Inducing Secondary Metabolite Production by Combined Culture of Talaromyces aculeatus and Penicillium variabile

J Nat Prod. 2017 Dec 22;80(12):3167-3171. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00417. Epub 2017 Nov 16.

Abstract

Four new polyketides, penitalarins A-C (1-3) and nafuredin B (4), together with the known biogenetically related nafuredin A (5) were isolated from a mixed culture of a deep-sea-derived fungus Talaromyces aculeatus and a mangrove-derived fungus Penicillium variabile. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis showed that none of compounds 1-5 was produced by either of the two fungi when cultured alone under the same condition. The structures of 1-4, including absolute configurations, were deduced based on the interpretation of MS, NMR data, and time-dependent density functional theory calculations of specific electronic circular dichroism spectra. Compounds 1-3 possess a 3,6-dioxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane ring, and 4 showed cytotoxicity with IC50 values ranging from 1.2 to 9.8 μM against a panel of human cancer cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • A549 Cells
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Circular Dichroism
  • HCT116 Cells
  • HL-60 Cells
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • K562 Cells
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Penicillium / metabolism*
  • Polyketides / metabolism
  • Secondary Metabolism / physiology*
  • Talaromyces / metabolism*

Substances

  • Polyketides