Hypothemycin-Type Resorcylic Acid Lactones with Immunosuppressive Activities from a Podospora sp

J Nat Prod. 2021 Feb 26;84(2):483-494. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01344. Epub 2021 Feb 5.

Abstract

Twelve new hypothemycin-type resorcylic acid lactones, three 10-membered (1-3) and nine 14-membered (4-12), together with seven known analogues (13-19), were obtained from the solid rice-based culture of Podospora sp. G214. Their structures were elucidated utilizing spectroscopic analysis, and the absolute configurations were determined by modified Mosher's method, Mo2(OAc)4-induced electronic circular dichroism experiments, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1, 5, 10, and 12-19 exhibited potent immunosuppressive activities against concanavalin A-induced T cell proliferation with IC50 values ranging from 6.0 to 25.1 μM and lipopolysaccharide-induced B cell proliferation with IC50 values ranging from 6.2 to 29.1 μM. Further studies revealed that 1 induced apoptosis in activated T cells through the JNK-mediated mitochondrial pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • B-Lymphocytes / drug effects*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • China
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / isolation & purification
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacology*
  • Lactones / isolation & purification
  • Lactones / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Roots / microbiology
  • Podospora / chemistry*
  • Sanguisorba / microbiology
  • Spleen / cytology
  • T-Lymphocytes / drug effects*
  • Zearalenone / analogs & derivatives
  • Zearalenone / isolation & purification
  • Zearalenone / pharmacology

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Lactones
  • hypothemycin
  • Zearalenone