Cytotoxic 14-Membered Macrolides from a Mangrove-Derived Endophytic Fungus, Pestalotiopsis microspora

J Nat Prod. 2016 Sep 23;79(9):2332-40. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00473. Epub 2016 Aug 24.

Abstract

Seven new 14-membered macrolides, pestalotioprolides C (2), D-H (4-8), and 7-O-methylnigrosporolide (3), together with four known analogues, pestalotioprolide B (1), seiricuprolide (9), nigrosporolide (10), and 4,7-dihydroxy-13-tetradeca-2,5,8-trienolide (11), were isolated from the mangrove-derived endophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis microspora. Their structures were elucidated by analysis of NMR and MS data and by comparison with literature data. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis was used to confirm the absolute configurations of 1, 2, and 10, while Mosher's method and the TDDFT-ECD approach were applied to determine the absolute configurations of 5 and 6. Compounds 3-6 showed significant cytotoxicity against the murine lymphoma cell line L5178Y with IC50 values of 0.7, 5.6, 3.4, and 3.9 μM, respectively, while compound 5 showed potent activity against the human ovarian cancer cell line A2780 with an IC50 value of 1.2 μM. Structure-activity relationships are discussed. Coculture of P. microspora with Streptomyces lividans caused a roughly 10-fold enhanced accumulation of compounds 5 and 6 compared to axenic fungal control.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cameroon
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Fabaceae / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Macrolides / chemistry
  • Macrolides / isolation & purification*
  • Macrolides / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Xylariales / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Macrolides
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors