Abstract
A new bioactive macrolactone, nuiapolide (1) was identified from a marine cyanobacterium collected off the coast of Niihau, near Lehua Rock. The natural product exhibits anti-chemotactic activity at concentrations as low as 1.3 μM against Jurkat cells, cancerous T lymphocytes, and induces a G2/M phase cell cycle shift. Structural characterization of the natural product revealed the compound to be a 40-membered macrolactone with nine hydroxyl functional groups and a rare tert-butyl carbinol residue.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 6274-6290 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Marine Drugs |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cell cycle
- Chemotaxis
- Cyanobacteria
- Macrolactone
- Polyketide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Drug Discovery