Antimicrobial Polyketides from the Marine-Derived Fungus Spiromastix sp. SCSIO F190

J Nat Prod. 2023 Mar 24;86(3):589-595. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00900. Epub 2022 Dec 23.

Abstract

Three diphenyl ethers (1-3) and a cyclopentenone (4), together with seven known compounds (5-11), were isolated from the fermentation broth of the marine sediment-derived fungus Spiromastix sp. SCSIO F190. Compounds 3 and 4 were found to exist as a pair of atropisomers (3a, 3b) and racemates (4a, 4b), respectively. The planar structures of compounds 1-4 were elucidated on the basis of NMR and HRESIMS data sets. The absolute configurations of 2 and 3 were determined by spectroscopic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses, whereas the configuration of 4 was determined by spectroscopic and chiral analyses. All compounds, except for 4 and 11, displayed activities against various pathogenic bacteria. Notably, compounds 1-4, especially 1, exhibited strong activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant bacterial strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212, and Bacillus subtilis BS01, with MIC values ranging from 0.5 to 4 μg/mL. Moreover, the structure-activity relationship analyses of the active compounds and their analogues revealed the critical structural features correlating to the observed antimicrobial activities, herein providing insights for antimicrobial drug development.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Infective Agents*
  • Bacteria
  • Fungi
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyketides* / chemistry

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Polyketides
  • Anti-Infective Agents