Cristazine, a New Cytotoxic Dioxopiperazine Alkaloid from the Mudflat-Sediment-Derived Fungus Chaetomium cristatum

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2016;64(1):59-62. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00525.

Abstract

Cristazine (1), a new class of dioxopiperazine alkaloid, along with previously isolated chetomin (2), neoechinulin A (3), and golmaenone (4), were isolated from the mudflat-sediment-derived fungus Chaetomium cristatum. The structure and absolute stereochemistry of 1 was assigned on the basis of NMR, electron impact (EI)-MS, tandem FAB-MS/MS, and circular dichroism (CD) experiments. Compounds 1-4 displayed potent radical-scavenging activity against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), with IC50 values of 19, 15, 24, and 20 µM, respectively, which were similar to that of the positive control, ascorbic acid (IC50, 20 µM). Compound 1 also displayed cytotoxic activity against human cervical carcinoma (HeLa) cells, with an IC50 value of 0.5 µM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Chaetomium / chemistry*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Piperazines / chemistry
  • Piperazines / isolation & purification
  • Piperazines / pharmacology*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Piperazines
  • cristazine