Dihydrolucilactaene, a Potent Antimalarial Compound from Fusarium sp. RK97-94

Islam A. Abdelhakim, Fauze Bin Mahmud, Takayuki Motoyama, Yushi Futamura, Shunji Takahashi, Hiroyuki Osada*

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Abstract

A recently discovered secondary metabolism regulator, NPD938, was used to alter the secondary metabolite profile in Fusarium sp. RK97-94. Three lucilactaene analogues were detected via UPLC-ESI-MS analysis in NPD938-treated culture. The three metabolites were successfully purified and identified as dihydroNG391 (1), dihydrolucilactaene (2), and 13α-hydroxylucilactaene (3) via extensive spectroscopic analyses. DihydroNG391 (1) exhibited weak in vitro antimalarial activity (IC50 = 62 μM). In contrast, dihydrolucilactaene (2) and 13α-hydroxylucilactaene (3) showed very potent antimalarial activity (IC50 = 0.0015 and 0.68 μM, respectively). These findings provide insight into the structure–activity relationship of lucilactaene and its analogues as antimalarial lead compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)63-69
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume85
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 Jan 28
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Organic Chemistry

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