scholarly journals Simplicilones A and B Isolated from the Endophytic Fungus Simplicillium subtropicum SPC3

Antibiotics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 753
Author(s):  
Elodie Gisèle M. Anoumedem ◽  
Bel Youssouf G. Mountessou ◽  
Simeon F. Kouam ◽  
Abolfazl Narmani ◽  
Frank Surup

Two new tetracyclic polyketides with a spirocenter, simplicilones A (1) and B (2) were isolated from the broth-culture of the endophytic fungus Simplicilliumsubtropicum (SPC3) in the course of our screening for new bioactive secondary metabolites. This endophytoic fungus is naturally harboured in the fresh bark of the Cameroonian medicinal plant Duguetia staudtii (Engl. and Diels) Chatrou. The planar structures of the simplicilones were elucidated by MS and 1D as well as 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques. The relative configuration was assigned by NOESY experiments in conjunction with coupling constants; subsequently, the absolute configurations were assigned by the modified Mosher’s method. The compounds showed weak cytotoxic effects against the cell line KB3.1 (in vitro cytotoxicity (IC50) = 25 µg/mL for 1, 29 µg/mL for 2), but were inactive against the tested Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as fungi.

Planta Medica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (13/14) ◽  
pp. 976-982
Author(s):  
Ying Gao ◽  
Jia Zhou ◽  
Hanli Ruan

AbstractThree new (alterchothecenes A – C, 1 –3) and 3 known (4 –6) trichothecenes, along with 9 known compounds (7 –15), were isolated from the culture of Alternaria sp. sb23, an endophytic fungus separated from the root of Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses, and the absolute configurations of 1–3 were determined through comparison of the experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra and optical rotations with similar analogues. In vitro cytotoxicity tests of compounds 1–6 against human HT-29 colon carcinoma and human MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines indicated that 4–6 exhibited significant cytotoxic effects, with IC50 values ranging from 0.89 to 9.38 µM. And the potential of compounds 1–6 as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) sensitizers in HT-29 cells was evaluated. The results revealed that combination treatment of TRAIL with compounds 1–6 synergistically decreased cell viability compared with the sole treatment with those compounds.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehao Huang ◽  
Na Li ◽  
Kaifeng Rao ◽  
Cuiting Liu ◽  
Zijian Wang ◽  
...  

Background: More than 2,000 chemicals have been used in the tannery industry. Although some tannery chemicals have been reported to have harmful effects on both human health and the environment, only a few have been subjected to genotoxicity and cytotoxicity evaluations. Objective: This study focused on cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of ten tannery chemicals widely used in China. Materials and Methods: DNA-damaging effects were measured using the SOS/umu test with Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002. Chromosome-damaging and cytotoxic effects were determined with the high-content in vitro Micronucleus test (MN test) using the human-derived cell lines MGC-803 and A549. Conclusion: The cytotoxicity of the ten tannery chemicals differed somewhat between the two cell assays, with A549 cells being more sensitive than MGC-803 cells. None of the chemicals induced DNA damage before metabolism, but one was found to have DNA-damaging effects on metabolism. Four of the chemicals, DY64, SB1, DB71 and RR120, were found to have chromosome-damaging effects. A Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) analysis indicated that one structural feature favouring chemical genotoxicity, Hacceptor-path3-Hacceptor, may contribute to the chromosome-damaging effects of the four MN-test-positive chemicals.


1991 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. van Wachem ◽  
P. B. van Wachem ◽  
L. H. H. Olde Damink ◽  
P. J. Dijkstra ◽  
J. Feijen ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTPretreatment in tissue culture (TC) was previously found to markedly reduce the in vitro cytotoxicity of two types of crosslinked dermal sheep collagens (DSC's). This in vivo study confirms our in vitro results, in that TC-pretreatment of crosslinked DSC's resulted in the marked reduction or elimination of cytotoxic effects, such as increased cell infiltration, a deviant neutrophil-morphology, lipid formation and cell death. TC-pretreatment affected the crosslinked state of both DSC's in a different way, which could be deduced from the differences in gelatin-formation and presence of giant cells from macrophage- or fibroblast-origin. The results are explained in view of the differences in crosslinking.


Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 3179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Xiao-Long Yuan ◽  
Yong-Mei Du ◽  
Bin-Gui Wang ◽  
...  

An endophytic fungus Arthrinium arundinis TE-3 was isolated and purified from the fresh leaves of cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Chemical investigation on this fungal strain afforded three new prenylated diphenyl ethers (1−3) as well as three known analogues (4−6). Structure elucidation of the isolated compounds was carried out by analysis of 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (HRESIMS) spectra, as well as by comparison of those data with literature data. The absolute configuration of the stereogenic center at C-8 in 1 was assigned by comparison of the experimental and calculated ECD spectra. Compounds 1 and 2 showed selective antifungal activity against Mucor hiemalis with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 8 and 4 μg/mL, respectively. Compounds 5 and 6 exhibited inhibitory activity against Alteraria alternata with an MIC value of 8 μg/mL. In the cytotoxic assay, 2, 5, and 6 displayed moderate in vitro cytotoxicity against the human monocytic cell line (THP-1 cell line), with IC50 values of 40.2, 28.3, and 25.9 μM, respectively. This study indicated that endophytic fungi possess great potential for exploring new bioactive secondary metabolites.


Marine Drugs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 537
Author(s):  
Yingxin Li ◽  
Zhiyong Li

Cyclopeptides usually play a pivotal role, either in the viability or virulence of fungi. Two types of cyclopeptides, six new hydroxamate siderophore cyclohexapeptides (1–6), including acremonpeptides E and F, and their complexes with aluminum and ferric ions; one new cyclic pentapeptolide, aselacin D (9); together with a known compound, aselacin C (10), were isolated and characterized from the sponge-derived fungus Acremonium persicinum F10. In addition, two new siderophore analogues chelating gallium ions (Ga3+), Ga (Ⅲ)-acremonpeptide E (7) and Ga (Ⅲ)-acremonpeptide F (8), using isolated acremonpeptides E and F, were prepared. The planar structures of 1–10 were elucidated by HRESIMS and (1D and 2D) NMR. The absolute configurations of amino acids were determined by means of the advanced Marfey’s method and X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer was performed to disclose the elements of compound 1, indicating the existence of aluminum (Al). Al (Ⅲ)-acremonpeptides E (1), Ga (Ⅲ)-acremonpeptides E (5), Al (Ⅲ)-acremonpeptide F (7), and Ga (Ⅲ)-acremonpeptide F (8) displayed high in vitro anti-fungal activities, which are comparable to amphotericin B, against Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus niger.


Marine Drugs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin-Ping Song ◽  
Feng-Ping Miao ◽  
Xiang-Hong Liu ◽  
Xiu-Li Yin ◽  
Nai-Yun Ji

Seven previously unreported cyclonerane derivatives, namely, 3,7,11-trihydroxycycloneran-10-one, cycloneran-3,7,10,11-tetraol, cycloneran-3,7,11-triol, 11,12,15-trinorcycloneran-3,7,10-triol, 7,10S-epoxycycloneran-3,15-diol, 7,10R-epoxycycloneran-3,15-diol, and (10Z)-15-acetoxy-10-cycloneren-3,7-diol, were isolated in addition to the known (10Z)-cyclonerotriol, (10E)-cyclonerotriol, catenioblin C, and chokol E from the culture of Trichoderma asperellum A-YMD-9-2, an endophytic fungus obtained from the marine red alga Gracilaria verrucosa. The structures of previously unreported compounds were established by spectroscopic techniques, including 1D/2D NMR, MS, and IR. The isolation of these new cyclonerane derivatives greatly adds to the structural diversity of unusual cyclonerane sesquiterpenes, and several isolates exhibit potent inhibition against some marine phytoplankton species.


2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 1153-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadete P. da Silva ◽  
José P. Parente

Abstract A new bidesmosidic furostanol saponin was isolated from leaves of Furcraea gigantea Vent. Its structure was established as 3-[(O-6-deoxy-α-L-mannopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β -D-glucopyranosyl-( 1→3)-O-[O-β -D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-β -D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-β -D-glucopyranosyl- (1→4)-β -D-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-(3β ,5α,15α,22α,25R)-26-(β -D-glucopyranosyloxy)-15,22-dihydroxy- furost-12-one. Its structural identification was performed using detailed analyses of 1H and 13C NMR spectra including 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques (DEPT, COSY, HETCOR and COLOC) and chemical conversions. The steroidal saponin showed no haemolytic effects in the in vitro assays and demonstrated inhibition of the capillary permeability activity.


2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 628-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadete P. da Silva ◽  
José P. Parente

A new complex triterpenoid saponin, polystachyasaponin, was isolated from leaves of Entada polystachya (L.) DC. (Leguminosae) by using chromatographic methods. Its structure was established as 15,16-dihydroxy-3-[[O-β -D-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1→6)-2- (acetylamino)-2-deoxy-β -D-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-(3β ,15α,16α)-olean-12-en-28-oic acid O-D-apio- β -D-furanosyl-(1→3)-O-β -D-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-[β -D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)]-6-O-[(2E,6R)- 6-hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl-1-oxo-2,7-octadienyl]-β -D-glucopyranosyl ester. Structural elucidation was performed using detailed analyses of 1H and 13C NMR spectra including 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques and chemical conversions. The hemolytic activity of the saponin was evaluated using in vitro assays, and its adjuvant potential on the cellular immune response against ovalbumin antigen was investigated using in vivo assays.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Tamirat Tekassa ◽  
Yitagesu Tewabe ◽  
Daniel Bisrat ◽  
Asrat Hailu ◽  
Kaleab Asres

Aloe ghibensis Sebsebe & Friis is traditionally used in Ethiopia for the treatment of various ailments including skin problem, wounds and malaria. Phytochemical constituents and antileshimanial properties of the leaf latex of A. ghibensis have not been reported. The objective of this study was, therefore, to determine the phytochemical constituents and in vitro antileishmanial activities of the leaf latex of A. ghibensis and its major compounds against two Leishmania species. Preparative TLC was used to isolate compounds from the leaf latex of A. ghibensis and spectroscopic techniques including 1D- and 2D-NMR as well as ESI-MS were employed to elucidate structures of the isolated compounds. In vitro antileishmanial activity was performed against promastigotes and axenically cultured amastigotes of Leishmania aethiopica and Leishmania donovani clinical isolates using Alamar Blue assay. Phytochemical investigation led to the isolation of two major anthrones, identified as aloin A/B and 7-hydroxyaloin A/B. Both the leaf latex of A. ghibensis and isolated compounds showed antileishmanial activity with IC50 values ranging from 1.6 ± 0.43 to 3.64 ± 0.09 µg/ml and 1.87 ± 0.21 to 3.72 ± 0.12 against promastigotes and axenically cultured amastigotes of L. aethopica and L. donovani, respectively. Moreover, the test substances were found to be less toxic (LC50 = 145 ± 0.72 to 156 ± 0.08 µg/ml) than amphotericin B (LC50 = 12.11 ± 0.51 µg/ml) towards human monocytic cell line (THP-1). The present study revealed that the latex and pure compounds possess genuine antileishmanial activity with high selectivity indices (SIs). Therefore, the isolated compounds can be used as a scaffold for the development of effective drugs for leishmaniasis.  


2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilios I. Balas ◽  
Sotiris K. Hadjikakou ◽  
Nick Hadjiliadis ◽  
Nikolaos Kourkoumelis ◽  
Mark E. Light ◽  
...  

A novel tri-n-butyl(IV) derivative of 2-thiobarbituric acid (HTBA) of formula[(n-Bu)3Sn(TBA)⋅H2O](1) has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and119Sn-NMR and FT-IR spectroscopic techniques. The crystal structure of complex1has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis at 120(2) K. The geometry around Sn(IV) is trigonal bipyramidal. Threen-butyl groups and one oxygen atom from a deprotonated 2-thiobarbituric ligand are bonded to the metal center. The geometry is completed with one oxygen from a water molecule. Compound1exhibits potent, in vitro, cytotoxicity against sarcoma cancer cells (mesenchymal tissue) from the Wistar rat, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH, benzo[a]pyrene) carcinogenesis. In addition, the inhibition caused by1, in the rate of lipoxygenase (LOX) catalyzed oxidation reaction of linoleic acid to hyperoxolinoleic acid, has been also kinetically and theoretically studied. The results are compared to that of cisplatin.


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