Leporizines A-C: epithiodiketopiperazines isolated from an Aspergillus species

J Nat Prod. 2013 Sep 27;76(9):1523-7. doi: 10.1021/np300894y. Epub 2013 Sep 19.

Abstract

Three new compounds named leporizines A-C have been isolated from an Aspergillus sp. strain. Their structures were elucidated by analysis of 1D and 2D NMR spectra. Leporizines A and B were isolated during dereplication of hits from a high-throughput screening campaign for correctors of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), and leporizine C was isolated while preparing additional material for characterization of leporizines A and B. CFTR activity observed for leporizines A and B was highly correlated with cell toxicity and was determined to be a nonspecific effect. Leporizine C was not cytotoxic to cells and did not elicit a response in the CFTR assays. To the best of our knowledge, leporizines A-C represent the first examples of this unusual epithiodiketopiperazine skeleton.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Aspergillus / chemistry*
  • Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / drug effects
  • Diketopiperazines / chemistry
  • Diketopiperazines / isolation & purification*
  • Diketopiperazines / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Montana
  • Mutation
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Respiratory Mucosa

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Diketopiperazines
  • leporizine A
  • leporizine B
  • leporizine C
  • Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator