Representative LC/UV chromatogram under typical analytical conditions (C18 column; mobile phase: 5–100% ACN / H2O (0.05% H3PO4), linear gradient 20 min; flow rate: 0.2 mL/min; detection: 210 nm).
NMR Spectral Data
Representative 1H NMR (500 MHz) spectrum confirming the structure of Sclerotiorin. Representative 13C NMR (125 MHz) spectrum supporting structural assignment of Sclerotiorin.
Source Organism
Penicillium sp.
Summary
Sclerotiorin is a chlorinated azaphilone that inhibits Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknG.
Details
Sclerotiorin is a chlorinated azaphilone first reported from Penicillium sclerotiorum in 1940. Biochemical studies demonstrated that sclerotiorin noncompetitively inhibits the eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinase PknG from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (IC50 = 76.5 µM; KD = 11.4 µM), impairing intracellular mycobacterial survival in macrophages and enhancing rifampicin efficacy without host cytotoxicity. Independently, sclerotiorin delays both seeded and unseeded Aβ42 fibrillogenesis by kinetically stabilizing small oligomers with low β-sheet content, resulting in reduced seeding activity and low cellular toxicity. These mechanistic findings establish sclerotiorin as a multifunctional azaphilone scaffold targeting bacterial virulence signaling and pathological amyloid assembly.