l-Phenylalanine Alters the Privileged Secondary Metabolite Production in the Marine-Derived Fungus Trichoderma erinaceum F1-1

J Nat Prod. 2020 Jan 24;83(1):79-87. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00710. Epub 2019 Dec 30.

Abstract

The effects of a single-amino-acid culture strategy on secondary metabolite production in the marine-derived fungus Trichoderma erinaceum F1-1 were investigated by culturing the fungus in GPY medium supplemented or not supplemented with l-phenylalanine. A suite of secondary metabolites, including seven terpenoids (1-7) and one polyketide (8), among which are four new compounds, harziandione A (1), cyclonerodiols A and B (3, 4), and trichodermaerin A (6), were isolated from the GPY medium without l-phenylanine, whereas 18 aromatic compounds (9-26), including six new compounds, trichoderolides A-F (9, 10, and 14-17), were isolated from the culture grown in the GPY medium with l-phenylalanine. The structures of the new compounds were determined by high-resolution mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopic analysis, optical rotation calculations, chemical methods, and X-ray crystallography. Compounds 10, 12, 13, and 26 exhibited cytotoxic activities against MDA-MB-435 human melanocyte cancer cells. Compound 26 was cytotoxic to A549 adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Hypocreales / chemistry*
  • Lactones / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Melanocytes / chemistry*
  • Melanocytes / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenylalanine / chemistry*
  • Polyketides / chemistry

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Lactones
  • Polyketides
  • trichodermaerin
  • Phenylalanine

Supplementary concepts

  • Trichoderma erinaceum