Methylthio-aspochalasins from a marine-derived fungus Aspergillus sp

Mar Drugs. 2014 Sep 30;12(10):5124-31. doi: 10.3390/md12105124.

Abstract

Two novel aspochalasins, 20-β-methylthio-aspochalsin Q (named as aspochalasin V), (1) and aspochalasin W (2), were isolated from culture broth of Aspergillus sp., which was found in the gut of a marine isopod Ligia oceanica. The structures were determined on the basis of NMR and mass spectral data analysis. This is the first report about methylthio-substituted aspochalasin derivatives. Cytotoxicity against the prostate cancer PC3 cell line and HCT116 cell line was assayed using the MTT method. Apochalasin V showed moderate activity at IC50 values of 30.4 and 39.2 μM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aspergillus / chemistry*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cytochalasins / chemistry*
  • Cytochalasins / pharmacology*
  • Fungi / chemistry*
  • HCT116 Cells
  • Humans
  • Isopoda / microbiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Cytochalasins