Antimicrobial metabolites from the endophytic fungus Pichia guilliermondii isolated from Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis

Molecules. 2010 Nov 5;15(11):7961-70. doi: 10.3390/molecules15117961.

Abstract

Three steroids and one nordammarane triterpenoid were isolated for the first time from the endophytic fungus Pichia guilliermondii Ppf9 derived from the medicinal plant Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis. By means of physicochemical and spectrometric analysis, they were identified as ergosta-5,7,22-trienol (1), 5α,8α-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol (2), ergosta-7,22-dien-3β,5α,6β-triol (3), and helvolic acid (4). Both micro-dilution-colorimetric and spore germination assays were employed to evaluate their antimicrobial activity. Among them, helvolic acid (4) exhibited the strongest antibacterial activity against all test bacteria, with MIC values ranging from 1.56 µg/mL to 50 µg/mL, and IC(50) values from 0.98 µg/mL to 33.19 µg/mL. It also showed strong inhibitory activity on the spore germination of Magnaporthe oryzae with an IC(50) value of 7.20 µg/mL. Among the three steroids, 5α,8α-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol (2) exhibited relatively strong antimicrobial activity. The results suggest that the endophytic fungus Pichia guillermondii Ppf9 could be a candidate for producing helvolic acid, and the metabolites from this fungus could be potentially developed as antimicrobial agents in the future.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Ergosterol / analogs & derivatives
  • Ergosterol / chemistry
  • Ergosterol / pharmacology
  • Fusidic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Fusidic Acid / chemistry
  • Fusidic Acid / pharmacology
  • Magnaporthe / drug effects
  • Magnoliopsida / microbiology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pichia / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / microbiology*
  • Spores, Fungal / drug effects
  • Steroids / chemistry
  • Steroids / pharmacology

Substances

  • 5alpha,8alpha-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3-beta-ol
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Steroids
  • Fusidic Acid
  • helvolic acid
  • Ergosterol