Additional antitumor ecteinascidins from a Caribbean tunicate: Crystal structures and activities in vivo

Ryuichi Sakai, Kenneth L. Rinehart, Yue Guan, Andrew H.J. Wang

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Abstract

Ecteinascidins (Ets), isolated from the Caribbean tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata, protect mice in vivo against P388 lymphoma, B16 melanoma, M5076 ovarian sarcoma, Lewis lung carcinoma, and the LX-1 human lung and MX-1 human mammary carcinoma xenografts. Crystal structures of two tris(tetrahydroisoquinoline) Ets were investigated with single crystals of the 21-O-methyl-N12-formyl derivative of Et 729 and the natural N12-oxide of Et 743. Representatives of an additional class of Ets, Et 722 and Et 736, isolated from the same organism, were assigned tetrahydro-β-carboline-substituted bis(tetrahydroisoquinoline) structures by NMR and fast atom bombardment MS spectra.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11456-11460
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume89
Issue number23
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1 1992
Externally publishedYes

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