Sterols isolated from Nuruk (Rhizopus oryzae KSD-815) inhibit the migration of cancer cells

Dae Young Lee, Sang Jin Lee, Ho Young Kwak, Lakoon-Jung, Jieun Heo, Sungyoul Hong, Gye Won Kim, Nam In Baek

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Abstract

An activity-guided fractionation method was used to isolate anticancer components from Nuruk (Rhizopus oryzae KSD-815:KSD-815). Dried powder of KSD-815 was extracted with 80% methanol and partitioned successively using nhexane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and water. The n-hexane and n-butanol fractions showed a strong antimigratory effect on human cancer cells. Both of these fractions were subjected to separation and purification procedures using silica gel, octadecyl silica gel, and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies to afford four purified compounds. These were identified as ergosterol peroxide (1), stigmast-5-en-3β,7β-diol (2), ergosta-7,22-dien-3β,5α, 6β,9α-tetraol (3), and daucosterol (4), respectively, by spectroscopic methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy, and comparison with those in the literature. Compounds 1-4 were isolated from KSD-815 for the first time. Compounds 1 and 4 inhibited the migration of MDA-MB-231 cells at concentrations lower than 20 μM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1328-1332
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume19
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2009

Keywords

  • Antimigratory effect
  • MDA-MB-231
  • Nuruk
  • Rhizopus oryzae KSD-815
  • SK-HEP-1
  • Sterol

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