Abstract
The wide ranging marine sponge Hyrtios erecta is the source of the spongistatins, a new class of macrocyclic lactone antineoplastic agents. Continuation of a detailed investigation of cancer cell growth inhibitory (P388 lymphocytic leukemia) fractions (trace) from H. erecta has revealed the presence (10-5 to 10-7% yield) of cytotoxic pentacyclic sesterterpenes. Employing P388 leukemia and human tumor cell line-guided bioassay techniques, two new moderate inhibitors of cancer cells were isolated and named sesterstatins 4 (1a, P388 ED50 4.9 μg/mL) and 5 (1b, DU-145 prostate GI50 1.9 μg/mL). Similar to other sesterterpenes, sesterstatin 5 inhibited growth of a Gram-positive bacterium. High field (500 MHz) 2-D NMR techniques were primarily employed for initial structural assignments, and structural assignments were confirmed by X-ray crystal structure determination of sesterstatin 4 (1a) and 5 (1b).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2093-2098 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 18 1998 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry
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CCDC 145736: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Pettit, G. R. (Creator), Tan, R. (Creator), Melody, N. (Creator), Cichacz, Z. A. (Creator), Herald, D. L. (Creator), Hoard, M. S. (Creator), Pettit, R. K. (Creator), Chapuis, J. (Creator) & Pettit, G. R. (Creator), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 2001
DOI: 10.5517/cc4wn5t, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/cc4wn5t&sid=DataCite
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CCDC 145737: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Pettit, G. R. (Creator), Tan, R. (Creator), Melody, N. (Creator), Cichacz, Z. A. (Creator), Herald, D. L. (Creator), Hoard, M. S. (Creator), Pettit, R. K. (Creator), Chapuis, J. (Creator) & Pettit, G. R. (Creator), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 2001
DOI: 10.5517/cc4wn6v, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/cc4wn6v&sid=DataCite
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