Isolation, Structure, and Biological Activity of Phaeofungin, a Cyclic Lipodepsipeptide from a<i>Phaeosphaeria</i>sp. Using the Genome-Wide<i>Candida albicans</i>Fitness Test
作者:Sheo B. Singh、John Ondeyka、Guy Harris、Kithsiri Herath、Deborah Zink、Francisca Vicente、Gerald Bills、Javier Collado、Gonzalo Platas、Antonio González del Val、Jesus Martin、Fernando Reyes、Hao Wang、Jennifer Nielsen Kahn、Stefan Galuska、Robert Giacobbe、George Abruzzo、Terry Roemer、Deming Xu
DOI:10.1021/np300704s
日期:2013.3.22
Phaeofungin (1), a new cyclic depsipeptide isolated from Phaeosphaeria sp., was discovered by application of reverse genetics technology, using the Candida albicans fitness test (CaFT). Phaeofungin is comprised of seven amino acids and a beta,gamma-dihydroxy-gamma-methylhexadecanoic acid arranged in a 25-membered cyclic depsipeptide. Five of the amino acids were assigned with D-configurations. The structure was elucidated by 2D-NMR and HRMS-MS analysis of the natural product and its hydrolyzed linear peptide. The absolute configuration of the amino acids was determined by Marfey's method by complete and partial hydrolysis of 1. The CaFT profile of the phaeofungin-containing extract overlapped with that of phomafungin (3), another structurally different cyclic lipodepsipeptide isolated from a Phoma sp. using the same approach. Comparative biological characterization further demonstrated that these two fungal lipodepsipeptides are functionally distinct. While phomafungin was potentiated by cyclosporin A (an inhibitor of the calcineurin pathway), phaeofungin was synergized with aureobasidin A (2) (an inhibitor of the sphingolipid biosynthesis) and to some extent caspofungin (an inhibitor of glucan synthase). Furthermore, phaeofiingin caused ATP release in wild-type C. albicans strains but phomafungin did not. It showed modest antifungal activity against C. albicans (MIC 16-32 mu g/mL) and better activity against Aspergillus fumigatus (MIC 8-16 mu g/mL) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (MIC 4 mu g/mL). The linear peptide was inactive, suggesting that the macrocyclic depsipeptide ring is essential for target engagement and antifungal activity.