Halogenated fatty acid amides and cyclic depsipeptides from an eastern Caribbean collection of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula

J Nat Prod. 2009 Sep;72(9):1573-8. doi: 10.1021/np900173d.

Abstract

A lipophilic extract of an eastern Caribbean collection of Lyngbya majuscula yielded two new halogenated fatty acid amides, grenadamides B (1) and C (2), and two new depsipeptides, itralamides A (3) and B (4), along with the known compounds hectochlorin and deacetylhectochlorin. The recently reported depsipeptide carriebowmide (5) was also present in the extract and isolated as its sulfone artifact (6). Compounds 1-4 were identified by spectroscopic methods. The configurations of the amino acid residues of 3, 4, and 6 were determined by LC-MS analyses of diastereomeric derivatives of the acid hydrolysates (advanced Marfey's method). Based on the configurational analysis of 6, in direct comparison with authentic carriebowmide (5), a minor structural revision of 5 is proposed. Compounds 1 and 2 displayed marginal activity against the beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). Compounds 1-4 and 6 were assessed for general cell toxicity in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells. Only itralamide B (4) displayed significant cytotoxicity, showing an IC(50) value of 6 +/- 1 muM.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Amides*
  • Animals
  • Cyanobacteria / chemistry
  • Depsipeptides / chemistry
  • Depsipeptides / isolation & purification*
  • Depsipeptides / pharmacology
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / chemistry
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / isolation & purification*
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Grenada
  • Humans
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / chemistry
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / isolation & purification*
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / pharmacology
  • Kidney / cytology
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Spodoptera / drug effects

Substances

  • Amides
  • Depsipeptides
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated
  • carriebowmide
  • grenadamide B
  • grenadamide C
  • itralamide A
  • itralamide B
  • romidepsin