Biosynthetically intriguing chlorinated lipophilic metabolites from geographically distant tropical marine cyanobacteria

J Org Chem. 2012 May 4;77(9):4198-208. doi: 10.1021/jo300160e. Epub 2012 Apr 19.

Abstract

Five new vinylchlorine-containing metabolites, the lipoamides janthielamide A and kimbeamides A-C and the ketide-extended pyranone kimbelactone A, have been isolated from collections of marine cyanobacteria made in Curaçao and Papua New Guinea. Both janthielamide A and kimbeamide A exhibited moderate sodium channel blocking activity in murine Neuro-2a cells. Consistent with this activity, janthielamide A was also found to antagonize veratridine-induced sodium influx in murine cerebrocortical neurons. These lipoamides represent the newest additions to a relatively rare family of marine cyanobacterial-derived lipoamides and a new structural class of compounds exhibiting neuromodulatory activities from marine cyanobacteria.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cyanobacteria / chemistry*
  • Cyanobacteria / metabolism
  • Geography
  • Halogenation
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neurotransmitter Agents / chemistry*
  • Neurotransmitter Agents / metabolism*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Thioctic Acid / analysis
  • Thioctic Acid / chemistry
  • Vinyl Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Vinyl Compounds
  • Thioctic Acid