Potent antifouling resorcylic acid lactones from the gorgonian-derived fungus Cochliobolus lunatus

J Nat Prod. 2011 Apr 25;74(4):629-33. doi: 10.1021/np100641b. Epub 2011 Feb 24.

Abstract

Three new 14-membered resorcylic acid lactones, two with a rare natural acetonide group and one with a 5-chloro-substituted lactone, named cochliomycins A-C (1-3), together with four known analogues, zeaenol (4), LL-Z1640-1 (5), LL-Z1640-2 (6), and paecilomycin F (7), were isolated from the culture broth of Cochliobolus lunatus, a fungus obtained from the gorgonian Dichotella gemmacea collected in the South China Sea. Their structures and the relative configurations of 1-3 were elucidated using comprehensive spectroscopic methods including NOESY spectra and chemical conversions. A transetherification reaction was also observed in which cochliomycin B (2) in a solution of CDCl(3) slowly rearranged to give cochliomycin A (1) at room temperature. These resorcylic acid lactones were evaluated against the larval settlement of barnacle Balanus amphitrite, and antifouling activity was detected for the first time for this class of metabolites. The antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of these compounds were also examined.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Biofouling / prevention & control
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Hydroxybenzoates
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*
  • Lactones / pharmacology*
  • Larva / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Micrococcus / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Thoracica / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Hydroxybenzoates
  • LL Z1640-2
  • Lactones
  • cochliomycin A
  • cochliomycin B
  • cochliomycin C