Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 161-170.doi: 10.11978/2022240CSTR: 32234.14.2022240

• Exploitation of Marine Resources • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Research on the steroids from the coculture of soft coral-associated fungi Aspergillus sp. EGF7-0-1 and EGF15-0-3

SITU Meixia1(), LEI Zufa1, YANG Qianru2, DENG Shengyi1, WU Kejian2, CHEN Honghao2, WEI Xia1,3, FAN Hao1, ZHANG Wei2(), ZHANG Cuixian1()   

  1. 1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
    2. The Middle School Attached to Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
    3. Pharmaceutical college, Guangxi Medicinal University, Nanning 530021, China
  • Received:2022-11-08 Revised:2022-12-06 Online:2023-09-10 Published:2022-12-08
  • Supported by:
    Special fund of Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources for Promoting High-quality Economic Development (Marine Economic Development)(GDNRC[2021]48); Special fund of Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources for Promoting High-quality Economic Development (Marine Economic Development)(GDNRC[2020]039); National Natural Science Foundation of China(82273845); National Natural Science Foundation of China(81741160); Guangzhou Youth Science and Technology Education Project(KP市2022027)

Abstract:

In order to simulate the growth environment of microorganisms to change or increase the production of secondary metabolites in the presence of other microorganisms and protect the ecological environment of marine herbs, soft coral-associated two fungi Aspergillus sp. EGF7-0-1 and EGF15-0-3 were cocultured on rice medium. Firstly, GNPS (Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking) method was used to analyze secondary metabolites. Then, the secondary metabolites were separated and purified by silica gel, ODS (Octadecylsilyl), Sephadex LH-20 and HPLC (Preparative High Performance Liquid Chromatography). Their structures were identified by HR-ESI-MS (High Resolution Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectroscopy), NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance), ORD (Optical Rotatory Dispersion) and the relative physical constants were compared with the literature. Ten steroids were obtained and identified as Chaxine C (1), Herbarulide (2), dankasterones A (3), 25-hydroxyergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen3-one (4), Ganodermasides D (5), Ergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen-3-one (6), Ergosta-4,7,22-trien-3-one (7), Isocyathisterol (8), Stigmasta-4,22-dien-3-one (9) and β-sitostenone (10). Compounds 1~3 were steroids with oxidative rearrangement and 4, 5, 7 and 9 were firstly acquired from Aspergillus sp. compared with the single culture of EGF7-0-1 and EGF15-0-3. Based on the coculture strategy, the content types of steroids were more abundant.

Key words: soft coral, Aspergillus sp., coculture, steroid