Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 150-155.doi: 10.11978/2023012CSTR: 32234.14.2023012

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Oligophenalenone dimers with anti-inflammatory activities from fungus Talaromyces stipitatus

ZHU Ling(), PAN Chao, HUA Silu, JIANG Wei()   

  1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
  • Received:2023-02-03 Revised:2023-03-21 Online:2023-11-10 Published:2023-03-24
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(81903772)

Abstract:

An extract of the fungus Talaromyces stipitatus showed inhibitory activity against the nitric oxide (NO) production in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW264.7 macrophage cell line, and bioassay-guided separation of the extract provided six oligophenalenone dimers, which were characterized to be bacillisporin A (1), 9a-epi-bacillisporin E (2), bacillisporin F (3), duclauxin (4), bacillisporin B (5) and bacillisporin C (6), respectively, by comparison of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (HRESIMS) data with literature data. 2-5 were noncytotoxic on macrophage cells at 30 µmol·L-1, and displayed inhibitory effects against NO production in LPS-induced RAW264.7 macrophage cells, which were all more active than the positive control indomethacin (AG). The half inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of 2-4 were 11.82±1.25, 11.44±1.58 and 23.92±2.86 µmol·L-1, respectively. 5 and 6 were isolated from T. stipitatus for the first time. Duclauxin and its homologues were firstly discovered to show significant anti-inflammatory activities in vitro, which provide a new structural model for further research of anti-inflammatory activity.

Key words: Talaromyces stipitatus, oligophenalenone dimer, anti-inflammatory activity, duclauxin homologues, fungus