Cytotoxic Biscembranoids from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton pauciplicatum

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2015;63(8):636-40. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00273.

Abstract

Ten biscembranoids (1-10), including the two new compounds sarcophytolides M and N (1 and 2), were isolated from the methanol extract of the Vietnamese soft coral Sarcophyton pauciplicatum. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including one dimensional (1D)- and 2D-NMR, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESI-MS), and circular dichroism (CD). The in vitro cytotoxic activity of all isolated compounds against a panel of eight human cancer cell lines including HepG2 (hepatoma cancer), HL-60 (acute leukemia), KB (epidermoid carcinoma), LNCaP (prostate cancer), LU-1 (lung cancer), MCF7 (breast cancer), SK-Mel2 (melanoma), and SW480 (colon adenocarcinoma) was evaluated using the sulforhodamine B colorimetric assay. Among the isolated biscembranoids, 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, and 10 exhibited significant cytotoxic effects and may be selected for further studies of their anticancer activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / isolation & purification
  • Biological Products / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Terpenes / chemistry
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification
  • Terpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Diterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • sarcophytolide