Trivirensols: Selectively Bacteriostatic Sesquiterpene Trimers from the Australian Termite Nest-Derived Fungus Trichoderma virens CMB-TN16

Journal of Natural Products
2019.0

Abstract

The termite nest-derived fungus Trichoderma virens CMB-TN16 cultivated on rice-based media produced seven new first-in-class trimeric sesquiterpenes, trivirensols A-G (11-17). Structures inclusive of absolute configurations were assigned by detailed spectroscopic analysis and biosynthetic considerations. Although trivirensols exhibit no cytotoxicity to mammalian carcinoma cells, selected examples are bacteriostatic against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE). Structure-activity relationship (SAR) investigations combined with in situ chemical stability studies documented bacteriostatic activity for trivirensols A (11) and B (12) and the co-metabolite divirensols A (4), B (5), and G (10), all of which share a common terminal butenolide. Significantly, SAR studies also revealed bacteriostatic activity for trivirensols C (13) and G (17) and the co-metabolite divirensol C (6), all of which share a common hydrated butenolide terminal. Of note, when exposed to VRE cell cultures, the hydrated butenolides 6, 13, and 17 undergo rapid in situ dehydration to corresponding butenolides, suggesting hydrated butenolides are a pro-drug form of the butenolide VRE bacteriostatic pharmacophore.

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