Calvatianone, a Sterol Possessing a 6/5/6/5-Fused Ring System with a Contracted Tetrahydrofuran B-Ring, from the Fruiting Bodies of Calvatia nipponica

J Nat Prod. 2020 Sep 25;83(9):2737-2742. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00673. Epub 2020 Sep 17.

Abstract

Calvatia nipponica is an extremely rare mushroom with a limited number of studies on its chemical components and biological activities published. Here we report the isolation of a novel sterol, calvatianone (1), possessing a 6/5/6/5-fused ring system with a contracted tetrahydrofuran B-ring, and four known steroids (2-5) from the fruiting bodies of C. nipponica. The structure of calvatianone including its absolute configuration was determined by NMR spectroscopic analyses, HR-ESIMS, gauge-including atomic orbital NMR chemical shift calculations, and ECD calculations. Ergosterol peroxide (3) and cyathisterol (4) suppressed the cell viability increase induced by 17β-estradiol in MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines, suggesting a possible approach for these compounds to serve as ERα antagonists.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Estradiol
  • Estrogen Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Female
  • Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Steroids / chemistry
  • Sterols / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Estrogen Antagonists
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha
  • Steroids
  • Sterols
  • Estradiol