Stereochemical heterogeneity in Verongid sponge metabolites. Absolute stereochemistry of (+)-fistularin-3 and (+)-11-epi-fistularin-3 by microscale LCMS-Marfey's analysis

J Nat Prod. 2005 Jun;68(6):891-6. doi: 10.1021/np050050n.

Abstract

The absolute configurations of fistularin-3, 11-epi-fistularin-3, and a related bis-oxazolidinone were determined by microscale hydrolysis followed by derivatization with 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl-5-l-alaninamide. Samples of fistularin-3 from Verongid marine sponges collected in the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Baía de Todos os Santos (Brazil), and the Key Largo, Florida (USA) varied in configuration at C11, a phenomenon that may be attributed to the involvement of stereochemically promiscuous hydroxylase enzymes. Variability in C11 configuration in fistularin-3 samples may have been overlooked in previously reported encounters due to the similarity of spectroscopic properties of fistularin-3 and 11-epi-fistularin-3 and their coelution under chromatographic conditions. Stereochemical heterogeneity at C11 in fistularin-3 samples suggests a possibility of a native biotransformation of suitable precursor in Verongid sponges by their associated microbial flora.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Animals
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Dinitrobenzenes
  • Florida
  • Isoxazoles / analysis
  • Isoxazoles / chemistry*
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / metabolism
  • Molecular Structure
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Porifera / enzymology
  • Porifera / metabolism
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Tyrosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Tyrosine / analysis
  • Tyrosine / chemistry*

Substances

  • Dinitrobenzenes
  • Isoxazoles
  • Tyrosine
  • fistularin 3
  • Marfey's reagent
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • Alanine