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Nishimura T, Murotani T, Sasaki H, Uekusa Y, Eguchi H, Ishigaki H, Takahashi K, Kubohara Y, Kikuchi H. Isolation and Structure Determination of New Pyrones from Dictyostelium spp. Cellular Slime Molds Coincubated with Pseudomonas spp. Molecules 2024; 29:2143. [PMID: 38731634 PMCID: PMC11085369 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29092143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Cellular slime molds are excellent model organisms in the field of cell and developmental biology because of their simple developmental patterns. During our studies on the identification of bioactive molecules from secondary metabolites of cellular slime molds toward the development of novel pharmaceuticals, we revealed the structural diversity of secondary metabolites. Cellular slime molds grow by feeding on bacteria, such as Klebsiella aerogenes and Escherichia coli, without using medium components. Although changing the feeding bacteria is expected to affect dramatically the secondary metabolite production, the effect of the feeding bacteria on the production of secondary metabolites is not known. Herein, we report the isolation and structure elucidation of clavapyrone (1) from Dictyostelium clavatum, intermedipyrone (2) from D. magnum, and magnumiol (3) from D. intermedium. These compounds are not obtained from usual cultural conditions with Klebsiella aerogenes but obtained from coincubated conditions with Pseudomonas spp. The results demonstrate the diversity of the secondary metabolites of cellular slime molds and suggest that widening the range of feeding bacteria for cellular slime molds would increase their application potential in drug discovery.
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- Takehiro Nishimura
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University, 1-5-30 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8512, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan; (T.M.); (H.S.); (H.E.)
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan; (T.M.); (H.S.); (H.E.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University, 1-5-30 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8512, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan; (T.M.); (H.S.); (H.E.)
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- Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Science, Gunma Paz University, Takasaki 370-0006, Japan; (H.I.); (K.T.)
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- Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Science, Gunma Paz University, Takasaki 370-0006, Japan; (H.I.); (K.T.)
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- Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, 1-1 Hiraga-gakuendai, Inzai, Chiba 270-1695, Japan;
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University, 1-5-30 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8512, Japan;
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan; (T.M.); (H.S.); (H.E.)
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Liang X, Chen W, Jiang B, Xiao CJ. Dibenzofurans from nature: Biosynthesis, structural diversity, sources, and bioactivities. Bioorg Chem 2024; 144:107107. [PMID: 38218069 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Dibenzofurans are a small class of natural products with versatile biological activities that used to be thought to come mainly from lichens and ascomycetes. In fact, they are also distributed widely in higher plants, especially in the families Rosaceae and Myrtaceae. Dibenzofurans and derivatives from lichens and ascomycetes have been well reviewed, but dibenzofurans from all biological sources in nature have not been reviewed. In this review, dibenzofurans from all natural sources have been comprehensively reviewed, and a total of 211 dibenzofurans isolated and identified from organisms between 1843 and March 2023 are categorized and discussed, including their biosynthesis, structural diversity, sources, and bioactivities.
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- Xin Liang
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan, Dali University, Dali 671000, China; Institute of Materia Medica & College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan, Dali University, Dali 671000, China; Institute of Materia Medica & College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan, Dali University, Dali 671000, China; Institute of Materia Medica & College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan, Dali University, Dali 671000, China; Institute of Materia Medica & College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali 671000, China.
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Kawabe Y, Schaap P. Development of the dictyostelid Polysphondylium violaceum does not require secreted cAMP. Biol Open 2023; 12:286712. [PMID: 36688866 PMCID: PMC9922732 DOI: 10.1242/bio.059728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Group 4 Dictyostelia, like Dictyostelium discoideum, self-organize into aggregates and fruiting bodies using propagating waves of the chemoattractant cAMP, which are produced by a network containing the adenylate cyclase AcaA, cAMP receptors (Cars) and the extracellular cAMP phosphodiesterase PdsA. Additionally, AcaA and the adenylate cyclases AcrA and AcgA produce secreted cAMP for induction of aggregative and prespore gene expression and intracellular cAMP for PKA activation, with PKA triggering initiation of development and spore and stalk maturation. Non-group 4 species also use secreted cAMP to coordinate post-aggregative morphogenesis and prespore induction but use other attractants to aggregate. To understand how cAMP's role in aggregation evolved, we deleted the acaA, carA and pdsA genes of Polysphondylium violaceum, a sister species to group 4. acaA- fruiting bodies had thinner stalks but otherwise developed normally. Deletion of acrA, which was similarly expressed as acaA, reduced aggregation centre initiation and, as also occurred after D. discoideum acrA deletion, caused spore instability. Double acaA-acrA- mutants failed to form stable aggregates, a defect that was overcome by exposure to the PKA agonist 8Br-cAMP, and therefore likely due to reduced intracellular cAMP. The carA- and pdsA- mutants showed normal aggregation and fruiting body development. Together, the data showed that P. violaceum development does not critically require secreted cAMP, while roles of intracellular cAMP in initiation of development and spore maturation are conserved. Apparently, cell-cell communication underwent major taxon-group specific innovation in Dictyostelia.
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- Yoshinori Kawabe
- School of Life Sciences, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee DD15EH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee DD15EH, UK,Author for correspondence ()
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Gribble GW. Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds-A Comprehensive Review. PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023; 121:1-546. [PMID: 37488466 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26629-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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The present volume is the third in a trilogy that documents naturally occurring organohalogen compounds, bringing the total number-from fewer than 25 in 1968-to approximately 8000 compounds to date. Nearly all of these natural products contain chlorine or bromine, with a few containing iodine and, fewer still, fluorine. Produced by ubiquitous marine (algae, sponges, corals, bryozoa, nudibranchs, fungi, bacteria) and terrestrial organisms (plants, fungi, bacteria, insects, higher animals) and universal abiotic processes (volcanos, forest fires, geothermal events), organohalogens pervade the global ecosystem. Newly identified extraterrestrial sources are also documented. In addition to chemical structures, biological activity, biohalogenation, biodegradation, natural function, and future outlook are presented.
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- Gordon W Gribble
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.
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Saito T, Iijima T, Koyama K, Shinagawa T, Yamanaka A, Araki T, Suzuki N, Usuki T, Kay RR. Generating polyketide diversity in Dictyostelium: a Steely hybrid polyketide synthase produces alternate products at different developmental stages. Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20221176. [PMID: 36126683 PMCID: PMC9489281 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The soil is a rich ecosystem where many ecological interactions are mediated by small molecules, and in which amoebae are low-level predators and also prey. The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has a high genomic potential for producing polyketides to mediate its ecological interactions, including the unique 'Steely' enzymes, consisting of a fusion between a fatty acid synthase and a chalcone synthase. We report here that D. discoideum further increases its polyketide potential by using the StlB Steely enzyme, and a downstream chlorinating enzyme, to make both a chlorinated signal molecule, DIF-1, during its multi-cellular development, and a set of abundant polyketides in terminally differentiated stalk cells. We identify one of these as a chlorinated dibenzofuran with potent anti-bacterial activity. To do this, StlB switches expression from prespore to stalk cells in late development and is cleaved to release the chalcone synthase domain. Expression of this domain alone in StlB null cells allows synthesis of the stalk-associated, chlorinated polyketides. Thus, by altered expression and processing of StlB, cells make first a signal molecule, and then abundant secondary metabolites, which we speculate help to protect the mature spores from bacterial infection.
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- Tamao Saito
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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Cao D, Chen D, Chen G, Mo H, Xia Z, Li K, Yang J. Synthesis of Dibenzofurans Derivatives via Benzannulation of 2‐Nitrobenzofurans and Alkylidene Malononitriles. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202000303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Dongdong Cao
- School of Pharmaceutical and Materials Engineering Taizhou University 1139 Shifu Avenue Taizhou 318000 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Materials Engineering Taizhou University 1139 Shifu Avenue Taizhou 318000 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Materials Engineering Taizhou University 1139 Shifu Avenue Taizhou 318000 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Materials Engineering Taizhou University 1139 Shifu Avenue Taizhou 318000 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Materials Engineering Taizhou University 1139 Shifu Avenue Taizhou 318000 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Materials Engineering Taizhou University 1139 Shifu Avenue Taizhou 318000 P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Materials Engineering Taizhou University 1139 Shifu Avenue Taizhou 318000 P. R. China
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Antimicrobial Activities of Dictyostelium Differentiation-Inducing Factors and Their Derivatives. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9050163. [PMID: 31035614 PMCID: PMC6571789 DOI: 10.3390/biom9050163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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At the end of its life cycle, the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum forms a fruiting body consisting of spores and a multicellular stalk. Originally, the chlorinated alkylphenone differentiation-inducing factors (DIFs) -1 and -3 were isolated as stalk cell inducers in D. discoideum. Later, DIFs and their derivatives were shown to possess several biologic activities including antitumor and anti-Trypanosoma properties. In this study, we examined the antibacterial activities of approximately 30 DIF derivatives by using several bacterial species. Several of the DIF derivatives strongly suppressed the growth of the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, at minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) in the sub-micromolar to low-micromolar range. In contrast, none of the DIF derivatives evaluated had any noteworthy effect on the growth of the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli (MIC, >100 µM). Most importantly, several of the DIF derivatives strongly inhibited the growth of methicillin-resistant S. aureus and vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis and E. faecium. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that treatment with DIF derivatives led to the formation of distinct multilayered structures consisting of cell wall or plasma membrane in S. aureus. The present results suggest that DIF derivatives are good lead compounds for developing novel antimicrobials.
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Kubohara Y, Kikuchi H. Dictyostelium: An Important Source of Structural and Functional Diversity in Drug Discovery. Cells 2018; 8:E6. [PMID: 30583484 PMCID: PMC6356392 DOI: 10.3390/cells8010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is an excellent model organism for the study of cell and developmental biology because of its simple life cycle and ease of use. Recent findings suggest that Dictyostelium and possibly other genera of cellular slime molds, are potential sources of novel lead compounds for pharmacological and medical research. In this review, we present supporting evidence that cellular slime molds are an untapped source of lead compounds by examining the discovery and functions of polyketide differentiation-inducing factor-1, a compound that was originally isolated as an inducer of stalk-cell differentiation in D. discoideum and, together with its derivatives, is now a promising lead compound for drug discovery in several areas. We also review other novel compounds, including secondary metabolites, that have been isolated from cellular slime molds.
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- Yuzuru Kubohara
- Laboratory of Health and Life Science, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Inzai, Chiba 270-1695, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aza-aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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Zuo Y, He X, Ning Y, Zhang L, Wu Y, Shang Y. Divergent synthesis of 3,4-dihydrodibenzo[b,d]furan-1(2H)-ones and isocoumarins via additive-controlled chemoselective C–C or C–N bond cleavage. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj03799f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rh(iii)-Catalyzed C–C/C–O bond formation between cyclic 2-diazo-1,3-diketones and salicylamides with additive-controlled chemoselectivity.
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- Youpeng Zuo
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base)
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base)
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base)
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base)
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base)
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base)
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
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Natural products are invaluable sources of structural diversity and complexity ideally suited for the development of therapeutic agents. The search for novel bioactive molecules has prompted scientists to explore various ecological niches. Microorganisms have been shown to constitute such an important source. Despite their biosynthetic potential, social amoebae, that is, microorganisms with both a uni- and multicellular lifestyle, are underexplored regarding their secreted secondary metabolome. In this review, we present the structural diversity of amoebal natural products and discuss their biological functions as well as their total syntheses.
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- Robert Barnett
- Junior Research Group Chemistry of Microbial Communication, Leibniz Institute of Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, HKI Jena, Beutenbergstrasse 11, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Junior Research Group Chemistry of Microbial Communication, Leibniz Institute of Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, HKI Jena, Beutenbergstrasse 11, 07745, Jena, Germany
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Synthesis and SAR of 4-methyl-5-pentylbenzene-1,3-diol (MPBD), produced by Dictyostelium discoideum. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:1428-33. [PMID: 26832786 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.01.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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4-Methyl-5-pentylbenzene-1,3-diol (MPBD) is a secondary metabolite of SteelyA polyketide synthase, which controls cell aggregation and spore maturation of Dictyostelium discoideum. In this study, chemical synthesis of MPBD and its derivatives was achieved. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies for antimicrobial activities against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis were also conducted.
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Millot M, Dieu A, Tomasi S. Dibenzofurans and derivatives from lichens and ascomycetes. Nat Prod Rep 2016; 33:801-11. [DOI: 10.1039/c5np00134j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review describes classification, biogenesis and sources as well as physico-chemical and biological properties of dibenzofurans from lichens and ascomycetes.
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- Marion Millot
- EA 1069
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles
- Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie
- Faculté de Pharmacie
- Université de Limoges
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- EA 1069
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles
- Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie
- Faculté de Pharmacie
- Université de Limoges
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- UMR CNRS ISCR 6226 “Institut des Sciences chimiques de Rennes” Equipe PNSCM “Produits Naturels-Synthèse-Chimie Médicinale”
- UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques
- Université Bretagne Loire
- Université de Rennes 1
- 35043 Rennes Cedex
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Love BE. Isolation and synthesis of polyoxygenated dibenzofurans possessing biological activity. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 97:377-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kubohara Y, Kikuchi H, Matsuo Y, Oshima Y, Homma Y. Properties of a non-bioactive fluorescent derivative of differentiation-inducing factor-3, an anti-tumor agent found in Dictyostelium discoideum. Biol Open 2014; 3:289-96. [PMID: 24682009 PMCID: PMC3988798 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20146585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Differentiation-inducing factor-3 (DIF-3), found in the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, and its derivatives, such as butoxy-DIF-3 (Bu-DIF-3), are potent anti-tumor agents. To investigate the activity of DIF-like molecules in tumor cells, we recently synthesized a green fluorescent DIF-3 derivative, BODIPY-DIF-3G, and analyzed its bioactivity and cellular localization. In this study, we synthesized a red (orange) fluorescent DIF-3 derivative, BODIPY-DIF-3R, and compared the cellular localization and bioactivities of the two BODIPY-DIF-3s in HeLa human cervical cancer cells. Both fluorescent compounds penetrated the extracellular membrane within 0.5 h and localized mainly to the mitochondria. In formalin-fixed cells, the two BODIPY-DIF-3s also localized to the mitochondria, indicating that the BODIPY-DIF-3s were incorporated into mitochondria independently of the mitochondrial membrane potential. After treatment for 3 days, BODIPY-DIF-3G, but not BODIPY-DIF-3R, induced mitochondrial swelling and suppressed cell proliferation. Interestingly, the swollen mitochondria were stainable with BODIPY-DIF-3G but not with BODIPY-DIF-3R. When added to isolated mitochondria in vitro, BODIPY-DIF-3G increased dose-dependently the rate of O2 consumption, but BODIPY-DIF-3R did not. These results suggest that the bioactive BODIPY-DIF-3G suppresses cell proliferation, at least in part, by altering mitochondrial activity, whereas the non-bioactive BODIPY-DIF-3R localizes to the mitochondria but does not affect mitochondrial activity or cell proliferation.
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- Yuzuru Kubohara
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi 371-8512, Japan
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Kikuchi H, Sakurai K, Oshima Y. Development of diversity-enhanced extracts of Curcuma zedoaria and their new sesquiterpene-like compounds. Org Lett 2014; 16:1916-9. [PMID: 24646363 DOI: 10.1021/ol5004324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Through the combination of natural products chemistry and diversity-oriented synthesis, a new approach, diversity-enhanced extracts, for increasing the diversity of natural product-like compounds is proposed. They are prepared from chemical reactions that remodel molecular scaffolds directly on extracts of natural resources. This method was applied to terpenes extracted from Curcuma zedoaria. Epoxidation and subsequent ring-opening reactions of epoxides were used to modify molecular skeletons. As a result, seven sesquiterpene-like compounds with some containing new molecular skeletons were obtained.
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- Haruhisa Kikuchi
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University , Aoba-yama, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Talontsi FM, Lamshöft M, Douanla-Meli C, Kouam SF, Spiteller M. Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Dibenzofurans from Preussia sp. harboured in Enantia chlorantha Oliv. Fitoterapia 2014; 93:233-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2014.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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