Twilight zone sponges from Guam yield theonellin isocyanate and psammaplysins I and J

J Nat Prod. 2012 Mar 23;75(3):502-6. doi: 10.1021/np200939d. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

Abstract

From the organic extracts of two Guam sponges, Rhaphoxya sp. and Suberea sp., determined to have cytotoxic and chemopreventive activities, three new compounds, theonellin isocyanate (1) and psammaplysins I and J (5, 6), and six previously reported compounds (2-4, 7-9) were isolated and characterized spectroscopically ((1)H and (13)C NMR, MS, IR, UV, [α](D)). The two new metabolites (5 and 6) isolated from the Suberea sp. sponge are rare examples of compounds containing a bromotyramine moiety rather than the more usual dibromo analogue. For the compounds isolated from the Rhaphoxya sp., this is the first report of the known compounds 2-4 being found in a single sponge. For previously reported compounds 2-4 complete unambiguous (1)H and (13)C NMR data are provided.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticarcinogenic Agents / chemistry
  • Anticarcinogenic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anticarcinogenic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Guam
  • Isocyanates / chemistry
  • Isocyanates / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Spiro Compounds / chemistry
  • Spiro Compounds / isolation & purification*
  • Spiro Compounds / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anticarcinogenic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Isocyanates
  • Spiro Compounds
  • psammaplysin I
  • psammaplysin J
  • theonellin isocyanate