title: Phoxalone, a novel macrolide from Sorangium cellulosum: structure identification and its anti-tumor bioactivity in vitro.
abstract: A novel macrolide, isolated from the myxobacteria Sorangium cellulosum WXNXJ-C, was identified as 1,7,12,13-tetrahydroxy-14-methoxy-8,10-dimethyl-6-phenyl-5,15-dioxa-bicyclo[9.3.1]pentadecan-4-one, "Phoxalone". It had minimum IC(50) values of 0.24, 6.9, 10.3, 0.98 and 4 microg/ml, respectively, against tumour cell lines: B16, Bel7402, H446, MCF-7, and SGC7901. In addition, it had less cytotoxicity to normal human liver L02 cell lines (286 microg/ml, 24 h). A cytotoxic bioactivity study on H446 cell line in vitro suggested that Phoxalone arrested the mitosis in the G2/M phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical, School of Biotechnology, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.
authors.forename: Wen-Jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Wen-Yi
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009231:Myxococcales / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018942:Macrolides; C527328:phoxalone