Habiterpenol, a novel abrogator of bleomycin-induced G2 arrest in Jurkat cells, produced by Phytohabitans suffuscus 3787_5.

A small molecule named habiterpenol produced by actinomycete Phytohabitans suffuscus 3787_5 was found to abrogate bleomycin-induced G2 arrest in Jurkat cells. Habiterpenol showed no cytotoxic effect on Jurkat cells even at 273 μM; however, the compound inhibited bleomycin-induced G2 arrest in Jurkat cells with an IC50 value of 3.55 μM, while it showed no effect on colchicine-induced M arrest even at 273 μM. These results indicated that habiterpenol selectively abrogated bleomycin-induced G2 arrest in Jurkat cells.