Molecules (Dec 2019)

Biologically Active Echinulin-Related Indolediketopiperazines from the Marine Sediment-Derived Fungus <i>Aspergillus niveoglaucus</i>

  • Olga F. Smetanina,
  • Anton N. Yurchenko,
  • Elena V. Girich (Ivanets),
  • Phan Thi Hoai Trinh,
  • Alexander S. Antonov,
  • Sergey A. Dyshlovoy,
  • Gunhild von Amsberg,
  • Natalya Y. Kim,
  • Ekaterina A. Chingizova,
  • Evgeny A. Pislyagin,
  • Ekaterina S. Menchinskaya,
  • Ekaterina A. Yurchenko,
  • Tran Thi Thanh Van,
  • Shamil S. Afiyatullov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25010061
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
p. 61

Abstract

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Seven known echinulin-related indolediketopiperazine alkaloids (1−7) were isolated from the Vietnamese sediment-derived fungus Aspergillus niveoglaucus. Using chiral HPLC, the enantiomers of cryptoechinuline B (1) were isolated as individual compounds for the first time. (+)-Cryptoechinuline B (1a) exhibited neuroprotective activity in 6-OHDA-, paraquat-, and rotenone-induced in vitro models of Parkinson’s disease. (−)-Cryptoechinuline B (1b) and neoechinulin C (5) protected the neuronal cells against paraquat-induced damage in a Parkinson’s disease model. Neoechinulin B (4) exhibited cytoprotective activity in a rotenone-induced model, and neoechinulin (7) showed activity in the 6-OHDA-induced model.

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