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. 2021 Apr 12;22(8):3973. doi: 10.3390/ijms22083973

Table 1.

Marine-derived anticancer cyclopeptides.

Name Biological Source Anticancer Activity Reference
Anticancer Cyclopeptides Derived from Sponge
Azumamide A (1) Mycale izuensis HDAC inhibitory activity against K562 cells (IC50 = 0.045 μM); Cytostatic effects on WiDr (IC50 = 5.8 μM) and K562 (IC50 = 4.5 μM) cells [35,36,37,38,39]
Azumamide E (2) Mycale izuensis HDAC inhibitory activity against K562 cells (IC50 = 0.045 μM) [35,36,37,38,39]
Microsclerodermin A (3) Microscleroderma herdmani Induction of apoptosis in AsPC-1 (IC50 = 2.3 µM), BxPC-3 (IC50 = 0.8 µM) and PANC-1 (IC50 = 4.0 µM) cells. [40,41,42]
Leucamide A (4) Leucetta microraphis Inhibitory activities to HM02 (GI50 = 8.5 µM), HepG2 (GI50 = 9.7 µM) and Huh7 (GI50 = 8.3 µM) cells. [43,44]
Carteritin A (5) Sponge, Stylissa carteri Cytotoxicity against HCT116 (IC50 = 1.3 µM), RAW264 (IC50 = 1.5 µM) and HeLa (IC50 = 0.7 µM) cells [45]
Stylissatin B (6) Stylissa massa Inhibitory effects on HCT116, HepG2, BGC823, NCI-H1650, A2780 and MCF7 cells. (IC50 = 2.3 to 10.6 µM) [46]
Cupolamide A (7) Theonella cupola Cytotoxicity against P388 (IC50 = 7.5 µM) cell. [47]
Geodiamolide H (8) Geodia corticostylifera Anti-proliferative activitiy against T47D (EC50 = 38.36 nM) and MCF7 (EC50 = 89.96 nM) cells [48,49,50]
Theopapuamide (9) Theonella swinhoei Cytotoxicity against CEM-TART (EC50 = 0.5 µM) and HCT116 (EC50 = 0.9 µM) cells. [51]
Homophymines A-E (1014) & A1-E1 (1519) Homophymia sp. Anti-proliferative against several cancer cell lines (IC50 = 2 to 100 nM), among which PC3 and OV3 are the most sensitive. [52,53]
Pipestelide A (20) Pipestela candelabra Cytotoxicity against KB (IC50 = 0.1 µM) cell. [54]
Neamphamides B-D (2123) Neamphius huxleyi Cytotoxicity against A549, LNCaP and PC3 cells. (IC50 = 91 to 230 nM) [55,56]
Callipeltins N (24) and O (25) Asteropus sp. Cytotoxicity against A2058, HT29, MCF7 and MRC-5 cells. (IC50 = 0.16 to 0.21 µM and 0.48 to 2.08 µM, respectively) [57]
Pipecolidepsins A (26) and B (27) Homophymia lamellosa Cytotoxicity against A549 (GI50 = 0.6 and 0.04 µM, respectively), HT29 (GI50 = 1.12 and 0.01 µM, respectively) and MDA-MB-231 (GI50 = 0.7 and 0.02 µM, respectively) cells. [58,59,60,61]
Halipeptin D (28) Leiosella cf. arenifibrosa Cytotoxicity against HCT116 cell line (IC50 = 7 nM) and BMS ODCP with an average IC50 value of 420 nM. [62,63]
Reniochalistatin E (29) Reniochalina stalagmitis Cytotoxicity against RPMI-8226 (IC50 = 4.9 μM) and MGC-803 (IC50 = 9.7 μM) cells. [64,65]
Callyaerin G (30) Callyspngia aerizusa Cytotoxicity against L5178Y (ED50 = 4.1 mM) and HeLa (ED50 = 41.8 mM) cells. [66]
Callyaerins E (31) and H (32) Callyspngia aerizusa Cytotoxicity against L5178Y (ED50 = 0.39 and 0.48 μM, respectively). [67]
Scleritodermin A (33) Scleritoderma nodosum Cytotoxicity against HCT116 (IC50 = 1.9 μM), HCT116/VM46 (IC50 = 5.6 μM), A2780 (IC50 = 0.94 μM) and SKBR3 (IC50 = 0.67 μM) cells. [68,69,70]
Calyxamides A (34) and B (35) Discodermia calyx Cytotoxicity against P388 (IC50 = 3.9 and 0.9 μM, respectively) cell. [71]
Keramamide E (36) Theonella sp. Cytotoxicity against L1210 (IC50 = 1.42 µM) and KB (IC50 = 1.38 µM) cells. [72]
Keramamides K (37) and L (38) Theonella sp. Cytotoxicity against L1210 (IC50 = 0.77 and 0.5 µM, respectively) and KB (IC50 = 0.45 and 0.97 µM, respectively) cells. [73]
Keramamides M (39) and N (40) Theonella sp. Cytotoxicity against L1210 (IC50 = 2.02 and 2.33 µM, respectively) and KB (IC50 = 5.05 and 6.23 µM, respectively) cells. [74,75]
Axinellins A (41) and B (42) Axinella carteri Cytotoxicity against NSLC-N6 (IC50 = 16.7 and 29.8 µM, respectively) cell. [76,77]
Stylopeptide 2 (43) Stylotella sp. Inhibition of 23% BT-549 cell growth and 44% Hs578T cell growth at one dose (10−5 M). [78]
Stylissamide X (44) Stylissa sp. Anti-migration effects on HeLa cell. [79,80]
Aciculitins A-C (4547) Aciculites orientalis Cytotoxicity against HCT116 (IC50 = 0.37 µM) cell. [81]
Nazumazoles A-C (4850) Theonella swinhoei Cytotoxicity against P388 (IC50 = 0.83 µM) cell. [82]
Theonellamide G (51) Theonella swinhoei Cytotoxicity against HCT116 (IC50 = 6.0 µM) cell. [83]
Koshikamide B (52) Theonella sp. Cytotoxicity against HCT116 (IC50 = 3.62 µM) and P388 (IC50 = 0.22 µM) cells. [84]
Anticancer Cyclopeptides Derived from Ascidians/Tunicates
Mollamide (53) Ascidian, Didemnum molle Cytotoxicity against P388 (IC50 = 1.24 µM), A549 (IC50 = 3.1 µM), HT29 (IC50 = 3.1 µM) and CV1 (IC50 = 3.1 µM) cells. [87,88]
Mollamide B (54) Tunicate, Didemnum molle Growth inhibition of H460, MCF7 and SF-268 cells. [89]
Trunkamide A (55) Ascidian, Lissoclinum sp. Cytotoxicity against A549, P388, HT29 and MEL28 cells. (IC50 = 0.6 to 1.19 µM) [90,91]
Prepatellamide A (56) Ascidian, Lissoclinum patella Cytotoxicity against P388 cells. (IC50~6.57 µM) [92]
Vitilevuamide (57) Ascidian, Didemnum cuculiferum Cytotoxicity against HCT116 (IC50 = 6.24 nM), A549 (IC50 = 0.12 µM), SKMEL-5 (IC50 = 0.31 µM) and A498 (IC50 = 3.12 µM) cells. [93,94]
Tamandarin A (58) Ascidian, Didemnidae sp. Cytotoxicity against BX-PC3 (IC50 = 1.69 nM), DU145 (IC50 = 1.29 nM), UM-SCC-10B (IC50 = 0.94 nM) cells. [95,96,97]
Comoramides A-B (5960) & Mayotamides A-B (6162) Ascidian, Didemnum molle Cytotoxicity against A549, HT29 and MEL28 cells. (IC50 = 7.22 to 14.97 µM) [98]
Patellin 6 (63) Ascidian, Lissoclinum patella Cytotoxicity against P388, A549, HT29 and CV1 cells. (IC50~2.08 µM) [99]
Cycloforskamide (64) Sea slug, Pleurobranchus forskalii Cytotoxicity against P388 cell (IC50 = 5.8 µM). [100]
Anticancer Cyclopeptides Derived from Mollusks
Keenamide A (65) Mollusk, Pleurobranchus forskali Anti-proliferative activity against A549, P388, MEL20 and HT29 cells. (IC50 = 4.03 to 8.05 µM) [103]
Aurilide (66) Sea hare, Dolabella auricularia Cytotoxicity against HeLa S3 (IC50 = 0.013 µM) cell. Inhibitory activity against ovarian, renal and prostate cancer cells in NCI 60 cell lines. [104,105]
Dolastatin 16 (67) Sea hare, Dolabella auricularia Cytotoxicity against H460 (GI50 = 1.09 nM), KM20L2 (GI50 = 1.37 nM), SF-295 (GI50 = 5.92 nM) and SKMEL-5 (GI50 = 3.75 nM) cells. Anti-proliferative effects against 5 human leukemia cell lines [106]
Doliculide (68) Sea hare, Dolabella auricularia Cytotoxicity against HeLa S3 (IC50 = 1.62 nM) cell. [107,108,109,110]
Kulokekahilide-1 (69) Mollusk, Philinopsis speciosa Cytotoxicity against P388 (IC50 = 2.2 µM) cell. [111]
Kulokekahilide-2 (70) Mollusk, Philinopsis speciosa Cytotoxicity against P388 (IC50 = 4.2 nM), SK-OV-3 (IC50 = 7.5 nM), MDA-MB-435 (IC50 = 14.6 nM) and A-10 (IC50 = 59.1 nM) cells. [112,113,114]
Kahalalide R1 (71) Sea slug, Elysia grandifolia Cytotoxicity against MCF7 (IC50 = 0.14 µM), L1578Y (IC50 = 4.26 nM) cells. [117]
Anticancer Cyclopeptides Derived from Marine Algae
Galaxamide (72) Algae, Galaxaura filamentosa Inhibitory activity against GRC-1 (IC50 = 7.18 μM) and HepG2 (IC50 = 7.81 μM) cells. [119,120]