Bridged Epipolythiodiketopiperazines from Penicillium raciborskii, an Endophytic Fungus of Rhododendron tomentosum Harmaja

J Nat Prod. 2016 Apr 22;79(4):685-90. doi: 10.1021/np500822k. Epub 2016 Apr 8.

Abstract

Three new epithiodiketopiperazine natural products [outovirin A (1), outovirin B (2), and outovirin C (3)] resembling the antifungal natural product gliovirin have been identified in extracts of Penicillium raciborskii, an endophytic fungus isolated from Rhododendron tomentosum. The compounds are unusual for their class in that they possess sulfide bridges between α- and β-carbons rather than the typical α-α bridging. To our knowledge, outovirin A represents the first reported naturally produced epimonothiodiketopiperazine, and antifungal outovirin C is the first reported trisulfide gliovirin-like compound. This report describes the identification and structural elucidation of the compounds by LC-MS/MS and NMR.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Penicillium / chemistry*
  • Piperazines / chemistry
  • Piperazines / isolation & purification*
  • Piperazines / pharmacology
  • Rhododendron / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Piperazines
  • epipolythiodiketopiperazine
  • outovirin A
  • outovirin B
  • outovirin C
  • gliovirin