Immunomodulatory Polyketides from a Phoma-like Fungus Isolated from a Soft Coral

J Nat Prod. 2017 Nov 22;80(11):2930-2940. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00463. Epub 2017 Oct 19.

Abstract

Fourteen new polyketides with a trans-fused decalin ring system, libertalides A-N (3-16), together with two known analogues, aspermytin A and its acetate (1, 2), were isolated from the fermentation extract of a coral-derived Libertasomyces sp. fungus. Their relative configurations were elucidated on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analysis, and the absolute configurations were determined by TDDFT-ECD and optical rotation (OR) calculations. The OR of 1 and 2 were found to have opposite signs in CH3CN and CHCl3, which was in agreement with the OR calculations producing alternating signs for the optical rotation depending on the applied conditions. Because the signs of the OR for 1 and 2 showed high solvent dependence, they may not be used alone to correlate the absolute configurations. Compound 16 displayed structural novelty characterized by an α-enol ether bridge conjugated with an aldehyde group. In in vitro immunomodulatory screening, compounds 1, 4, and 10 significantly induced the proliferation of CD3+ T cells, while compounds 2, 7, 11, and 14 significantly increased the CD4+/CD8+ ratio at 3 μM. A preliminary structure-activity analysis revealed a crucial role of Δ7 and a terminal OH group in the regulation of CD3+ T cell proliferation. This is the first report of immunoregulatory activity for metabolites of this kind.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / microbiology*
  • Ascomycota / drug effects
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Immunologic Factors / chemistry
  • Immunologic Factors / isolation & purification*
  • Immunologic Factors / pharmacology*
  • Marine Biology
  • Mitosporic Fungi
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthalenes
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Penicillium / chemistry
  • Polyketides / chemistry
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification*
  • Polyketides / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Immunologic Factors
  • Naphthalenes
  • Polyketides
  • decalin