Isolation and structure assignments of rostratins A-D, cytotoxic disulfides produced by the marine-derived fungus Exserohilum rostratum

J Nat Prod. 2004 Aug;67(8):1374-82. doi: 10.1021/np049920b.

Abstract

Four new cytotoxic disulfides, rostratins A-D (1-4), were isolated from the whole broth of the marine-derived fungus Exserohilum rostratum (Drechsler), a fungal strain found associated with a marine cyanobacterial mat. The structures of these cyclic dipeptides were established through chemical degradation and a variety of two-dimensional NMR techniques. The absolute configurations of the rostratins were determined by the modified Mosher method. In the case of the polyhydroxylated compound 1 and the mercaptol 4, regioselective acylation was achieved by modulating the reaction temperature while monitoring the progress of the reaction by 1H NMR. Rostratins A, B, C, and D showed in vitro cytotoxicity against human colon carcinoma (HCT-116) with IC50 values of 8.5, 1.9, 0.76, and 16.5 microg/mL, respectively.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cyanobacteria
  • Disulfides / chemistry
  • Disulfides / isolation & purification*
  • Disulfides / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Hawaii
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Mitosporic Fungi / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry
  • Peptides, Cyclic / isolation & purification*
  • Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology
  • Phenylacetates / chemistry
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Disulfides
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Phenylacetates
  • alpha-methoxy-alpha-trifluoromethylphenylacetyl chloride