文摘
Zooxanthellamide Cs (ZAD-Cs), C128H220N2O53S2 (ca. 2.7 kDa), was obtained from a culturedmarine dinoflagellate of the genus Symbiodinium as an inseparable isomeric mixture of polyhydroxylated61- to 66-membered macrolides. The chemical structures of the components were clarified by detailed 2DNMR analysis to be the macrolactonized analogues of zooxanthellamide A (ZAD-A), which had beenpreviously isolated from the same microalgae. Chemical lability of ZAD-Cs suggests that ZAD-A is anartifact derived from ZAD-Cs during the isolation steps. Three of the components possess the largest(63-, 64-, and 66-membered) ring sizes found to date among the natural macrolides. ZAD-Cs exhibitedhigher vasoconstrictive activity than that of the zooxanthellatoxins, the first vasoconstrictive macrolidesfrom Symbiodinium sp. The structure-activity relationship suggests that the huge macrolactone structureis important for biological activity. The relationship between the structures of the polyol metabolites andthe phylogenetic systematics of Symbiodinium sp. is also discussed.