Marine Drugs (Aug 2018)

New Cytotoxic Cyclic Peptide from the Marine Sponge-Associated Nocardiopsis sp. UR67

  • Alyaa Hatem Ibrahim,
  • Eman Zekry Attia,
  • Dina Hajjar,
  • Mohamed A. Anany,
  • Samar Yehia Desoukey,
  • Mostafa Ahmed Fouad,
  • Mohamed Salah Kamel,
  • Harald Wajant,
  • Tobias A. M. Gulder,
  • Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/md16090290
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 9
p. 290

Abstract

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A new cyclic hexapeptide, nocardiotide A (1), together with three known compounds—tryptophan (2), kynurenic acid (3), and 4-amino-3-methoxy benzoic acid (4)—were isolated and identified from the broth culture of Nocardiopsis sp. UR67 strain associated with the marine sponge Callyspongia sp. from the Red Sea. The structure elucidation of the isolated compounds were determined based on detailed spectroscopic data including 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experimental analyses in combination with high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESI-MS), while the absolute stereochemistry of all amino acids components of nocardiotide A (1) was deduced using Marfey’s method. Additionally, ten known metabolites were dereplicated using HR-ESI-MS analysis. Nocardiotide A (1) displayed significant cytotoxic effects towards the murine CT26 colon carcinoma, human HeLa cervix carcinoma, and human MM.1S multiple myeloma cell lines. The results obtained revealed sponge-associated Nocardiopsis as a substantial source of lead natural products with pronounced pharmacological activities.

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