Brefeldin A, a cytotoxin produced by Paecilomyces sp. and Aspergillus clavatus isolated from Taxus mairei and Torreya grandis.
Paecilomyces sp. and Aspergillus clavatus, which were isolated from Taxus mairei and Torreya grandis from southeast China, produced toxic metabolites when grown in liquid culture. Nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, infrared spectrometry, electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy and X-ray analysis identified brefeldin A, a bioactive metabolite produced by a number of fungal species belonging to the genera Alternaria, Ascochyta, Penicillium, Curvularia, Cercospora and Phyllosticta. This is the first report of the isolation of the cytotoxin from Paecilomyces sp. and A. clavatus. The relevance of brefeldin A to the association between these fungi and their host plants is discussed.
The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, P.O. Box 958, Xiamen 361005, PR China. jfwang@yanan.xmu.edu.cn
Jianfeng
J
Wang
Yaojian
Y
Huang
Meijuan
M
Fang
Yongjie
Y
Zhang
Zhonghui
Z
Zheng
Yufen
Y
Zhao
Wenjin
W
Su
D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D020126:Brefeldin A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D002460:Cell Line; D002681:China; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D010143:Paecilomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000382:microbiology; D020946:Taxus / Q000382:microbiology; D064028:Tracheophyta / Q000382:microbiology
D003603:Cytotoxins; D009183:Mycotoxins; D020126:Brefeldin A