Di-Isatropolone C, a Spontaneous Isatropolone C Dimer Derivative with Autophagy Activity
Jie Fu,
Xiaoyan Liu,
Miaoqing Zhang,
Jiachang Liu,
Shufen Li,
Bingya Jiang,
Linzhuan Wu
Affiliations
Jie Fu
CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Xiaoyan Liu
CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Miaoqing Zhang
CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Jiachang Liu
CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Shufen Li
CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Bingya Jiang
CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Linzhuan Wu
CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Isatropolone C from Streptomyces sp. CPCC 204095 features a fused cyclopentadienone-tropolone-oxacyclohexadiene tricyclic moiety in its structure. Herein, we report an isatropolone C dimer derivative, di-isatropolone C, formed spontaneously from isatropolone C in methanol. Notably, the structure of di-isatropolone C resolved by NMR reveals a newly formed cyclopentane ring to associate the two isatropolone C monomers. The configurations of four chiral carbons, including a ketal one, in the cyclopentane ring are assigned using quantum NMR calculations and DP4+ probability. The plausible molecular mechanism for di-isatropolone C formation is proposed, in which complex dehydrogenative C-C bond coupling may have happened to connect the two isatropolone C monomers. Like isatropolone C, di-isatropolone C shows the biological activity of inducing autophagy in HepG2 cells.
