Anti-inflammatory Dimeric Benzophenones from an Endophytic Pleosporales Species

J Nat Prod. 2022 Jan 28;85(1):162-168. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00900. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Abstract

Eight new polyketides, including three dimeric benzophenones, named dipleosporones A-C (1-3), three benzophenones (4-6), one xanthone (7), and one phenylbenzoate (8), along with seven known polyketides (9-15) were isolated from the fungus Pleosporales sp. YY-4. The structures of the new compounds were established on the basis of spectroscopic methods, including high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance. This is the first report of a benzophenone dimer connection via a C bridge from natural sources. An anti-inflammatory assay indicated that the dimeric benzophenones (1-3) inhibited lipopolysaccharide-induced NO production in RAW 264.7 cells, with half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values ranging from 8.8 to 18.1 μM, being more potent than the positive control, dexamethasone (IC50 = 22.2 μM).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Benzophenones / isolation & purification*
  • Benzophenones / pharmacology*
  • Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Dimerization
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • RAW 264.7 Cells

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Benzophenones
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Nitric Oxide