Pseudoalteromone A: A novel bioactive ubiquinone from a marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. CGH2XX (Pseudoalteromonadaceae)

Yu Hsin Chen, Mei Chin Lu, Yu Chia Chang, Tsong Long Hwang, Wei Hsien Wang, Ching Feng Weng, Jimmy Kuo*, Ping Jyun Sung

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Abstract

A novel ubiquinone derivative, pseudoalteromone A (1), possessing a 9C nor-monoterpenoid moiety was produced from a marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. CGH2XX. This bacterium is originally isolated from a cultured-type octocoral Lobophytum crassum. The structure of ubiquinone 1 was established by spectroscopic methods. Pseudoalteromone A (1) exhibited significant cytotoxicity toward the MOLT-4 (human acute lymphoblastic leukemia, IC 50 = 3.764 μg/mL) cells and displayed a significant inhibitory effect (inhibition rate 45.1%) on the release of elastase by human neutrophils at a concentration of 10 μg/mL.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1675-1677
Number of pages3
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume53
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 03 2012

Keywords

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Elastase
  • Lobophytum
  • Pseudoalteromonas
  • Pseudoalteromone
  • Ubiquinone

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