Bis-sesquiterpene from the Marine Sponge Dysidea fragilis

Nat Prod Commun. 2016 Apr;11(4):439-41.

Abstract

Two new sesquiterpenes and one new bis-sesquiterpene, named dysinidins C-E (1-3) along with three known sterols, dysideasterol F, 9α,l lα-epoxycholest-7-en-3β,5α,6α-triol, and 9α,11α-epoxycholest-7-en-3β,5α,6α,19-tetrol 6-acetate (4-6) were isolated from the Vietnamese marine sponge Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814). Their structures were determined by 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopies and HR-ESI-MS, as well as by comparison with reported literature data. Compounds 4-6 were found to inhibit eight human cancer cell lines (KB, LU-1, HL-60, LNCaP, SK-Mel-2, HepG-2, MCF-7, and PC-3), with IC50 values ranging from 7.3 to 31.5 µM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cholestenes / isolation & purification
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Dysidea / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sterols / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cholestenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Sterols
  • dysideasterol F
  • dysinidin C
  • dysinidin D
  • dysinidin E
  • 9,11-epoxycholest-7-ene-3,5,6-triol