Amino Acid-Directed Strategy for Inducing the Marine-Derived Fungus Scedosporium apiospermum F41-1 to Maximize Alkaloid Diversity

Org Lett. 2017 Sep 15;19(18):4888-4891. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02238. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Abstract

By feeding various amino acids to the marine fungus Scedosporium apiospermum F41-1, 22 diverse alkaloids, including 14 new compounds, were obtained. Scedapins A-E (1-5) possess a rare skeleton of a pyrazinoquinazolinedione and an imidazoindolone/indolone linked by a tetrahydrofuran ring. Scedapin C (3) is the first example of fumiquinazoline that contains an aminosulfonyl group. Their structures were determined by HRMS, NMR, ECD calculations and X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis. The biosynthetic pathways of fumiquinazolines 1-18 were proposed. Scedapin C (3) and scequinadoline D (8) displayed significant antiviral activity against hepatitis C.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids
  • Amino Acids
  • Molecular Structure
  • Scedosporium*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Amino Acids