Anti-Rhizopus activity of tanzawaic acids produced by the hot spring-derived fungus Penicillium sp. BF-0005

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2018 Jul;71(7):626-632. doi: 10.1038/s41429-018-0049-8. Epub 2018 May 1.

Abstract

A silkworm infection assay with the pathogenic fungus Rhizopus oryzae was established. Microbial culture broths were screened for anti-Rhizopus antibiotics using this assay. A new compound, tanzawaic acid R was isolated along with known and structurally related tanzawaic acids and arohynapene A from the culture broth of the hot spring-derived fungus Penicillium sp. BF-0005. The structure of tanzawaic acid R was elucidated by various spectroscopic data including 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Tanzawaic acids A, B, C, and R and arohynapene A exhibited antifungal activity against R. oryzae. Tanzawaic acids A and B dose-dependently exerted therapeutic effects in the silkworm infection assay with R. oryzae.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bombyx / microbiology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / pharmacology
  • Fermentation
  • Hot Springs
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Naphthalenes / pharmacology
  • Penicillium / chemistry
  • Penicillium / metabolism*
  • Rhizopus / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • Naphthalenes
  • tanzawaic acid A
  • tanzawaic acid B