Cadopherone and colomitide polyketides from Cadophora wood-rot fungi associated with historic expedition huts in Antarctica

Yudi Rusman; Benjamin W. Held; Robert A. Blanchette; Yanan He; Christine E. Salomon

doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.12.019

Cadopherone and colomitide polyketides from Cadophora wood-rot fungi associated with historic expedition huts in Antarctica

Yudi Rusman, Benjamin W. Held, Robert A. Blanchette, Yanan He, Christine E. Salomon

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Abstract

Recent investigations of filamentous fungi isolated from coastal areas and historic wooden structures in the Ross Sea and Peninsula regions of Antarctica have identified the genus Cadophora as one of the most abundant fungal groups, comprising more than 30% of culturable fungi at some locations. A methanol extract of Cadophora luteo-olivacea grown on rice media yielded the known polyketides spiciferone A, spiciferol A, dihydrospiciferone A and dihydrospiciferol A. Additionally, nine related hexaketides were identified, including spiciferone F, two isomers of the known fungal bicyclic ketal colomitide B, cadopherones A-D, similin C, and spicifernin B. HPLC and NMR analysis of extracts from other isolates collected in Antarctica suggests that the spiciferones and colomitides are produced by at least two different Cadophora species. Preliminary precursor feeding experiments provided evidence for the biosynthesis of the colomitides from the same polyketide pathway as the spiciferone phytotoxins, possibly via a type III polyketide synthase (PKS). None of the compounds were active in a panel of anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and mammalian cytotoxicity assays.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Phytochemistry
Volume	148
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.12.019
State	Published - Apr 2018

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This research is supported in part by National Science Foundation grant #PLR0537143 to R. Blanchette. This work was also supported in part by the Center for Drug Design. We are grateful to J. Gloer, C. Aldrich, and M. Gearhart for helpful discussions, and to H. Irwin and J. Williams for conducting biological assays.

Funding Information:
This research is supported in part by National Science Foundation grant #PLR0537143 to R. Blanchette. This work was also supported in part by the Center for Drug Design. We are grateful to J. Gloer, C. Aldrich, and M. Gearhart for helpful discussions, and to H. Irwin and J. Williams for conducting biological assays.

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Keywords

Cadopherone
Cadophora
Colomitide
Fungus
PKS
Polyketide
Similin
Spiciferone

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Cadopherone and colomitide polyketides from Cadophora wood-rot fungi associated with historic expedition huts in Antarctica

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