Ascidiathiazones A (
3) and B (
4), t
wo ne
w tricyclic thiazine-containing quinolinequinone alkaloids,
were isolated fromthe Ne
w Zealand ascidian
Aplidium species. Both compounds inhibited the
in vitro production of superoxide by PMA-stimulated human neutrophils in a dose-dependent manner
with IC
50 1.55 ± 0.32 and 0.44 ± 0.09
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M, respectively.
Invivo inhibition of superoxide production by peritoneal neutrophils in a murine model of gout
was observed for bothcompounds
with oral doses of 25.6
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mol/kg. Ascidiathiazone A (
3)
was synthesized in four steps from 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxylic acid.