title: Arisugacins A and B, novel and selective acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from Penicillium sp. FO-4259. I. Screening, taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and biological activity.
abstract: An in vitro screening method for selective acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors was established. Inhibitory activity of AChE and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) was measured and the culture broths of microorganisms that showed selective inhibition against AChE were characterized. By using this method, a strain producing the novel and selective inhibitors of AChE, arisugacins A and B, was picked out among over seven thousand microorganisms tested. Arisugacins were obtained as white powders from the culture broth together with three known compounds, territrems B and C and cyclopenin that also showed selective inhibition against AChE. Arisugacins and territrems are members of the meroterpenoid compounds. They showed potent inhibitory activities against AChE with IC50 values in range of 1.0 approximately 25.8 nM. Furthermore, they showed greater than 2,000-fold more potent inhibition against AChE than BuChE.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Biological Function, Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otoguro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiomi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omura
mesh_terms: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005285:Fermentation; D010407:Penicillium / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011714:Pyrans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D011714:Pyrans; C095353:arisugacin