Anatoly Fedorov, Vsevolod Dubovik, Sergey Smirnov, Leonid Chisty, Victor Khrustalev, Anton Slukin, Alena Alekseeva, Elena Stepanycheva, Igor Sendersky, Alexander Berestetskiy and Anna Dalinova*,
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Abstract
Fungal 10-membered lactones (TMLs), such as stagonolide A, herbarumin I, pinolidoxin, and putaminoxin, are promising candidates for the development of nature-derived herbicides. The aim of this study was to analyze the structure–activity relationships (SAR) of C-9-methyl-substituted TMLs with a multitarget bioassay approach to reveal compounds with useful (phytotoxic, entomotoxic, antimicrobial) or undesirable (cytotoxic) bioactivities. A new TML, stagonolide L (1), along with five known compounds (stagonolides D (2) and E (3), curvulides A (4) and B1/B2 (5a,b), and pyrenolide C (6)), were purified from cultures of the phytopathogenic fungus Stagonospora cirsii, and five semisynthetic derivatives of 3 and 4 (7–11) were obtained. The absolute configuration of 4 was revised to 2Z, 4S, 5S, 6R, and 9R. The identity of 5a,b and stagonolide H is discussed. The phytotoxicity of compound 4, the entomotoxicity of 5a,b, and nonselective toxicity of compound 6 are demonstrated. The latter confirms the hypothesis that the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl group is associated with the high general toxicity of TML, regardless of its position in the ring and other substituents. The epoxide in compound 4 is important for phytotoxicity. The revealed SAR patterns will be useful for further rational design of TML-based herbicides including curvulide A analogs with a 4,5-epoxy group.
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