Microascones, Decahydrofluorene-Class Alkaloids from the Marine-Derived Fungus Microascus sp. SCSIO 41821

J Nat Prod. 2024 Apr 26;87(4):810-819. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00984. Epub 2024 Mar 1.

Abstract

Eight new decahydrofluorene-class alkaloids, microascones A and B (1 and 2), 2,3-epoxyphomapyrrolidone C (3), 14,16-epiascomylactam B (4), 24-hydroxyphomapyrrolidone A (5), and microascones C-E (6-8), along with five known analogs (9-13) were isolated from the marine-derived fungus Microascus sp. SCSIO 41821. Compounds 1 and 2 have an unprecedented complex macrocyclic alkaloid skeleton with a 6/5/6/5/6/5/13 polycyclic system. Their structures and absolute configurations were determined by spectroscopic analysis, quantum chemical calculations of ECD spectra, and 13C NMR chemical shifts. Compounds 10-13 showed selective enzyme inhibitory activity against PTPSig, PTP1B, and CDC25B, and 4, 9, and 10 exhibited strong antibacterial activity against seven tested pathogens. Their structure-bioactivity relationship was discussed, and a plausible biosynthetic pathway for 1-8 was also proposed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids* / chemistry
  • Alkaloids* / isolation & purification
  • Alkaloids* / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / pharmacology
  • Ascomycota / chemistry
  • Fluorenes / chemistry
  • Fluorenes / isolation & purification
  • Fluorenes / pharmacology
  • Marine Biology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Fluorenes
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1