Plakortinic Acids A and B: Cytotoxic Cycloperoxides with a Bicyclo[4.2.0]octene Unit from Sponges of the Genera Plakortis and Xestospongia

Org Lett. 2017 Mar 17;19(6):1486-1489. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00547. Epub 2017 Mar 8.

Abstract

Plakortinic acids A (2) and B (3), two polyketide endoperoxides with a bicyclo[4.2.0]octene unit, were isolated as minor constituents from the sponge-sponge symbiotic association Plakortis halichondrioides-Xestospongia deweerdtae, along with known epiplakinic acid F (1). The structures of the mixture of two inseparable compounds were determined by spectroscopic analysis. Screening for cytotoxic activity of the mixture against two human tumor cell lines revealed that these compounds are very active at sub-micromolar concentration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor / methods
  • Humans
  • Peroxides / chemistry*
  • Peroxides / isolation & purification
  • Peroxides / pharmacology
  • Plakortis / chemistry*
  • Polyketides / chemistry*
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification
  • Polyketides / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Xestospongia / chemistry*

Substances

  • Peroxides
  • Polyketides
  • epiplakinic acid F