Cytochalasans with Inhibitory Activity against NPC1L1 from the Endophytic Fungus Chaetomium nigricolor F5

J Org Chem. 2023 Mar 3;88(5):3185-3192. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02983. Epub 2023 Feb 22.

Abstract

Mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolic profiling of the endophytic fungus Chaetomium nigricolor F5 guided the isolation of five novel cytochalasans, chamisides B-F (1-5), and two known ones, chaetoconvosins C and D (6 and 7). Their structures including stereochemistry were unambiguously determined by MS, nuclear magnetic resonance, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Compounds 1-3 share a new 5/6/5/5/7-fused pentacyclic skeleton in cytochalasans and are appropriately proposed to be the key biosynthetic precursors of co-isolated cytochalasans with a 6/6/5/7/5, 6/6/5/5/7, or 6/6/5 ring system. Remarkably, compound 5 with a relatively flexible side chain showed promising inhibition activity against the cholesterol transporter protein Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 (NPC1L1), expanding the function of cytochalasans.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cytochalasins / chemistry
  • Cytochalasins / pharmacology
  • Fungi
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sordariales*

Substances

  • Cytochalasins

Supplementary concepts

  • Amesia nigricolor