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Griseofulvin, Diketopiperazines and Cytochalasins from Endophytic Fungi Colletotrichum crassipes and Xylaria sp., and Their Antifungal, Antioxidant and Anticholinesterase Activities

Abstract

One new natural product, 1-phenylethyl-O-a-L-rhamnopyranoside, together with eight known diketopiperazines and two benzene derivatives were isolated from the endophytic fungus Colletotrichum crassipes, whereas six known compounds including two griseofulvins, three cytochalasins and one dihydroisocoumarin were produced from the endophyte Xylaria sp., both endophytic fungi are associated with leaves of Casearia sylvestris. Cyclo(D)-Pro-(D)-Phe, N-(2-phenylethyl)acetamide and 5-carboxy-6-hydroxy-3-methyl-3,4-dihydroisocoumarin exhibited potent antifungal activity against Cladosporium cladosporioides and C. sphaerospermum. The compounds cyclo(D)-Pro-(D)-Phe, griseofulvin, cytochalasin B and cytochalasin D exhibited antioxidant activity, and the compounds cyclo(D)-Pro-(D)-Phe, cytochalasin B and cytochalasin C showed potent acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition. In addition, this is the first report on the isolation of secondary metabolites from two endophytic fungal strains, associated with Casearia sylvestris.

Keywords:
endophytic fungi; Casearia sylvestris; Colletotrichum crassipes; Xylaria sp.; biological activity


Introduction

Casearia genus (Salicaceae) is found particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. This genus has more than 160 described species, seventy of which belong to the American continent, and thirty-seven are present in Brazil. Casearia sylvestris Sw. is popularly known as “guaçatonga” and is used in traditional medicine to treat several pathologic processes such as inflammation, skin lesions and microbial infections. This species also shows anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anti-ulcer properties.11 Bou, D. D.; Lago, J. H. G.; Figueiredo, C. R.; Matsuo, A. L.; Guadagnin, R. C.; Soares, M. G.; Sartorelli, P.; Molecules 2013, 18, 9477; Joly, A. B.; Botânica: Introdução a Taxonomia Vegetal, 12a ed.; Companhia Editora Nacional: São Paulo, Brasil, 1998; Lorenzi, H.; Matos, F. J. A.; Plantas Medicinais do Brasil: Nativas e Exóticas; Instituto Plantarum: Nova Odessa, Brasil, 2008.,22 Ferreira, P. M.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; Moraes, M. O.; Barros, F. W. A.; Martins, A. M. A.; Cavalheiro, A. J.; Bolzani, V. S.; Santos, A. G.; Pessoa, G.; An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 2011, 83, 1373. In our continuous search for chemically new and biologically potent metabolites produced by endophytic fungi associated with the species of the Brazilian plant, C. sylvestris was subjected to endophytes isolation and five endophytic fungi were obtained. Colletotrichum crassipes and Xylaria sp. fungi were isolated for the first time from the leaves of C. sylvestris.

The Xylaria genus is the largest genus of the family Xylariaceae and includes 300 accepted species of stromatic pyrenomycetes. The fungi of this genus have been shown to be potential sources of new secondary metabolites, which include sesquiterpenoids, diterpenoids, diterpene glycosides, triterpene glycosides, steroids, N-containing compounds, aromatic compounds and polyketides, many of which have relevant biological activities for drug discovery, such as cytotoxic, antimalarial and antimicrobial activities.33 Song, F.; Wu, S.; Xuan, Q.; Wang, T.; Chem. Biodiversity 2014, 11, 673; Kirk, P. M.; Cannon, P. F.; Minter, D. W.; Stalpers, J. A.; Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi, 10th ed.; CABI Publishing: Wallingford, England, 2008.

The genus Colletotrichum is a member of the subdivision Deuteromycotinia of the form order Melanconidiales. The members of this genus cause diseases in a large number of host plants, but they are also frequently encountered as endophytes of tropical woody plants and of herbaceous and monocotyledonous plants.44 Farr, D. F.; Aime, C.; Rossman, A. Y.; Palm, M. E.; Mycol. Res. 2006, 110, 1395. From the Colletotrichum genus, many bioactive compounds have been isolated, including aspergillomarasmin A and B, gloeosporone, ferricrocin, colletotric acid, colletochlorins A-D.55 García-Pajón, C. M.; Collado, I. G.; Nat. Prod. Rep. 2003, 20, 426. However, the secondary metabolites from C. crassipes are not reported.

Herein, we report the isolation, structural elucidation, and biological activities (antioxidant, antifungal and acetylcholinesterase inhibition) of the new compound 1-phenylethyl-O-a-L-rhamnopyranoside (1) isolated from C. crassipes, together with eight known diketopiperazines 2-9, N-(2-phenylethyl) acetamide (10) and tyrosol (11), which are secondary metabolites isolated for the first time from this endophyte (Figure 1). Furthermore, we described six compounds that were isolated from Xylaria sp.: griseofulvin (12), dechlorogriseofulvin (14), cytochalasin B (13), cytochalasin C (15), cytochalasin D (16), and 5-carboxy-6-hydroxy-3-methyl-3,4-dihydroisocoumarin (17) (Figure 2).

Figure 1
Structure of isolated compounds (1-11) from Colletotrichum crassipes.

Figure 2
Structure of isolated compounds (12-17) from Xylaria sp.

Experimental

General experimental procedures

The structures of the compounds were elucidated using high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HRESIMS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis. The mass spectra were obtained using a Bruker ultrOTOF-Q-ESI-TOF (configuration orthogonal time-of-flight equipment with quadrupole mass filter and collision cell, electrospray ionization and time-of-flight as detector) mass spectrometer (cone voltage 25 V). 1H NMR (500 MHz), 13C NMR (125 MHz) and two-dimensional NMR experiments were acquired using a Varian DRX-500 spectrometer with the non-deuterated residual solvent signal as a reference. 1H NMR (600 MHz), 13C NMR (150 MHz) and two-dimensional NMR experiments were acquired using a Bruker Avance III HD 600 spectrometer with the non-deuterated residual solvent signal as a reference. Column chromatography (CC) was performed using silica gel (Merck) and C18 silica gel (Merck). Thin layer chromatography (TLC) analysis were performed using Merck silica gel 60 (230 mesh) and precoated silica gel 60 PF254. Spots on TLC plates were visualized under UV light and by spraying with anisaldehyde-H2SO4 reagent followed by heating at 100 ºC. Preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was performed on a Varian Pro Star coupled with an ultraviolet photodiode array (UV/PDA) detector using a C18 preparative column (250 × 2.0 mm). Analytical HPLC-UV/PDA was performed on a Varian Pro Star (Solvent Delivery Module 240 and Auto Sampler 410) with a C-18 column (Phenomenex Luna, 250.0 × 4.6 mm, 5 µm).

Isolation and identification of the endophytic fungi

Casearia sylvestris leaves were collected in the Experimental Ecological Station of Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo State, Brazil, in April 2004. A voucher specimen was deposited at the Institute of Botany Herbarium in São Paulo, Brazil, with the reference numbers AGS04. The plant material was identified by Dr Inês Cordeiro (Instituto Botânico do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil).

The endophytic fungi were isolated from the leaves of C. sylvestris, which were subjected to surface sterilization. First, the leaves were washed with H2O and soap; then, they were immersed in 1% aqueous sodium hypochlorite solution for 5 min and 70% aqueous EtOH for 1 min. Finally, the vegetal material was immersed in sterile H2O for 10 min. The sterilized material was cut into 2 × 2 cm pieces and deposited onto a Petri dish that contained potato dextrose agar (PDA) and gentamicin sulfate (50 µg mL-1). Pure fungi strains were obtained after serial transfers on PDA plates.66 Silva, G. H.; Teles, H. L.; Zanardi, L. M.; Young, M. C. M.; Eberlin, M. N.; Haddad, R.; Pfenning, L. H.; Costa-Neto, C.; Castro-Gamboa, I.; Bolzani, V. S.; Araujo, A. R.; Phytochemistry 2006, 67, 1964. Two endophytes were identified as Xylaria sp. and C. crassipes by Prof Ludwig H. Pfenning using morphological analyses at the Department of Phytopathology, Lavras Federal University, Brazil. Colletotrichum crassipes and Xylaria sp. were deposited in the NuBBE collection as CSY-03 and CSY-02, respectively.

Fungal growth and extraction

The endophytic fungus C. crassipes was cultured on a larger scale by inoculation in 6.0 L of potato dextrose broth (PDB) medium at 25 ºC on rotary shaker at 120 rpm for 28 days. The flask-accumulated mycelial biomass was separated from the aqueous medium by filtration, and the filtrate was subjected to liquid-liquid partition with ethyl acetate (EtOAc; 3 × 3 L). The EtOAc fraction was evaporated, which resulted in the crude EtOAc extract A. The C. crassipes was cultured in 750 mL of PDB medium at 25 ºC on rotary shaker at 180 rpm during 3 days. Then, 150 ppm of 4-ethylcycloexanone (97%, Aldrich, density 0.916 g mL-1) was added, and the fermentation continued for another 10 days on rotary shaker at 150 rpm. The mycelial biomass was separated and fractionated as previously described to yield the crude EtOAc extract B.

The endophyte Xylaria sp. was cultivated in two Erlenmeyer flasks (500 mL), each of which contained 90 g of corn and 75 mL of H2O. The medium was autoclaved four times on four consecutive days at 121 ºC for 40 min. After sterilization, the medium was inoculated with the endophyte and incubated by stationary method at 24 ºC for 28 days. At the end of the incubation period, the cultures were combined, ground and extracted with CH3OH (6 × 150 mL). The solvent was evaporated to yield a crude CH3OH extract C. Xylaria sp. was also cultured in 400 mL of PDB medium at 25 ºC on rotary shaker at 120 rpm for 28 days. The mycelial biomass was separated and fractionated as previously described to yield the crude EtOAc extract D.

Isolation and identification of the metabolites

The crude EtOAc extract A (380.0 mg) from C. crassipes, which was obtained from large-scale culture, it was fractionated by CC over C18 silica gel (Merck) as the stationary phase and eluted with an H2O-CH3OH gradient (95:05 → 0:100) and CH3OH-EtOAc (50:50 → 0:100), to yield fourteen fractions (AFr1-AFr14).

Fraction AFr7 (12.7 mg) was separated on preparative HPLC using a C-18 (Phenomenex Luna, 250.0 × 21.2 mm, 10 µm) preparative column. A CH3CN:CH3OH (20:80 v/v, 10 mL min-1, lmax = 214 nm) mixture was used as the eluent to yield the new compound 1 (2.0 mg, retention time (tR) = 33 min).

Fraction AFr4 (31.0 mg) was separated on a Varian Pro Star (Solvent Delivery Module SDM SD-1) preparative HPLC coupled with a Varian Pro Star UV/Vis 320 detector system using a C-18 (Phenomenex Luna, 250.0 × 21.2 mm, 10 µm) preparative column. A CH3CN:CH3OH (10:90 v/v, 10 mL min-1, lmax = 214 nm) mixture was used as the eluent to yield a mixture of compounds 2, 3 and 4 (7.5 mg, tR = 20 min).

Fraction AFr5 (34.4 mg) was separated on preparative HPLC using a C-18 (Phenomenex Luna, 250.0 × 21.2 mm, 10 µm) preparative column. A CH3CN:CH3OH (12:88 v/v, 16 mL min-1, lmax = 214 nm) mixture was used as the eluent to yield compound 5 (8.2 mg, tR = 23 min) and a mixture of 6 and 7 (4.3 mg, tR = 29 min).

Fraction AFr6 (32.7 mg) was separated on a Varian Pro Star (Solvent Delivery Module SDM SD-1) preparative HPLC coupled with a Varian Pro Star UV-Vis 320 detector system using a C-18 (Phenomenex Luna, 250.0 × 21.2 mm, 10 µm) preparative column. A CH3CN:CH3OH (17:83 v/v, 10 mL min-1, lmax = 214 nm) mixture was used as the eluent to yield compounds 8 (2.9 mg, tR = 14 min), 9 (10.0 mg, tR = 19 min) and 10 (3.3 mg, tR = 28 min).

The crude EtOAc extract B (155.0 mg) from C. crassipes was fractionated by CC over silica gel (Merck) as the stationary phase and eluted with a Hex-EtOAc gradient (80:20 → 0:100) and EtOAc-CH3OH (70:30 → 0:100) to produce eight fractions (BFr1-BFr8). From the fraction BFr2 was obtained the compound 11 (2.5 mg).

The crude MeOH extract C (10.48 g) from Xylaria sp. was liquid-partitioned with H2O and EtOAc (4 × 50 mL). The solvent was evaporated to yield the EtOAc fraction (1.32 g). This fraction was fractionated by CC over C18 silica gel (Merck) as the stationary phase and eluted with a H2O-CH3OH gradient (95:05 → 0:100) to produce ten sub-fractions (CSFr1-10). Sub-fraction CSFr7 was purified by preparative HPLC using reverse-phase C18 and eluted with MeOH:H2O (55:45 v/v, 12.0 mL min-1, l = 221 nm) to yield compounds 12 (4.9 mg, tR = 16 min) and 13 (7.1 mg, tR = 23 min). Sub-fraction SFr8 was purified by preparative HPLC using reverse-phase C18 and eluted with MeOH:H2O (50:50 v/v, 19.0 mL min-1, l = 221 nm) to yield compound 14 (11.2 mg, tR = 22 min).

The crude EtOAc extract D (180.0 mg) from Xylaria sp. was fractionated by CC over silica gel (Merck) as the stationary phase and eluted with a Hex-EtOAc gradient (80:20 → 0:100) and EtOAc-CH3OH (70:30 → 0:100) to produce fifty-four fractions. The fractions were combined based on their TLC profile into 10 sub-fractions (DSFr1-10). Sub-fraction DSFr5 (10.0 mg) was submitted to purification on CC over silica gel as the stationary phase and eluted with Hex:EtOAc (1:9) to yield compound 15 (4.5 mg). From sub-fractions DSFr6 (3.1 mg) and DSFr9 (3.0 mg), we obtained compounds 16 and 17, respectively.

The compounds isolated as a mixture were identified by NMR experiments, which the data were compared with standards or previously reported literature data.

1-Phenylethyl-O-a-L-rhamnopyranoside (1)

White amorphous solid; UV (MeOH) lmax / nm 223; HRESIMS m/z 291.1328 [M + Na]+ (calcd. for C14H20O4Na 291.1208); 13C and 1H NMR (125 and 500 MHz, DMSO-d6) see Table 1.

Table 1
NMR spectroscopic (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) data for 1

DPPH scavenging capacity assay

The radical scavenging capacity of the isolated compounds were evaluated from their ability to reduce the radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) by TLC bioautography assay according to the described procedure.77 Simões-Pires, C. A.; Queiroz, E. F.; Henriques, A. T.; Hostettmann, K.; Phytochem. Anal. 2005, 16, 307. The method used silica gel 60 F254 precoated plates (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) as the stationary phase and EtOAc:MeOH (7:3) as the mobile phase. The compounds (1.0 mg mL-1) were spotted in form of bands on the plate. An identical procedure was performed with rutin as the positive control. After development, the plates were immersed for 1 s in 0.2% (m/v) DPPH methanolic solution. The compounds with antiradical activity appeared as yellow spots against the purple-blue background.

Antifungal activity

The isolated compounds were evaluated against the fungal phytopathogens C. cladosporioides (Fresen.) G. A. de Vries and C. sphaerospermum Penzig. from microbial collection under the culture number CCIBt 140 and CCIBt 491, respectively, at the Botanical Institute of São Paulo, Brazil, according to the reported method.88 Homans, A. L.; Fuchs, A.; J. Chromatogr. 1970, 51, 327. The pure compounds were applied on pre-coated silica gel TLC plates in different amounts: 100.0, 50.0, 25.0, 10.0, 5.0 and 1.0 µg. Nystatin was used as a positive control at 10.0, 5.0 and 1.0 µg. After eluting with EtOAc:MeOH (7:3), the plates were sprayed with the fungi suspension and incubated at 25 ºC for 48 h. The antifungal activities were detected as clear zones on the fungi suspension background.

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activity

The acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activities of isolated compounds were determined using a TLC bioautographic assay as described.99 Marston, A.; Kissling, J.; Hostettmann, K.; Phytochem. Anal. 2002, 13, 51. The compounds were spotted on TLC plates in concentrations of 100-1.0 µg mL-1. Galantamine (1.0 µg) was used as a positive control. The contents of the plates were developed using EtOAc:MeOH (8:2) as the mobile phase and subsequent drying. Then, the plates were sprayed with an enzyme solution that contained electric eel AChE type V from Sigma-Aldrich (6.66 U mL-1), thoroughly dried and incubated at 37 ºC for 20 min. The enzyme activity was detected by spraying a solution of 0.25% naphthyl acetate in ethanol and 0.25% Fast Blue B salt aqueous solution. Potential AChE inhibitors appeared as clear zones on the purple-colored background.

Results and Discussion

The chemical investigation of the C. crassipes and Xylaria sp., which were isolated from the leaves of C. sylvestris, yielded seventeen compounds. The molecular structures of all isolated metabolites were elucidated based on the interpretation of their 1D- and 2D-NMR spectra and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analysis, which were compared with standards or previously reported literature data.

Compound 1 was isolated as an amorphous solid. The (+)-HRESIMS spectrum of 1 had an [M + Na]+ ion at m/z 291.1328, which established a molecular formula of C14H20O5, requiring five unsaturation equivalents. The 13C NMR data of 1 (Table 1) contained six aromatic carbons, two methylenes including one oxygenated (dC 67.2), five oxymethines carbons and one methyl group. The analysis of the 1H NMR spectrum shows the aromatic signals at dH 7.23 (2H, H-4/8), dH 7.27 (2H, H-5/7) and dH 7.18 (1H, H-6), which are assigned to monosubstituted aromatic rings. In the 1H-1H correlation spectroscopy (COSY) experiment the benzylic H-2 (dH 2.80, t, J 7.0 Hz, 2H) proton signals were coupled to the diastereotopic hydrogen H-1 (dH 3.57, m; 3.73, m, 2H). With the heteronuclear multiple bond correlations (HMBC) correlations from the methylene H-2 resonances to C-1 and the two aromatic resonances that were assigned to C-3 and C-4 (and C-8), we defined the six-membered ring attached to the -CH2CH2O- residue. The 1H and 13C NMR spectral data displayed signals attributed to one sugar units, an a-L-rhamnopyranose, which was identified from the anomeric H-atoms (dH 4.55 (J 1.5 Hz, C-1’)) and anomeric C-atoms (dC 99.9), and some other characteristic NMR resonances.1010 Disadee, W.; Mahidol, C.; Sahakitpichan, P.; Sitthimonchai, S.; Ruchirawat, S.; Kanchanapoom, T.; Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 4221; Zhao, L.; Cheng, J.; Ao, X.; Ren, B.; Li, W.; Chem. Nat. Compd. 2015, 51, 1103; Sheng-Xiong, H.; Xun, L.; Quan-Jang, N.; Li-Sheng, D.; Shun-Lin, P.; Helv. Chim. Acta 2004, 87, 598.,1111 Wang, F.; Han, S.; Hu, S.; Xue, Y.; Wang, J.; Xu, H.; Chen, L.; Zhang, G.; Zhang, Y.; Molecules 2014, 19, 1250. The 1H-1H COSY correlations and total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY) 1D experiment confirm the connectivity of the hydrogens of the a-L-rhamnopyranose. In TOCSY 1D experiment irradiation of H-6’ (dH 1.08) resulted in the enhancement of H-5’ (dH 3.26), H-4’ (dH 3.15), H-3’ (dH 3.36), H-2’ (dH 3.57), and low-intensity observed to dH 4.55 (H-1’), revealing the correlations of all the hydrogens H-1’/H-2’/H-3’/H-4’/H-5’/H-6’. The signal at 4.65 (s) was assigned to OH-2’/4’ because of the 2H integration and the absence of correlation in the HMQC (heteronuclear multiple quantum correlation) spectrum.

The a-L-rhamnopyranose were attached to C-1 due the HMBC correlation from H-1’ (dH 4.55) to C-1 (dC 67.2) (Figure 3). Collectively, the planar structure of the compound 1-phenylethyl-O-a-L-rhamnopyranoside (1) was determined. The relative configurations for the C-1’ until C-5’ were established by NOESY (nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy) 1D experiment and by couple constant value. All spectra can be found in Supplementary Information section (SI section). Similar compound was isolated from endophytic fungi Xylaria sp. associated with Pinus tabuliformis from China.1111 Wang, F.; Han, S.; Hu, S.; Xue, Y.; Wang, J.; Xu, H.; Chen, L.; Zhang, G.; Zhang, Y.; Molecules 2014, 19, 1250. The L-rhamnopyranose is a component found in different natural bioactive compounds, these derivative compounds has been widely used in the cosmetics and food industry.1212 de Winter, K.; Šimcikova, D.; Schalck, B.; Weignerova, L.; Pelantova, H.; Soetaert, W.; Desmet, T.; Kren, V.; Bioresour. Technol. 2013, 147, 640.

Figure 3
Selected HMBC correlation and 1H-1H COSY for 1.

In addition of the new isolated natural product, sixteen known compounds were identified: diketopiperazines cyclo(D)-Pro-(L)-Val (2),1313 Fdhila, F.; Vazquez, V.; Sanchez, J. L.; Riguera, R.; J. Nat. Prod. 2003, 66, 1299.,1414 Jayatilake, G. S.; Thornton, M. P.; Leonard, A. C.; Grimwade, J. E.; Baker, B. J.; J. Nat. Prod. 1996, 59, 293. cyclo(D)-Pro-(D)-Tyr (3),1313 Fdhila, F.; Vazquez, V.; Sanchez, J. L.; Riguera, R.; J. Nat. Prod. 2003, 66, 1299.,1515 Wang, Y.; Mueller, U. G.; Clardy, J.; J. Chem. Ecol. 1999, 25, 935. cyclo(D)-Val-(D)-Tyr (4),1616 Stark, T.; Hofmann, T.; J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005, 53, 7222. cyclo(D)-Hyp-(L)-Ile (5),1313 Fdhila, F.; Vazquez, V.; Sanchez, J. L.; Riguera, R.; J. Nat. Prod. 2003, 66, 1299. cyclo(D)-Pro-(D)-Leu (6),1515 Wang, Y.; Mueller, U. G.; Clardy, J.; J. Chem. Ecol. 1999, 25, 935. cyclo(D)-Pro-(L)-Ile (7),1313 Fdhila, F.; Vazquez, V.; Sanchez, J. L.; Riguera, R.; J. Nat. Prod. 2003, 66, 1299. cyclo(D)-Pro-(L)-Phe (8)1414 Jayatilake, G. S.; Thornton, M. P.; Leonard, A. C.; Grimwade, J. E.; Baker, B. J.; J. Nat. Prod. 1996, 59, 293. and cyclo(D)-Pro-(D)-Phe (9).1313 Fdhila, F.; Vazquez, V.; Sanchez, J. L.; Riguera, R.; J. Nat. Prod. 2003, 66, 1299. Together with N-(2-phenylethyl) acetamide (10)1717 Maskey, R. P.; Asolkar, R. N.; Kapaun, E.; Wagner-Dobler, I.; Laatsch, H.; J. Antibiot. 2005, 55, 643. and tyrosol (11),1818 Chen, H.; Fujita, M.; Feng, Q.; Clardy, J.; Fink, G. R.; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2004, 101, 5048. which were isolated from endophyte Colletotrichum crassipes. Moreover, the following compounds were isolated from Xylaria sp.: griseofulvin (12),1919 Cafêu, M. C.; Silva, G. H.; Teles, H. L.; Araujo, A. R.; Bolzani, V. S.; Young, M. C. M.; Pfenning, L. H.; Quim. Nova 2005, 28, 991. dechlorogriseofulvin (14),2020 Park, J. H.; Choi, G. L.; Lee, H. B.; Kim, K. M.; Jungs, H. S.; Lee, S. W.; Jang, K. S.; Cho, K. Y.; Kim, J. C.; J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2005, 15, 112. three known cytochalasins B (13),1919 Cafêu, M. C.; Silva, G. H.; Teles, H. L.; Araujo, A. R.; Bolzani, V. S.; Young, M. C. M.; Pfenning, L. H.; Quim. Nova 2005, 28, 991. C (15)2121 Espada, A.; Rivera-Sagredo, A.; Fuente, J. M.; Hueso-Rodriguez, J. A.; Elson, S. W.; Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 6485. and D (16),1919 Cafêu, M. C.; Silva, G. H.; Teles, H. L.; Araujo, A. R.; Bolzani, V. S.; Young, M. C. M.; Pfenning, L. H.; Quim. Nova 2005, 28, 991. and 5-carboxy-6-hydroxy-3-methyl-3,4-dihydroisocoumarin (17).2222 Anderson, J. R.; Edwards, R. L.; Whalley, A. J. S.; J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1983, 9, 2185.

The isolated compounds were evaluated for their capacity to scavenge DPPH radical. TLC bioautography assay was selected because of several advantages, including its flexibility, simplicity and high throughput.2323 Simões-Pires, C. A.; Queiroz, E. F.; Henriques, A. T.; Hostettmann, K.; Phytochem. Anal. 2005, 16, 307. Antioxidant compounds were visualized as yellow spots on the TLC plates. The TLC bioautography profile of the isolated compounds indicated that four compounds (9, 12, 13 and 16) showed yellow spots against the purple background. In other words, only compounds 9, 12, 13 and 16 exhibited antioxidant capacity at 1 mg mL-1. In the context of a structure-activity relationship, a central feature related to the efficiency of reduction of radical DPPH was the need for electron-donating groups. The difference between 12 (active compound) and 14 (not active) is just the presence of –Cl, which increases the antioxidant capacity of the compound, through the reduction of DPPH. These results demonstrated that the radical scavenging activities were due to direct reduction via electron transfer and/or radical quenching stabilizing the radical DPPH.

The isolated compounds were tested for their antifungal activities against two phytopathogenic fungi (C. cladosporioides and C. sphaerospermum) using the TLC diffusion method. Compounds 9, 10 and 17 exhibited high antifungal activities against both fungal strains. These compounds presented potent antifungal activity at 50 µg against C. cladosporioides and moderate activity against C. sphaerospermum at the same amount. Compounds 9 and 17 exhibited antifungal activity at 10 µg. The other compounds were inactive at 100 µg. The bioactive compounds 9 and 10 were previously reported to be antifungal agents.2424 Collado, I. G.; Aleu, J.; J. Mol. Catal. B: Enzym. 2001, 13, 77. These microorganisms may produce antifungal metabolites as self-defense or in plant defense against other pathogenic microorganisms.

The compounds were evaluated for their AChE inhibitory activity using TLC bioautography. Among all of the isolated compounds that were tested, only three compounds (9, 13 and 15) showed potent AChE inhibition at 60 µg. The other compounds showed no significant inhibitory effect.

Conclusions

Seventeen natural products including a new one were isolated from the two endophytic fungi associated with leaves of Casearia sylvestris, a vegetal species used in Brazilian traditional medicine. The compounds displayed biological activity, the compounds 9, 13 and 15 showed potent AChE inhibition, the compounds 9, 12, 13 and 16 exhibited antioxidant capacity at 1 mg mL-1 and the compounds 9, 10 and 17 exhibited high antifungal activities against both fungal strains tested, C. cladosporioides and C. sphaerospermum. Secondary metabolites that exhibit biological activity must be produced to protect or assist the development of the microorganism or those organisms associated with it as the host species. The studies with endophytic fungi of medicinal plants lead us to obtain unknown metabolites as well as its biological activities, which increases the prospects of using endophytes providing benefits to humanity.

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, as part of Biota-FAPESP, the Biodiversity Virtual Institute Program grant No. 03/02176-7, 2010/52327-5 and 2013/07600-3), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) and CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior). M. L. Z. acknowledge FAPESP for the scholarship 2011/03017-6. V. M. C. acknowledge CAPES for the scholarship.

Supplementary Information

Supplementary information is available free of charge at http://jbcs.sbq.org.br as a PDF file.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    Aug 2018

History

  • Received
    19 Sept 2017
  • Accepted
    9 Mar 2018
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