BIOTRANSFORMATION OF A DIETARY SESTERTERPENOID IN THE MEDITERRANEAN NUDIBRANCH HYPSELODORIS-ORSINI

被引:40
作者
CIMINO, G [1 ]
FONTANA, A [1 ]
GIMENEZ, F [1 ]
MARIN, A [1 ]
MOLLO, E [1 ]
TRIVELLONE, E [1 ]
ZUBIA, E [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MURCIA,FAC BIOL,DEPT BIOL ANIM & ECOL,E-30100 MURCIA,SPAIN
来源
EXPERIENTIA | 1993年 / 49卷 / 6-7期
关键词
NUDIBRANCH; SPONGE; CACOSPONGIA-MOLLIOR; HYPSELODORIS-ORSINI; SESTERTERPENOIDS;
D O I
10.1007/BF01955168
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The metabolic relationship between the marine mollusc Hypselodoris orsini and the sponge Cacospongia mollior has been reinvestigated. The predator-prey association has been confirmed even though the metabolic patterns of the two invertebrates are substantially different. Most probably the nudibranch converts the main sponge metabolite, the sesterterpenoid scalaradial (1), into a less oxygenated related metabolite, deoxoscalarin (4), followed by a second chemical transformation leading to a new sesterterpenoid, 6-keto-deoxoscalarin (5) which is selectively compartmentalized into some dorsal glands, mantle dermal formations (MDFs), strategically distributed near the gills. 6-keto-deoxoscalarin (5) has been characterized by 1D and 2D NMR methods. Finally, the unusual association of some Chromodorididae molluscs with sponges containing sesterterpenoids suggests a further analysis of their taxonomical collocation is required.
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页码:582 / 586
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