Psammaplin cytotoxicity

Bromotyrosine-derived metabolites are often encountered in marine sponges of the families Aplysinidae and Pseudocer-atidae, in particular Pseudoceratina (= Psammaplysilla) purpurea. They show a variety of biological activities, which include antimicrobial, enzyme inhibitory, and antifouling activities. Psammaplysin A (47) is antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and antifouling, whereas psammaplin A (48) is an inhibitor of histone deacetylase (2). The marine sponge lanthella basta synthesizes at least 25 bastadins that are linear or cyclic peptides composed of four bromotyrosine residues [bastadin 5 (49)] and show antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and enzyme inhibitory activities as well as interaction with Ca + channels (21). 

Psammaplin A and other related derivatives are antibacterial to Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to methidl-lin (Kim D. et al, 1999a) and cytotoxic to a variety ofhuman... 

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