Penicilloneines A and B, Quinolone-Citrinin Hybrids from a Starfish-Derived Penicillium sp

J Nat Prod. 2024 Apr 26;87(4):705-712. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00765. Epub 2024 Mar 28.

Abstract

Penicilloneines A (1) and B (2) are the first reported quinolone-citrinin hybrids. They were isolated from the starfish-derived fungus Penicillium sp. GGF16-1-2, and their structures were elucidated using spectroscopic, chemical, computational, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Penicilloneines A (1) and B (2) share a common 4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2(1H)-quinolone unit; however, they differ in terms of citrinin moieties, and these two units are linked via a methylene bridge. Penicilloneines A (1) and B (2) exhibited antifungal activities against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, with lethal concentration 50 values of 0.02 and 1.51 μg/mL, respectively. A mechanistic study revealed that 1 could inhibit cell growth and promote cell vacuolization and consequent disruption of the fungal cell walls via upregulating nutrient-related hydrolase genes, including putative hydrolase, acetylcholinesterase, glycosyl hydrolase, leucine aminopeptidase, lipase, and beta-galactosidase, and downregulating their synthase genes 3-carboxymuconate cyclase, pyruvate decarboxylase, phosphoketolase, and oxalate decarboxylase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents* / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents* / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents* / pharmacology
  • Citrinin* / chemistry
  • Citrinin* / isolation & purification
  • Citrinin* / pharmacology
  • Colletotrichum* / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Penicillium* / chemistry
  • Quinolones* / chemistry
  • Quinolones* / isolation & purification
  • Quinolones* / pharmacology

Substances

  • Quinolones
  • Citrinin
  • Antifungal Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Colletotrichum gloeosporioides