Potent toxic macrocyclic trichothecenes from the marine-derived fungus Myrothecium verrucaria Hmp-F73

Nat Prod Commun. 2011 Dec;6(12):1915-6.

Abstract

Activity-guided fractionation of a methanol extract from the culture broth of Myrothecium verrucaria Hmp-F73, a fungus associated with the sponge Hymeniacidon perleve, afforded six macrocyclic trichothecenes, verrucarin J (1), 8-hydroxyverrucarin J (2), verrucarin A (3), 8-acetoxyroridin H (4), isororidin E (5), and roridin E (6), along with trichoverrin B (7). All seven metabolites displayed potent toxicity to the brine shrimp (Artemia salina). In addition, compounds 2, 3, and 6 showed weak phytotoxic activities against lettuce seeds. A preliminary structure-activity relationship of the metabolites is also discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Artemia
  • Germination / drug effects
  • Hypocreales / pathogenicity*
  • Lactuca
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Porifera / microbiology*
  • Seeds / drug effects
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Trichothecenes / toxicity*

Substances

  • Trichothecenes