Sespendole, a new inhibitor of lipid droplet synthesis in macrophages, produced by Pseudobotrytis terrestris FKA-25.

J Antibiot (Tokyo)

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.

Published: February 2006

Sespendole was isolated as an inhibitor of lipid droplet formation in macrophages from the culture broth of a fungal strain Pseudobotrytis terrestris FKA-25. The compound inhibited the synthesis of cholesteryl ester and triacylglycerol by mouse macrophages with IC50 values of 4.0 and 3.2 microM, respectively.

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