Kozupeptins, Antimalarial Agents Produced by Paracamarosporium Species: Isolation, Structural Elucidation, Total Synthesis, and Bioactivity

Org Lett. 2019 Apr 5;21(7):2180-2184. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00483. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Abstract

Kozupeptins A and B, novel antimalarial lipopeptides, were isolated from the culture broths of Paracamarosporium sp. FKI-7019. They exhibited potent antimalarial activity against chloroquine-sensitive and -resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains in vitro. The structural elucidation was accomplished by a combination of spectroscopic analyses and chemical approaches including a total synthesis of kozupeptin A. Synthetic kozupeptin A demonstrated a therapeutic effect in vivo, and an intermediate exhibited much higher antimalarial activity than kozupeptin A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemical synthesis*
  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Chloroquine / chemistry
  • Chloroquine / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plasmodium falciparum / chemistry
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Chloroquine