Bisabolane Sesquiterpenoids from the Plant Endophytic Fungus Paraconiothyrium brasiliense

J Nat Prod. 2015 Apr 24;78(4):746-53. doi: 10.1021/np5009569. Epub 2015 Mar 11.

Abstract

Brasilamides E-J (1-6), the bisabolane sesquiterpenoids with the 3-cyclohexylfuran (1 and 2) and 3-cyclohexylfuranone (3-6) skeletons, were isolated from the scale-up fermentation cultures of the plant endophytic fungus Paraconiothynium brasiliense Verkley. Although brasilamide E (1) is a known metabolite, its structure elucidation has yet to be described. The structures of 1-6 were elucidated primarily by NMR experiments. Compounds 3-6 were found to be racemic, and 3 was further separated into enantiomers 3a and 3b on a chiral HPLC column. The absolute configurations of 3a and 3b were assigned by electronic circular dichroism calculations. Compound 1 selectively inhibited the proliferation of the breast (MCF-7) and gastric (MGC) cancer cell lines, with IC50 values of 8.4 and 14.7 μM, respectively. Initial mechanistic investigation revealed that compound 1 inhibited the expression of a key energy metabolic enzyme, hexokinase II (HK2), in MCF-7 cells, which resulted in dysfunction of glucose metabolism and ATP depletion and eventually inhibited the proliferation of the breast cancer cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Female
  • Hexokinase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Hexokinase