A new sesquiterpene from the mangrove endophytic fungus Aspergillus terreus (No. GX7-3B)

Nat Prod Res. 2013 Oct;27(20):1882-7. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2013.778847. Epub 2013 Mar 22.

Abstract

A new compound 1 (named botryosphaerin F), along with other three known compounds 2 (13,14,15,16-tetranorlabd-7-ene-19,6b:12,17-diolide), 3 (botryosphaerin B) and 4 (LL-Z1271β), has been isolated from the mangrove fungus Aspergillus terreus (No. GX7-3B). The structure of the new compound was established by analysis of spectroscopic data. The hypothetical biogenic relationship of four sesquiterpene analogues was also described in this paper. Furthermore, in the cytotoxicity assays, compound 1 showed potent inhibiting activity towards MCF-7 and HL-60 cancer cell lines with 50% inhibition of cell growth (IC50) values of 4.49 and 3.43 μM, respectively, and compound 4 exhibited promising activity against HL-60 cell line with an IC50 value of 0.6 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillus / chemistry*
  • Complex Mixtures / analysis*
  • Fermentation
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Molecular Structure
  • Rhizophoraceae / microbiology*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Transition Temperature

Substances

  • Complex Mixtures
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • botryosphaerin F