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New Palmerolides from the Antarctic Tunicate Synoicum adareanum**
Jaime L. Heimbegner, Thushara Diyabalanage, Yoshinari Miyata, Xiao-Song Xie, Frederick A.
Valeriote, Charles D. Amsler, James B. McClintock, and Bill J. Baker*
The ubiquitous trans-membrane vacuolar ATPases regulate
cellular and organellular pH through proton translocation in
response to ATP hydrolysis.[1] Because a number of disease states
are pH sensitive, including diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer, the
potential of a therapy based on disruption of optimal pH of the
disease could be approached by the modulation of vATPase
activity.[2] A number of vATPase inhibitors are known, most of
which are natural products,[3] and at least two different binding sites
on this multi-domain enzyme have been identified.[4] Palmerolide A
(1) is a macrolide from the Antarctic tunicate Synoicum
adareanum[5] which appears to bind vATPases in a similar fashion
to bafilomycin A1 but palmerolide A differs markedly from
bafilomycin A1 in its display of reduced neurological effects in mice.
Herein we report additional vATPase inhibitors that share
palmerolide A’s macrolide ring, palmerolides D – G (2-5).
Synoicum adareanum is a colonial tunicate that grows as
multiple fist-sized colonies emerging from a common base, forming
a group of colonies. In the vicinity of Palmer Station, the US field
research facility on the Antarctic Peninsula, S. adareanum is found
in sufficient abundance that a single dive might result in biomass
yielding hundreds of milligrams of palmerolides; in fact, the larger
individual groups themselves may contain up to 100 mg of
palmerolide A. However, yields are variable between groups, as is
the distribution of more than a dozen different palmerolides isolated
[∗]
Dr. B.J. Baker, J. L. Heimbegner, T. Diyabalanage,
Y.Miyata
Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Diversity
in Drug Design, Discovery, and Delivery
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620
Fax: (+1) 813-974-1733
E-mail: bjbaker@cas.usf.edu
Homepage: http://chemistry.usf.edu/faculty/baker/
Dr. X.S. Xie
McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390
Dr. F.A. Valeriote
Henry Ford Health System
Josephine Ford Cancer Center
1 Ford Place, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Dr. J.B. McClintock, Dr. C.D. Amsler
Department of Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama 35294
[∗∗]
We thank D. Martin, K. Peters, M. Amsler, Drs. K. Iken and
A. Fairhead for field assistance, Dr. Linda Cole,
Smithsonian Institution for tunicate identification, and the
staff of Raytheon Polar Services and NSF’s United States
Antarctic Program for logistical support. This research was
funded by the NSF (OPP-0442769 to C.D.A. and J.B.M.,
OPP-0442857 to B.J.B.)
Supporting information for this article is available on the
WWW under http://www.angewandte.org or from the
author.
O
O
O
O
21
NH
R
O
H
O
OH
OH
HO
O
2'
1: R =
HO
O
O
O
NH2
NH2
3
2'
2: R =
2'
4: R =
2'
5: R =
, 21-Z
Scheme 1. Palmerolides A (1), D (2), E (3), F (4) and G (5)
to date. Despite the ready availability of palmerolides from the
natural source, the harsh and remote location of the S. adareanum
habitat makes their synthetic[6-8] availability key to further drug
developmental studies.
Palmerolides display high chromatographic polarity, requiring
methanol in ethyl acetate for elution from silica gel. Extracts (1:1
methanol/dichloromethane) from freeze dried tunicate, when
fractionated by step gradient chromatography, elute 1-5 with 10%
methanol in ethyl acetate. Purification is achieved by HPLC using
40% water/acetonitrile and 20% water/methanol sequentially. A
typical isolation procedure on 500 g of freeze-dried animal yields, in
order, palmerolide A (1, 200 mg), E (3, 7 mg), D (2, 7 mg), F (4, 7
mg) and G (5, 2 mg), as a white amorphous solids for which
crystallization has proven elusive.
Palmerolide D (2) exhibited structural features similar to those of
palmerolide A (1) based on the 1H NMR spectrum (Table 1,
supporting information), and the corroboration of several 2D NMR
established the C-1 to C-24 backbone of 2 as identical to 1. For
example (Figure 1), the C-1 to C-3 conjugated ester was separated
by three methylene groups from the C-7 to C-11 polyfunctionalized
substructure. Of the three oxymethines in this region, the mid-field
proton, H-10 (δ4.15), correlated in the gHMBC spectrum to a
carbonyl in the ester/amide region of the 13C NMR spectrum
(δ156.8), indicative of the carbamate found on 1. The C-25 vinyl
methyl group was demonstrated to be in position 17 of the C-14 to
C-17 diene substructure, one of two such dienes in the molecule.
The C-14/C-17 diene was separated by two methylene groups from
the C-7/C-11 substructure. As found in palmerolide A, the
macrolide was completed by observation of a gHMBC correlation
between oxymethine H-19 and C-1. C-19 was further correlated to
methylene C-18, to a methine, C-20, and to the second diene, C21/C-24. A doublet methyl, C-26, could be assigned as the
substituent on the C-20 methine while a vinyl methyl, C-27, was
established on the quaternary C-22 olefinic carbon. The E geometry
of each of the six olefins in the carbon backbone, as found in
palmerolide A, was based on 3JHH (Table 1) or ROESY NMR data.
Palmerolide D (2) differed from palmerolide A (1) in the
carboxamide substructure. H-2’ (δ5.81) showed gHMBC
correlations to a carbonyl at δ162.9 (C-1’), a methylene group at
1
O
H
2'
8'
O 1
N
21
6'
O
19
O
H
5'
7'
H
25
O
due to insufficient mass for derivatization studies and is assigned
here solely on comparison of chemical shifts and coupling constants,
which match sufficiently closely those of palmerolide A to assign
them as identical. Thus we have assigned all new palmerolide chiral
centers as matching those of palmerolide A.
O
O
NH2
Table 1. Stereochemical analysis (∆δ) of Palmerolides A-F (1-4) using
[a]
Mosher’s method
δ40.3 (C-4’), and a methyl group at δ25.1 (C-8’). These correlations
indicated that C-2’ (δ119.7) was part of a trisubstituted olefin
conjugated to an amide. The C-2’/C-3’ trisubstituted olefin was
assigned as Z based on ROESY correlation between H-2’ and H3-8’.
The presence of this conjugated olefin was also supported by
gHMBC correlations of H3-8’ (δ1.76) to C-2’, C-3’ (δ152.7), and C4’. The carboxamide chain could be further extended based on
gHMBC results that indicated H2-4’ (δ3.34) correlated to C-2’, C-3’,
C-5’ (δ143.0), and C-7’ (δ22.0). Further, H3-7’ (δ1.61) correlated to
C-4’, C-5’, and an olefinic methylene, C-6’ (δ111.9), completing the
planar structure of palmerolide D. High resolution ESIMS provided
an [M + 1]+ peak at m/z 625.3864 (∆mmu 1.1 for C36H53N2O7),
which was consistent with the carbon and hydrogen count
established by NMR spectroscopy.
Palmerolide E (3) was unusual in displaying a 1H NMR signal
indicative of an aldehyde (Table 1, supporting information). Taken
with the significantly reduced carbon and proton count established
by mass spectral analysis (m/z 512.2634 for C27H39NO7Na, calc.
512.2624), but retaining many of the macrolide NMR signals of
palmerolide A (1), palmerolide E appeared to be an amide
hydrolysis product. Indeed, 2D NMR analysis, including ROESY,
found the macrocycle to be identical to that of palmerolides A and D
(2). However, the side chain pendant at C-19 could account for the
missing atoms. As found in 1 and 2, gCOSY and gHMBC spectra
established that C-19 was adjacent to a C-20 methine, followed by
the familiar C-21/C-22 olefin and its attached vinyl methyl group. In
contrast to 1 and 2, the C-21/C-22 olefin was found to be conjugated
to the aforementioned aldehyde, displaying gHMBC correlations
between the aldehyde proton, H-23 (δ9.40) and both C-21 (δ154.9)
and C-22 (δ138.7). Thus palmerolide E is not the initially expected
hydrolysis product but rather 24-norpalmerolide.
Palmerolide F (4) and G (5) were shown by HR ESIMS to be
isomeric with palmerolide A (1) (m/z: 4, 607.3355; 5, 607.3350; calc.
607.3359 for C33H48N2O7Na). 2D NMR analysis, as described for
previous palmerolides, established the carbon backbone, C-1 to C24, of 4 as identical to 1, both in constitution as well as olefin
geometry (Table 2, supporting information). For palmerolide F the
carboxamide was clearly distinguished as different from 1 by the 1H
and 13C NMR spectra, which showed olefinic methylene signals. In
the gHMBC spectrum of 4, the protons of the olefinic methylene
correlated to a vinyl methyl, C-5’ (δ22.2), and a vinyl methylene, C2’ (δ44.5), the latter of which was further correlated to the
carboxamide carbonyl, C-1’ (δ167.4), establishing the carboxamide
group as 3-methyl-3-butenoyl. The second isomer, palmerolide G,
differed from palmerolide A only in olefin geometry, where the C21/C-22 configuration was demonstrated as Z based on ROESY data
showing a correlation from H-23 to H-20 and from H-21 to H3-27.
Assignment of palmerolide A (1) assymetric centers was
originally based on spectral data, including NOE, JXH and Mosher’s
modified method,[9] but was later revised based on degradative[10]
and synthetic studies.[6-8] Assignment of the new palmerolides builds
on these previous results. Analysis of palmerolides D-F (2-4) using
Mosher’s method (Table 1) and J analysis (Table 2) demonstrate the
C-7 to C-11 substructure of each matches that of palmerolide A.
Further, conformational analysis of C-19/C-20 based on 3JHH (Table
2) illustrates all four palmerolides share the same conformation at
the macrolide linkage. Palmerolide G (5) proved difficult to analyze
∆δ +
∆δ variable
∆δ −
Figure 1. Key palmerolide D (2) segments established by gHMBC
(red), gCOSY (blue) and ROESY (arrows).
R
MTPA
H H H O H
O H
12
5
7
11
9
H H H O H H H
MTPA
8
6
10
Pal A
Pal D
Pal E
Pal F
H-5a
--
+10
+10
--
H-5b
+150
--
--
+180
+40
H-6a
+40
+30
+30
H-11
-110
-130
-140
-90
H-12
-180
-170
-150
-130
[a] All ∆δ values multiplied by 1000
3
Table 2. JH,H (Hz) comparative analysis of key palmerolide
stereocenters
Pal A
Pal D
Pal E
Pal F
Pal G
J10,11
2.2
1.9
1.5
2.3
2.2
J19,20
10
10
9.9
9.7
10
J20,21
8
8
7
7.3
8
J20.26
6.6
6.6
6.9
7
6.6
Several of the palmerolides have been evaluated for cytotoxicity
and inhibition of vATPase (Table 3). Palmerolide A (1) is a potent
inhibitor of the ATP-driven proton translocation activity of V-pump
by blocking its V0 proton channel, similar to the inhibitory
mechanism of bafilomycin A1[11] and salicylihalamide A.[4],[12] As
expected based on this observation, palmerolide A does not inhibit
the ATP hydrolysis activity of the isolated V1 sector. Among these
new palmerolides, bioactivity is not dependant on the nature of the
carboxamide. However, palmerolide E (3), lacking the carboxamide
entirely, retains sub-micromolar inhibitory activity toward
melanoma while losing effectiveness against vATPase. Further
investigation of the palmerolides continues to reveal important
correlations between their structures and bioactivity as well as
promising leads in mediation of other human diseases.
Table 3. IC50 (µM) values of palmerolides (1-5) against melanoma
and mammalian vATPase
Compound
UACC-62
vATPase
1
0.018
0.002
2
--
0.025
3
0.56
10
4
--
0.063
5
--
0.0065
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3
O
O
O
O
21
NH
R
O
H
O
OH
OH
HO
O
2'
1: R =
HO
O
O
O
NH2
NH2
3
2'
2: R =
2'
4: R =
2'
5: R =
, 21-Z
Scheme 1. Palmerolides A (1), D (2), E (3), F (4) and G (5)
4
O
H
2'
8'
O 1
N
21
6'
O
19
7'
H
25
O
H
5'
O
O
O
NH2
Figure 1. Key palmerolide D (2) segments established by gHMBC (red), gCOSY (blue) and ROESY (arrows).
5
∆δ variable
∆δ −
MTPA
H H H O H
∆δ +
R
O H
12
5
7
11
9
H H H O H H H
MTPA
6
8
10
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Natural Products
Jaime L. Heimbegner, Thushara
Diyabalanage, Yoshinari Miyata, XiaoSong Xie, Frederick A. Valeriote,
Charles D. Amsler, James B.
McClintock and Bill J. Baker*
O
O
NH
O
OH
HO
New Palmerolides from the Antarctic
tunicate Synoicum adareanum
O
O
NH2
Palmerolides D-G are new bioactive
macrolides related to melanomaselective cytotoxin palmerolide A. Most
palmerolides are potent vATPase
inhibitors and those tested to date have
sub-micromolar activity against
melanoma. Though palmerolide A
remains the most potent, the
carboxamide sidechain appears to exert
little effect on palmerolide bioactivity.
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Suggestion for Cover Art: Synoicum adareanum in situ in Antarctica
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New Palmerolides from the Antarctic Tunicate Synoicum adareanum
Jaime L. Heimbegner,† Thushara Diyabalanage,† Yoshinari Miyata,† Xiao-Song Xie,‡ Frederick A. Valeriote,# Charles D. Amsler,§ James B. McClintock,§ and Bill
J. Baker†,*
†
Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Diversity in Drug Design, Discovery, and Delivery, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave,
Tampa, FL 33620, ‡McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390,
#
Henry Ford Health System, Josephine Ford Cancer Center, 1 Ford Place, Detroit, Michigan 48202, §Department of Biology, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
Supplementary Material:
Figure S1: 1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S2: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S3: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S4: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S5: gHMQC Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S6: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S7: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2)
Figure S8:1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S9: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S10: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S11: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S12: gHMQC Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S13: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S14: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3)
Figure S15: 1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S16: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S17: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S18: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S19: gHMQC Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S20: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S21: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4)
Figure S22: 1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S23: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S24: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S25: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S26: gHSQC Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S27: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S28: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5)
Table 1. 1H and 13C NMR Spectral Data for Palmerolides D (2) and E (3)
Table 2. 1H and 13C NMR Spectral Data for Palmerolides F (4) and G (5)
Experimental Section
O
H
N
O
O
OH
HO
O
O
NH 2
X
Figure S1: 1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz (X = impurity)
X
X’
Figure S2: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz (X = impurity, X’ = methanol)
X
X
Figure S3: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz (X = impurity)
X’
X
X
Figure S4: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz (X = impurity, X’ = methanol)
X’
X
X’
Figure S5: gHMQC Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz (X = impurity, X’ = methanol)
X
X
Figure S6: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz (X = impurity)
Figure S7: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide D (2)
O
O
O
OH
HO
O
O
NH 2
Figure S8: 1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
X
Figure S9: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz (X = methanol)
Figure S10: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
X
Figure S11: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz (X = methanol)
X
X
Figure S12: gHMQC Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz (X = methanol)
Figure S13: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3) in DMSO-d6 , 500MHz
Figure S14: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide E (3)
O
H
N
O
O
OH
HO
O
O
NH2
Figure S15: 1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S16: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
Figure S17: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S18: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S19: gHMQC Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S20: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S21: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide F (4)
O
O
OH
NH
O
HO
O
O
NH 2
Figure S22: 1H NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz
X’
X
Figure S23: 13C NMR Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6, 500MHz (X impurity, X’ = methanol)
Figure S24: gCOSY Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S25: gHMBC Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S26: gHSQC Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S27: ROESY Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5) in DMSO-d6 , 500 MHz
Figure S28: HRESIMS Spectrum of Palmerolide G (5)
Table 1. 1H and 13C NMR Spectral Data for Palmerolides D (2) and E (3)a
Positionb
1
2
3
4 a
b
5 a
b
6 a
b
7
8
9
10
11
12 a
b
13
14
15
16
17
18 a
b
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
1’
2’
3’
4’
5’
6’
7’
8’
1”
1”-NH2
7-OH
10-OH
24-NH
a
δH
δC
165.5
5.76 (d, 15.8)
120.6
6.71 (ddd, 4, 11.5, 15.7) 149.4
2.14 (m)
32.4
2.11 (m)
1.31 (m)
24.2
1.05 (m)
1.51 (ddd, 4.4, 7.7, 11.2) 37.8
1.33 (m)
3.82 (ddd, 4.4, 6.5, 7.9) 72.6
5.53 (dd, 7.9, 15.3)
133.6
5.49 (dd, 2.9, 15.3)
129.0
4.15 (s)
69.4
4.48 (ddd, 1.9, 5, 10.6) 75.2
1.60 (m)
29.5
1.01 (m)
1.94 (m)
29.5
5.41 (ddd, 5, 10, 14.6) 132.7
6.04 (dd, 11.6, 14.6)
126.4
5.59 (d, 11.6)
127.8
131.7
2.16 (dd, 1.4, 12.8)
43.3
2.00 (dd, 11.9, 12.8)
4.84 (ddd, 1.7, 8.1, 11) 73.9
2.68 (qdd, 6.9, 7.7, 9.2) 36.7
5.14 (d, 9.7)
130.2
132.0
5.86 (d, 14.6)
117.0
6.85 (dd, 10.4, 14.6)
122.2
1.60 (s)
16.3
0.89 (d, 6.7)
17.2
1.70 (s)
12.8
162.9
5.81 (s)
119.7
152.7
3.34(s)
40.3
143.0
4.72 (s)
111.9
1.61 (s)
22.0
1.76 (s)
25.1
156.8
6.45 (br)
4.53 (d, 3.8)
5.19 (m, 4.5)
9.94 (d, 10.3)
Palmerolide D (2)
500 MHz for 1H, 125 MHz for 13C, DMSO-d6.
HMBC
1,4
1,2,5
2, 3,5
7, 9,10
7,8,11,10
11
9,10,12,13,1”
13,16
14,15,17,18,25
16,17,25
16,17,19,25
1,26
19,21
19,26,27
21,24,27
22
16,17,18
19,20,21
21,22,23
δH
δC
165.2
5.77(d, 15.7)
120.3
6.74 (ddd, 4.3, 11.5, 15.7) 149.7
2.15 (m)
32.3
2.00 (m)
1.31 (m)
25.0
1.07 (m)
1.50 (ddd, 4.4)
37.8
1.30 (m)
3.83 (ddd, 4.4, 6.8, 8.2) 72.5
5.54 (dd, 8.2, 15.4)
133.6
5.49 (dd, 2.9, 15.4)
128.9
4.13 (br s)
69.2
4.47 (ddd, 1.5, 5.1, 10.7) 75.1
1.61
29.4
1.05 (m)
1.97 (m)
29.4
5.43 (ddd, 5.2, 9.8, 14.8) 132.2
6.05 (dd, 10.7, 14.8)
126.3
5.61(d, 10.7)
128.0
131.1
2.16 (dd, 1.4, 12.4)
43.0
2.07 (dd, 11, 12.4)
5.02 (ddd, 2.1, 7.5, 10)
72.6
2.64 (qdd, 6.8, 7.1, 9.3) 38.1
6.55 (dd, 1.5, 10.2)
154.9
138.7
9.40 (s)
195.6
1.63 (s)
1.01 (d, 6.8)
1.68 (s)
Palmerolide E (3)
16.1
15.5
9.2
HMBC
1, 4
1, 4,5
2,3,5
2,3
4,5,7,8
5,7,8
9
7,9,10
8,7,10
8,9,11,12/13
9,10,12/13,1”
13
13
12,14,15
12/13,16
13,14,16
14,15,17,18,25
16,17,25
16,17,19,25
1,17,20,21,26
19,21,22,26
19,20,23,25,27
21,22,27
16,17,18
19,20,21
21,22,23
1’,4’,8’
2’,3’,5’
4’,7’
4’,5’,6’
2’,3’,4’
156.7
6.48 (br)
4.70 (d, 4.1)
5.18 (d, 4.9)
1’
Table 2. 1H and 13C NMR Spectral Data for Palmerolides F (4) and G (5)a
Positionb δH
δC
1
165.3
2
5.77 (1H, d, 16.0)
120.5
3
6.71 (1H, ddd, 4.8, 10.3, 16.0) 149.2
4 a 2.11 (1H, m)
32.3
b 1.84 (m)
5 a 1.31 (1H, m)
24.9
b 0.98 (1H, m)
6 a 1.48 (1H, m)
37.7
b 1.30 (1H, m)
7
3.83(1H, d, 4.0)
72.5
8
5.55 (1H, dd, 7.8, 15.9)
133.5
9
5.48 (1H, dd, 2.3, 15.8)
128.8
10
4.14 (1H, br s)
69.1
11
4.48 (1H dd, 4.6, 11.2)
75.0
12 a 1.60 (1H, m)
29.3
b 0.97 (1H, m)
13
1.94 (2H, m)
29.3
14
5.41 (1H, ddd, 4.2, 10.4, 15.0) 131.9
15
6.05 (1H, dd, 11.2, 15.0)
126.3
16
5.59 (1H, d, 10.6)
127.7
17
131.5
18 a 2.15 (1H, m)
43.2
b 1.99 (1H, q, 12.2)
19
4.84 (1H, o)
73.7
20
2.68 (qdd, 6.7,7.9,9.6)
36.5
21
5.14 (1H, d, 9.6)
130.1
22
132.3
23
5.87 (1H, d, 15.0)
116.9
24
6.77 (1H, dd, 10.3, 15.0)
121.8
25
1.61 (3H, s)
16.1
26
0.90 (3H, d, 7.6)
17.0
27
1.70 (3H, s)
12.6
1’
167.4
2’
2.91 (1H, s)
44.5
3’
139.8
4’ a 4.82 (1H, br s )
113.5
b 4.79 (1H, br s)
5’
1.71 (3H, s)
22.2
7-OH 4.69 (1H, br s)
10-OH 5.17 (1H, d, 3.8)
24-NH 9.93 (1H, d, 10.3)
OCONH2 6.48 (2H, br)
156.6
Palmerolide F (4)
a
500 MHz for 1H, 125 MHz for 13C, DMSO-d6.
HMBC
1,4
1,2,4,5
2,3,5,6
δH
6,7
7
5,7,8
5,7,8
6,9
6,7,9,10
8
9,12/13
9,10,12/13,1”
11,12/13
12/13,14
12/13,14,15
12/13,16
16,17,12/13
14,15,18,25
5.76 (d, 15.4)
6.71 (ddd, 4.8, 10, 15.4)
2.10 (m)
1.84 (m)
1.28 (m)
1.06 (m)
1.49 (ddd,4.4,7.7, 11)
1.31
3.83(ddd, 4.4, 6.5, 7.9)
5.54 (dd, 7.9, 14.8)
5.46 (dd, 2.2, 14.8)
4.13 (s)
4.48 (ddd, 1.5, 4.9, 10.8)
1.13
0.98 (m)
1.98(m)
5.41 (ddd, 4.4,10.1,14.8)
6.03 (dd, 11.1, 14.8)
5.58 (d, 11.1)
16,17,25
16,17,19,20,25
1,17,21,26
18,19,21,22,26
19,20,23,26,27
2.16 (dd, 1.5, 13.2)
1.98 (dd, 12, 13.2)
4.82 (ddd, 1.5, 8,12)
2.65 (qdd, 6.6, 8, 10)
5.01(d, 10)
21,22,24,27
22,23,1’
16,17,18
19,21,20
21,22,23
6.19(d,14.3)
6.93(dd, 10.4,14.3)
1.60 (s)
0.89 (d, 6.6)
1.76 (s)
1’,3’,4’,5’
5.68
2’,5’
2’,3’,5’
1’,2’,3’,4’
2.12
9
23,24,1’
1.84
4.73 (d,4.4)
5.20 (d, 4,7)
9.97 (d,10.2)
6.48 (s)
δC
165.5
120.5
149.4
32.6
Palmerolide G (5)
HMBC
1,4
1,2,4,5
3,5
25.1
38.6
73.4
134.5
129.7
70.2
76.1
30.1
30.1
132.9
127.3
128.6
132.5
37.1
5,7,8,9
4,7,8
7,10
7,10
11
9,10,12,1”
10,13
14,15
13,15,16
13,14,16
16,18
16,17,19
16,17
17,18,26
19,21,22,25
18,23
74.5
40.3
129.3
132.1
109.8
125.4
17.1
18.2
21.1
164.1
118.7
153.6
20.1
21,24
21,22,23
14,16
19,20,21
21,22,23
28.0
2’,3’,4’
1’,4’,5’,27
1’,2’,3’,5’
1’
157.6
Experimental Section
General Experimental Procedures. Optical rotations were measured on a Rudolph Research Analytical
AUTOPOL® IV digital polarimeter. IR and UV spectra were measured on a Nicolet Avatar 320FT
infrared and a Hewlett-Packard 8452A diode array spectrophotometer, respectively. NMR spectra were
recorded on a Varian Inova 500 instrument. Chemical shifts are give as δ (ppm) with TMS as internal
standard. The low resonance mass spectra were recorded on an Agilent Technologies LC/MSD VL
electrospray ionization mass spectrometer. The high resonance mass spectra were recorded on an Agilent
Technologies LC/MSD TOF electrospray ionization spectrometer. Flash column chromatography was
carried out on EM Science silica gel 60 of 230-400 mesh. High performance liquid chromatography was
carried out on preparative YMC-Pack ODS-AQ reverse phase columns (250 x 20 mm) and analytical
columns (250 X 10 mm) using an LC-8A Shimadzu multi-solvent delivery system, an SCL-10A
Shimadzu system controller, and an SPD-10A Shimadzu UV-Vis detector.
Biological Material. The tunicate Synoicum adareanum was collected by hand using SCUBA near
Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula between 2000-2007. The specimens were immediately frozen
and kept frozen until extraction. A voucher specimen was identified by Dr. Linda Cole at the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C.
Extraction and Isolation. Freeze dried Synoicum adareanum was extracted with CH2Cl2/MeOH. The
combined extract was concentrated and the residue was partitioned between EtOAc and H2O.
Subsequently, the EtOAc layer was dried with MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The crude organic
extract was subjected to flash column chromatography with EtOAc/MeOH solvent system to give ten
fractions. These fractions were further separated using 40% H2O/MeCN, and the fractions obtained from
the separation were double purified using 20-30% H2O/MeOH to afford pure palmerolides A, D, E, F, and
G.
Palmerolide D (2): colorless solid; [α]D25= +67 degcm3g-1dm-1 (c= 0.5 gcm-3 in MeOH); UV/Vis
(MeOH): λmax= 216, 248 nm ; IR (thin film) νmax: 3327, 2939, 2829, 2061, 1716, 1558. 1455, 1261, 1025,
975 cm-1; ESIMS m/z 625.6, HRESMS m/z 625.3864 (C36H53N2O7 requires 625.3853); 1H and 13C NMR,
see Table 1.
Palmerolide E (3): colorless solid, [α]D25= +17 degcm3g-1dm-1 (c= 0.1 gcm-3 in MeOH); UV/Vis
(MeOH): λmax= 216, 248 nm; IR (thin film)νmax: 3635, 2940, 2830,1715, 1637, 1540, 1387, 1276, 1194,
1079, 938 cm-1; ESIMS m/z 601.5, HRESMS m/z 512.2634 (C27H39NO7Na requires 512.2624); 1H and
13
C NMR, see Table 1.
Palmerolide F (4): yellow solid; [α]D22= -67.1 degcm3g-1dm-1 (c= 0.5 gcm-3 in MeOH); UV/Vis (MeOH):
λmax= 213, 262 nm; IR (thin film) νmax: 3340, 3013, 1705, 1642, 1524, 1318, 1216, 1187, 1018, 976 cm-1;
ESIMS m/z 607 [M + Na]+; HRESIMS (positive) m/z 607.3359 (C33H48N2O7Na requires 607.3359); 1H
and 13C NMR data, see Table 2.
Palmerolide G (5): yellow solid; [α]D22= -27.1 degcm3g-1dm-1 (c= 0.1 gcm-3 in MeOH); UV/Vis
(MeOH): λmax= 216, 262 nm; IR (thin film) νmax: 3383, 2927, 1705, 1638, 1522, 1457, 1377, 1279, 1216,
1194, 1024 cm-1; ESIMS m/z 469; HRESIMS [M + Na]+ m/z 607.3350 (C33H48N2O7Na requires
607.3359) 1H and 13C NMR data, see Table 2.
Preparation and Reconstitution of V-pump and V0 proton channel: The bovine brain V-pump and
the dissociated V0 sector, prepared as described previously,13,14 were reconstituted into proteoliposomes,
which contain phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylserine (PS) and
cholesterol at a weight ratio of 40:26.5:7.5:26, by the cholate dilution, freeze-thaw method, as
described.4,13 In brief, liposomes (200 µg) were mixed with either 1 µg of V-ATPase or 0.5 µg of V0
sector, followed by addition of glycerol, Na-cholate, KCl, and MgCl2 to final concentrations of 10%
(vol/vol), 1%, 0.15 M and 2.5 mM, respectively. The reconstitution mixtures were then incubated at room
temperature (rt) for 1 h, frozen in liquid N2 and thawed at rt. For ATPase and proton pumping assays, the
mixture was directly diluted with 0.2 ml of ATPase assay solution in a test tube or 1.5 ml of the proton
pumping assay buffer in a spectrophotometer cuvette, respectively, which allows for the formation of
sealed and ready-to-assay proteoliposomes. For proton channel assays, the reconstitution mixture was first
diluted 50-fold in dilution buffer (150 mM KCl, 20 mM Na-Tricine, pH 7.5 and 3 mM MgCl2), and
centrifuged to precipitate the sealed proteoliposomes. The sealed proteoliposomes were then suspended
in a small volume of the dilution buffer.
Measurement of ATP-driven proton translocation: Both assays for ATP-driven proton translocation
and for proton channel activity were conducted in a SLM-Aminco DW2C dual wavelength
spectrophotometer and the activity was registered as ∆A492-540. For ATP-driven proton pumping assay, 5
to 10 µl proteoliposomes were added to 1.5 ml of assay buffer containing 20 mM Tricine, pH 7.0, 6.7 µM
acridine orange, 3 mM MgCl2, and 150 mM KCl. The reaction was initiated by addition of 1.3 mM ATP
(pH 7.0) and 1 µg/ml valinomycin, and was terminated by addition of the proton ionophore 1799.
Measurement of proton channel activity: The proton channel activity of V0 sector was performed as
described.15 In brief, the reconstituted proteoliposomes of V0, sealed with 150 mM KCl inside as
described above, were activated by incubating with 2 µl of 0.5 M MES (pH 3.4) per 5 µl of the
proteoliposomes for 30 min at room temperature prior to assay. The membrane potential-driven proton
translocation assay was also conducted in a SLM-Aminco DW2C dual wavelength spectrophotometer and
the activity was registered as ∆A492-540. The assay solution contained 150 mM NaCl, 30 mM Tricine, pH
7.5, 3 mM MgCl2, and 6 µM acridine orange. The reaction was initiated by addition of 1 µM of
valinomycin and finished by addition of 1799.