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents