Pitipeptolides A and B, new cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula

J Nat Prod. 2001 Mar;64(3):304-7. doi: 10.1021/np000456u.

Abstract

Two new cyclodepsipeptides have been isolated from a population of the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula collected at Piti Bomb Holes, Guam. They appear to be unique to this particular Guamanian collection and have been named pitipeptolides A (1) and B (2). Their structures have been elucidated by spectroscopic techniques and by characterization of degradation products. Distinctive features include the presence of a 2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-7-octynoic acid residue in 1 and a 2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-7-octenoic acid residue in 2, previously shown to be biosynthetic signatures of cyanobacterial metabolites. Pitipeptolides A (1) and B (2) exhibit weak cytotoxicity against LoVo cancer cells, but possess moderate antimycobacterial activity and stimulate elastase activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cyanobacteria / chemistry*
  • Depsipeptides*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry
  • Peptides, Cyclic / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Depsipeptides
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • pitipeptolide A
  • pitipeptolide B