Absolute configuration of acremoxanthone C, a potent calmodulin inhibitor from Purpureocillium lilacinum
- Source:
- Journal of Natural Products 2013 v.76 no. pp. 1454-1460
- ISSN:
- 0163-3864
- Subject:
- Paecilomyces, binding capacity, biosensors, calmodulin, chlorpromazine, culture media, dissociation, fractionation, molecular conformation, mycelium, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Abstract:
- Bioassay-guided fractionation of an extract prepared from the culture medium and mycelium of Purpureocillium lilacinum allowed the isolation of two calmodulin(CaM) inhibitors, namely, acremoxanthone C (1) and acremonidin A (2). The absolute configuration of 1 was established as 2R, 3R, 1′S, 11′S, and 14′R through extensive NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling calculations at the DFT B3LYP/DGDZVP level, which included the comparison between theoretical and experimental specific rotation, 3JC,H,and 3JH,H values. Compounds 1 and 2 bind to the human calmodulin (hCaM) biosensor hCaM M124C-mBBr, with dissociation constants (Kd) of 18.25 and 19.40 nM, respectively, 70-fold higher than that of chlorpromazine (Kd = 1.24 μM), used as positive control. Docking analysis using AutoDock 4.2 predicted that 1 and 2 bind to CaM at a similar site to that which KAR-2 binds, which is unusual. Furthermore, a novel, sensible, and specific fluorescent biosensor of hCaM, i.e., hCaM T110C-mBBr, was constructed; this device is labeled at a site where classical inhibitors do not interact and was successfully applied to measure the interaction of 1 with CaM. This is the first report of xanthone−anthraquinone heterodimers in species of Paecilomyces or Purpureocillium genera.
- Agid:
- 58200
- Handle:
- 10113/58200
- https://doi.org/10.1021/np4002477