A Cytotoxic Heterodimeric Cyclic Diarylheptanoid with a Rearranged Benzene Ring from the Seagrass Zostera marina

J Nat Prod. 2022 Oct 28;85(10):2468-2473. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00796. Epub 2022 Oct 19.

Abstract

The widespread seagrass Zostera marina contains a new diarylheptanoid heterodimer, zosterabisphenone C (1), featuring an unprecedented rearrangement of one of its benzene rings to a cyclopentenecarbonyl unit. The planar structure and absolute configuration of zosterabisphenone C were elucidated by a combination of spectroscopic (MS, ECD, and low-temperature NMR) and computational (DFT-NMR and DFT-ECD) evidence. Consistent with the previously isolated zosterabisphenones, compound 1 was selectively cytotoxic against HCT 116 adenocarcinoma colon cancer cells, reducing their viability by 73% at 10 μM (IC50 of 7.6 ± 1.1 μM). The biosynthetic origin of zosterabisphenone C (1) from an oxidative rearrangement of zosterabisphenone A (4) is proposed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents*
  • Benzene
  • Colonic Neoplasms*
  • Diarylheptanoids / pharmacology
  • Zosteraceae*

Substances

  • Diarylheptanoids
  • Benzene
  • Antineoplastic Agents