Antiplasmodial Sesquiterpenoid Lactones from Trichospira verticillata: Structure Elucidation by Spectroscopic Methods and Comparison of Experimental and Calculated ECD Data

J Nat Prod. 2017 May 26;80(5):1639-1647. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00247. Epub 2017 May 2.

Abstract

A dichloromethane extract of Trichospira verticillata from the Natural Products Discovery Institute was discovered to have good antiplasmodial activity (IC50 ∼5 μg/mL). After purification by liquid-liquid partition and C18 reversed-phase HPLC, four new germacranolide-type sesquiterpenoid lactones named trichospirolides A-D (1-4) were isolated. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR and MS data. The relative and absolute configurations were assigned based on a comparison of calculated and experimental ECD and UV spectra, specific rotations, internuclear distances, and coupling constants for all possible diastereomers for each compound. Among these four compounds, the conjugated dienone 1 displayed the most potent antiplasmodial activity, with an IC50 value of 1.5 μM.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / isolation & purification*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plasmodium falciparum / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Lactones
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • trichospirolide A
  • trichospirolide B
  • trichospirolide C
  • trichospirolide D