Exploring the Sponge Consortium Plakortis symbiotica-Xestospongia deweerdtae as a Potential Source of Antimicrobial Compounds and Probing the Pharmacophore for Antituberculosis Activity of Smenothiazole A by Diverted Total Synthesis

J Nat Prod. 2017 Aug 25;80(8):2295-2303. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00300. Epub 2017 Jul 25.

Abstract

Fractionation of the bioactive CHCl3-MeOH (1:1) extracts obtained from two collections of the sponge consortium Plakortis symbiotica-Xestospongia deweerdtae from Puerto Rico provided two new plakinidone analogues, designated as plakinidone B (2) and plakinidone C (3), as well as the known plakinidone (1), plakortolide F (4), and smenothiazole A (5). The structures of 1-5 were characterized on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic, IR, UV, and HRMS analysis. The absolute configurations of plakinidones 2 and 3 were established through chemical correlation methods, VCD/ECD experiments, and spectroscopic data comparisons. When assayed in vitro against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, none of the plakinidones 1-3 displayed significant activity, whereas smenothiazole A (5) was the most active compound, exhibiting an MIC value of 4.1 μg/mL. Synthesis and subsequent biological screening of 8, a dechlorinated version of smenothiazole A, revealed that the chlorine atom in 5 is indispensable for anti-TB activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biological Products
  • Dioxins / chemical synthesis
  • Dioxins / chemistry
  • Dioxins / pharmacology
  • Lactones / chemical synthesis
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / chemistry*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / metabolism
  • Peroxides / chemical synthesis
  • Peroxides / chemistry
  • Peroxides / pharmacology*
  • Plakortis / chemistry*
  • Puerto Rico
  • Thiazoles / chemical synthesis*
  • Thiazoles / chemistry
  • Thiazoles / pharmacology*
  • Valine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Valine / chemical synthesis
  • Valine / chemistry
  • Valine / pharmacology
  • Xestospongia / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Dioxins
  • Lactones
  • Peroxides
  • Thiazoles
  • plakortolide F
  • smenothiazole A
  • plakinidone
  • Valine