New cytotoxic furan from the marine sediment-derived fungi Aspergillus niger

Abstract

A fungal strain of Aspergillus niger was recovered from sediments collected in the Northeast coast of Brazil (Pecém's offshore port terminal). Cultivation in different growth media yielded a new ester furan derivative, 1, along with malformin A1, malformin C, cyclo (trans-4-hydroxy-L-Pro-L-Leu), cyclo (trans-4-hydroxy-L-Pro-L-Phe), cyclo (L-Pro-L-Leu), cyclo (L-Pro-L-Phe), pseurotin D, pseurotin A, chlovalicin, cyclo (L-Pro-L-Tyr) and cyclo (L-Pro-L-Val). Compound 1 was cytotoxic against HCT-116 cell line, showing IC₅₀ = 2.9 μg/mL (CI 95% from 1.8 to 4.7 μg/mL).

Keywords: Aspergillus niger; Marine-derived fungi; cytotoxic activity; furan derivative.