Isolation, structural elucidation, and absolute stereochemistry of enigmazole A, a cytotoxic phosphomacrolide from the Papua New Guinea marine sponge Cinachyrella enigmatica

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Aug 4;132(30):10278-85. doi: 10.1021/ja1016766.

Abstract

Enigmazole A (1), a novel phosphate-containing macrolide, was isolated from a Papua New Guinea collection of the marine sponge Cinachyrella enigmatica. The structure of 1, including the absolute stereochemistry at all eight chiral centers, was determined by a combination of spectroscopic analyses and a series of microscale chemical derivatization studies. Compound 1 is comprised of an 18-membered phosphomacrolide that contains an embedded exomethylene-substituted tetrahydropyran ring and an acyclic portion that spans an embedded oxazole moiety. Two additional analogues, 15-O-methylenigmazole A and 13-hydroxy-15-O-methylenigmazole A, were also isolated and assigned. The enigmazoles are the first phosphomacrolides from a marine source and 1 exhibited significant cytotoxicity in the NCI 60-cell line antitumor screen, with a mean GI(50) of 1.7 microM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Macrolides / chemistry*
  • Macrolides / isolation & purification
  • Macrolides / pharmacology*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / chemistry*
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / isolation & purification
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Oxazoles / chemistry*
  • Oxazoles / isolation & purification
  • Oxazoles / pharmacology*
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Porifera / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Macrolides
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Oxazoles
  • enigmazole A