Hypoxia-Protective Azaphilone Adducts from Peyronellaea glomerata

J Nat Prod. 2018 May 25;81(5):1148-1153. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00663. Epub 2018 May 8.

Abstract

Peyronellones A and B (1 and 2), a pair of rare tetracyclic caged adducts of azaphilone with pyruvic acid, along with four new analogues (3-6), were isolated from solid cultures of the endophytic fungus Peyronellaea glomerata. Their structures were elucidated through spectroscopic analysis, and their absolute configurations were unambiguously determined by a combination of single-crystal X-ray crystallography, Rh2(OCOCF3)4-induced ECD experiments, ECD calculations, and modified Mosher methods. Compound 2 (5 μM) was found to have a significant hypoxia-protective effect that improved the survival rate of hypoxia/reoxygenation-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells from 35% to 70%, which was equal to the potency of the positive control, verapamil. Flow cytometry analysis suggested 2 could inhibit H/R-induced late-stage apoptosis of this cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Benzopyrans / chemistry
  • Benzopyrans / pharmacology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods
  • Endophytes / chemistry
  • Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / drug therapy*
  • Pigments, Biological / chemistry
  • Pigments, Biological / pharmacology*
  • Protective Agents / chemistry
  • Protective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Pyruvic Acid / chemistry
  • Survival Rate
  • Verapamil / pharmacology

Substances

  • Benzopyrans
  • Pigments, Biological
  • Protective Agents
  • azaphilone
  • Pyruvic Acid
  • Verapamil