ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Chem.
Sec. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fchem.2025.1583666
This article is part of the Research TopicRecent Advances in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the Biomedical Interface: Honoring Professor Iwao Ojima on the Occasion of his 80th BirthdayView all 13 articles
Phomaderide, a Unique (6/5/4/5/6) Spiro-Cyclic Dimmer from the Desert Plant Endophytic Fungus Phoma betae A. B. Frank (Didymellaceae)
Provisionally accepted
- 1Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- 2Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Dongcheng, Beijing Municipality, China
- 3China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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Phomaderide (3), a unique (6/5/4/5/6) spiro-cyclic dimer formed via stereoselective [2+2] photocycloaddition of two phaeosphaeride A (1) monomers, together with its precursor 1 and a new hydroxylated analog phaeosphaeride C (2), was isolated from the desert plant endophytic fungus Phoma betae A.B. Frank (Didymellaceae) using a building blocks-based molecular network (BBMN) strategy. Alongside its biosynthetic precursor 1, the new structures 2 and 3 were elucidated by NMR spectra, Mass fragmentation pathway, and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Bioactivity evaluation revealed moderate cytotoxicity for 2 and 3 against HeLa (IC50 29.97-39.15 μM) and A549 cells . This study highlights the metabolic versatility of extremophilic fungi and underscores phomaderide's potential as a structurally complex lead for anticancer drug discovery.
Keywords: Phomaderide, Desert Plant Endophytic Fungus, Building blocks-based molecular network, Desert Plant Endophytic Fungus,, Phoma betae A. B. Frank (Didymellaceae)
Received: 27 Feb 2025; Accepted: 20 May 2025.
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* Correspondence: Haodi Sun, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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