Isolation, synthesis, and biological activity of aphrocallistin, an adenine-substituted bromotyramine metabolite from the Hexactinellida sponge Aphrocallistes beatrix

J Nat Prod. 2009 Jun;72(6):1178-83. doi: 10.1021/np900183v.

Abstract

A new adenine-substituted bromotyrosine-derived metabolite designated as aphrocallistin (1) has been isolated from the deep-water Hexactinellida sponge Aphrocallistes beatrix. Its structure was elucidated on the basis of spectral data and confirmed through a convergent, modular total synthetic route that is amenable toward future analogue preparation. Aphrocallistin inhibits the growth of a panel of human tumor cell lines with IC(50) values ranging from 7.5 to >100 microM and has been shown to induce G1 cell cycle arrest in the PANC-1 pancreatic carcinoma cell line. Aphrocallistin has been fully characterized in the NCI cancer cell line panel and has undergone in vitro ADME pharmacological profiling.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Adenine / chemical synthesis
  • Adenine / isolation & purification
  • Adenine / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Candida albicans / drug effects
  • Cell Cycle / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Tyramine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Tyramine / chemical synthesis
  • Tyramine / isolation & purification
  • Tyramine / pharmacology

Substances

  • aphrocallistin
  • Adenine
  • Tyramine