Violapyrones H and I, new cytotoxic compounds isolated from Streptomyces sp. associated with the marine starfish Acanthaster planci

Mar Drugs. 2014 May 30;12(6):3283-91. doi: 10.3390/md12063283.

Abstract

Two new α-pyrone derivatives, violapyrones H (1) and I (2), along with known violapyrones B (3) and C (4) were isolated from the fermentation broth of a marine actinomycete Streptomyces sp. The strain was derived from a crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, collected from Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. The structures of violapyrones were elucidated by the analysis of 1D and 2D NMR and HR-ESIMS data. Violapyrones (1-4) exhibited cytotoxicity against 10 human cancer cell lines with GI50 values of 1.10-26.12 μg/mL when tested using sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay. This is the first report on the cytotoxicity of violapyrones against cancer cell lines and the absolute configuration of violapyrone C.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Fermentation
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Micronesia
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pyrones / chemistry
  • Pyrones / isolation & purification
  • Pyrones / pharmacology*
  • Starfish / microbiology*
  • Streptomyces / metabolism*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Pyrones