New cytotoxic polyacetylenes from the marine sponge Petrosia

J Nat Prod. 1999 Sep;62(9):1215-7. doi: 10.1021/np9900371.

Abstract

New polyacetylenic alcohols with a C(45) carbon skeleton (2) and with an enone moiety in the alkyl chain (C(46), 1) were isolated from the marine sponge Petrosia sp. The gross structures of 1 and 2 were established by spectral methods, and the absolute stereochemistry was determined by the modified Mosher's method. Compounds 1 and 2 displayed considerable cytotoxicity against a small panel of human solid tumor cell lines. Significant inhibitions on DNA replication by 1 and 2 were also observed which could be explanative of their cytotoxicity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylene / analogs & derivatives*
  • Acetylene / chemistry
  • Acetylene / isolation & purification
  • Acetylene / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • DNA Replication / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Polymers / isolation & purification*
  • Polymers / pharmacology
  • Polyynes
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Simian virus 40 / genetics
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Polymers
  • Polyynes
  • Acetylene