Four new macrocyclic trichothecenes from two strains of marine-derived fungi of the genus Myrothecium

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2006 Aug;59(8):451-5. doi: 10.1038/ja.2006.63.

Abstract

Three new macrocyclic trichothecenes, named 12'-hydroxyroridin E (1), roridin Q (2), and 2',3'deoxyroritoxin D (3), were isolated from the marine-derived fungus Myrothecium roridum TUF 98F42, and a new macrocyclic trichothecene, named roridin R (4), was isolated from Myrothecium sp. TUF 02F6 together with roridins A and H and isororidin E. The structures of new compounds were determined on the basis of their spectral data. Compound 2 possessed a unique ether moiety at the 13' position of 1. Compound 4 was a 2',3'-dihydro-2'-hydroxy derivative of roridin H. The IC50 values of compounds 1, 2, and 4 against the murine leukemia cell line L1210 were 0.19, 31.2, and 0.45 microM, respectively. Compound 3 showed antiyeast activity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae at 1 microg/disc (inhibition zone: 12.2 mm), which was about 10 time more active than roritoxin D (10.2 mm at 10 microg/disc).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Ascomycota / chemistry
  • Ascomycota / growth & development
  • Ascomycota / metabolism*
  • Fungi
  • Macrocyclic Compounds / pharmacology
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Toxins / chemistry
  • Marine Toxins / isolation & purification
  • Marine Toxins / pharmacology
  • Mycotoxins / chemistry*
  • Mycotoxins / isolation & purification
  • Mycotoxins / pharmacology
  • Trichothecenes / chemistry
  • Trichothecenes / isolation & purification*
  • Trichothecenes / pharmacology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • 12'-hydroxyroridin E
  • 2',3'-deoxyroritoxin D
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Macrocyclic Compounds
  • Marine Toxins
  • Mycotoxins
  • Trichothecenes
  • roridin Q
  • roridin R