Zoanthamine alkaloids from the zoantharian zoanthus cf. pulchellus and their effects in neuroinflammation

Paul O. Guillen, Sandra Gegunde, Karla B. Jaramillo, Amparo Alfonso, Kevin Calabro, Eva Alonso, Jenny Rodriguez, Luis M. Botana, Olivier P. Thomas

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Abstract

Two new zoanthamine alkaloids, namely 3-acetoxynorzoanthamine (1) and 3-acetoxyzoanthamine (2), have been isolated from the zoantharian Zoanthus cf. pulchellus collected off the coast of the Santa Elena Peninsula, Ecuador, together with three known derivatives: zoanthamine, norzoanthamine, and 3-hydroxynorzoanthamine. The chemical structures of 1 and 2 were determined by interpretation of their 1D and 2D NMR data and comparison with literature data. This is the first report of zoanthamine-type alkaloids from Zoanthus cf. pulchellus collected in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. The neuroinflammatory activity of all the isolated compounds was evaluated in microglia BV-2 cells and high inhibitory effects were observed in reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) generation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number242
JournalMarine Drugs
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2018

Keywords

  • Inflammation
  • Tropical Eastern Pacific
  • Zoanthamine
  • Zoantharia
  • Zoanthus pulchellus

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