Structures and absolute stereochemistry of dinapinones A1 and A2, inhibitors of triacylglycerol synthesis, produced by penicillium pinophilum FKI-3864

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2012 Aug;65(8):419-25. doi: 10.1038/ja.2012.41. Epub 2012 May 30.

Abstract

During our screening program for microbial inhibitors of triacylglycerol synthesis in mammalian cells, four structurally related new compounds, dinapinones A1 (1) and A2 (2) and monapinones A (3) and B (4), were isolated from the culture broth of Penicillium pinophilum FKI-3864. Compounds 3 and 4 were produced by the fungus only when fermented in seawater-supplemented medium. The structures of 1 to 4 were elucidated by spectroscopic studies including various NMR experiments. Compounds 1 and 2 were atropisomers consisting of two monomers with the same planar structure of dihydronaphthopyranone as 3. The absolute stereochemistry of 3 was elucidated by NOE experiment and circular dichroism spectra. Furthermore, the stereochemistry of 1 and 2 was elucidated by in vitro conversion from the structure-defined 3 to its dimers 1 and 2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Circular Dichroism
  • Coumarins / chemistry*
  • Coumarins / isolation & purification
  • Coumarins / pharmacology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Penicillium / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Triglycerides / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Triglycerides / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Coumarins
  • Triglycerides