Abstract
Marine natural products play critical roles in the chemical defense of many marine organisms and are essential, reputable sources of successful drug leads. Sixty-seven 14-membered resorcylic acid lactone derivatives 3–27 and 30–71 of the natural product zeaenol (1) isolated from the marine-derived fungus Cochliobolus lunatus were semisynthesized by chlorination, acylation, esterification, and acetalization in one to three steps. The structures of these new derivatives were established by HRESIMS and NMR techniques. All the compounds (1–71) were evaluated for their antialgal and antiplasmodial activities. Among them, 14 compounds displayed antifouling activities against adhesion of the fouling diatoms. In particular, 9 and 34 exhibited strong and selective inhibitory effects against the diatoms Navicula laevissima and Navicula exigua (EC50 = 6.67 and 8.55 μmol/L), respectively, which were similar in efficacy to those of the positive control SeaNine 211 (EC50 = 2.90 and 9.74 μmol/L). More importantly, 38, 39, and 69–71 showed potent antiplasmodial activities against Plasmodium falciparum with IC50 values ranging from 3.54 to 9.72 μmol/L. Very interestingly, the five antiplasmodial derivatives displayed non-toxicity in the cytotoxicity assays and the zebrafish embryos model, thus, representing potential promising antiplasmodial drug agents. The preliminary structure–activity relationships indicated that biphenyl substituent at C-2, acetonide at positions C-5′ and C-6′, and tri- or tetra-substituted of acyl groups increased the antiplasmodial activity. Therefore, combining evaluation of chemical ecology with pharmacological models will be implemented as a systematic strategy, not only for environmentally friendly antifoulants but also for structurally novel drugs.
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Introduction
Marine natural products play critical roles in the chemical defense of many marine organisms and in some cases can influence the community structure of entire ecosystems (Bhadury et al. 2006; Paul et al. 2007). Marine-derived organisms have the capability to produce structurally novel and pronounced biologically active secondary metabolites that have become interesting and significant resources for drug discovery (Hou et al. 2019; Molinski et al. 2009; Shinde et al. 2019; Simmons et al. 2005). Given their core scaffolds with specific stereochemistry, related modified structures may possess potent bioactivities. Therefore, the modification of molecules derived from natural products to obtain novel bioactive derivatives has attracted significant attention.
14-Membered resorcylic acid lactones (RALs) are polyketide natural products with a 14-membered macrocyclic ring fused to a resorcylic acid residue (Jana and Nanda 2018). More than 130 naturally occurring 14-membered RALs have been described from many fungal genera since the first-discovered RAL radicicol was isolated in 1953 (Jana and Nanda 2018; Lai et al. 2016; Shen et al. 2015; Xu et al. 2014). In our previous investigation for bioactive natural 14-membered RALs, cochliomycin A with the acetonide moiety, isolated from the marine-derived fungus Cochliobolus lunatus, showed significant antifouling activity against the larval settlement of the barnacle Balanus Amphitrite at the concentration of 1.2 μg/mL (Shao et al. 2011). Molecular mechanism studies revealed that cochliomycin A affected the cytochrome P450, glutathione S-transferase (GST), and NO/cGMP pathways, among which the NO/cGMP pathway was considered to play a key role in barnacle larval settlement (Wang et al. 2016). Cochliomycin F and analogue LL-Z1640-2 exhibited potent antifouling activities at nontoxic concentrations (Liu et al. 2014). In addition, cochliomycin G showed strong antifouling activity against diatoms, which was similar to that of the positive control SeaNine 211 (Xu et al. 2021). Further, some of the 14-membered RALs exhibited antiplasmodial activities against Plasmodium falciparum. Hypothemycin, paecilomycin E, and aigialomycins D and F exhibited strong in vitro antiplasmodial activities against P. falciparum (Isaka et al. 2002; Xu et al. 2010). Paecilomycins A, B, and F, and aigialomycins B and D displayed moderate activities against the P. falciparum line 3D7 (Xu et al. 2010). Recently, a series of 14-membered RAL derivatives were semisynthesized and their biological activities evaluated. Three of them showed strong antiplasmodial activities against P. falciparum with IC50 values ranging from 1.84 to 6.95 μmol/L. Importantly, two of them were non-toxic with very safe and high therapeutic indices (CC50/IC50 > 180). To further investigate antifouling activity and antiplasmodial activity of the OH substituent groups of RALs, synthesis of the etherification products of the zeaenol were encouraging. The structure–activity relationships analysis indicated that the acetoxy and acetonide groups at C5′–C6′ had positive effects on the antiplasmodial activity (Zhang et al. 2017). Recently, total syntheses of paecilomycins E (Reddy et al. 2019) and F, cochliomycin C, 6-epi-cochliomycin C (Kadari et al. 2018), monocillin VII (Mallampudi et al. 2019), 5′-hydroxyzearalenone, 5′β-hydroxyzearalenone (Thiraporn et al. 2017), L-783290, L-783277 (Chakraborty et al. 2020), paecilomycin B, 6′-epi-paecilomycin B (Ohba and Nakata 2018), zeaenol, and 7-epi-zeaenol (Doda et al. 2019; Mohapatra et al. 2014) were accomplished and reported. Given their intriguing antifouling and antiplasmodial properties and attractive chemical structures, this family of macrolides has attracted a growing interest in the fields of medicinal chemistry and organic chemistry.
As part of our ongoing investigation of new antialgal and antiplasmodial agents, a series of new 14-membered RAL derivatives 3–27 and 30–71 of the marine-derived zeaenol (1) were semisynthesized. The antifouling activity against adhesion of the fouling diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin, Chlorella vulgaris, Chaetoceros socialis, Navicula laevissima, and Navicula exigua, and the antiplasmodial activities against P. falciparum of all the compounds (1–71) were evaluated. The preliminary structure–activity relationships of antiplasmodial activity are also discussed.
Results and discussion
Chemistry
The fungal strain Cochliobolus lunatus (TA26-46) was cultured in a 500-mL flask containing 200 mL of liquid medium (soluble starch 10 g/L, NaNO3 5 g/L, NaOAc 1 g/L, 1% salinity). The fungus was fermented at 28 °C for 9 days on a rotary shaker at 120 r/min, and the fermented liquid medium was extracted with an equal volume of EtOAc. The organic extract (23.2 g) was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (CC), Sephadex LH-20 CC, and then recrystallization to obtain 1 (7.0 g). The chemical structure of 1 was elucidated by analysis of NMR data and compared with literature (Sugawara et al. 1992).
The 14-membered RAL derivatives 2–71 (Table 1) of 1 were semisynthesized by one to three steps, and their structures were identified by extensive spectroscopic methods including HRESIMS, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR. The chlorinated derivative 2 was prepared from the chlorination of 1 with sulfuryl chloride (Yang et al. 2004). The next synthetic route was shown in Fig. 1. The derivatives 4–27 were formed via etherification reaction of 1 (or 2) and benzyl bromide reagents, which were prepared as described in the literature (Bodor et al. 1983). Compound 1 (or 2) underwent etherification reaction, and then acetal formation using a modified method from the literature with acetone/deuterated acetone to yield derivatives 28, 29, 37–55, and 58–68 (Stoessl and Stothers 1983). O-Acylation of the hydroxyl group of 1 (or 2) with acid anhydride or acyl chloride afforded acyl derivatives 3 and 69–71. Acetal formation of 1 (or 2) with acetone or deuterated acetone were subjected to acylation to afford derivatives 30–36, 56, and 57.
Evaluation of biological activity
Diatoms have been identified as biofoulers of artificial surfaces placed in marine environments, the attachment of which was thought to be the initial stage of the biofouling process (Molino and Wetherbee 2008). In addition, harmful algal blooms in eutrophic water bodies have caused serious problems with regard to effective utilization of water resources such as fisheries, water supply, and recruitment (Hachani et al. 2018). Therefore, inhibition of the adhesion of diatoms can prevent the fouling communities found on artificial surfaces, and inhibition of the entire phytoplankton community can reduce harmful algal blooms. The antialgal effects of all the compounds (1–71) against the stained diatoms N. laevissima and N. exigua and planktonic microalgae P. tricornutum Bohlin, C. vulgaris, and C. socialis were evaluated. As shown in Table 2, compounds 3, 4, 12–15, 24, 26, 45, 58, and 62 displayed selective and moderate activities with EC50 values ranging from 11.04 to 32.55 μmol/L. The natural product zeaenol (1) showed moderate activity against the microalgae P. tricornutum Bohlin, C. socialis, and N. exigua and showed strong activity against the diatom N. laevissima, with an EC50 value of 8.79 μmol/L. Significantly, 9 exhibited selective and strong activity against the microalgae P. tricornutum Bohlin, C. socialis, and N. laevissima (Fig. 2), with EC50 values below 10.0 μmol/L, and 34 exhibited selective and strong activity against the diatoms N. laevissima and N. exigua, with EC50 values of 8.55 and 8.76 μmol/L, respectively, with effects similar to that of the positive control SeaNine 211 (EC50 = 2.90 and 9.47 μmol/L). These represent an effective inhibitory adhesion structural class of potential antifouling leads.
Malaria, a life-threatening mosquito-borne infection caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, remains a major threat to public health especially in the tropical regions of the world (Ferguson et al. 2018; Miller et al. 2013). According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2020), there are approximately 228 million new cases of malaria and 405,000 attributed deaths in 2018 (World malaria report 2019). Resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies, the standard treatments for malaria in Africa, has emerged in southeast Asia (Conrad and Rosenthal 2019). There exists a real and urgent need for new generation of antiplasmodial drugs that can meet the threat of acquired resistance to artemisinin derivatives. The natural product zeaenol (1) and its derivatives 2–71 were evaluated for their in vitro antiplasmodial activities against P. falciparum, and the results are displayed in Table 3. Derivatives 38, 39, 50, 52, 65, 67, and 69–71 (Fig. 2) showed strong activity with the IC50 values ranging from 3.54 to 9.72 μmol/L. Structure–activity relationships showed that 69–71 with tri- or tetra-substituted acyl groups displayed strong antiplasmodial activities, while the mono- and di-acyl derivatives 3, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 56, and 57 were inactive, except for 30 and 34 which showed moderate activity. The results clearly indicated that three or four acyl substituents at C-2, C-4′, C-5′, C-6′ have positive effects on activity. The introduction of the biphenyl substituents at C-2 and acetonide or deuterium acetonide groups at C-5′ and C-6′ in 38, 39, 65, and 67 increases the activity remarkably, while the individual introduction of the biphenyl groups at C-2 in 21–23 or the acetonide and deuterium acetonide groups at C-5′ and C-6′ in 28, 29, 54, and 55 were inactive. These results indicated that adding the biphenyl group at C-2 and adding acetonide group at C-5′ and C-6′ simultaneously increases activity notably. Comparing the active 60 and the inactive 57–59, we found that, for the 4-methyl benzoic acid methyl ester group at C-2, the introduction of a chlorine atom at C-5 and the substitutions at C-5′ and C-6′ with an acetonide group, simultaneously, were essential for the activity. Similarly, a comparison of the active 13 and 50 and the inactive 12 and 49 indicated that, for the 3,5-dimethoxybenzyl group at C-2, the introduction of a chlorine atom at C-5 is beneficial for antiplasmodial activity.
Toxicity is a major concern of drug discovery and development, and the selectivity index (SI) is used as the evaluation parameter of drug potential of the test samples by comparing the toxicity on a human cell line (CC50) and the selective inhibitory effect on P. falciparum (IC50) calculated here as CC50/IC50. We decided to evaluate in vitro cytotoxicity of the active derivatives 38, 39, 50, 52, 65, 67, 70, and 71 by determining their 50% cytotoxic concentrations. The results are presented in Table 3, presenting only those CC50 values > 100 μmol/L, reaching selectivity indexes > 10. The cytotoxic concentration at 150 μmol/L was not be determined because of a lack of solubility of the tested molecule in the culture medium. Moreover, the toxicity of these derivatives was also evaluated against two other cell lines: hepatocellular liver carcinoma cell line (Hep G2) and cervical carcinoma (HeLa), finding CC50 values > 100 μmol/L.
Zebrafish embryos serve as animal models for drug screening as well as toxicity testing due to a unique set of attributes such as small size, development outside of the mother, and cheap maintenance of the adult (Richards et al. 2008; Wang et al. 2011). The toxicity testing of the antiplasmodial derivatives 38, 39, and 69–71 was investigated using the zebrafish embryos model. All embryos survived for 52 h at the concentration of 100 μmol/L of derivatives 38, 39, and 69–71 (Fig. 3). On the contrary, all embryos died after 24 h at the concentration of 50 μmol/L of 14 and 26. Therefore, the non-toxicity of these derivatives agreed with their in vitro toxicity against HUVEC, HepG2, and HeLa cell lines. Thus, these derivatives represent potential leads for antiplasmodial drug discovery.
Furthermore, compounds 1–71 were also evaluated for their antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Photobacterium halotolerans, Enterobacter cloacae, and Escherichia coli, and antifungal activities against Candida albicans. However, only 26 exhibited selective antibacterial activity against S. aureus with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 25 μmol/L.
Conclusion
In summary, a series of new14-membered RAL derivatives 3–27 and 30–71 of the natural product zeaenol (1) isolated from the marine-derived fungus C. lunatus were semisynthesized. Two derivatives (9 and 34) displayed strong and selective antialgal activities against the diatoms N. laevissima and N. exigua, with effects similar to those of the positive control SeaNine 211. Importantly, 38, 39, and 69–71 showed potent non-toxic antiplasmodial activities against P. falciparum, and their structure–activity relationships were also discussed. Our results offer important insights for the development of a new and safer class of antialgal and antiplasmodial agents.
Materials and methods
Reagents and solvents were purchased from commercial suppliers and used without further purification. The progress of the reactions was monitored by TLC on SiO2. Silica gel (100–200 and 200–300 mesh particle size) was used for column chromatography. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) was precoated with silica gel GF 254 plates (Yantai Zi Fu Chemical Co., Ltd., Yantai, China). NMR spectra were obtained at 500 MHz for 1H and 125 MHz for 13C on a JEOL JEM-ECP NMR spectrometer. Chemical shifts δ are reported in parts per million (ppm) values, using TMS as the internal standard, and coupling constants J are in Hz. HRESIMS spectra were obtained from a Micromass Q-TOF spectrometer.
General procedure for the synthesis of 2
To a solution of compound 1 (100 mg, 274.43 µmol) in dry CH2Cl2 (10 ml) was added a solution of SO2Cl2 (22.61 µl, 329.31 µmol, 1.2 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (4.0 ml) at 0 °C. After 1 h, the reaction was quenched by the addition of 15.0 ml of 5% aqueous NH4Cl solution. The organic phases were separated and evaporated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc/petroleum, 9:1, v/v) to give derivative 2.
General procedure for the synthesis of 4–27
A mixture comprising compound 1 or 2 (411.64 µmol, 1 equiv), benzyl bromide reagent (1.23 mmol, 3 equiv) and K2CO3 (500 mg, 3.62 mmol, 8.79 equiv) in acetone (15 ml) was stirred at 60 ℃ for 12–24 h. The reaction mixture was washed with aqueous saturated NaHCO3 solution. The organic layer was evaporated to dryness to leave the crude product. This was purified by silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc/petroleum, 8:2, v/v) to give the etherification derivatives 4–27.
General procedure for the synthesis of 28, 29, 37–55, and 58–68
A mixture of compound 1 or above etherification derivatives (150 µmol, 1 equiv), and p-toluene sulfonic acid (2.24 mg, 13 µmol, 0.1 equiv) in acetone (8 ml) was stirred at 30 ℃ for 1–3 h. Progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC. Upon completion, the reaction mixture was purified by silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc/petroleum, 3:7, v/v) to give the acetonide derivatives 28, 29, 37–52. Similarly, the deuterated acetonide derivatives 54, 55, and 58–68 were obtained with deuterated acetone instead of acetone as a solvent.
General procedure for the synthesis of 3, 30–36, 56, 57, 69–71
A mixture comprising compound 1 (or 2, 28, 29, and 55) (411.64 µmol, 1 equiv), acid anhydride or acyl chloride reagent (2.06 mmol, 5 equiv), and K2CO3 (500 mg, 3.62 mmol, 8.79 equiv) in acetone (15 ml) was stirred at 50 ℃ for 12–48 h. Progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC. The reaction mixture was washed with aqueous saturated NaHCO3 solution. The organic layer was evaporated to dryness to leave the crude product. This was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give the O-acylation derivatives 3, 30–36, 56, 57, and 69–71.
Diatom growth inhibition assay
The antialgal activity against the microalgae P. tricornutum Bohlin, C. vulgaris, C. socialis, N. laevissima, and N. exigua was evaluated by the method of Ortlepp et al. (2008). Briefly, the microalgae were grown in sterilized BG11 medium under light intensity of 2500 lx and 12 h: 12 h light: dark cycle at temperature of 20 ℃. The microalgae were grown to reach the logarithmic phase (approximately 5 × 105 cells/ml), which were used for microalgae growth inhibition assay. The compounds 1–71 were first dissolved in a small amount of DMSO and then diluted with 0.22 μm of filtered seawater (FSW) to achieve a range of concentrations from 0.625 to 50 μg/ml. Ten microliters of the compound solution was added to multiwell Petri dishes containing a 1-mL suspension of the microalgae (approximately 12 × 104 cells/ml). FSW with DMSO was used as a negative control, and solutions of SeaNine 211 in seawater were used as positive controls. After the plates were incubated for 48 h (16 ± 1 ℃) under continuous light, the FSW with non-attached microalgae was removed. The amount of chlorophyll a in attached microalgae was determined with a spectrophotometer (Beckman, model DU650, USA). Then the EC50 (inhibits 50% of settlement of cyprids in comparison with the control) was calculated using the Probit software program.
Antiplasmodial assay
In vitro antiplasmodial activity was performed by culturing human erythrocytes and infecting them with P. falciparum, as reported by Trager and Jensen (1976). Briefly, the chloroquine sensitive HB3 strain of P. falciparum-infected O + erythrocytes was cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% human serum (from O + blood) at a hematocrit of 2% erythrocytes at 37 °C with a gas mixture containing 90% N2, 5% CO2, and 5% O2. Parasites were synchronized with 5% d-sorbitol (Lambros and Vanderberg 1979). P. falciparum growth inhibition bioassays were performed with the procedure as described by Corbett et al. (2004), which used Pico-Green, a double stranded-DNA fluorescent dye to test the effect of compounds. Chloroquine was used as positive control, with an IC50 value of 32.9 nmol/L.
Chemical treatment and phenotype observation in toxicity test
Toxicity assays were carried out using the method of Wang et al. (2011). Briefly, the normal embryos were selected and transferred into a 24-well plate. The embryos at 1 h postfertilization (hpf) were exposed by immersion in E3 embryo medium containing the derivative in a 1% (v/v) DMSO final solvent concentration in a 24-well plate. The developmental phenotypes of the experimental status of the embryos were observed every 24 h for 72 h and were photographed with a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera.
Antimicrobial assay
The antimicrobial activities were carried out by a serial dilution technique using 96-well microtiter plates (Pierce et al. 2008). The derivatives were dissolved in DMSO to obtain a stock solution. Microbial species were cultured overnight at 37 °C in LB broth and diluted to 106 cfu/ml when used. LB broth was used as a blank control, and DMSO was used as a negative control, while ciprofloxacin was used as a positive control. The plates were incubated at 37 °C for 24 h.
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This paper is dedicated to Professor Youyou Tu, the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate of Physiology or Medicine on the occasion of her 90th birthday. This work was supported by the Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1706210, 41776141, 42006092, 41322037 and 41830535), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 201841004), the Marine S&T Fund of Shandong Province for Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) (No. 2018SDKJ0403-2), the Research Fund of State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection of Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute (LSMRI) [No. KF190402], and the Taishan Scholars Program, China (No. tsqn20161010). CS was funded by a SENACYT grant (FID17-095) and partially by the National System of Investigators (SNI) of Panama.
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Xu, WF., Wu, NN., Wu, YW. et al. Structure modification, antialgal, antiplasmodial, and toxic evaluations of a series of new marine-derived 14-membered resorcylic acid lactone derivatives. Mar Life Sci Technol 4, 88–97 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42995-021-00103-0
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