The methanol extract of fruiting bodies of the ascomycete Xylaria polymorpha afforded three isopimarane diterpene glycosides, namely, 16-α-D-mannopyranosyloxyisopimar-7-en-19-oic acid (1), 15-hydroxy-16-α-D-mannopyranosyloxyisopimar-7-en-19-oic acid (2), and 16-α-D-glucopyranosyloxyisopimar-7-en-19-oic acid (3). Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods and by single-crystal X-ray analysis. They showed cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines and exhibited IC50 values ranging from 71 to 607 μM. Further studies on the cytotoxicity of these compounds against HL60 cells demonstrated that they induced apoptosis along with typical DNA fragmentation. It was observed that 2 was less active than 1 and 3.
cytotoxicity, Isopimarane diterpenoids, Xylaria polymorpha, Ascomycete
NCBI PubMed ID: 19467682Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.03.023Journal NLM ID: 0151434Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: yshiono@tds1.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Institutions: Department of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, Japan, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, IR, X-ray, DNA techniques, TLC, biological assays, analytical methods, enzymatic digestion, extraction, CD, HR-FAB-MS