Production of monapinones by fermentation of the dinapinone-producing fungus Penicillium pinophilum FKI-3864 in a seawater-containing medium

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2011 Jul;64(7):503-8. doi: 10.1038/ja.2011.33. Epub 2011 May 25.

Abstract

Five new monapinones, including a dinapinone monomer, were isolated from the culture broth of the dinapinone-producing Penicillium pinophilum FKI-3864 in a medium modified to contain seawater. The structures of these monapinones were elucidated by various NMR experiments. Monapinones possessed the same dihydronaphthopyranone skeleton as the dinapinones, with different hydroxyalkyl chains: monapinone A was identified as the monomeric portion of the atropisomer dinapinones A1 and A2, and monapinones A and B showed weak inhibition of triacylglycerol (TG) synthesis in intact mammalian cells, whereas the others showed almost no effect on TG synthesis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Coumarins / isolation & purification
  • Coumarins / pharmacology*
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Fermentation
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Penicillium / metabolism*
  • Seawater
  • Triglycerides / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Triglycerides / biosynthesis

Substances

  • Coumarins
  • Triglycerides
  • monapinone A
  • monapinone B