Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 56-63.doi: 10.11978/2024104CSTR: 32234.14.2024104

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Secondary metabolites from the fungal-bacterial symbiont Aspergillus spelaeus GXIMD 04541 / Sphingomonas echinoides GXIMD 04532 derived from Mauritia arabica

YANG Jie1,2(), YAO Feihua1,2, LI Xiaoyan1,2, SHI Jieyu2,3, YI Xiangxi2,3, GAO Chenghai1,2()   

  1. 1. Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China
    2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Nanning 530200, China
    3. Faculty of Pharmacy, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China
  • Received:2024-05-17 Revised:2024-06-19 Online:2025-03-10 Published:2025-04-11
  • Contact: GAO Chenghai
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(U20A20101); Guangxi Key Research and Development Programme(AB24010109); Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs(2302603); High-level Talent Inheritance, Innovation Team of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine(2022A007)

Abstract:

In order to investigate the secondary metabolites of the fungal-bacterial symbiont Aspergillus spelaeus GXIMD 04541 / Sphingomonas echinoides GXIMD 04532 derived from Mauritia arabica, a series of isolation and purification techniques, including silica gel chromatography, gel column chromatography, and semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), were employed. The structures of compounds were identified by spectroscopic analysis and literature comparison. Cytotoxic activity evaluation of compounds was conducted using the MTT (Methylthiazolyldiphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay. Consequently, seven compounds were obtained from rice fermentation extracts of symbiont GXIMD 04541 / 04532, which were identified as trichalasins C (1), aspochalasin E (2), aspochalasin H (3), aspochalasin I (4), aspochalasin K (5), citreofuran (6), and cyclothiocurvularin B methyl ester (7). Activity assays demonstrated that compounds 2, 4, and 5 exhibited cytotoxic activity against PC3 cells, with IC50 (half maximal inhibitory concentration) values of 17.23, 15.18 and 8.71 μmol·L-1, respectively. However, compounds 1-5 showed no cytotoxicity against 22Rv1 cells.

Key words: Mauritia arabica, fungal-bacterial symbiont, secondary metabolites, cytotoxicity

CLC Number: 

  • P735.2