Four Cytotoxic Spongian Diterpenes from the Sponge Dysidea cf. arenaria

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2016;64(3):272-5. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00726.

Abstract

Chemical analysis of the sponge Dysidea cf. arenaria from Irabu Island provided four new diterpenes 1-4. Their structures were elucidated by NMR and other spectroscopic analyses. All the metabolites retained the spongian skeleton and an isovalerate ester, but were different from those previously isolated from a specimen of Okinawa Island, implying geographic variation. The cytotoxicity of compounds 1-4 to NBT-T2 cells was evaluated and their IC50 values were 3.1, 1.9, 8.4, and 3.1 µM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Diterpenes