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Cuello C, Stander EA, Jansen HJ, Dugé de Bernonville T, Lanoue A, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Papon N, Dirks RP, Jensen MK, O'Connor SE, Besseau S, Courdavault V. Genome Assembly of the Medicinal Plant Voacanga thouarsii. Genome Biol Evol 2022; 14:evac158. [PMID: 36300641 PMCID: PMC9673491 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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The Apocynaceae tree Voacanga thouarsii, native to southern Africa and Madagascar, produces monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIA), which are specialized metabolites with a wide range of bioactive properties. Voacanga species mainly accumulates tabersonine in seeds making these species valuable medicinal plants currently used for industrial MIA production. Despite their importance, the MIA biosynthesis in Voacanga species remains poorly studied. Here, we report the first genome assembly and annotation of a Voacanga species. The combined assembly of Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-reads and Illumina short-reads resulted in 3,406 scaffolds with a total length of 1,354.26 Mb and an N50 of 3.04 Mb. A total of 33,300 protein-coding genes were predicted and functionally annotated. These genes were then used to establish gene families and to investigate gene family expansion and contraction across the phylogenetic tree. A transposable element (TE) analysis showed the highest proportion of TE in Voacanga thouarsii compared with all other MIA-producing plants. In a nutshell, this first reference genome of V. thouarsii will thus contribute to strengthen future comparative and evolutionary studies in MIA-producing plants leading to a better understanding of MIA pathway evolution. This will also allow the potential identification of new MIA biosynthetic genes for metabolic engineering purposes.
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- Clément Cuello
- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, EA2106, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France
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- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, EA2106, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France
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- Future Genomics Technologies, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, EA2106, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France
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- Univ Angers, Univ Brest, IRF, SFR ICAT, F-49000 Angers, France
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- Future Genomics Technologies, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, EA2106, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France
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- Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, EA2106, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France
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Yi WF, Ding X, Chen YZ, Adelakun TA, Zhang Y, Hao XJ. Tabernaesines A-I, Cytotoxic Aspidosperma-Aspidosperma-Type Bisindole Alkaloids from Tabernaemontana pachysiphon. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020; 83:3215-3222. [PMID: 33112136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Twenty-one aspidosperma-aspidosperma alkaloids, including the new tabernaesines A-J (1-9), were obtained from Tabernaemontana pachysiphon. The structures and absolute configurations were elucidated using HRMS and NMR experiments. Compounds 1-9 possessed a rare spiro heterocycle moiety between the monomeric units, while compounds 4 and 5 were characterized by an indole ring fused with an (N,N-diethyl)methyl amino group. Compounds 1, 5-7, 15, and 16 exhibited moderate cytotoxic potency against various human cancer cell lines at IC50 2.5-9.8 μM.
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- Wen-Fang Yi
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
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Hadi S, Bremner JB. Constituents of Medicinal Plants of Lombok: A New Antibacterial Alkaloid from Voacanga Foetida (Bl.) Rolfe. Nat Prod Commun 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600101003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A new, weakly antibacterial indole alkaloid, named lombine, together with the known alkaloid voacangine, have been isolated from the bark of Voacanga foetida (Bl.) Rolfe (Apocynaceae), a plant used on Lombok, Indonesia, for medicinal purposes. A combined chemo- and bio-rational strategy was developed to target this plant for investigation. Lombine was shown to be bactericidal against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.
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- Surya Hadi
- Study Program of Horticulture, University of Mataram, Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia
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- Institute for Biomolecular Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Hussain H, Hussain J, Al-Harrasi A, Green IR. Chemistry and biology of the genus Voacanga. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2012; 50:1183-1193. [PMID: 22834977 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.658478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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CONTEXT Herbal remedies have been employed for the treatment and management of various ailments since the beginning of human civilization. Voacanga is an extensive genus of the family Apocynaceae and consists of small trees inhabiting the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa. Voacanga plants have been used in the treatment of leprosy, diarrhea, and generalized edema, convulsions in children as well as to treat cases of orchitis, ectopic testes and gonorrhea. OBJECTIVES The aim of this review is to present as much information as was established from the available scientific literature. The present review comprises the ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and therapeutic potential of the plant genus Voacanga. METHODS The present review reports on 111 natural products as found in 44 references compiled from the major databases, viz., Chemical Abstracts, Science Direct, SciFinder, PubMed, Dr. Dukes Phytochemical and Ethnobotany, CIMER, and InteliHealth. RESULTS An exhaustive survey of the literature revealed that indole alkaoids and steroids constitute the major classes of phytoconstituents of this genus. Pharmacological reports revealed that products derived from this genus have been used for the treatment of cancer, and for CNS, cardiotonic, antituberculosis, acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase, antagonistic, anti-diarrheal activities.
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- Hidayat Hussain
- Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al-Mouz, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman.
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Guérard KC, Guérinot A, Bouchard-Aubin C, Ménard MA, Lepage M, Beaulieu MA, Canesi S. Oxidative 1,2- and 1,3-Alkyl Shift Processes: Developments and Applications in Synthesis. J Org Chem 2012; 77:2121-33. [DOI: 10.1021/jo300169k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kimiaka C. Guérard
- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de
Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montréal, H3C 3P8 Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de
Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montréal, H3C 3P8 Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de
Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montréal, H3C 3P8 Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de
Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montréal, H3C 3P8 Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de
Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montréal, H3C 3P8 Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de
Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montréal, H3C 3P8 Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Méthodologie et Synthèse de
Produits Naturels, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville,
Montréal, H3C 3P8 Quebec, Canada
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Stöckigt J, Pawelka KH, Tanahashi T, Danieli B, Hull WE. Voafrine A and Voafrine B, New Dimeric Indole Alkaloids from Cell Suspension Cultures ofVoacanga africanaStapf. Helv Chim Acta 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19830660818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Freund R, Mahboobi S, Noack K, Schonhölzer P, Bernauer K. Diastereoselective Spirocyclization ofC-(Alkyloxycarbonyl)formimines of 2-Substituted 1HIndole-3-ethanamines (= Tryptamines): Basic Studies. 5th Communication on Indoles, Indolenines, and Indolines. Helv Chim Acta 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19900730224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cordell GA, Saxton JE. Chapter 1 Bisindole Alkaloids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s1876-0813(08)60246-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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