Metachromins X and Y from a marine sponge Spongia sp. and their effects on cell cycle progression

March 24, 2020

Title

Metachromins X and Y from a marine sponge Spongia sp. and their effects on cell cycle progression

Author

Yuki Hitora, Kentaro Takada, Yuji Ise. Sau PinnWoo, Seiya Inoue, Naoki Mori, Hirosato Takikawa, Shohei Nakamukai, Shigeru Okada, Shigeki Matsunaga

Year

2020

Journal

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

Abstract

New sesquiterpene quinones, metachromins X (1) and Y (2), together with the known metachromins C (3), J (4), and T (5), were isolated as inhibitors of cell cycle progression in the HeLa/Fucci2 cells. The structure of 1 was assigned by spectroscopic data and confirmed by a total synthesis. The planar structure of 2 was determined by interpretation of spectroscopic data, whereas its absolute configuration was analyzed by a combination of chiral HPLC and CD spectroscopy. Metachromins X (1) and C (3) arrested the cell cycle progression of HeLa/Fucci2 cells at S/G2/M phase.

Instrument

J-720

Keywords

Circular dichroism, Natural products, Medicinal, Absolute configuration