17826-04-9Relevant articles and documents
6-bromoindole-3-carbaldehyde, from an Acinetobacter Sp. Bacterium associated with the ascidian Stomozoa murrayi
Olguin-Uribe,Abou-Mansour,Boulander,Debard,Francisco,Combaut
, p. 2507 - 2521 (1997)
The ascidian Stomozoa murrayi from Caribbean coral reefs is not overgrown by macroepibionts. Chemical extraction of this organism gave 6-bromoindole-3-carbaldehyde (1) and its debromo analog (2). These two compounds, previously obtained from several marine organisms, were also extracted from an Acinetobacter sp. bacterium isolated from the surface of S. murrayi. Compound 1 exhibits in vitro settlement inhibition of barnacle larvae, moderate antibacterial properties, but not antialgal or fish-feeding deterrent activities. Its potential role in contributing to the reduced fouling in S. murrayi is proposed.
Structure-activity relationship for bromoindole carbaldehydes: Effects on the sea urchin embryo cell cycle
Moubax, Isabelle,Bontemps-Subielos, Nathalie,Banaigs, Bernard,Combaut, Georges,Huitorel, Philippe,Girard, Jean-Pierre,Pesando, Danielle
, p. 589 - 596 (2007/10/03)
Natural derivatives of indole-3-carbaldehyde were isolated from the tropical marine ascidian Stomoza murrayi. A series of 13 derivatives, three natural and 10 synthetic (brominated and N-methylated), were examined for their effects on cell division of sea urchin eggs. These derivatives were shown to inhibit the first mitotic cycle in a concentration-dependent manner. By comparing the IC50 values with the structure of the various molecules, we were able to determine that bromination increased the cytotoxicity of the compound with a maximum occurring when bromine was added to carbon number 2, while addition of N-methylation was shown to markedly reduce the cytotoxicity of these same compounds brominated at carbon 2 only. Biological activity of this family of compounds has been characterized, via detailed study of addition of the most active derivative, 2,5,6-tribromoindole-3-carbaldehyde, on macromolecule synthesis and cytoskeleton reorganization during the first mitotic cycle of fertilized sea urchin eggs. Fluorescence localization of chromatin and microtubules revealed that 2,5,6-tribromoindole-3-carbaldehyde allowed pronuclei migration and fusion but prevented the condensation of chromatin, nuclear envelope breakdown, and bipolar mitotic spindle assembly, inducing an arrest of sea urchin embryogenesis at the beginning of mitosis. It is postulated here that this phenotype is likely to be due to a strong inhibition of DNA replication and protein synthesis.