Neopetrotaurines A-C, Isoquinoline Alkaloids with an Unprecedented Taurine Bridge from the Sponge Neopetrosia sp

J Nat Prod. 2024 Feb 23;87(2):332-339. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01041. Epub 2024 Jan 31.

Abstract

Neopetrotaurines A-C (1-3), unusual alkaloids possessing two isoquinoline-derived moieties that are linked via a unique taurine bridge, were isolated from a Neopetrosia sp. marine sponge. These new compounds have proton-deficient structural scaffolds that are difficult to unambiguously assign using only conventional 2- and 3-bond 1H-13C and 1H-15N heteronuclear correlation data. Thus, the application of LR-HSQMBC and HMBC NMR experiments optimized to detect 4- and 5-bond long-range 1H-13C heteronuclear correlations facilitated the structure elucidation of these unusual taurine-bridged marine metabolites. Neopetrotaurines A-C (1-3) showed significant inhibition of transcription driven by the oncogenic fusion protein PAX3-FOXO1, which is associated with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, and cytotoxic activity against PAX3-FOXO1-positive cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids* / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Isoquinolines / pharmacology
  • Porifera*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar* / metabolism

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Isoquinolines