Further insights on the secondary metabolites of a soft coral-derived fungus Aspergillus versicolor under the guidance of MS/MS-based molecular networking led to the isolation of seven known cycloheptapeptides,namely,...Further insights on the secondary metabolites of a soft coral-derived fungus Aspergillus versicolor under the guidance of MS/MS-based molecular networking led to the isolation of seven known cycloheptapeptides,namely,asperversiamides A–C(1–3)and asperheptatides A–D(4–7)and an unusual pyrroloindoline-containing new cycloheptapeptide,asperpyrroindotide A(8).The structure of 8 was elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic data analysis,and its absolute configuration was determined by advanced Marfey’s method.The semisynthetic transformation of 1 into 8 was successfully achieved and the reaction conditions were optimized.Additionally,a series of new derivatives(10−19)of asperversiamide A(1)was semi-synthesized and their anti-tubercular activities were evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra.The preliminary structure−activity relationships revealed that the serine hydroxy groups and the tryptophan residue are important to the activity.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41906090,81874300,42006092,U1706210,41776141 and 41322037)the Program of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China(Nos.JQ201510 and ZR2019BD047)+1 种基金Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education,Hainan Normal University(RDZH2021003)the Taishan Scholars Program,China(No.tsqn20161010).
文摘Further insights on the secondary metabolites of a soft coral-derived fungus Aspergillus versicolor under the guidance of MS/MS-based molecular networking led to the isolation of seven known cycloheptapeptides,namely,asperversiamides A–C(1–3)and asperheptatides A–D(4–7)and an unusual pyrroloindoline-containing new cycloheptapeptide,asperpyrroindotide A(8).The structure of 8 was elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic data analysis,and its absolute configuration was determined by advanced Marfey’s method.The semisynthetic transformation of 1 into 8 was successfully achieved and the reaction conditions were optimized.Additionally,a series of new derivatives(10−19)of asperversiamide A(1)was semi-synthesized and their anti-tubercular activities were evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra.The preliminary structure−activity relationships revealed that the serine hydroxy groups and the tryptophan residue are important to the activity.
