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Wang X, Gao R, Li X. Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Chiral Polysubstituted 3-Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes by Copper-Catalyzed Stereoselective Formal [4π+2σ] Cycloaddition. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39011580 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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The direct construction of bioisosteric compounds enriched in Csp3 content represents an attractive and dependable approach to imbuing biologically active molecules with enhanced three-dimensional characteristics, finding wide utility across the synthetic and medicinal chemistry community. Despite recent advancements in the synthesis of (aza)-bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes (BCHeps and aza-BCHeps), which serve as meta-substituted (aza)-arene bioisosteres, the enantioselective assembly of chiral 3-aza-BCHeps remains a coveted goal yet to be achieved. Here, we disclose an unprecedented copper-catalyzed asymmetric formal [4π+2σ] cycloaddition of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes (BCBs) and azomethine ylides, furnishing a diverse array of enantioenriched 3-aza-BCHeps with exceptional levels of diastereo- and enantioselectivites (51 examples, all >20:1 dr, mostly 97-99% ee). Both mono- and disubstituted BCBs are well compatible with this protocol, offering an enticing route for the efficient synthesis of challenging tetrasubstituted bicyclic products bearing two quaternary centers. The synthetic significance of this methodology is further demonstrated by the successful preparation of several piperidine drug analogues.
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- Xunhua Wang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), NMPA Key Laboratory for Technology Research and Evaluation of Drug Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), NMPA Key Laboratory for Technology Research and Evaluation of Drug Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), NMPA Key Laboratory for Technology Research and Evaluation of Drug Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
- Suzhou Institute of Shandong University, NO.388 Ruoshui Road, SIP, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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Li W, Zhao J, Tian H, Shen Y, Wang Y, Shao M, Xiong T, Yao Y, Zhang L, Chen X, Xiao H, Xiong Y, Yang S, Tan C, Xu H. Gut microbiota enhance energy accumulation of black-necked crane to cope with impending migration. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s00253-023-12598-x. [PMID: 37249588 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12598-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Less is known about the role of gut microbiota in overwintering environmental adaptation in migratory birds. Here, we performed metagenomic sequencing on fresh fecal samples (n = 24) collected during 4 periods of overwintering (Dec: early; Jan: middle I; Feb: middle II; Mar: late) to characterize gut microbial taxonomic and functional characteristics of black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis). The results demonstrated no significant change in microbial diversity among overwintering periods. Analysis of compositions of microbiomes with bias correction (ANCOM-BC) determined 15 Proteobacteria species enriched in late overwintering period. Based on previous reports, these species are associated with degradation of chitin, cellulose, and lipids. Meanwhile, fatty acid degradation and betalain biosynthesis pathways are enriched in late overwintering period. Furthermore, metagenomic binning obtained 91 high-quality bins (completeness >70% and contamination <10%), 5 of which enriched in late overwintering period. Carnobacterium maltaromaticum, unknown Enterobacteriaceae, and Yersinia frederiksenii have genes for chitin and cellulose degradation, acetate, and glutamate production. Unknown Enterobacteriaceae and Y. frederiksenii hold genes for synthesis of 10 essential amino acids required by birds, and the latter has genes for γ-aminobutyrate production. C. maltaromaticum has genes for pyridoxal synthesis. These results implied the gut microbiota is adapted to the host diet and may help black-necked cranes in pre-migratory energy accumulation by degrading the complex polysaccharide in their diet, supplying essential amino acids and vitamin pyridoxal, and producing acetate, glutamate, and γ-aminobutyrate that could stimulate host feeding. Additionally, enriched Proteobacteria also encoded more carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in late overwintering period. KEY POINTS: • Differences in gut microbiota function during overwintering period of black-necked cranes depend mainly on changes in core microbiota abundance • Gut microbiota of black-necked crane adapted to the diet during overwintering period • Gut microbiota could help black-necked cranes to accumulate more energy in the late overwintering period.
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- Wenhao Li
- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
- College of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong, 657000, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
- College of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong, 657000, China
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- College of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong, 657000, China
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- College of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong, 657000, China
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- Management Bureau of Dashanbao Black-Necked Crane National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, Zhaotong, 657000, Yunnan, China
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- Management Bureau of Dashanbao Black-Necked Crane National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, Zhaotong, 657000, Yunnan, China
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- Management Bureau of Dashanbao Black-Necked Crane National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, Zhaotong, 657000, Yunnan, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China.
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Trabelcy B, Shteindel N, Lalzar M, Izhaki I, Gerchman Y. Bacterial detoxification of plant defence secondary metabolites mediates the interaction between a shrub and frugivorous birds. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1821. [PMID: 37002264 PMCID: PMC10066296 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37525-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Many plants produce fleshy fruits, attracting fruit-eating animals that disperse the seeds in their droppings. Such seed dispersal results in a conflict between the plant and the animal, as digestion of seeds can be highly beneficial to the animal but reduces plant fitness. The plant Ochradenus baccatus uses the myrosinase-glucosinolates system to protect its seeds. We show that hydrolysis of the O. baccatus fruit glucosinolates by the myrosinase enzyme inhibited digestive enzymes and hampered digestion in naïve individuals of the bird Pycnonotus xanthopygos. However, digestion in birds regularly feeding on O. baccatus fruits was unaffected. We find that Pantoea bacteria, dominating the gut of these experienced birds as well as the fruits, thrive on glucosinolates hydrolysis products in culture. Augmentation of Pantoea protects both naïve birds and plant seedlings from the effects of glucosinolates hydrolysis products. Our findings demonstrate a tripartite interaction, where the plant-bird mutually beneficial interactions are mediated by a communal bacterial tenant.
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- Beny Trabelcy
- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel.
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Bioinformatic Unit, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel.
- Oranim College, Kiryat Tivon, 3600600, Israel.
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Hu H, Lan K, Liu H. Human symbiont Bacteroides xylanisolvens attenuates NASH through intestinal nicotine catabolism. Chin J Nat Med 2023; 21:81-82. [PMID: 36871984 DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(23)60387-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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- Haiming Hu
- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China.
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Bodawatta KH, Hird SM, Grond K, Poulsen M, Jønsson KA. Avian gut microbiomes taking flight. Trends Microbiol 2021; 30:268-280. [PMID: 34393028 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Birds harbor complex gut bacterial communities that may sustain their ecologies and facilitate their biological roles, distribution, and diversity. Research on gut microbiomes in wild birds is surging and it is clear that they are diverse and important - but strongly influenced by a series of environmental factors. To continue expanding our understanding of how the internal ecosystems of birds work in their natural settings, we believe the most pressing needs involve studies on the functional and evolutionary aspects of these symbioses. Here we summarize the state of the field and provide a roadmap for future studies on aspects that are pivotal to understanding the biology of avian gut microbiomes, emphasizing prospects for integrating gut microbiome work in avian conservation and host health monitoring.
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- Kasun H Bodawatta
- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gunasekaran M, Trabelcy B, Izhaki I, Halpern M. Direct Evidence That Sunbirds' Gut Microbiota Degrades Floral Nectar's Toxic Alkaloids. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:639808. [PMID: 33815326 PMCID: PMC8018289 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.639808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Orange-tufted sunbirds (Cinnyris osea) feed on the nectar of the tobacco tree (Nicotiana glauca) which contains toxic pyridine alkaloids characterized by high concentrations of anabasine and much lower concentrations of nicotine. We aimed at determining whether the gut microbiota of sunbirds harbors bacterial species that enable the birds to cope with these toxic alkaloids. An in vivo experiment that included 12 birds showed that inducing dysbiosis in sunbirds’ guts by the addition of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, significantly reduced the birds’ ability to degrade anabasine (n = 3) compared to control birds (n = 3) with undisturbed microbiota. Sunbirds whose gut bacterial communities were altered by the antibacterial agents and who were fed with added nicotine, also showed a lower percentage of nicotine degradation (n = 3) in their excreta compared to the sunbirds with undisturbed microbiota (n = 3), though this difference was not significant. In an in vitro experiment, we studied the ability of Lactococcus lactis, Enterobacter hormaechei, Chryseobacterium gleum, Kocuria palustris, and Methylorubrum populi that were isolated from sunbirds’ excreta, to degrade anabasine and nicotine. By using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis, we successfully demonstrated, for the first time, the ability of these species to degrade the focal secondary metabolites. Our findings demonstrate the role of gut bacteria in detoxifying toxic secondary metabolites found in the N. glauca nectar. The degradation products may supply the birds with nitrogen which is scarce in nectar-rich diets. These findings support another role of bacteria in mediating the interactions between plants and their pollinators.
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- Mohanraj Gunasekaran
- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Tivon, Israel
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