Bioactive sulfur-containing sulochrin dimers and other metabolites from an Alternaria sp. isolate from a Hawaiian soil sample

J Nat Prod. 2014 Oct 24;77(10):2280-7. doi: 10.1021/np5005449. Epub 2014 Sep 29.

Abstract

Polluxochrin (1) and dioschrin (2), two new dimers of sulochrin linked by thioether bonds, were purified from an Alternaria sp. isolate obtained from a Hawaiian soil sample. The structures of the two metabolites were established by NMR, mass spectrometry data, and X-ray analysis. Metabolite 1 was determined to be susceptible to intramolecular cyclization under aqueous conditions, resulting in the generation of 2 as well as another dimeric compound, castochrin (3). An additional nine new metabolites were also obtained, including four new pyrenochaetic acid derivatives (8-11), one new asterric acid analogue (13), and four new secalonic acid analogues (14-17). Bioassay analysis of these compounds revealed 1-3 displayed antimicrobial and weak cytotoxic activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alternaria / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Benzoates / chemistry
  • Benzoates / isolation & purification*
  • Benzoates / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Hawaii
  • Humans
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Phenyl Ethers / chemistry
  • Soil Microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Benzoates
  • Phenyl Ethers
  • dioschrin
  • polluxochrin
  • asterric acid
  • sulochrin