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Mayer VE, Voglmayr H, Blatrix R, Orivel J, Leroy C. Fungi as mutualistic partners in ant-plant interactions. FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY 2023; 4:1213997. [PMID: 37850069 PMCID: PMC10577302 DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2023.1213997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Associations between fungi and ants living in mutualistic relationship with plants ("plant-ants") have been known for a long time. However, only in recent years has the mutualistic nature, frequency, and geographical extent of associations between tropical arboreal ants with fungi of the ascomycete order Chaetothyriales and Capnodiales (belonging to the so-called "Black Fungi") become clear. Two groups of arboreal ants displaying different nesting strategies are associated with ascomycete fungi: carton-building ants that construct nest walls and galleries on stems, branches or below leaves which are overgrown by fungal hyphae, and plant-ants that make their nests inside living plants (myrmecophytes) in plant provided cavities (domatia) where ants cultivate fungi in small delimited "patches". In this review we summarize the current knowledge about these unsuspected plant-ant-fungus interactions. The data suggest, that at least some of these ant-associated fungi seem to have coevolved with ants over a long period of time and have developed specific adaptations to this lifestyle.
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- Veronika E. Mayer
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research – Division of Structural and Functional Botany, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research – Mycology Research Group, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- CEFE, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Kourou, France
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- EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Kourou, France
- AMAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Nguyen TH, Wang SL, Nguyen VB. Microorganism-Derived Molecules as Enzyme Inhibitors to Target Alzheimer's Diseases Pathways. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:ph16040580. [PMID: 37111337 PMCID: PMC10146315 DOI: 10.3390/ph16040580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. It increases the risk of other serious diseases and causes a huge impact on individuals, families, and socioeconomics. AD is a complex multifactorial disease, and current pharmacological therapies are largely based on the inhibition of enzymes involved in the pathogenesis of AD. Natural enzyme inhibitors are the potential sources for targeting AD treatment and are mainly collected from plants, marine organisms, or microorganisms. In particular, microbial sources have many advantages compared to other sources. While several reviews on AD have been reported, most of these previous reviews focused on presenting and discussing the general theory of AD or overviewing enzyme inhibitors from various sources, such as chemical synthesis, plants, and marine organisms, while only a few reviews regarding microbial sources of enzyme inhibitors against AD are available. Currently, multi-targeted drug investigation is a new trend for the potential treatment of AD. However, there is no review that has comprehensively discussed the various kinds of enzyme inhibitors from the microbial source. This review extensively addresses the above-mentioned aspect and simultaneously updates and provides a more comprehensive view of the enzyme targets involved in the pathogenesis of AD. The emerging trend of using in silico studies to discover drugs concerning AD inhibitors from microorganisms and perspectives for further experimental studies are also covered here.
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- Thi Hanh Nguyen
- Doctoral Program in Applied Sciences, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Environment, Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot 630000, Vietnam
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Guo Z, Abulaizi A, Huang L, Xiong Z, Zhang S, Liu T, Wang R. Discovery of p-Terphenyl Metabolites as Potential Phosphodiesterase PDE4D Inhibitors from the Coral-Associated Fungus Aspergillus sp. ITBBc1. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:679. [PMID: 36355001 PMCID: PMC9696254 DOI: 10.3390/md20110679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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Chemical investigation of the fermentation extract of the coral-associated fungus Aspergillus sp. ITBBc1 led to the discovery of five unreported p-terphenyl derivatives, sanshamycins A-E (1-5), together with five previously described analogues, terphenyllin (6), 3-hydroxyterphenyllin (7), candidusin A (8), 4,5-dimethoxycandidusin A (9), and candidusin C (10). Their structures were elucidated by HRESIMS data and NMR spectroscopic analysis. Compound 1 represents the first example of p-terphenyls with an aldehyde substitution on the benzene ring. Compounds 2-4 feature varying methoxyl and isopentenyl substitutions, while compound 5 features a five-membered lactone linked to a biphenyl. These findings expand the chemical diversity of the family of p-terphenyl natural products. Compounds 1-6 and 9 were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against type 4 phosphodiesterase (PDE4), which is a fascinating drug target for treatment of inflammatory, respiratory, and neurological diseases. Compound 3 was the most potent and exhibited PDE4D inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 5.543 µM.
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- Zhikai Guo
- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Functional Biomolecules, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570208, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences & Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Hainan Testing Center for the Quality and Safety of Aquatic Products, Hainan Aquatic Technology Extension Station, Haikou 570206, China
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- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Maricultural Technologies, Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences, Haikou 571126, China
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Bailly C. Anti-inflammatory and anticancer p-terphenyl derivatives from fungi of the genus Thelephora. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 70:116935. [PMID: 35901638 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Fungi from the genus Thelephora have been exploited to identify bioactive compounds. The main natural products characterized are para-terphenyl derivatives, chiefly represented by the lead anti-inflammatory compound vialinin A isolated from species T. vialis and T. terrestris. Different series of p-terphenyls have been identified, including vialinins, ganbajunins, terrestrins, telephantins and other products. Their mechanism of action is not always clearly identified, and different potential molecule targets have been proposed. The lead vialinin A functions as a protease inhibitor, efficiently targeting ubiquitin-specific peptidases USP4/5 and sentrin-specific protease SENP1 which are prominent anti-inflammatory and anticancer targets. Protease inhibition is coupled with a powerful inhibition of the cellular production of tumor necrosis factor TNFα. Other mechanisms contributing to the anti-inflammatory or anti-proliferative action of these p-terphenyl compounds have been invoked, including the formation of cytotoxic copper complexes for derivatives bearing a catechol central unit such vialinin A, terrestrin B and telephantin O. These p-terphenyl compounds could be further exploited to design novel anticancer agents, as evidenced with the parent compound terphenyllin (essentially found in Aspergillus species) which has revealed marked antitumor and anti-metastatic effects in xenograft models of gastric and pancreatic cancer. This review shed light on the structural and functional diversity of p-terphenyls compounds isolated from Thelephora species, their molecular targets and pharmacological properties.
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- Christian Bailly
- OncoWitan, Scientific Consulting Office, Lille (Wasquehal) 59290, France.
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Liquid-crystalline 1,4-benzoquinone derivative: Self-assembling behavior and redox properties. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sakthivel P, Adarsh Krishna TP, Ilangovan A. Photocatalyzed Chemo‐Selective Alkylation of Quinones and Phenothiazinones with Alkyl Amides: Photophysical and Cytotoxic Activity Studies. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202100054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Pandaram Sakthivel
- School of Chemistry Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli 620024 India
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- School of Chemistry Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli 620024 India
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Xu Y, Wang Y, Wu D, He W, Wang L, Zhu W. p-Terphenyls From Aspergillus sp. GZWMJZ-055: Identification, Derivation, Antioxidant and α-Glycosidase Inhibitory Activities. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:654963. [PMID: 33717048 PMCID: PMC7947296 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.654963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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One new (1) and fifteen known (2–16) p-terphenyls were isolated from a solid culture of the endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. GZWMJZ-055 by adding the leaves of its host Eucommia ulmoides. Furthermore, nine p-terphenyls (17–25) were synthesized from the main compounds (5–7), among which derivatives 18, 19, 21, 22, and 25 are new p-terphenyls. Compounds 15 and 16 were also, respectively, synthesized from compounds 6 and 7 by oxidative cyclization of air in the presence of silica gel. These p-terphenyls especially those with 4,2′,4″-trihydroxy (4–7, 20, 21) or 4, 4″-dihydroxy-1,2,1′,2′-furan (15, 16) substituted nucleus, exhibited significant antioxidant and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities and lower cytotoxicity to caco-2 cells. The results indicated their potential use as lead compounds or dietary supplements for treating or preventing the diabetes.
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- Yanchao Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Wang NN, Liu CY, Wang T, Li YL, Xu K, Lou HX. Two New Quinazoline Derivatives from the Moss Endophytic Fungus Aspergillus sp. and Their Anti-inflammatory Activity. NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING 2021; 11:105-110. [PMID: 33219498 PMCID: PMC7933300 DOI: 10.1007/s13659-020-00287-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Two new quinazoline derivatives versicomides E (1) and F (2), and 10 known compounds (3-12) were isolated from the moss endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. Their structures were determined on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data analysis and ECD calculations. Among them, the compound 7 (6-hydroxy-3-methoxyviridicatin) was first reported as a natural product. Inhibition on LPS-induced NO production in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages found that compounds 5, 7 and 8 showed significant inhibitory effects on NO production, with IC50 values of 49.85, 22.14 and 46.02 μM respectively.
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- Ning-Ning Wang
- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
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New cassane-type diterpenoids from kernels of Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. and their inhibitory activities on phosphodiesterase (PDE) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) expression. Bioorg Chem 2020; 96:103573. [PMID: 31962203 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In this paper, chemical investigation on the chloroform soluble fraction of seed kernels of Caesalpinia bonduc resulted in the isolation of five new cassane diterpenoids: norcaesalpinin O (1), norcaesalpinin P (2), caesalpinin MQ (3), caesall O/P (4/5) and seven known compounds (6-12). Compounds structures were elucidated by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 2D NMR, HR-MS and ECD (electronic circular dichroism) spectral analysis. The characters for new compounds with the presence of an aromatized C ring or demethyl group at C-17 position in the structures were found. By means of bioactive screenings, the inhibitory effect on type-4 phosphodiesterase (PDE4, the target protein of asthma disease) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) expression were valued. Compound 1 was found to exhibit moderate inhibitory activity on PDE4 and much better binding affinity than other structures by docking studies for interaction analyzing. Compounds 6, 10 and 11 displayed considerable inhibitory strength against NF-κB expression with inhibitory ratio 48.6%, 42.9% and 37.1% at 10 µM, respectively. The isolation of cassane-type diterpenoids with anti-inflammation activity from C. bonduc implied that this plant might be a good source for anti-inflammation agents finding.
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Woo S, Kang KB, Kim J, Sung SH. Molecular Networking Reveals the Chemical Diversity of Selaginellin Derivatives, Natural Phosphodiesterase-4 Inhibitors from Selaginella tamariscina. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2019; 82:1820-1830. [PMID: 31244143 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Selaginellins are unique pigments found in the genus Selaginella, the largest genus of Lycopodiophyta. Recent studies reported that some selaginellin analogues have potent phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitory activity. In this study, the chemical diversity of natural selaginellin derivatives was revealed by an MS/MS molecular networking-based dereplication of the Selaginella tamariscina extract. It led to the prioritization of chromatographic peaks predicted as previously unknown selaginellin derivatives. Targeted isolation of these compounds afforded two unusual selaginellin analogues with a 1H,3H-dibenzo[de,h]isochromene skeleton, namely, selariscins A (1) and B (2), along with eight new diarylfluorene derivatives, selaginpulvilins M-T (3-10), and five known analogues, 11-15. The absolute configurations of 1, 2, and 8-10 were elucidated by spectroscopic data analyses including computational electronic circular dichroism data. Compounds 1 and 3-10 showed PDE4 inhibitory activity with IC50 values in the range of 2.8-33.8 μM, and their binding modes are suggested by a molecular docking study.
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- Sunmin Woo
- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy , Sookmyung Women's University , Seoul 04310 , Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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Sangsopha W, Lekphrom R, Schevenels FT, Saksirirat W, Bua-Art S, Kanokmedhakul K, Kanokmedhakul S. New p-terphenyl and benzoquinone metabolites from the bioluminescent mushroom Neonothopanus nambi. Nat Prod Res 2019; 34:2186-2193. [PMID: 30810369 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1578763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Two new p-terphenyls, neonambiterphenyls A and B (1-2), a new benzoquinone, neonambiquinone A (3), together with six known sesquiterpenes (4-9), were isolated from the bioluminescent mushroom Neonothopanus nambi PW3. The isolated compounds were identified by mass, IR and spectroscopic analyses (1D and 2D NMR). Compounds 1-3 and 5-7 showed cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines such as KB, NCI-H187 and MCF-7 with IC50 values ranging from 1.45 to 49.31 µg/mL. In addition, compounds 1 and 5 showed cytotoxicity against Vero cells with IC50 values of 38.72 and 32.90 µg/mL, respectively.
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- Watchara Sangsopha
- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center for Sustainable Economy, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Agriculture, Plant Pathology Research Group Plant Protection Research and Development Office, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Xu K, Gao Y, Li YL, Xie F, Zhao ZT, Lou HX. Cytotoxic p-Terphenyls from the Endolichenic Fungus Floricola striata. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:2041-2049. [PMID: 30137985 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Eleven new p-terphenyls, floricolins K-U (1-11), together with 13 biosynthetically related known compounds (12-24) were isolated from an endolichenic fungus, Floricola striata. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements. The newly isolated p-terphenyls inhibited the growth of A2780, MCF-7, and A549 cell lines. Further evaluation for the multidrug resistance (MDR) reversal activity of compound 5 revealed it enhanced the sensitivity of MCF-7/ADR cells toward adriamycin 39-fold at 10 μM through modulating P-glycoprotein-mediated drug exclusion.
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- Ke Xu
- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road , Jinan 250012 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road , Jinan 250012 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road , Jinan 250012 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road , Jinan 250012 , People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences , Shandong Normal University , No. 88 East Wenhua Road , Jinan 250014 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road , Jinan 250012 , People's Republic of China
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Li W, Li XB, Lou HX. Structural and biological diversity of natural p-terphenyls. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH 2018; 20:1-13. [PMID: 29027823 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2017.1381089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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p-Terphenyls consisting of a C-18 tricyclic or polycyclic C-18 aromatic skeleton, have diverse structures because of the variation of the middle ring and the connections between the rings, and to the main skeleton. p-Terphenyls have recently been found to exhibit various biological activities such as cytotoxic, α-glucosidase inhibitory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activity. In this review, we briefly summarized the structural varieties, biosyntheses, and bioactivities of natural p-terphenyl derivatives referring to the recent 10 years' publications.
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- Wei Li
- a Pharmacy Department of Suqian People's Hospital , Drum Tower Hospital Group of Nanjing , Suqian 223800 , China
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- b Key Laboratory for Biosensor of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory for Drug Screening Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Shandong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Biological Testing Technology , Biology Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences , Jinan 250014 , China
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- c Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Shandong University , Jinan 250012 , China
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Rivera-Chávez J, Raja HA, Graf TN, Gallagher JM, Metri P, Xue D, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. Prealamethicin F50 and related peptaibols from Trichoderma arundinaceum: Validation of their authenticity via in situ chemical analysis. RSC Adv 2017; 7:45733-45751. [PMID: 29379602 PMCID: PMC5786278 DOI: 10.1039/c7ra09602j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the field of natural products chemistry, a common question pertains to the authenticity of an isolated compound, i.e. are the interesting side chains biosynthesized naturally or an artefact of the isolation/purification processes? The droplet-liquid microjunction-surface sampling probe (droplet-LMJ-SSP) coupled to a hyphenated system (UPLC-UV-HRESIMS) empowers the analysis of natural product sources in situ, providing data on the biosynthetic timing and spatial distribution of secondary metabolites. In this study the droplet-LMJ-SSP was utilized to validate the authenticity of two new peptaibols (2 and 3) as biosynthesized secondary metabolites, even though both them had structural features that could be perceived as artefacts. Compounds 2 and 3 were isolated from the scaled up fermentation of Trichoderma arundinaceum (strain MSX70741), along with a new member of the trichobrevin BIII complex (1), and four known compounds (4-7). The structures of the isolates were established using a set of spectroscopic and spectrometric methods, and their absolute configurations were determined by Marfey's analysis. The cytotoxic activity of compounds 1, 3, 4 and 6 was evaluated against a panel of cancer cell lines, where cytotoxic activity in the single digit μM range was observed.
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- José Rivera-Chávez
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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Intaraudom C, Bunbamrung N, Dramae A, Boonyuen N, Kongsaeree P, Srichomthong K, Supothina S, Pittayakhajonwut P. Terphenyl derivatives and drimane - Phathalide/isoindolinones from Hypoxylon fendleri BCC32408. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2017; 139:8-17. [PMID: 28384525 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The genus Hypoxylon, a member of the family Xylariaceae, has been known to produce significant secondary metabolites in terms of chemical diversity. Moreover, the compounds isolated can also be used as chemotaxonomic characters for differentiation among the two sections, which are sect. Annulata and sect. Hypoxylon. In our continuing chemical screening programme for novel compounds, the crude extracts of H. fendleri BCC32408 gave significant chemical profiles in HPLC analyses. Thus, the chemical investigation of these crude extracts was then carried out. The investigation led to the isolation of ten previously undescribed compounds including three terphenylquinones (fendleryls A - C), one terphenyl (fendleryl D), and six novel drimane - phthalide-type lactone/isoindolinones derivatives (fendlerinines A - F) along with seven known compounds (2-O-methylatromentin, rickenyl E, atromentin, rickenyls C - D, (+)-ramulosin, and O-hydroxyphenyl acetic acid). The chemical structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses, including 1D, 2D NMR and high-resolution mass spectrometry, as well as chemical transformations. In addition, these isolated compounds were assessed for antimicrobial activity including antimalarial (against Plasmodium falciparum, K-1 strain), antifungal (against Candida albicans), antibacterial (against Bacillus cereus) activities. Cytotoxicity against both cancerous (KB, MCF-7, NCI-H187) and non-cancerous (Vero) cells of these compounds were also evaluated.
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- Chakapong Intaraudom
- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand; Center for Excellence in Protein Structure and Function, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand.
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Brooks WC, Paguigan ND, Raja HA, Moy FJ, Cech NB, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. qNMR for profiling the production of fungal secondary metabolites. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2017; 55:670-676. [PMID: 28024162 PMCID: PMC5459663 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Analysis of complex mixtures is a common challenge in natural products research. Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy offers analysis of complex mixtures at early stages and with benefits that are orthogonal to more common methods of quantitation, including ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Several experiments were conducted to construct a methodology for use in analysis of extracts of fungal cultures. A broadly applicable method was sought for analysis of both pure and complex samples through use of an externally calibrated method. This method has the benefit of not contaminating valuable samples with the calibrant, and it passed scrutiny for line fitting and reproducibility. The method was implemented to measure the yield of griseofulvin and dechlorogriseofulvin from three fungal isolates. An isolate of Xylaria cubensis (coded MSX48662) was found to biosynthesize griseofulvin in the greatest yield, 149 ± 8 mg per fermentation, and was selected for further supply experiments. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Wilson C. Brooks
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Mycosynthetix, Inc., 505 Meadowland Drive, Suite 103, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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Rivera-Chávez J, Raja HA, Graf TN, Burdette JE, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. Biosynthesis of Fluorinated Peptaibols Using a Site-Directed Building Block Incorporation Approach. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2017; 80:1883-1892. [PMID: 28594169 PMCID: PMC5485375 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Synthetic biological approaches, such as site-directed biosynthesis, have contributed to the expansion of the chemical space of natural products, making possible the biosynthesis of unnatural metabolites that otherwise would be difficult to access. Such methods may allow the incorporation of fluorine, an atom rarely found in nature, into complex secondary metabolites. Organofluorine compounds and secondary metabolites have both played pivotal roles in the development of drugs; however, their discovery and development are often via nonintersecting tracks. In this context, we used the biosynthetic machinery of Trichoderma arundinaceum (strain MSX70741) to incorporate a fluorine atom into peptaibol-type molecules in a site-selective manner. Thus, fermentation of strain MSX70741 in media containing ortho- and meta-F-phenylalanine resulted in the biosynthesis of two new fluorine-containing alamethicin F50 derivatives. The fluorinated products were characterized using spectroscopic (1D and 2D NMR, including 19F) and spectrometric (HRESIMS/MSn) methods, and their absolute configurations were established by Marfey's analysis. Fluorine-containing alamethicin F50 derivatives exhibited potency analogous to the nonfluorinated parent when evaluated against a panel of human cancer cell lines. Importantly, the biosynthesis of fluorinated alamethicin F50 derivatives by strain MSX70741 was monitored in situ using a droplet-liquid microjunction-surface sampling probe coupled to a hyphenated system.
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- José Rivera-Chávez
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27412, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27412, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27412, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Mycosynthetix, Inc., 505 Meadowlands Drive, Suite 103, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27412, United States
- E-mail: . Tel: 336-334-5474
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Li W, Gao W, Zhang M, Li YL, Li L, Li XB, Chang WQ, Zhao ZT, Lou HX. p-Terphenyl Derivatives from the Endolichenic Fungus Floricola striata. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2016; 79:2188-94. [PMID: 27557136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Ten new p-terphenyl derivatives, floricolins A-J (1-10), together with six known compounds (11-16), were isolated from the extract of the endolichenic fungus Floricola striata. Chemical structures of these compounds were elucidated using spectroscopic data (HRESIMS and NMR). Among them, 9 and 10 were enantiomeric mixtures, and their configurations were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis using Cu Kα radiation. Evaluation of the isolated compounds against Candida albicans revealed that the most active compound, 3 (MIC 8 μg/mL), exerted fungicidal action by destruction of the cell membrane.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University , No. 88 East Wenhua Road, Jinan 250014, China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University , No. 88 East Wenhua Road, Jinan 250014, China
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, China
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Smolibowska J, Szymański M, Szymański A. Medicinal properties of fungi occurring on Betula sp. trees. A review. HERBA POLONICA 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/hepo-2016-0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The article presents the chemical costituents and pharmacological properties of polyporoid fungi found on birch, namely Piptoporus betulinus, Inonotus obliquus, Lenzites betulina, Fomes fomentarius, and Trametes versicolor. The in vitro and in vivo studies on the effect of different extracts from above-mentioned fungi on the human organism shown anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial and immunostimulant activity, conditioned by the presence of such compounds as polysaccharides, polyphenols or terpenes. These fungi are commonly found in Poland and may superbly compete with Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) or Lentinula edodes (Shitake) used in Asia for medicinal purposes.
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- Joanna Smolibowska
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 4, 60–781 Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 4, 60–781 Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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AIM Fungi are valuable resources for bioactive secondary metabolites. However, the chemical space of fungal secondary metabolites has been studied only on a limited basis. Herein, we report a comprehensive chemoinformatic analysis of a unique set of 207 fungal metabolites isolated and characterized in a USA National Cancer Institute funded drug discovery project. RESULTS Comparison of the molecular complexity of the 207 fungal metabolites with approved anticancer and nonanticancer drugs, compounds in clinical studies, general screening compounds and molecules Generally Recognized as Safe revealed that fungal metabolites have high degree of complexity. Molecular fingerprints showed that fungal metabolites are as structurally diverse as other natural products and have, in general, drug-like physicochemical properties. CONCLUSION Fungal products represent promising candidates to expand the medicinally relevant chemical space. This work is a significant expansion of an analysis reported years ago for a smaller set of compounds (less than half of the ones included in the present work) from filamentous fungi using different structural properties.
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Kaur A, Raja HA, Swenson DC, Agarwal R, Deep G, Falkinham JO, Oberlies NH. Talarolutins A-D: Meroterpenoids from an endophytic fungal isolate of Talaromyces minioluteus. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2016; 126:4-10. [PMID: 27048854 PMCID: PMC4861051 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Four meroterpenoids [talarolutins A-D] and one known compound [purpurquinone A] were characterized from an endophytic fungal isolate of Talaromyces minioluteus (G413), which was obtained from the leaves of the medicinal plant milk thistle [Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. (Asteraceae)]. The structures of talarolutins A-D were determined by the analysis of various NMR and MS techniques. The relative and absolute configuration of talarolutin A was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. A combination of NOESY data and comparisons of ECD spectra were employed to assign the relative and absolute configuration of the other analogs. Talarolutins B-D were tested for cytotoxicity against human prostate carcinoma (PC-3) cell line, antimicrobial activity, and induction of quinone reductase; no notable bioactivity was observed in any assay.
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- Amninder Kaur
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
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Sy-Cordero AA, Figueroa M, Raja HA, Meza Aviña ME, Croatt MP, Adcock AF, Kroll DJ, Wani MC, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. Spiroscytalin, a new tetramic acid and other metabolites of mixed biogenesis from Scytalidium cuboideum. Tetrahedron 2015; 71:8899-904. [PMID: 26525642 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.09.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Spiroscytalin (1), a new tetramic acid that possesses an uncommon spiro-ring fusion between a polyketide-derived octalin ring system and a 2,4-pyrrolidinedione, along with two known compounds, leporin B (2) and purpactin A (3), were isolated from a solid phase culture of the fungus Scytalidium cuboideum (MSX 68345). The molecular connectivity of 1-3 was determined using NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The relative configurations of 1 and 2 were determined by NOESY experiments. The absolute configuration of 1 was determined by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) via a combination of experimental measurements and computational calculations. While leporin B was known, it displayed activities that had not been reported previously, including cytotoxicity against three human tumor cell lines and antibacterial activity against Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus.
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- Arlene A Sy-Cordero
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico DF 04510, Mexico
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BRITE, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BRITE, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, United States
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- Natural Products Laboratory, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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Kuhnert E, Surup F, Herrmann J, Huch V, Müller R, Stadler M. Rickenyls A-E, antioxidative terphenyls from the fungus Hypoxylon rickii (Xylariaceae, Ascomycota). PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2015; 118:68-73. [PMID: 26296745 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Our screening efforts for new natural products with interesting bioactivity have revealed the neotropical ascomycete Hypoxylon rickii as a prolific source. We isolated five secondary metabolites with a p-terphenyl backbone from the mycelial extract of a fermentation of this fungus in 70 l scale by using RP-HPLC, which were named rickenyls A-E (1-5). Their structures were elucidated by X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, complemented by HRESIMS. Two of the compounds contained a quinone core structure in ortho (2) and para-position (5), respectively. We obtained 2 spontaneously and by lead tetraacetate oxidation from 1. All compounds were screened for antimicrobial, antioxidative and cytotoxic activities. Rickenyl A (1) exhibited strong antioxidative effects and moderate cytotoxic activity against various cancer cell lines.
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- Eric Kuhnert
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), Partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), Partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), Partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University Campus, Building C2.3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Universität des Saarlandes, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), Partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University Campus, Building C2.3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI), Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research Association (DZIF), Partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Kaur A, Raja HA, Darveaux BA, Chen WL, Swanson SM, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. New diketopiperazine dimer from a filamentous fungal isolate of Aspergillus sydowii. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2015; 53:616-9. [PMID: 26040447 PMCID: PMC4692248 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- Amninder Kaur
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Mycosynthetix, Inc., 505 Meadowlands Drive, Suite 103, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, United States
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- Mycosynthetix, Inc., 505 Meadowlands Drive, Suite 103, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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Bussey RO, Kaur A, Todd DA, Egan JM, El-Elimat T, Graf TN, Raja HA, Oberlies NH, Cech NB. Comparison of the chemistry and diversity of endophytes isolated from wild-harvested and greenhouse-cultivated yerba mansa ( Anemopsis californica). PHYTOCHEMISTRY LETTERS 2015; 11:202-208. [PMID: 25642298 PMCID: PMC4307022 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2014.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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With this study, we explored the identity and chemistry of fungal endophytes from the roots of yerba mansa [Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. (Saururaceae)], a botanical traditionally used to treat infection. We compared the diversity of fungal endophytes isolated from a wild-harvested A. californica population, and those from plants cultivated for one year in a greenhouse environment. The wild-harvested population yielded thirteen fungal strains (eleven unique genotypes). Of the extracts prepared from these fungi, four inhibited growth of Staphylococcus aureus by >25% at 20 µg/mL, and three inhibited growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by ≥20% at 200 µg/mL. By comparison, A. californica roots after one year of cultivation in the greenhouse produced only two unique genotypes, neither of which displayed significant antimicrobial activity. The fungus Chaetomium cupreum isolated from wild-harvested A. californica yielded a new antimicrobial spirolactone, chaetocuprum (1). An additional fourteen known compounds were identified using LC-MS dereplication of the various fungal endophytes. This study provides new insights into the identity and chemistry of A. californica fungal endophytes, and demonstrates the importance of considering growing conditions when pursuing natural product drug discovery from endophytic fungi.
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- Corresponding Author. ; phone 336-324-5011; fax 336-324-5402
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El-Elimat T, Figueroa M, Raja HA, Graf TN, Swanson SM, Falkinham JO, Wani MC, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. Biosynthetically Distinct Cytotoxic Polyketides from Setophoma terrestris.. European J Org Chem 2015; 2015:109-121. [PMID: 25574154 PMCID: PMC4283843 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201402984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sixteen polyketides belonging to diverse structural classes, including monomeric/dimeric tetrahydroxanthones and resorcylic acid lactones, were isolated from an organic extract of a fungal culture Setophoma terrestris (MSX45109) using bioactivity-directed fractionation as part of a search for anticancer leads from filamentous fungi. Of these, six were new: penicillixanthone B (5), blennolide H (6), 11-deoxy blennolide D (7), blennolide I (9), blennolide J (10), and pyrenomycin (16). The known compounds were: secalonic acid A (1), secalonic acid E (2), secalonic acid G (3), penicillixanthone A (4), paecilin B (8), aigialomycin A (11), hypothemycin (12), dihydrohypothemycin (13), pyrenochaetic acid C (14), and nidulalin B (15). The structures were elucidated using a set of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques; the absolute configurations of compounds 1-10 were determined using ECD spectroscopy combined with time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations, while a modified Mosher's ester method was used for compound 16. The cytotoxic activities of compounds (1-15) were evaluated using the MDA-MB-435 (melanoma) and SW-620 (colon) cancer cell lines. Compounds 1, 4, and 12 were the most potent with IC50 values ranging from 0.16 to 2.14 μM. When tested against a panel of bacteria and fungi, compounds 3 and 5 showed promising activity against the Gram-positive bacterium Micrococcus luteus with MIC values of 5 and 15 μg/mL, respectively.
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- Tamam El-Elimat
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States, Homepage: http://www.uncg.edu/che/Group_Research_Page/NicholasOberlies
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico DF 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States, Homepage: http://www.uncg.edu/che/Group_Research_Page/NicholasOberlies
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States, Homepage: http://www.uncg.edu/che/Group_Research_Page/NicholasOberlies
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Natural Products Laboratory, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park NC 27709 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States, Homepage: http://www.uncg.edu/che/Group_Research_Page/NicholasOberlies
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Nepel M, Voglmayr H, Schönenberger J, Mayer VE. High diversity and low specificity of chaetothyrialean fungi in carton galleries in a neotropical ant-plant association. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112756. [PMID: 25398091 PMCID: PMC4232418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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New associations have recently been discovered between arboreal ants that live on myrmecophytic plants, and different groups of fungi. Most of the – usually undescribed – fungi cultured by the ants belong to the order Chaetothyriales (Ascomycetes). Chaetothyriales occur in the nesting spaces provided by the host plant, and form a major part of the cardboard-like material produced by the ants for constructing nests and runway galleries. Until now, the fungi have been considered specific to each ant species. We focus on the three-way association between the plant Tetrathylacium macrophyllum (Salicaceae), the ant Azteca brevis (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and various chaetothyrialean fungi. Azteca brevis builds extensive runway galleries along branches of T. macrophyllum. The carton of the gallery walls consists of masticated plant material densely pervaded by chaetothyrialean hyphae. In order to characterise the specificity of the ant–fungus association, fungi from the runway galleries of 19 ant colonies were grown as pure cultures and analyzed using partial SSU, complete ITS, 5.8S and partial LSU rDNA sequences. This gave 128 different fungal genotypes, 78% of which were clustered into three monophyletic groups. The most common fungus (either genotype or approximate species-level OTU) was found in the runway galleries of 63% of the investigated ant colonies. This indicates that there can be a dominant fungus but, in general, a wider guild of chaetothyrialean fungi share the same ant mutualist in Azteca brevis.
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- Maximilian Nepel
- Division of Structural and Functional Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Structural and Functional Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Structural and Functional Botany, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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El-Elimat T, Raja H, Day CS, Chen WL, Swanson SM, Oberlies NH. Greensporones: resorcylic acid lactones from an aquatic Halenospora sp. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2014; 77:2088-98. [PMID: 25093280 PMCID: PMC4176394 DOI: 10.1021/np500497r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Fourteen new resorcylic acid lactones (1-14) were isolated from an organic extract of a culture of a freshwater aquatic fungus Halenospora sp. originating from a stream in North Carolina. The structures were elucidated using a set of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques. The absolute configuration of one representative member of the compounds (7) was assigned using X-ray crystallography of an analogue that incorporated a heavy atom, whereas for compounds 8-11, a modified Mosher's ester method was utilized. The relative configurations of compounds 12-14 were determined on the basis of NOE data. Compounds 12-14 were proposed as artifacts produced by intramolecular cycloetherification of the ε-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated ketone moieties of the parent compounds during the purification processes. The isolated compounds, except for 8 and 12, were tested against the MDA-MB-435 (melanoma) and HT-29 (colon) cancer cell lines. Compound 5 was the most potent, with IC50 values of 2.9 and 7.5 μM, respectively. The compounds were evaluated as TAK1-TAB1 inhibitors but were found to be inactive.
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- Tamam El-Elimat
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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A. Raja
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
- Phone: 336-334-5474. E-mail:
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Sorbicillinoid analogs with cytotoxic and selective anti-Aspergillus activities from Scytalidium album. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2014; 68:191-6. [PMID: 25248727 PMCID: PMC4372511 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2014.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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As part of an ongoing project to explore filamentous fungi for anticancer and antibiotic leads, eleven compounds were isolated and identified from an organic extract of the fungus Scytalidium album (MSX51631) using bioactivity-directed fractionation against human cancer cell lines. Of these, eight were a series of sorbicillinoid analogues (1–8), of which four were new [scalbucillin A (2), scalbucillin B (3), scalbucillin C (6), and scalbucillin D (8)], two were phthalides (9–10), and one was naphthalenone (11). Compounds (1–11) were tested in the MDA-MB-435 (melanoma) and SW-620 (colon) cancer cell lines. Compound 1 was the most potent with IC50 values of 1.5 and 0.5 μM, respectively, followed by compound 5, with IC50 values of 2.3 and 2.5 μM at 72 h. Compound 1 showed a 48-h IC50 value of 3.1 μM when tested against the lymphocytic leukemia cell line OSU-CLL, while the nearly identical compound 5 had almost no activity in this assay. Compounds 1 and 5 showed selective and equipotent activity against Aspergillus niger with minimum inhibitory concentration values of 0.05 and 0.04 μg/ml (0.20 and 0.16 μM), respectively. The in vitro hemolytic activity against sheep erythrocytes of compounds 1 and 5 was investigated and were found to provoke 10% hemolysis at 52.5 and 45.0 μg/ml, respectively, indicative of a promising safety factor.
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El-Elimat T, Raja HA, Figueroa M, Falkinham JO, Oberlies NH. Isochromenones, isobenzofuranone, and tetrahydronaphthalenes produced by Paraphoma radicina, a fungus isolated from a freshwater habitat. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2014; 104:114-120. [PMID: 24833033 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Six isochromenones (1-6), clearanols F (5) and G (6), one isobenzofuranone (7), and two tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives (8 and radinaphthalenone (9)), were isolated and identified from a culture of the fungus Paraphoma radicina, which was isolated from submerged wood in a freshwater lake. Compounds 5, 6 and 9 were previously unknown. The structures were elucidated using a set of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques; the absolute configurations of compounds 5 and 6 were determined by comparison of their experimental ECD measurements with values predicted by TDDFT calculations. Compounds 1-9 were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against an array of bacteria and fungi. The inhibitory activity of compound 4 against Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation was evaluated.
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- Tamam El-Elimat
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico DF 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States.
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Figueroa M, Jarmusch AK, Raja H, El-Elimat T, Kavanaugh JS, Horswill AR, Cooks RG, Cech NB, Oberlies NH. Polyhydroxyanthraquinones as quorum sensing inhibitors from the guttates of Penicillium restrictum and their analysis by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2014; 77:1351-8. [PMID: 24911880 PMCID: PMC4073659 DOI: 10.1021/np5000704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The endophytic fungus Penicillium restrictum was isolated from the stems of a milk thistle (Silybum marianum) plant. In culture, the fungus produced distinct red guttates, which have been virtually uninvestigated, particularly from the standpoint of chemistry. Hence, this study examined the chemical mycology of P. restrictum and, in doing so, uncovered a series of both known and new polyhydroxyanthraquinones (1-9). These compounds were quorum sensing inhibitors in a clinical isolate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), with IC50 values ranging from 8 to 120 μM, suggesting antivirulence potential for the compounds. Moreover, the spatial and temporal distribution of the polyhydroxyanthraquinones was examined in situ via desorption electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) imaging, demonstrating the first application of this technique to a guttate-forming fungus and revealing both the concentration of secondary metabolites at the ventral surface of the fungus and their variance in colonies of differing ages.
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- Mario Figueroa
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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A. Raja
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department
of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department
of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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Structural Study on a Naturally Occurring Terphenyl Quinone. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 77:1529-32. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.130199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Deb A, Agasti S, Saboo T, Maiti D. Generation of Arylated Quinones by Iron-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylation of Phenols: Formal Synthesis of Phellodonin, Sarcodonin ε, Leucomelone and Betulinan A. Adv Synth Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201301084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Deng J, Lu C, Li S, Hao H, Li Z, Zhu J, Li Y, Shen Y. p-Terphenyl O-β-glucuronides, DNA topoisomerase inhibitors from Streptomyces sp. LZ35ΔgdmAI. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:1362-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2013] [Revised: 12/01/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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El-Elimat T, Raja HA, Graf TN, Faeth SH, Cech NB, Oberlies NH. Flavonolignans from Aspergillus iizukae, a fungal endophyte of milk thistle (Silybum marianum). JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2014; 77:193-9. [PMID: 24456525 DOI: 10.1021/np400955q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Silybin A (1), silybin B (2), and isosilybin A (3), three of the seven flavonolignans that constitute silymarin, an extract of the fruits of milk thistle (Silybum marianum), were detected for the first time from a fungal endophyte, Aspergillus iizukae, isolated from the surface-sterilized leaves of S. marianum. The flavonolignans were identified using a UPLC-PDA-HRMS-MS/MS method by matching retention times, HRMS, and MS/MS data with authentic reference compounds. Attenuation of flavonolignan production was observed following successive subculturing of the original flavonolignan-producing culture, as is often the case with endophytes that produce plant-based secondary metabolites. However, production of 1 and 2 resumed when attenuated spores were harvested from cultures grown on a medium to which autoclaved leaves of S. marianum were added. The cycle of attenuation followed by resumed biosynthesis of these flavonolignans was replicated in triplicate.
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- Tamam El-Elimat
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro , Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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VanderMolen KM, Raja HA, El-Elimat T, Oberlies NH. Evaluation of culture media for the production of secondary metabolites in a natural products screening program. AMB Express 2013; 3:71. [PMID: 24342059 PMCID: PMC3917616 DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-3-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Variation in the growing environment can have significant impacts on the quantity and diversity of fungal secondary metabolites. In the industrial setting, optimization of growing conditions can lead to significantly increased production of a compound of interest. Such optimization becomes challenging in a drug-discovery screening situation, as the ideal conditions for one organism may induce poor metabolic diversity for a different organism. Here, the impact of different media types, including six liquid media and five solid media, on the secondary metabolite production of three fungal strains was examined in the context of the drug-discovery screening process. The relative production of marker compounds was used to evaluate the usefulness and reliability of each medium for the purpose of producing secondary metabolites.
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Liu X, Cheng YQ. Genome-guided discovery of diverse natural products from Burkholderia sp. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 41:275-84. [PMID: 24212473 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1376-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Burkholderia species have emerged as a new source of diverse natural products. This mini-review covers all of the natural products discovered in recent years from Burkholderia sp. by genome-guided approaches--these refer to the use of bacterial genome sequence as an entry point for in silico structural prediction, wet lab experimental design, and execution. While reliable structural prediction based on cryptic biosynthetic gene cluster sequence was not always possible due to noncanonical domains and/or module organization of a deduced biosynthetic pathway, a molecular genetic method was often employed to detect or alter the expression level of the gene cluster to achieve an observable phenotype, which facilitated downstream natural product purification and identification. Those examples of natural product discovery from Burkholderia sp. provide practical guidance for future exploration of Gram-negative bacteria as a new source of natural products.
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- Xiangyang Liu
- UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA
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El-Elimat T, Figueroa M, Ehrmann BM, Cech NB, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. High-resolution MS, MS/MS, and UV database of fungal secondary metabolites as a dereplication protocol for bioactive natural products. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2013; 76:1709-16. [PMID: 23947912 PMCID: PMC3856222 DOI: 10.1021/np4004307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A major problem in the discovery of new biologically active compounds from natural products is the reisolation of known compounds. Such reisolations waste time and resources, distracting chemists from more promising leads. To address this problem, dereplication strategies are needed that enable crude extracts to be screened for the presence of known compounds before isolation efforts are initiated. In a project to identify anticancer drug leads from filamentous fungi, a significant dereplication challenge arises, as the taxonomy of the source materials is rarely known, and, thus, the literature cannot be probed to identify likely known compounds. An ultraperformance liquid chromatography-photodiode array-high-resolution tandem mass spectrometric (UPLC-PDA-HRMS-MS/MS) method was developed for dereplication of fungal secondary metabolites in crude culture extracts. A database was constructed by recording HRMS and MS/MS spectra of fungal metabolites, utilizing both positive- and negative-ionization modes. Additional details, such as UV-absorption maxima and retention times, were also recorded. Small-scale cultures that showed cytotoxic activities were dereplicated before engaging in the scale-up or purification processes. Using these methods, approximately 50% of the cytotoxic extracts could be eliminated from further study after the confident identification of known compounds. The specific attributes of this dereplication methodology include a focus on bioactive secondary metabolites from fungi, the use of a 10 min chromatographic method, and the inclusion of both HRMS and MS/MS data.
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- Tamam El-Elimat
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
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- Mycosynthetix, Inc., 505 Meadowlands Drive, Suite 103, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402, United States
- Corresponding Author. Tel: 336-334-5474.
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El-Elimat T, Figueroa M, Raja HA, Adcock AF, Kroll DJ, Swanson SM, Wani MC, Pearce CJ, Oberlies NH. Waol A, trans-dihydrowaol A, and cis-dihydrowaol A: polyketide-derived γ-lactones from a Volutella species. Tetrahedron Lett 2013; 54:4300-4302. [PMID: 23956472 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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An organic extract of a filamentous fungus (MSX 58801), identified as a Volutella sp. (Hypocreales, Ascomycota), displayed moderate cytotoxic activity against NCI-H460 human large cell lung carcinoma. Bioactivity-directed fractionation led to the isolation of three γ-lactones having the furo[3,4-b]pyran-5-one bicyclic ring system [waol A (1), trans-dihydrowaol A (2), and cis-dihydrowaol A (3)]. The structures were elucidated using a set of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques; the absolute configuration of 2 was established via a modified Mosher's ester method. Compounds 1 and 2 were evaluated for cytotoxicity against a human cancer cell panel.
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- Tamam El-Elimat
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
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