Note
A sponge of the genus Theonella collected off Perth, Australia, contained a cyclic octapeptide, perthamide B, which weakly inhibited the binding of [125I]IL-1β to intact EL4.6.1 cells with an IC50 of 27.6 μM. The inhibition of binding could however, not be separated from the cytotoxic effects of perthamide B. The structure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods. A cyclic octapeptide perthamide B, which weakly inhibited the binding of [125I]IL-1β to intact EL4.6.1 cells with an IC50 of 27.6 μM, was isolated from a Theonella sp.