Swinhopeptolides A and B: Cyclic Depsipeptides from the Sponge Theonella swinhoei That Inhibit Ras/Raf Interaction

J Nat Prod. 2020 Apr 24;83(4):1288-1294. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00136. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Abstract

Two new cyclic depsipeptides named swinhopeptolides A (1) and B (2) have been isolated from the marine sponge Theonella swinhoei cf. verrucosa, collected from Papua New Guinea. They each contain 11 diverse amino acid residues and 13-carbon polyketide moieties attached at the N-terminus. Compounds 1 and 2 each exist as two conformers in DMSO-d6 due to cis/trans isomerism of the proline residue, and their structures were successfully assigned by extensive NMR analyses complemented by chemical degradation and derivatization studies. Swinhopeptolide B (2) contains a previously undescribed 2,6,8-trimethyldeca-(2E,4E,6E)-trienoic acid moiety N-linked to a terminal serine residue. Swinhopeptolides A (1) and B (2) showed significant inhibition of the Ras/Raf signaling pathway with IC50 values of 5.8 and 8.5 μM, respectively.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Depsipeptides / chemistry
  • Depsipeptides / isolation & purification
  • Depsipeptides / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Porifera / chemistry
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Theonella / chemistry*
  • ras Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • ras Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Depsipeptides
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf
  • ras Proteins