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  2. Peniapyrones A-I, Cytotoxic Tricyclic-Fused α-Pyrone Derivatives from an Endophytic Penicillium brefeldianum F4a

Peniapyrones A-I, Cytotoxic Tricyclic-Fused α-Pyrone Derivatives from an Endophytic Penicillium brefeldianum F4a

  • J Nat Prod. 2024 Jun 28;87(6):1643-1651. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00383.
Yan Bai 1 Xiaodong Ma 2 Duo Ren 1 3 Guoqing Yu 1 3 Jiangchun Hu 1 Huiming Hua 4 Huaqi Pan 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People's Republic of China.
  • 2 School of Pharmacy, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, People's Republic of China.
  • 3 School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, People's Republic of China.
  • 4 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, People's Republic of China.
Abstract

Five cyclopenta[d]pyrano[4,3-b]pyran-1,7(6H)-dione 6/6/5-fused tricyclic ring system containing metabolites peniapyrones A-E (1-5), and four previously undescribed cyclopenta[4,5]furo[3,2-c]pyran-1-one 6/5/5-fused tricyclic ring system containing compounds peniapyrones F-I (6-9), were isolated from the endophytic Penicillium brefeldianum F4a. Their structures, including absolute configurations, were determined through spectroscopic analysis and quantum chemical calculations. Peniapyrones D (4) and E (5) were a pair of diastereoisomers. Compounds 1, 3, and 5-9 showed cytotoxic activity against AsPC-1, CRL-2234, and MCF-7 Cancer cell lines. Compounds 1, 3, 6, 8, and 9 inhibited the Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homologue (KRAS) mutant AsPC-1 cell line.

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