Paecilosetin Derivatives as Potent Antimicrobial Agents from Isaria farinosa

J Nat Prod. 2020 Oct 23;83(10):2915-2922. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00444. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

Abstract

Fifty-seven entomopathogenic microorganisms were screened against human pathogens and subjected to mass spectrometry molecular networking based dereplication. Isaria farinosa BSNB-1250, shown to produce potentially novel biologically active metabolites, was grown on a large scale on potato dextrose agar, and paecilosetin (1) and five new analogues (2-6) were subsequently isolated. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR. The absolute configurations of compounds 1-6 were determined using Mosher ester derivatives (1, 3, 4), comparison of experimental and calculated ECD spectra (2-4 and 6), and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis (5). Compounds 1 and 5 exhibited strong antibacterial activity against MSSA and MRSA with MIC values of 1-2 μg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cordyceps*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Paecilomyces
  • Pyrrolidinones / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • paecilosetin

Supplementary concepts

  • Cordyceps farinosa