Greensporones: resorcylic acid lactones from an aquatic Halenospora sp

J Nat Prod. 2014 Sep 26;77(9):2088-98. doi: 10.1021/np500497r. Epub 2014 Aug 5.

Abstract

Fourteen new resorcylic acid lactones (1-14) were isolated from an organic extract of a culture of a freshwater aquatic fungus Halenospora sp. originating from a stream in North Carolina. The structures were elucidated using a set of spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques. The absolute configuration of one representative member of the compounds (7) was assigned using X-ray crystallography of an analogue that incorporated a heavy atom, whereas for compounds 8-11, a modified Mosher's ester method was utilized. The relative configurations of compounds 12-14 were determined on the basis of NOE data. Compounds 12-14 were proposed as artifacts produced by intramolecular cycloetherification of the ε-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated ketone moieties of the parent compounds during the purification processes. The isolated compounds, except for 8 and 12, were tested against the MDA-MB-435 (melanoma) and HT-29 (colon) cancer cell lines. Compound 5 was the most potent, with IC50 values of 2.9 and 7.5 μM, respectively. The compounds were evaluated as TAK1-TAB1 inhibitors but were found to be inactive.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fresh Water
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • North Carolina
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Lactones