Steroidal alkaloids from the marine sponge Corticium niger that inhibit growth of human colon carcinoma cells

J Nat Prod. 2014 Nov 26;77(11):2475-80. doi: 10.1021/np500556t. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Abstract

Bioinformatic analysis of data from the NCI-60 cell cytotoxicity screen revealed a subset of extracts that showed selective cytotoxic activity toward human colon carcinoma cell lines. Bioassay-guided fractionation of a colon cancer selective extract from a Philippines collection of the marine sponge Corticium niger provided two new steroidal alkaloids, plakinamines N (1) and O (2), along with two known compounds of the plakinamine class (3, 4). The structures of these compounds were elucidated by interpretation of combined MS and NMR spectroscopic data. Plakinamines N (1), O (2), and J (4) were tested for antiproliferative activity in the NCI-60 screen, and they showed enhanced inhibitory effects against all of the colon cell lines with mean GI50 values of 11.5, 2.4, and 1.4 μM, respectively.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Philippines
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Steroids / chemistry
  • Steroids / isolation & purification*
  • Steroids / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Steroids
  • plakinamine J
  • plakinamine N
  • plakinamine O