Comatulins A–E, Taurine-Conjugated Anthraquinones from the Australian Crinoid <i>Comatula rotalaria</i>
作者:Kah Yean Lum、Aya C. Taki、Robin B. Gasser、Ian Tietjen、Merrick G. Ekins、Jonathan M. White、Russell S. Addison、Sasha Hayes、James St John、Rohan A. Davis
DOI:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00267
日期:2020.6.26
Chemical investigations of two specimens of the Australian crinoid Comatula rotalaria afforded five new taurine-conjugated anthraquinones, comatulins A-E (1-5), together with 11 known marine natural products (6-16). The chemical structures of all the compounds were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic and spectrometric data analysis. The first X-ray crystal structure of a crinoid-derived acyl anthraquinone, rhodocomatulin 5,7- dimethyl ether (8), is reported here. Compounds 1, 2, 6-13, and two additional naphthopyrone derivatives, 17 and 18, were evaluated for their ability to inhibit HIV-1 replication in vitro; none of the compounds were active at 100 mu M. Furthermore, compounds 1, 2, 6-10, 14, 15, 17, and 18 were screened for nematocidal activity against exsheathed third-stage larvae of Hemonchus contortus, a highly pathogenic parasite nematode of ruminants. Compound 17, known as 6-methoxycomaparvin 5,8-dimethyl ether, showed an inhibitory effect on larval motility (IC50 = 30 mu M) and development (IC50 = 31 mu M) and induced the eviscerated (Evi) phenotype.