Investigations of fungal secondary metabolites with potential anticancer activity.

Abstract	Fourteen metabolites, isolated from phytopathogenic and toxigenic fungi, were evaluated for their in vitro antigrowth activity for six distinct cancer cell lines, using the MTT colorimetric assay. Bislongiquinolide (1) and dihydrotrichodimerol (5), which belong to the bisorbicillinoid structural class, displayed significant growth inhibitory activity against the six cancer cell lines studied, while the remaining compounds displayed weak or no activity. The data show that 1 and 5 have similar growth inhibitory activities with respect to those cancer cell lines that display certain levels of resistance to pro-apoptotic stimuli or those that are sensitive to apoptosis. Quantitative videomicroscopy analysis revealed that 1 and 5 exert their antiproliferative effect through cytostatic and not cytotoxic activity. The preliminary results from the current study have stimulated further structure-activity investigations with respect to the growth inhibitory activity of compounds belonging to the bisorbicillinoid group.
Authors	ElHadj Saidou Balde, Anna Andolfi, Céline Bruyère, Alessio Cimmino, Delphine Lamoral-Theys, Maurizio Vurro, Marc Van Damme, Claudio Altomare, Véronique Mathieu, Robert Kiss, Antonio Evidente
Journal	Journal of natural products (J Nat Prod) Vol. 73 Issue 5 Pg. 969-71 (May 28 2010) ISSN: 1520-6025 [Electronic] United States
PMID	20415482 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References	Antineoplastic Agents Bridged Bicyclo Compounds Bridged-Ring Compounds bisorbibutenolide tetrahydrotrichodimerol 4-Butyrolactone
Topics	4-Butyrolactone (analogs & derivatives, chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology) Animals Antineoplastic Agents (chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology) Apoptosis (drug effects) Aspergillus flavus (chemistry) Bridged Bicyclo Compounds (chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology) Bridged-Ring Compounds (chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology) Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor Fungi (chemistry) Humans Mice Microscopy, Video Molecular Structure Structure-Activity Relationship Trichoderma (chemistry)

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