Trienylfuranol A and trienylfuranone A-B: metabolites isolated from an endophytic fungus, Hypoxylon submoniticulosum, in the raspberry Rubus idaeus

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2017 Jun;70(6):721-725. doi: 10.1038/ja.2017.18. Epub 2017 Mar 1.

Abstract

A strain of Hypoxylon submonticulosum was isolated as an endophyte from a surface-sterilized leaf of a cultivated raspberry (Rubus idaeus). The liquid culture extract displayed growth inhibition activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a disc diffusion assay. The extract's major component was identified as a new natural product, trienylfuranol A (1S,2S,4R)-1-((1'E,3'E)-hexa-1',3',5'-trienyl)-tetrahydro-4-methylfuran-2-ol (1), by high-resolution LC-MS and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Two additional new metabolites, trienylfuranones A (2) and B (3), were isolated as minor components of the extract and their structure elucidation revealed that they were biosynthetically related to 1. Absolute stereochemical configurations of compounds 1-3 were confirmed by NOE NMR experiments and by the preparation of Mosher esters. Complete hydrogenation of 1 yielded tetrahydrofuran 7 that was used for stereochemical characterization and assessment of antifungal activity.

MeSH terms

  • 4-Butyrolactone / analogs & derivatives*
  • 4-Butyrolactone / chemistry
  • 4-Butyrolactone / isolation & purification
  • 4-Butyrolactone / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Endophytes / isolation & purification
  • Endophytes / metabolism
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Furans / isolation & purification*
  • Furans / pharmacology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plant Leaves
  • Rubus / microbiology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / drug effects
  • Xylariales / isolation & purification
  • Xylariales / metabolism*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Furans
  • trienylfuranol A
  • trienylfuranone A
  • trienylfuranone B
  • 4-Butyrolactone