Morphology regulatory metabolites from Arthrobotrys oligospora

J Nat Prod. 2012 Jul 27;75(7):1419-23. doi: 10.1021/np300342w. Epub 2012 Jul 9.

Abstract

Novel autoregulatory metabolites, arthrosporols A-C (1-3), involved in regulating the morphological switch in fungi, were purified and characterized from the carnivorous fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora. These compounds possess a novel hybrid carbon skeleton consisting of an epoxy-cyclohexenol combined with a rare monocyclic sesquiterpenol substructure. This is the first report of a monocyclic sesquiterpenol of this type of fungal origin. Compounds 1-3 displayed significant inhibitory activities toward the formation of conidiophores, while compounds 1 and 3 showed the opposite effects on the formation of a two-dimensional network with increasing rates of 40-90% and inhibiting rates of 30-90%, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • China
  • Cyclohexanols / chemistry
  • Cyclohexanols / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Cyclohexanols
  • Sesquiterpenes