Pinofuranoxins A and B, Bioactive Trisubstituted Furanones Produced by the Invasive Pathogen Diplodia sapinea

J Nat Prod. 2021 Sep 24;84(9):2600-2605. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00365. Epub 2021 Sep 1.

Abstract

Two new bioactive trisubstituted furanones, named pinofuranoxins A and B (1 and 2), were isolated from Diplodia sapinea, a worldwide conifer pathogen causing severe disease. Pinofuranoxins A and B were characterized essentially by NMR and HRESIMS spectra, and their relative and absolute configurations were assigned by NOESY experiments and computational analyses of electronic circular dichroism spectra. They induced necrotic lesions on Hedera helix L., Phaseolus vulgaris L., and Quercus ilex L. Compound 1 completely inhibited the growth of Athelia rolfsii and Phytophthora cambivora, while 2 showed antioomycetes activity against P. cambivora. In the Artemia salina assay both toxins showed activity inducing larval mortality.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Artemia / drug effects
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Basidiomycota / drug effects
  • Fungicides, Industrial / isolation & purification
  • Fungicides, Industrial / pharmacology
  • Furans / isolation & purification
  • Furans / pharmacology*
  • Hedera / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phaseolus / drug effects
  • Phytophthora / drug effects
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology*
  • Quercus / drug effects
  • Tunisia

Substances

  • Fungicides, Industrial
  • Furans

Supplementary concepts

  • Athelia rolfsii
  • Diplodia sapinea