Hillasides A and B, two new cytotoxic triterpene glycosides from the sea cucumber Holothuria hilla Lesson

J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2007 Sep-Dec;9(6-8):609-15. doi: 10.1080/10286020600882676.

Abstract

Two new triterpene glycosides, hillasides A (1) and B (2), were isolated from the sea cucumber H. hilla Lesson, together with one known glycoside holothuria B (3). Their structures were deduced by extensive spectral analysis and chemical evidences. The presence of conjugated double bonds [22E,24-diene] in the aglycone of 1 is a rare structural feature among sea cucumber glycosides. The two glycosides showed significant cytotoxicity against eight human tumour cell lines (A-549, MCF-7, IA9, CAKI-1, PC-3, KB, KB-VIN and HCT-8) with IC(50) in the range of 0.1-3.8 microg/ml.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sea Cucumbers / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Triterpenes