Epicochalasines A and B: Two Bioactive Merocytochalasans Bearing Caged Epicoccine Dimer Units from Aspergillus flavipes

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2016.0

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Two bioactive merocytochalasans, epicochalasines A (<jats:bold>1</jats:bold>) and B (<jats:bold>2</jats:bold>), a new class of cytochalasans bearing unexpected scaffolds consisting of fused aspochalasin and epicoccine dimer moieties, were isolated from the liquid culture broth of <jats:italic>Aspergillus flavipes</jats:italic>. Both <jats:bold>1</jats:bold> and <jats:bold>2</jats:bold> possess a hendecacyclic 5/6/11/5/6/5/6/5/6/6/5 ring system containing an adamantyl cage and as many as 19 stereogenic centers; however, the fusion patterns of <jats:bold>1</jats:bold> and <jats:bold>2</jats:bold> differ greatly, thus resulting in different carbon skeletons. The absolute configurations of <jats:bold>1</jats:bold> and <jats:bold>2</jats:bold> were determined by X‐ray diffraction and calculated ECD, respectively. The biogenetic pathways of <jats:bold>1</jats:bold> and <jats:bold>2</jats:bold> are proposed to involve Diels–Alder and nucleophilic addition reactions. Both <jats:bold>1</jats:bold> and <jats:bold>2</jats:bold> induced significant G2/M‐phase cell‐cycle arrest. Furthermore, we found that merocytochalasans induce apoptosis in leukemia cells through the activation of caspase‐3 and the degradation of PARP.

Knowledge Graph

Similar Paper

Epicochalasines A and B: Two Bioactive Merocytochalasans Bearing Caged Epicoccine Dimer Units from <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i>
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016.0
Asperflavipine A: A Cytochalasan Heterotetramer Uniquely Defined by a Highly Complex Tetradecacyclic Ring System from <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i> QCS12
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017.0
Aspergilasines A–D: Four Merocytochalasans with New Carbon Skeletons from <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i> QCS12
Organic Letters 2017.0
Asperchalasine A, a Cytochalasan Dimer with an Unprecedented Decacyclic Ring System, from <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i>
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015.0
Asperchalasine A, a Cytochalasan Dimer with an Unprecedented Decacyclic Ring System, from <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i>
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015.0
Flavipesines A and B and Asperchalasines E–H: Cytochalasans and Merocytochalasans from <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i>
Journal of Natural Products 2019.0
Bisaspochalasins A–C: Three Cytochalasan Homodimers with Highly Fused Ring System from an Endophytic <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i>
Organic Letters 2020.0
Flavichalasines A–M, cytochalasan alkaloids from Aspergillus flavipes
Scientific Reports 2017.0
Flavipesines A and B and Asperchalasines E–H: Cytochalasans and Merocytochalasans from <i>Aspergillus flavipes</i>
Journal of Natural Products 2019.0
Cysteine Residue Containing Merocytochalasans and 17,18-<i>seco</i>-Aspochalasins from <i>Aspergillus micronesiensis</i>
Journal of Natural Products 2019.0