Tortuosenes A and B, new diterpenoid metabolites from the Formosan soft coral Sarcophyton tortuosum

Org Lett. 2014 Mar 7;16(5):1314-7. doi: 10.1021/ol403723b. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Abstract

Tortuosenes A and B (1 and 2), possessing new diterpenoid molecular structures, were isolated from the Formosan soft coral Sarcophyton tortuosum along with a known cembrane, emblide (3). The structures of 1 and 2 were established by extensive spectroscopic analysis, and the absolute configuration of 1 was determined by TDDFT ECD calculations. Tortuosene A was found to display significant inhibitory effects on the generation of the superoxide anion in N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine/cytochalasin B (fMLP/CB)-induced neutrophils.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Molecular Structure
  • N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / pharmacology
  • Neutrophils / drug effects
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Superoxides / metabolism
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • tortuosene A
  • tortuosene B
  • Superoxides
  • cembrane
  • N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine