Cytotoxic epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloids from filamentous fungi of the Bionectriaceae
Figueroa, M., Graf, TN., Ayers, S., Adcock, AF., Kroll, DJ., Yang, J., Swanson, SM., Munoz-Acuna, U., de Blanco, EJC., Agrawal, R., Wani, M., Darveaux, BA., Pearce, CJ., & Oberlies, NH. (2012). Cytotoxic epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloids from filamentous fungi of the Bionectriaceae. Journal of Antibiotics, 65(11), 559-564. https://doi.org/10.1038/ja.2012.69
Abstract
Bioactivity-directed fractionation of the organic extracts of two filamentous fungi of the Bionectriaceae, strains MSX 64546 and MSX 59553 from the Mycosynthetix library, led to the isolation of a new dimeric epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloid, verticillin H (1), along with six related analogs, Sch 52900 (2), verticillin A (3), gliocladicillin C (4), Sch 52901 (5), 11'-deoxyverticillin A (6) and gliocladicillin A (7). The structures of compounds 1-7 were determined by extensive NMR and HRMS analyses, as well as by comparisons to the literature. All compounds (1-7) were evaluated for cytotoxicity against a panel of human cancer cell lines, displaying IC50 values ranging from 1.2 mu M to 10 nM. Compounds 1-5 were examined for activity in the NF-kappa B assay, where compounds 2 and 3 revealed activity in the sub-micromolar range. Additionally, compounds 1, 3 and 4 were tested for EGFR inhibition using an enzymatic assay, while compound 3 was examined against an overexpressing EGFR(+ve) cancer cell line. The Journal of Antibiotics (2012) 65, 559-564; doi: 10.1038/ja.2012.69; published online 12 September 2012
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