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Li F, Lin Z, Krug PJ, Catrow JL, Cox JE, Schmidt EW. Animal FAS-like polyketide synthases produce diverse polypropionates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2305575120. [PMID: 37695909 PMCID: PMC10515154 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2305575120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023] Open
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Animal cytoplasmic fatty acid synthase (FAS) represents a unique family of enzymes that are classically thought to be most closely related to fungal polyketide synthase (PKS). Recently, a widespread family of animal lipid metabolic enzymes has been described that bridges the gap between these two ubiquitous and important enzyme classes: the animal FAS-like PKSs (AFPKs). Although very similar in sequence to FAS enzymes that produce saturated lipids widely found in animals, AFPKs instead produce structurally diverse compounds that resemble bioactive polyketides. Little is known about the factors that bridge lipid and polyketide synthesis in the animals. Here, we describe the function of EcPKS2 from Elysia chlorotica, which synthesizes a complex polypropionate natural product found in this mollusc. EcPKS2 starter unit promiscuity potentially explains the high diversity of polyketides found in and among molluscan species. Biochemical comparison of EcPKS2 with the previously described EcPKS1 reveals molecular principles governing substrate selectivity that should apply to related enzymes encoded within the genomes of photosynthetic gastropods. Hybridization experiments combining EcPKS1 and EcPKS2 demonstrate the interactions between the ketoreductase and ketosynthase domains in governing the product outcomes. Overall, these findings enable an understanding of the molecular principles of structural diversity underlying the many molluscan polyketides likely produced by the diverse AFPK enzyme family.
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- Feng Li
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT84112
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT84112
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, CA90032
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- Metabolomics Core, Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT84112
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- Metabolomics Core, Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT84112
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT84112
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT84112
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Li SW, Yu DD, Su MZ, Yao LG, Wang H, Liu X, Guo YW. Ocellatuspyrones A‒G, new antibacterial polypropionates from the Chinese mollusk Placobranchus ocellatus. MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 5:373-386. [PMID: 37637258 PMCID: PMC10449759 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-023-00179-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Marine invertebrates serve as rich sources of secondary metabolites with intriguing chemical diversities and a wide spectrum of biological activities. Particularly, marine shell-less sacoglossan mollusks have attracted much attentions due to the fact that mollusks apply complex metabolites as chemical defense agents against to their predators. With the purpose of discovering bioactive secondary metabolites to develop marine-derived medicines from the South China Sea, we have conducted a chemical study on the photosynthetic mollusk Placobranchus ocellatus. As a result, seven new γ-pyrone polypropionates, namely ( ±)-ocellatuspyrone A (1), ( ±)-ocellatuspyrone B (2), and ocellatuspyrones C-G (5, 9-12), along with five known polypropionates, have been isolated and characterized from the South China Sea photosynthetic mollusk Placobranchus ocellatus. Extensive spectroscopic analysis, single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, modified Mosher's method, ECD comparison, CD exciton chirality method, TDDFT-ECD calculation, and chemical conversion were used to determine the structures and absolute configurations of the new compounds and the stereochemistry of undefined known compounds 4, 6 and 7. All these isolated polypropionates were evaluated in bioassays for their biological activities, including antibacterial, neuroprotective effect, anti-inflammatory, PTP1B inhibitory, and antiviral activities. Compounds 7, 8 and 11 were found for the first time to show antibacterial activity against fish pathogenic bacteria Streptococcus parauberis (the main pathogen causing fish streptococcal infections and acute death) with MIC values of 35.8, 34.2, and 37.4 μg/mL, respectively, which might be potential novel antibacterial agents for the treatment of fish infectious diseases. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-023-00179-w.
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- Song-Wei Li
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014 China
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- Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, 264117 China
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- Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, 264117 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203 China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237 China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014 China
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203 China
- Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, 264117 China
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Chen ZH, Guo YW, Li XW. Recent advances on marine mollusk-derived natural products: chemistry, chemical ecology and therapeutical potential. Nat Prod Rep 2023; 40:509-556. [PMID: 35942896 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00021k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Covering: 2011-2021Marine mollusks, which are well known as rich sources of diverse and biologically active natural products, have attracted significant attention from researchers due to their chemical and pharmacological properties. The occurrence of some of these marine mollusk-derived natural products in their preys, predators, and associated microorganisms has also gained interest in chemical ecology research. Based on previous reviews, herein, we present a comprehensive summary of the recent advances of interesting secondary metabolites from marine mollusks, focusing on their structural features, possible chemo-ecological significance, and promising biological activities, covering the literature from 2011 to 2021.
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- Zi-Hui Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
- Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, Shandong 264117, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
- Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, Shandong 264117, China
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Avila C, Angulo-Preckler C. Bioactive Compounds from Marine Heterobranchs. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:657. [PMID: 33371188 PMCID: PMC7767343 DOI: 10.3390/md18120657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The natural products of heterobranch molluscs display a huge variability both in structure and in their bioactivity. Despite the considerable lack of information, it can be observed from the recent literature that this group of animals possesses an astonishing arsenal of molecules from different origins that provide the molluscs with potent chemicals that are ecologically and pharmacologically relevant. In this review, we analyze the bioactivity of more than 450 compounds from ca. 400 species of heterobranch molluscs that are useful for the snails to protect themselves in different ways and/or that may be useful to us because of their pharmacological activities. Their ecological activities include predator avoidance, toxicity, antimicrobials, antifouling, trail-following and alarm pheromones, sunscreens and UV protection, tissue regeneration, and others. The most studied ecological activity is predation avoidance, followed by toxicity. Their pharmacological activities consist of cytotoxicity and antitumoral activity; antibiotic, antiparasitic, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory activity; and activity against neurodegenerative diseases and others. The most studied pharmacological activities are cytotoxicity and anticancer activities, followed by antibiotic activity. Overall, it can be observed that heterobranch molluscs are extremely interesting in regard to the study of marine natural products in terms of both chemical ecology and biotechnology studies, providing many leads for further detailed research in these fields in the near future.
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- Conxita Avila
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain;
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain;
- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Hansine Hansens veg 18, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
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Torres JP, Lin Z, Winter JM, Krug PJ, Schmidt EW. Animal biosynthesis of complex polyketides in a photosynthetic partnership. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2882. [PMID: 32513940 PMCID: PMC7280274 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16376-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Complex polyketides are typically associated with microbial metabolism. Here, we report that animals also make complex, microbe-like polyketides. We show there is a widespread branch of fatty acid synthase- (FAS)-like polyketide synthase (PKS) proteins, which sacoglossan animals use to synthesize complex products. The purified sacogolassan protein EcPKS1 uses only methylmalonyl-CoA as a substrate, otherwise unknown in animal lipid metabolism. Sacoglossans are sea slugs, some of which eat algae, digesting the cells but maintaining functional chloroplasts. Here, we provide evidence that polyketides support this unusual photosynthetic partnership. The FAS-like PKS family represents an uncharacterized branch of polyketide and fatty acid metabolism, encoding a large diversity of biomedically relevant animal enzymes and chemicals awaiting discovery. The biochemical characterization of an intact animal polyketide biosynthetic enzyme opens the door to understanding the immense untapped metabolic potential of metazoans. Complex polyketides are usually produced by microbes, whereas the origin of polyketides found in animals remained unknown. This study shows that sacoglossan animals, such as sea slugs, employ fatty acid synthase-like proteins to produce microbe-like polyketides.
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- Joshua P Torres
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
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Wu Q, Li SW, Xu H, Wang H, Hu P, Zhang H, Luo C, Chen KX, Nay B, Guo YW, Li XW. Complex Polypropionates from a South China Sea Photosynthetic Mollusk: Isolation and Biomimetic Synthesis Highlighting Novel Rearrangements. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:12105-12112. [PMID: 32277730 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Placobranchus ocellatus is well known to produce diverse and complex γ-pyrone polypropionates. In this study, the chemical investigation of P. ocellatus from the South China Sea led to the discovery and identification of ocellatusones A-D, a series of racemic non-γ-pyrone polyketides with novel skeletons, characterized by a bicyclo[3.2.1]octane (1, 2), a bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (3) or a mesitylene-substituted dimethylfuran-3(2H)-one core (4). Extensive spectroscopic analysis, quantum chemical computation, chemical synthesis, and/or X-ray diffraction analysis were used to determine the structure and absolute configuration of the new compounds, including each enantiomer of racemic compounds 1-4 after chiral HPLC resolution. An array of new and diversity-generating rearrangements is proposed to explain the biosynthesis of these unusual compounds based on careful structural analysis and comparison with six known co-occurring γ-pyrones (5-10). Furthermore, the successful biomimetic semisynthesis of ocellatusone A (1) confirmed the proposed rearrangement through an unprecedented acid induced cascade reaction.
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- Qihao Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China.,College of Pharmaceutical Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China.,Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China.,Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China.,Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China.,Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, 201203, China.,Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo, Qingdao, 266237, China
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Wu Q, Li S, Xu H, Wang H, Hu P, Zhang H, Luo C, Chen K, Nay B, Guo Y, Li X. Complex Polypropionates from a South China Sea Photosynthetic Mollusk: Isolation and Biomimetic Synthesis Highlighting Novel Rearrangements. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Qihao Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
- College of Pharmaceutical Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine 138 Xianlin Road Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
- Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo Qingdao 266237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
- Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo Qingdao 266237 China
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris 91128 Palaiseau Cedex France
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
- Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo Qingdao 266237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai 201203 China
- Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo Qingdao 266237 China
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Fisch KM, Hertzer C, Böhringer N, Wuisan ZG, Schillo D, Bara R, Kaligis F, Wägele H, König GM, Schäberle TF. The Potential of Indonesian Heterobranchs Found around Bunaken Island for the Production of Bioactive Compounds. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:E384. [PMID: 29215579 PMCID: PMC5742844 DOI: 10.3390/md15120384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
The species diversity of marine heterobranch sea slugs found on field trips around Bunaken Island (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) and adjacent islands of the Bunaken National Marine Park forms the basis of this review. In a survey performed in 2015, 80 species from 23 families were collected, including 17 new species. Only three of these have been investigated previously in studies from Indonesia. Combining species diversity with a former study from 2003 reveals in total 140 species from this locality. The diversity of bioactive compounds known and yet to be discovered from these organisms is summarized and related to the producer if known or suspected (might it be down the food chain, de novo synthesised from the slug or an associated bacterium). Additionally, the collection of microorganisms for the discovery of natural products of pharmacological interest from this hotspot of biodiversity that is presented here contains more than 50 species that have never been investigated before in regard to bioactive secondary metabolites. This highlights the great potential of the sea slugs and the associated microorganisms for the discovery of natural products of pharmacological interest from this hotspot of biodiversity.
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- Katja M Fisch
- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Centre of Molecular Biodiversity, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia.
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado 95115, Indonesia.
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- Centre of Molecular Biodiversity, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
- German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
- German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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Joy M, Chakraborty K. Biogenic antioxidative and anti-inflammatory aryl polyketides from the venerid bivalve clam Paphia malabarica. Food Chem 2017; 237:169-180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.05.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lin Z, Torres JP, Ammon MA, Marett L, Teichert RW, Reilly CA, Kwan JC, Hughen RW, Flores M, Tianero MD, Peraud O, Cox JE, Light AR, Villaraza AJL, Haygood MG, Concepcion GP, Olivera BM, Schmidt EW. A bacterial source for mollusk pyrone polyketides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 20:73-81. [PMID: 23352141 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In the oceans, secondary metabolites often protect otherwise poorly defended invertebrates, such as shell-less mollusks, from predation. The origins of these metabolites are largely unknown, but many of them are thought to be made by symbiotic bacteria. In contrast, mollusks with thick shells and toxic venoms are thought to lack these secondary metabolites because of reduced defensive needs. Here, we show that heavily defended cone snails also occasionally contain abundant secondary metabolites, γ-pyrones known as nocapyrones, which are synthesized by symbiotic bacteria. The bacteria, Nocardiopsis alba CR167, are related to widespread actinomycetes that we propose to be casual symbionts of invertebrates on land and in the sea. The natural roles of nocapyrones are unknown, but they are active in neurological assays, revealing that mollusks with external shells are an overlooked source of secondary metabolite diversity.
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- Zhenjian Lin
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Cutignano A, Villani G, Fontana A. One metabolite, two pathways: convergence of polypropionate biosynthesis in fungi and marine molluscs. Org Lett 2012; 14:992-5. [PMID: 22316000 DOI: 10.1021/ol2032653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Structural similarity or even the identity of polyketide compounds does not necessarily imply unique biosynthesis. Feeding experiments with a (13)C labeled precursor establish that the C(3) units in 7-methyl-cyercene-1 (1) are derived from intact propionate in the marine mollusc Ercolania funerea. The same compound in the terrestrial fungus Leptosphaeria maculans/Phoma lingam is synthesized by an acetate/SAM pathway thus proving for the first time metabolic convergence of polyketide biosynthesis in eukaryotes. Traditional (1)H-(13)C NMR correlation spectroscopy has been successfully applied to estimate (13)C incorporation in biosynthetic experiments.
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- Adele Cutignano
- CNR-Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy.
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Ciavatta ML, Manzo E, Nuzzo G, Villani G, Cimino G, Cervera JL, Malaquias MAE, Gavagnin M. Aplysiopsenes: an additional example of marine polyketides with a mixed acetate/propionate pathway. Tetrahedron Lett 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.11.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Total synthesis of cyercene A and the biomimetic synthesis of (±)-9,10-deoxytridachione and (±)-ocellapyrone A. Tetrahedron 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This review covers the literature published in 2005 for marine natural products, with 704 citations (493 for the period January to December 2005) referring to compounds isolated from marine microorganisms and phytoplankton, green algae, brown algae, red algae, sponges, coelenterates, bryozoans, molluscs, tunicates and echinoderms. The emphasis is on new compounds (812 for 2005), together with their relevant biological activities, source organisms and country of origin. Biosynthetic studies, first syntheses, and syntheses that lead to the revision of structures or stereochemistries, have been included.
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- John W Blunt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Zuidema DR, Jones PB. Triplet photosensitization in cyercene A and related pyrones. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2006; 83:137-45. [PMID: 16481191 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2005.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Revised: 12/11/2005] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mollusks of the Sacoglossa order contain a variety of polypropionate metabolites that are characterized by a pyrone chromophore, such as cyercene A and 9,10-deoxytridachione. Most often the pyrone is a 2-methoxy-gamma-pyrone but occasionally is a 4-methoxy-alpha-pyrone or hydropyrone. Members of this class of metabolites have been shown to undergo photochemical reactions of biosynthetic importance. An example is the photochemical conversion of 9,10-deoxytridachione to photodeoxytridachione, which has been observed in several mollusks. In this report, a series of gamma-pyrones and their alpha-pyrone analogs were synthesized and analyzed for photosensitizing activity. In all cases studied, the gamma-pyrone was a more efficient triplet sensitizer than the corresponding alpha-pyrone. Included in this set of molecules was the Sacoglossan metabolite cyercene A and its alpha-pyrone isomer. When irradiated in the presence of oxygen, cyercene A produced singlet oxygen at significantly higher rate than the corresponding alpha-pyrone isomer. Furthermore, the photoisomerization of cyercene A was quenched by piperylene with con-committant isomerization of the piperylene indicating that the isomerization proceeded through a triplet excited state. In contrast, the isomerization of the alpha-pyrone analog was not quenched. The implications of these photochemical results in terms of the biosynthesis and biological activity of Sacoglossan polypropionate metabolites are discussed.
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- Daniel R Zuidema
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, 115-A Salem Hall, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
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Fontana A. Biogenetic proposals and biosynthetic studies on secondary metabolites of opisthobranch molluscs. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 43:303-32. [PMID: 17153349 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30880-5_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Marine chemical diversity is generated by a large number of transformations often not noted in terrestrial counterparts. Life in the oceans differs in most respects from life on land and our knowledge of the genetics and biochemistry of marine organisms is still very limited to a small number of species. Biosynthetic studies and biogenetic speculations can therefore be crucial in predicting relevant enzymes and their encoding genes, with a view to setting the stage for rational engineering of marine natural products. A further useful outcome to the identification of biosynthetic pathways is the resulting classification of natural products, which can serve to correlate chemical diversity and biodiversity. This review summarizes the present knowledge on secondary metabolites biogenesis in marine opisthobranchs, a class of organisms that has been emerging as a prolific source of structurally diverse metabolites possessing a broad variety of biological activities.
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- A Fontana
- Instituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (ICB-CNR), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (Naples), Italy
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Thoms C, Ebel R, Proksch P. Sequestration and possible role of dietary alkaloids in the sponge-feeding mollusk Tylodina perversa. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 43:261-75. [PMID: 17153347 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30880-5_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Opisthobranchs of the genus Tylodina are found at exceedingly distant geographical regions in the marine environment but are always associated with sponges of the order Verongida (e.g., Aplysina species) which serve as prey for these gastropods. We investigated the chemical ecology of the Mediterranean species T. perversa that commonly feeds on A. aerophoba. The gastropod sequesters a set of sponge-derived brominated isoxazoline alkaloids which are accumulated in the mantle and egg masses and are furthermore exuded as part of the mucus when the animal is molested. Based on the documented feeding deterrent properties of the sponge alkaloids against fish, it is speculated that the sequestered sponge alkaloids serve also as a defense for T. perversa. Interestingly, specimens of T. perversa that were either collected while feeding on A. aerophoba or had been kept on these sponges under controlled conditions for several weeks almost always contained the brominated alkaloid aerothionin, which is not detected in A. aerophoba but occurs in the sibling species A. cavernicola instead. The latter sponge is also accepted as a food source by the gastropod, at least under experimental conditions. The possible origin of aerothionin in T. perversa is discussed.
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- C Thoms
- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Cimino G, Sodano G. Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in marine molluscs. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/bfb0034371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Zuidema DR, Miller AK, Trauner D, Jones PB. Photosensitized Conversion of 9,10-Deoxytridachione to Photodeoxytridachione. Org Lett 2005; 7:4959-62. [PMID: 16235932 DOI: 10.1021/ol051887c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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[reaction: see text] The photochemical conversion of 9,10-deoxytridachione to photodeoxytridachione has been photosensitized. The conversion was also quenched by piperylene. Photodeoxytridachione was produced in good yields under conditions in which only the cyclohexadiene group is sensitized. The results show that some, and perhaps all, of the photoreactions of 9,10-deoxytridachione occur through a triplet excited state. The mechanistic and biosynthetic implications of these results are discussed.
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- Daniel R Zuidema
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA
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Zuidema DR, Jones PB. Photochemical relationships in Sacoglossan polypropionates. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2005; 68:481-486. [PMID: 15844933 DOI: 10.1021/np049607+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Cyercene A has been synthesized and converted to placidene A and isoplacidene A through photoisomerization with sunlight. Hydroperoxide, isolated form Placida dendritica, was synthesized both by singlet oxygenation of cyercene A using Rose Bengal and through the irradiation of cyercene A alone in aerobic solution. The observation that hydroperoxide could be made by singlet oxygenation of cyercene A and that this occurs when cyercene A alone is irradiated supported the hypothesis that gamma-pyrones may act as triplet sensitizers. This was confirmed using cyercene A and a model gamma-pyrone to sensitize the photooxidation of n-butyl sulfide. The biosynthetic implications of these observations for Sacoglossan polypropionates are discussed.
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- Daniel R Zuidema
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA
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Members of a family of alpha-methoxy-gamma-pyrone-containing polypropionate natural products have been stereoselectively synthesized. Two key iodovinyl pyrone building blocks were coupled to appropriately selected vinyl stannanes to assemble the highly substituted polyene side chains of the natural products. [structure: see text]
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- Guangxin Liang
- Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. USA
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Cutignano A, Fontana A, Renzulli L, Cimino G. Placidenes C-F, novel alpha-pyrone propionates from the Mediterranean sacoglossan Placida dendritica. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2003; 66:1399-1401. [PMID: 14575447 DOI: 10.1021/np0300176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Four new alpha-pyrone-containing propionates (5-8) and an unprecedented hydroperoxide 9 have been isolated from the mantle extract of Placida dendritica, a Mediterranean sacoglossan that lives upon the green alga Bryopsis plumosa. The new metabolites co-occur with the related compounds 1-4, which have been described in previous studies of the mollusc. The presence of 9 opens intriguing perspectives on the ecological role of placidenes. This paper reports the isolation and structural elucidation of the new compounds 5-9.
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- Adele Cutignano
- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy
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Jensen KR. Evolution of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) and the ecological associations with their food plants. Evol Ecol 1997. [DOI: 10.1023/a:1018468420368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ciavatta M, Trivellone E, Villani G, Cimino G. Membrenones : New polypropionates from the skin of the mediterranean mollusc Pleurobranchus membranaceus. Tetrahedron Lett 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)61703-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tringali C, Parisi A, Piattelli M, di San Lio GM. Phomenins A and B, Bioactive Polypropionate Pyrones from Culture Fluids ofPhoma tracheiphila. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1080/10575639308043845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Vardaro RR, Di Marzo V, Cimino G. Placidenes: cyercene-like polypropionate γ-pyrones from the mediterranean ascoglossan mollusc Placida dendritica. Tetrahedron Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)78884-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Vardaro RR, Di Marzo V, Marin A, Cimino G. α-and γ-Pyrone-poly·propionates from the mediterranean ascoglossan mollusc ercolania funerea. Tetrahedron 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)88324-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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