Aniline-Tetramic Acids from the Deep-Sea-Derived Fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum L3P3 Cultured with the HDAC Inhibitor SAHA

J Nat Prod. 2018 Jul 27;81(7):1651-1657. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00289. Epub 2018 Jul 9.

Abstract

Four new tetramic acids, cladosins H-K (1-4), and a related known compound, cladodionen (5), were isolated from the culture of the Mariana Trench (depth 6562 m) sediment-derived fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum L3P3 treated with the histone deacetylase inhibitor SAHA (suberanilohydroxamic acid). Interestingly, compounds 1-5 existed as equilibrium E/ Z mixtures and 1-4 were the first cases of tetramic acids containing aniline moieties. Their structures including absolute configurations were elucidated through a combination of NMR, MS, and Mosher's method, together with the consideration of biogenetic origins. Incubation experiments of exogenous aniline and N-phenyloctanamide revealed that the aniline moiety in cladosins H-K (1-4) is probably derived from the degradation of SAHA, indicating that the well-known histone deacetylase inhibitor SAHA could be metabolized by L3P3 and provide aniline as a precursor for biotransformation of chemically reactive polyketides. The cytotoxicity of 1-5 was evaluated against the PC-3, MGC-803, SH-SY5Y, HCT-116, K562, and HL-60 cell lines, and compound 2 showed promising cytotoxicity against the HL-60 cell line with an IC50 value of 2.8 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aniline Compounds / chemistry
  • Aniline Compounds / isolation & purification*
  • Aniline Compounds / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cladosporium / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyketides / chemistry
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification*
  • Polyketides / pharmacology
  • Pyrrolidinones / chemistry
  • Pyrrolidinones / isolation & purification*
  • Pyrrolidinones / pharmacology
  • Vorinostat / chemistry
  • Vorinostat / pharmacology

Substances

  • Aniline Compounds
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
  • Polyketides
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • tetramic acid
  • Vorinostat