New isocoumarin derivatives and meroterpenoids from the marine sponge-associated fungus Aspergillus similanensis sp. nov. KUFA 0013

Mar Drugs. 2014 Oct 14;12(10):5160-73. doi: 10.3390/md12105160.

Abstract

Two new isocoumarin derivatives, including a new 5-hydroxy-8-methyl-2H, 6H-pyrano[3,4-g]chromen-2,6-dione (1) and 6,8-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethylisocoumarin (2b), a new chevalone derivative, named chevalone E (3), and a new natural product pyripyropene S (6) were isolated together with 6, 8-dihydroxy-3-methylisocoumarin (2a), reticulol (2c), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, chevalone B, chevalone C, S14-95 (4), and pyripyropene E (5) from the ethyl acetate extract of the undescribed marine sponge-associated fungus Aspergillus similanensis KUFA 0013. The structures of the new compounds were established based on 1D and 2D NMR spectral analysis, and in the case of compound 3, X-ray analysis was used to confirm its structure and the absolute configuration of its stereogenic carbons. Compounds 1, 2a-c and 3-6 were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, Candida albicans ATCC 10231, and multidrug-resistant isolates from the environment. Chevalone E (3) was found to show synergism with the antibiotic oxacillin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Aspergillus / chemistry*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / pharmacology
  • Candida albicans / drug effects
  • Candida albicans / metabolism
  • Carbon / metabolism
  • Fungi / chemistry*
  • Isocoumarins / chemistry*
  • Isocoumarins / pharmacology
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Porifera / microbiology*
  • Terpenes / chemistry*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biological Products
  • Isocoumarins
  • Terpenes
  • Carbon