Pochonins A-F, new antiviral and antiparasitic resorcylic acid lactones from Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata

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Authors

  • Veronika Hellwig
  • Anke Mayer-Bartschild
  • Hartwig Müller
  • Gisela Greif
  • Gerald Kleymann
  • Werner Zitzmann
  • Hans-Volker Tichy
  • Marc Stadler

Monorden (1) and the novel resorcylic acid lactones pochonins A (2), B (4), C (6), D (7), and E (8) as well as tetrahydromonorden (5) and pseurotin A (22) were isolated from cultures of the clavicipitaceous hyphomycete Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata strain P 0297. Fermentation of P 0297 in bromide-containing culture media led to a shift in secondary metabolite production and yielded monocillins III (3) and II (9) as major metabolites besides monorden (1) as well as the novel compounds pochonin F (10) and a monocillin II glycoside (11) as minor metabolites. Most of these compounds showed moderate activities in a cellular replication assay against Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV1) and against the parasitic protozoan Eimeria tenella. In contrast to the structurally related zearalenone derivatives none of the metabolites of strain P 0297 were found to be active in a fluorescence polarization assay for determination of modulatory activities on the human estrogenic receptor ERβ. β-Zearalenol (17), but not zearalenone (15) and α-zearalenol (16), showed antiherpetic effects. We report the production, isolation, and structure elucidation of compounds 1-11 and their biological characterization.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume66
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)829-837
Number of pages9
ISSN0163-3864
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.06.2003
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Chemistry - Antimicrobial agents, Alcohols, Reaction products, metalbolism ethers

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