Polyketides and a Dihydroquinolone Alkaloid from a Marine-Derived Strain of the Fungus Metarhizium marquandii

J Nat Prod. 2019 Sep 27;82(9):2460-2469. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00125. Epub 2019 Aug 21.

Abstract

Three new natural products (1-3), including two butenolide derivatives (1 and 2) and one dihydroquinolone derivative (3), together with nine known natural products were isolated from a marine-derived strain of the fungus Metarhizium marquandii. The structures of the new compounds were unambiguously deduced by spectroscopic means including HRESIMS and 1D/2D NMR spectroscopy, ECD, VCD, OR measurements, and calculations. The absolute configuration of marqualide (1) was determined by a combination of modified Mosher's method with TDDFT-ECD calculations at different levels, which revealed the importance of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in determining the ECD features. The (3R,4R) absolute configuration of aflaquinolone I (3), determined by OR, ECD, and VCD calculations, was found to be opposite of the (3S,4S) absolute configuration of the related aflaquinolones A-G, suggesting that the fungus M. marquandii produces aflaquinolone I with a different configuration (chiral switching). The absolute configuration of the known natural product terrestric acid hydrate (4) was likewise determined for the first time in this study. TDDFT-ECD calculations allowed determination of the absolute configuration of its chirality center remote from the stereogenic unsaturated γ-lactone chromophore. ECD calculations aided by solvent models revealed the importance of intramolecular hydrogen bond networks in stabilizing conformers and determining relationships between ECD transitions and absolute configurations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fermentation
  • Marine Biology*
  • Metarhizium / chemistry*
  • Metarhizium / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification*
  • Polyketides / pharmacology
  • Quinolones / isolation & purification*
  • Quinolones / pharmacology
  • Spectrum Analysis / methods

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Polyketides
  • Quinolones