Laxitextines A and B, Cyathane Xylosides from the Tropical Fungus Laxitextum incrustatum

J Nat Prod. 2016 Apr 22;79(4):894-8. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00950. Epub 2016 Apr 4.

Abstract

Bioassay-guided fractionation of the mycelial extract of a basidiomycete culture collected in Kenya led to the isolation of two new cyathane diterpenoids named laxitextines A (1) and B (2). The producer strain was characterized by detailed taxonomic studies based on rDNA using the 5.8S gene region, the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2), and part of the large subunit that identified the fungus as Laxitextum incrustatum. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated by NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analyses. Both compounds exhibited moderate activities against Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis (DSM 10), Staphylococcus aureus (DSM 346), and methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus (DSM 1182). The two compounds also showed variable antiproliferative activities against mouse fibroblast (L929) and selected human cell lines (breast cancer MCF-7, epidermoid carcinoma A431, and umbilical vein endothelial HUVEC). The IC50 values with respect to the MCF-7 cell line for compounds 1 and 2 were 2.3 and 2.0 μM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Female
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Methicillin Resistance / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Glycosides
  • cyathane
  • laxitextine A
  • laxitextine B
  • xylosides