Dysiherbols A-C and Dysideanone E, Cytotoxic and NF-κB Inhibitory Tetracyclic Meroterpenes from a Dysidea sp. Marine Sponge

J Nat Prod. 2016 Feb 26;79(2):406-11. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b01079. Epub 2016 Feb 10.

Abstract

Four new tetracyclic meroterpnes, dysiherbols A-C (1-3) and dysideanone E (4), were isolated from a Dysidea sp. marine sponge collected from the South China Sea. Their complete structures and absolute configurations were unambiguously determined by a combination of NMR spectroscopic data, ECD calculations, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Within the sesquiterpene quinol structures, dysiherbols A-C possess an intriguing 6/6/5/6-fused tetracyclic carbon skeleton. The NF-κB inhibitory and cytotoxic activity evaluation disclosed that dysiherbol A (1) showed potent activity with respective IC50 values of 0.49 and 0.58 μM, which were about 10-fold and 20-fold more potent than those of dysiherbols B (2) and C (3), which feature hydroxy and ketone carbonyl groups at the C-3 position.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Dysidea / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • NF-kappa B / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sesquiterpenes* / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes* / isolation & purification
  • Sesquiterpenes* / pharmacology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • NF-kappa B
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • dysideanone E
  • dysiherbol A
  • dysiherbol B
  • dysiherbol C