title: Nine constituents including six xanthone-related compounds isolated from two ascomycetes, Gelasinospora santi-florii and Emericella quadrilineata, found in a screening study focused on immunomodulatory activity.
abstract: Five metabolites tentatively called GS-1 (1)-5 (5) from Gelasinospora santi-florii, and four tentatively called EQ-4 (6), EQ-6 (7)-8 (9) together with 1-4 from Emericella quadrilineata have been isolated in a screening study on immunomodulatory fungal constituents. Among these nine metabolites, EQ-7 and 8 have been unknown. This time, the structures of GS-4 which has previously been isolated, EQ-7, and -8 have been determined to be (4R,4aS,9aR)-1,9a-dihydronidulalin A (4), (4S,4aR,9aR)-4a-carbomethoxy-1,4,4a,9a-tetrahydro-4,8-dihydroxy-6-methylxanthone (8), and 9-hydroxymicroperfuranone (9), respectively, and the six other metabolites have been identified. On bioassay, a dihydroxanthone, nidulalin A (1), a hexaketide, sordarial (5), and a xanthone, pinselin (7) have displayed significant immunosuppressive activities. The structure-activity relationships of these constituents have also been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University, Chiba, Japan. fujimoto@thu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Haruhiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Yong-Pil
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D051379:Mice; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D044004:Xanthones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D044004:Xanthones