Shornephine A: structure, chemical stability, and P-glycoprotein inhibitory properties of a rare diketomorpholine from an Australian marine-derived Aspergillus sp

J Org Chem. 2014 Sep 19;79(18):8700-5. doi: 10.1021/jo501501z. Epub 2014 Sep 2.

Abstract

Chemical analysis of an Australian marine sediment-derived Aspergillus sp. (CMB-M081F) yielded the new diketomorpholine (DKM) shornephine A (1) together with two known and one new diketopiperazine (DKP), 15b-β-hydroxy-5-N-acetyladreemin (2), 5-N-acetyladreemin (3), and 15b-β-methoxy-5-N-acetyladreemin (4), respectively. Structure elucidation of 1-4 was achieved by detailed spectroscopic analysis, supported by chemical degradation and derivatization, and biosynthetic considerations. The DKM (1) underwent a facile (auto) acid-mediated methanolysis to yield seco-shornephine A methyl ester (1a). Our mechanistic explanation of this transformation prompted us to demonstrate that the acid-labile and solvolytically unstable DKM scaffold can be stabilized by N-alkylation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that at 20 μM shornephine A (1) is a noncytotoxic inhibitor of P-glycoprotein-mediated drug efflux in multidrug-resistant human colon cancer cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Aspergillus
  • Australia
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Diketopiperazines / chemistry*
  • Diketopiperazines / isolation & purification
  • Diketopiperazines / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Morpholines / chemistry*
  • Morpholines / pharmacology*

Substances

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Diketopiperazines
  • Morpholines
  • shornephine A

Grants and funding

National Institutes of Health, United States