Penipyranicins A-C: Antibacterial Methylpyran Polyketides from a Hydrothermal Spring Sediment Penicillium sp

J Nat Prod. 2020 Dec 24;83(12):3591-3597. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00741. Epub 2020 Dec 9.

Abstract

Four new aromatic polyketides (1-4) were isolated from Penicillium sp. RO-11, obtained from the sediment of a hydrothermal spring in the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. The new compounds are penipyranicins A-C (1-3), characterized by a 4-methyl-4H-pyran moiety, a structural motif unprecedented among fungal polyketides, and the naphthopyrone derivative isopyrenulin (4). The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of data from mass spectrometry, 1D and 2D NMR analysis, and comparison between experimental and time-dependent density functional theory-calculated electronic circular dichroism spectra. A plausible biosynthetic pathway connecting penipyranicins and isopyrenulin is proposed. The isolated compounds were active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Fermentation
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Penicillium / chemistry
  • Penicillium / isolation & purification*
  • Polyketides / chemistry
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification*
  • Polyketides / pharmacology
  • Spectrum Analysis / methods

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Polyketides