NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (7): 1156-1164. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2021.7.010

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Antitumor secondary metabolites of an endophytic fungus Aspergillus terreus TZS-201607 from Pseudostellaria heterophylla

HU Xiao-feng,CHAI Hai-quan,JIA Lin-chuan,SHAO Lu*,LIU Xiao-xiao*,CHEN Ye   

  1. HU Xiao-feng,CHAI Hai-quan,JIA Lin-chuan,SHAO Lu*,LIU Xiao-xiao*,CHEN Ye
  • Online:2021-07-28 Published:2021-07-29

Abstract:

The secondary metabolites of the endophytic fungus Aspergillus terreus TZS-201607 isolated from Pseudostellaria heterophyllawere fully studied.A total of 16 compounds were isolated from the EtOAc extracts of the PDB culture broth by means of chromatographic techniques,including silica gel,Sephadex LH-20 gel,reversed-phase and semi-preparative HPLC column chromatography.Their structures were identified as sterigmatocystin (1),5-methoxysterigmatocystin (2),variecoxanthone A(3),chryxanthone A(4),6,8-di-O-methylaverufin(5),6,8-di-O-methylnidurufin(6),6,8,1′-tri-O-methyl averantin(7),(22E,24R)-ergosta-7,9(11),22-trien-3β-ol(8),(22E,24R)-ergosta-4,6,8(14),22-trtraen-3-one(9),(22E,24R)-3β,5α-dihydroxy-ergosta-7,22-dien-6-one(10),(22E,24R)-3β,5α,9α-trihydroxy-ergosta-7,22-diene-6-one(11),(22E,24R)-3α-ureido-ergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraene(12),(22E,24R)-ergosta-7,22-dien-3β,5α,6β-triol(13),(22E,24R)-5α,8α-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol(14),demethylincisterol A315)and (17R)-17-methylincisterol(16,by spectroscopic analysis and by comparison with previously reported literatures.Compounds 1-7,12,and 14-16 were isolated from the fungus A. terreus for the first time.The cytotoxicity of compounds 1-16 against A549,BT-549,HeLa,HepG2,MCF-7,and THP-1 cell lines was evaluated.Compounds 6,7,and 14 showed strong inhibitory activity against A549,BT-549,HeLa,and THP-1 cell lines,respectively (IC50<10 μM).

Key words: Pseudostellaria heterophylla, endophytic fungus, Aspergillus terreus, secondary metabolites, cytotoxicity

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