A new diketopiperazine alkaloid from Aspergillus oryzae

Nat Prod Res. 2014;28(2):86-94. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2013.841687. Epub 2013 Oct 10.

Abstract

Investigation of bioactive secondary metabolites from terrestrial Aspergillus oryzae sp. MMAO1 using M2 medium afforded a new diketopiperazine alkaloid, 7,9-dihydroxy-3-(1H-indol-3-ylmethyl)-8-methoxy-2,3,11,11a-tetrahydro-6H-pyrazino[1,2-b]isoquinoline-1,4-dione (1a), containing the unusual amino acid L-6,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxyphenylalanine. This was co-isolated with ditryptophenaline (2), cyclo-(Tryp,Tyr) (4), cyclo-(Pro,Val), α-cyclopiazonic acid (3), kojic acid and uridine. Re-cultivation of the fungal strain on Dox medium led to the production of bisdethio(bismethylthio)gliotoxin (5), pseurotin A (6) along with linoleic acid, α-cyclopiazonic acid (3) and kojic acid. The chemical structure of the new diketopiperazine alkaloid including the relative configuration was determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and HR-ESI-MS spectrometry, and by comparison with the related literature. The new alkaloid (1a) showed no antimicrobial activity or cytotoxicity against brine shrimps.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Artemia / drug effects
  • Aspergillus oryzae / chemistry*
  • Diketopiperazines / chemistry
  • Diketopiperazines / isolation & purification*
  • Diketopiperazines / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oryza / microbiology
  • Pyrones / chemistry
  • Pyrrolidinones / chemistry
  • Pyrrolidinones / isolation & purification
  • Uridine / chemistry

Substances

  • 7,9-dihydroxy-3-(1H-indol-3-ylmethyl)-8-methoxy-2,3,11,11a-tetrahydro-6H-pyrazino(1,2-b)isoquinoline-1,4-dione
  • Alkaloids
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Diketopiperazines
  • Pyrones
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • pseurotin
  • kojic acid
  • Uridine