Cytotoxic Serrulatane-Type Diterpenoids from the Gorgonian Euplexaura sp. and Their Absolute Configurations by Vibrational Circular Dichroism

Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 2;7(1):12548. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12841-2.

Abstract

Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) method has become robust and reliable alternative for the stereochemical characterization of natural products. In this paper, three new serrulatane-type diterpenoids, euplexaurenes A-C (1-3), and a known metabolite, anthogorgiene P (4), were obtained from the South China Sea gorgonian Euplexaura sp. GXWZ-05. The absolute configuration of C-11 in 1-4, which was difficult to be determined by common means due to the high conformational flexibility of the eight-carbon aliphatic chain attached at C-4, was determined by VCD method, suggesting a new horizon to define the absolute configurations of natural products possessing chains. Compounds 1-4 were found to show selective cytotoxic activities against human laryngeal carcinoma (Hep-2) cell line with the IC50 values of 1.95, 7.80, 13.6 and 5.85 μM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Biological Products / chemistry*
  • Biological Products / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • China
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Cytotoxins / chemistry*
  • Cytotoxins / pharmacology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Cytotoxins
  • Diterpenes