Abstract:
The rice fermentation products of the fungus
Scedosporium aurantiacum GXIMD 02519 were isolated and purified by silica gel column chromatography and semi-preparative liquid chromatography,
etc. Their structures were characterized by various spectroscopic methods, including HR-ESIMS and NMR,
etc. The inhibitory activity of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-
κB) and osteoclast differentiation of these compounds were determined by approaches of NF-
κB luciferase reporter gene and tartrate-resistant acidic phosphatase (TRAP) staining. A new azaphilone, isochromophilone M (
1), along with nine known compounds, were isolated and identified from the fungus
S. aurantiacum GXIMD 02519, which were identified as 6-((1
E, 3
E)-3, 5-dimethylhepta-1, 3-dien-1-yl)-2, 4-dihydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde (
2), barbatinic acid (
3), botryorhodine B (
4), 2, 6-dihydroxy-3, 4-dimethylbenzoic acid methyl ester (
5), 2, 4-dihydroxy-3, 6-dimethylbenzoic acid (
6), atranol (
7), 4-methoxyphenylacetic acid (
8), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (
9), and scopararane C (
10). Compounds
3 and
10 showed inhibitions of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NF-
κB activation in RAW264.7 cells. Moreover, compound
10 could further inhibit receptor activator of nuclear factor
κB ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclast differentiation in bone marrow macrophages without observed cytotoxicity. This is the first report of the diterpene compound (
10) as a potential inhibitor of osteoclast differentiation.