Polyoxygenated cembrane diterpenoids from the soft coral Sarcophyton ehrenbergi

Int J Mol Sci. 2015 Mar 17;16(3):6140-52. doi: 10.3390/ijms16036140.

Abstract

Five new polyoxygenated cembranoids, named (+)-1,15-epoxy-2-methoxy-12-methoxycarbonyl-11E-sarcophytoxide (1), (+)-2-epi-12-methoxycarbonyl-11E-sarcophine (2), 3,4-epoxyehrenberoxide A (3), ehrenbergol D (4) and ehrenbergol E (5), were obtained from the soft coral Sarcophyton ehrenbergi. The structures of 1-5 were established on the basis of comprehensive NMR and HR-ESI-MS analyses and by comparison with reported data in the literature. Compounds 4 and 5 showed moderate cytotoxicity against P-388 (mouse lymphocytic leukemia) cancer cell line with EC50 values of 2.0 and 3.0 μM, respectively. Compound 2 exhibited slight antiviral activity against HCMV (human cytomegalovirus) with IC50 values of 25.0 μg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Anthozoa / metabolism
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antiviral Agents / chemistry
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cytomegalovirus / drug effects
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Oxygen