Potent in vitro anticancer activity of metacycloprodigiosin and undecylprodigiosin from a sponge-derived actinomycete Saccharopolyspora sp. nov

Arch Pharm Res. 2005 Dec;28(12):1341-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02977899.

Abstract

Bioassay-guided fractionation of CHCl3 extract from the fermentation broth of a sponge Mycale plumose-derived actinomycete Saccharopolyspora sp. nov., led to the isolation of two known prodigiosin analogs--metacycloprodigiosin (1) and undecylprodigiosin (2). These compounds exhibited significant cytotoxic activities against five cancer cell lines: P388, HL60, A-549, BEL-7402, and SPCA4. This is the first report on the significant cytotoxicity of metacycloprodigiosin (1) against human cancer cell lines.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Chemical Fractionation / methods
  • Chloroform / chemistry
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pigments, Biological / chemistry
  • Pigments, Biological / isolation & purification
  • Pigments, Biological / pharmacology
  • Porifera / microbiology
  • Prodigiosin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Prodigiosin / chemistry
  • Prodigiosin / isolation & purification
  • Prodigiosin / pharmacology
  • Saccharopolyspora / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Pigments, Biological
  • metacycloprodigiosin
  • undecylprodigiosin
  • Chloroform
  • Prodigiosin