Azaphilones from an Acid Mine Extremophile Strain of a Pleurostomophora sp

J Nat Prod. 2015 Dec 24;78(12):2917-23. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00519. Epub 2015 Dec 7.

Abstract

An extremophilic fungus identified as a Pleurostomophora sp. was isolated from the Berkeley Pit, an acid mine waste lake. When grown in liquid culture, the fungus produced berkchaetoazaphilones A-C (1, 2, and 5), the red pigment berkchaetorubramine (6), and the known compound 4-(hydroxymethyl)quinoline. These compounds were evaluated as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase-3, caspase-1, and proinflammatory cytokine production in induced THP-1 cells. Berkchaetoazaphilone B (2) inhibited IL-1β, TNFα, and IL-6 production in the induced inflammasome assay and was cytotoxic toward human retinoblastoma cell line Y79 (IC50 = 1.1 μM), leukemia cell lines CCRF-CEM and SR, and the melanoma cell line LOX IMVI (IC50 = 10 μM).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Ascomycota / chemistry
  • Benzopyrans / chemistry
  • Benzopyrans / isolation & purification*
  • Benzopyrans / pharmacology*
  • Caspase 1 / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Inflammasomes / drug effects
  • Interleukin-1beta / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Interleukin-6 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Leukemia / drug therapy
  • Melanoma / drug therapy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Pigments, Biological / chemistry
  • Pigments, Biological / isolation & purification*
  • Pigments, Biological / pharmacology*
  • Quinolines / chemistry
  • Quinolines / isolation & purification
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • 4-(hydroxymethyl)quinoline
  • Benzopyrans
  • Inflammasomes
  • Interleukin-1beta
  • Interleukin-6
  • Pigments, Biological
  • Quinolines
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • azaphilone
  • berkchaetoazaphilone A
  • berkchaetoazaphilone B
  • berkchaetoazaphilone C
  • Caspase 1