In an effort to screen new selective antitumor agents from the broth of soil microorganism, cytotoxicity oriented screening was performed against tumor cells and 3 compounds (Compound 1, 2 and 3) were isolated from Streptomyces parvullus ISP 5048 and ...
In an effort to screen new selective antitumor agents from the broth of soil microorganism, cytotoxicity oriented screening was performed against tumor cells and 3 compounds (Compound 1, 2 and 3) were isolated from Streptomyces parvullus ISP 5048 and their chemical structures were determined. Among these compounds, Compound 2 showed the highest cytotoxicity against P388D1 and L1210. While the IC_(50) values of compound 2 against P388D1 and L1210 were 0.073 ㎍/㎖ and 0.07 ㎍/㎖, respectively, and the IC_(50) value of Compound 3 was 0.17 ㎍/㎖ against human lung cancer cells, A549, the cytotoxicity of Compound 2 and 3 against normal cell line, Vero E6 cell was about 4- and 8-fold lower than that of adriamycin. Based on the chemical analysis data, Compound 3 was octacosamicine A, a known antibiotic, which was reported by Dobasih et al. (1988). Taken together the results demonstrated that Compound 2 and Compound 3 has the possibility to be developed as antitumor agent because of its potent cytotoxicity as well as high selectivity against various cancer cell lines.