A New Inhibitor of Synovial Phospholipase A2 from Fermentations of Penicillium Sp. 62-92
AbstractPenidiamide, a new tripetide containing dehydrotryptamine, glycine and anthranilic acid linked together by two amide bonds, and oxindole were isolated from submerged cultures of Penicillium sp. 62-92 . Both compounds preferentially inhibited human synovial phospholipase A2, penidiamide with an IC50 of 30 μᴍ and oxindole of 380 μᴍ. With the exception of U 937 cells (leukemia, human), no cytotoxic activities were detected against HL-60- (leukemia, human), HeLa S3- (epitheloid carcinoma, human), BHK 21- (kidney fibroblasts, hamster), and L1210-cells (leukemia, mouse). No antimicrobial activity was detected for oxindole, and only weak antibacterial activity for penidiamide. The structure of penidiamide was elucidated by spectroscopic methods.