title: Antibacterial and xanthine oxidase inhibitory cerebrosides from Fusarium sp. IFB-121, an endophytic fungus in Quercus variabilis.
abstract: Two antibacterial and xanthine oxidase inhibitory cerebrosides, one of which is chemically new, were characterized from the chloroform-methanol (1:1) extract of Fusarium sp. IFB-121, an endophytic fungus in Quercus variabilis. By means of chemical and spectral methods [IR, electrospray ionization MS (ESI-MS), tandem ESI-MS, 1H and 13C NMR, distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer, COSY, heteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence, heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation, and 2-D nuclear Overhauser effect correlation spectroscopy], the structure of the new metabolite named fusaruside was established as (2S,2'R,3R,3'E,4E,8E,10E)-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-2-N-(2'-hydroxy-3'-octadecenoyl)-3-hydroxy-9-methyl-4,8,10-sphingatrienine, and the structure of the other was identified as (2S,2'R,3R,3'E,4E,8E)-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-2-N-(2'-hydroxy-3'-octadecenoyl)-3-hydroxy-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine. Both new and known cerebrosides, although inactive to Trichophyton rubrum and Candida albicans, showed strong antibacterial activities against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas fluorescens, with their minimum inhibitory concentrations being 3.9, 3.9, and 1.9 microg/mL, and 7.8, 3.9, and 7.8 microg/mL, respectively. Furthermore, both metabolites were inhibitory to xanthine oxidase, with the IC50 value of fusaruside being 43.8 +/- 3.6 microM and the known cerebroside being 55.5 +/- 1.8 microM.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Biomolecules, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: R X
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002554:Cerebrosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D029963:Quercus / Q000382:microbiology*; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002554:Cerebrosides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase