Diketopiperazine alkaloids from a mangrove rhizosphere soil derived fungus Aspergillus effuses H1-1

Org Biomol Chem. 2012 Dec 21;10(47):9501-6. doi: 10.1039/c2ob26757h. Epub 2012 Oct 30.

Abstract

Effusin A (1), a spirobicyclic N,O-acetal derivative with an unprecedented 3',3a',5',6'-tetrahydrospiro[piperazine-2,2'-pyrano[2,3,4-de]chromene] ring system, and a spiro-polyketide-diketopiperazine hybrid dihydrocryptoechinulin D (2) were isolated from a mangrove rhizosphere soil derived fungus, Aspergillus effuses H1-1. Their structures were determined by detailed spectroscopic analysis. Effusin A (1) and dihydrocryptoechinulin D (2) occurred as racemates, the enantiomers of which were separated and characterized by online HPLC-ECD analysis and their absolute configurations were determined by the solution TDDFT ECD calculation approach. The cytotoxic effects of 1 and 2 were preliminarily evaluated and 2 showed potent activity on P388 cells with an IC(50) value of 1.83 μM. The target of racemic 2 was also investigated and the (12R,28S,31S)-2 enantiomer showed selectivity against topoisomerase I.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillus / chemistry*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Diketopiperazines / chemistry*
  • Diketopiperazines / pharmacokinetics
  • Diketopiperazines / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Rhizosphere*
  • Soil* / chemistry
  • Wetlands

Substances

  • Diketopiperazines
  • Soil
  • dihydrocryptoechinuline D
  • effusin A