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Xiao F, Xu M, Cheng Y, Li T, Hong K, Li W. Generation of streptocarbazoles with cytotoxicities by pathway engineering and insights into their biosynthesis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0218723. [PMID: 38307543 PMCID: PMC10952482 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02187-23] [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: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
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Streptocarbazoles are a class of indolocarbazole (ICZ) compounds produced by Streptomyces strains that feature unique cyclic N-glycosidic linkages between the 1,3-carbon atoms of the glycosyl moiety and the two indole nitrogen atoms. Although several streptocarbazole compounds display effective cytotoxic activity, their biosynthesis remains unclear. Herein, through the inactivation of the aminotransferase gene spcI in the staurosporine biosynthetic gene cluster spc followed by heterologous expression, two new streptocarbazole derivatives (1 and 3) and three known ICZs (2, 4, and 5) were generated. Their structures were determined by a combination of spectroscopic methods, circular dichroism measurements, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1-4 displayed moderate cytotoxicity against HCT-116 cell line, and compounds 3 and 4 were effective against Huh 7 cell line. Double-gene knockout experiments allowed us to propose a biosynthetic pathway for streptocarbazole productions. Furthermore, by overexpression of the involving key enzymes, the production of streptocarbazoles 1 and 3 were improved by approximately 1.5-2.5 fold. IMPORTANCE Indolocarbazoles (ICZs) are a group of antitumor agents, with several analogs used in clinical trials. Therefore, the identification of novel ICZ compounds is important for drug discovery. Streptocarbazoles harbor unique N-glycosidic linkages (N13-C1' and N12-C3'), distinguishing them from the representative ICZ compound staurosporine; however, their biosynthesis remains unclear. In this study, two new streptocarbazoles (1 and 3) with cytotoxic activities were obtained by manipulating the staurosporine biosynthetic gene cluster spc followed by heterologous expression. The biosynthetic pathway of streptocarbazoles was proposed, and their productions were improved through the overexpression of the key enzymes involved. This study enriches the structural diversity of ICZ compounds and would facilitate the discovery of new streptocarbazoles via synthetic biological strategies.
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- Fei Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education of China, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Buyuklyan JA, Zakalyukina YV, Osterman IA, Biryukov MV. Modern Approaches to the Genome Editing of Antibiotic Biosynthetic Clusters in Actinomycetes. Acta Naturae 2023; 15:4-16. [PMID: 37908767 PMCID: PMC10615194 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.23426] [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: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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Representatives of the phylum Actinomycetota are one of the main sources of secondary metabolites, including antibiotics of various classes. Modern studies using high-throughput sequencing techniques enable the detection of dozens of potential antibiotic biosynthetic genome clusters in many actinomycetes; however, under laboratory conditions, production of secondary metabolites amounts to less than 5% of the total coding potential of producer strains. However, many of these antibiotics have already been described. There is a continuous "rediscovery" of known antibiotics, and new molecules become almost invisible against the general background. The established approaches aimed at increasing the production of novel antibiotics include: selection of optimal cultivation conditions by modifying the composition of nutrient media; co-cultivation methods; microfluidics, and the use of various transcription factors to activate silent genes. Unfortunately, these tools are non-universal for various actinomycete strains, stochastic in nature, and therefore do not always lead to success. The use of genetic engineering technologies is much more efficient, because they allow for a directed and controlled change in the production of target metabolites. One example of such technologies is mutagenesis-based genome editing of antibiotic biosynthetic clusters. This targeted approach allows one to alter gene expression, suppressing the production of previously characterized molecules, and thereby promoting the synthesis of other unknown antibiotic variants. In addition, mutagenesis techniques can be successfully applied both to new producer strains and to the genes of known isolates to identify new compounds.
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- J A Buyuklyan
- Center for Translational Medicine, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, 354340 Russian Federation
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, 354340 Russian Federation
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russian Federation
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, 354340 Russian Federation
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Moscow Region, 143025 Russian Federation
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, 354340 Russian Federation
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234 Russian Federation
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Yang Z, Liu C, Wang Y, Chen Y, Li Q, Zhang Y, Chen Q, Ju J, Ma J. MGCEP 1.0: A Genetic-Engineered Marine-Derived Chassis Cell for a Scaled Heterologous Expression Platform of Microbial Bioactive Metabolites. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:3772-3784. [PMID: 36241611 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Marine microorganisms produce a variety of bioactive secondary metabolites, which represent a significant source of novel antibiotics. Heterologous expression is a valuable tool for discovering marine microbial secondary metabolites; however, marine-derived chassis cell is very scarce. Here, we build an efficient plug-and-play marine-derived gene clusters expression platform 1.0 (MGCEP 1.0) by the systematic engineering of the deep-sea-derived Streptomyces atratus SCSIO ZH16. For a proof of concept, four families of microbial bioactive metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), including alkaloids, aminonucleosides, nonribosomal peptides, and polyketides, were efficiently expressed in this platform. Moreover, 19 compounds, including two new angucycline antibiotics, were produced in MGCEP 1.0. Dynamic patterns of global biosynthetic gene expression in MGCEP 1.0 with or without a heterologous gene cluster were revealed at the transcriptome level. The platform MGCEP 1.0 provides new possibilities for expressing microbial secondary metabolites, especially of marine origin.
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- Zhijie Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China.,College of Oceanology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266400, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China.,College of Oceanology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266400, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China.,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511458, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China.,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511458, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511458, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China.,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511458, China.,College of Oceanology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266400, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510301, China.,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511458, China.,College of Oceanology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266400, China
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Wu MJ, Xu B, Guo YW. Unusual Secondary Metabolites from the Mangrove Ecosystems: Structures, Bioactivities, Chemical, and Bio-Syntheses. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:md20080535. [PMID: 36005537 PMCID: PMC9410182 DOI: 10.3390/md20080535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mangrove ecosystems are widely distributed in the intertidal zone of tropical and subtropical estuaries or coasts, containing abundant biological communities, for example, mangrove plants and diverse groups of microorganisms, featuring various bioactive secondary metabolites. We surveyed the literature from 2010 to 2022, resulting in a collection of 134 secondary metabolites, and classified them into two major families in terms of the biological sources and 15 subfamilies according to the chemical structures. To highlight the structural diversity and bioactivities of the mangrove ecosystem-associated secondary metabolites, we presented the chemical structures, bioactivities, biosynthesis, and chemical syntheses.
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- Meng-Jun Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals and College of Pharmaceutical Science, 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, Shanghai 201203, China
- Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai 264117, China
- Correspondence: (B.X.); (Y.-W.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals and College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
- Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai 264117, China
- Correspondence: (B.X.); (Y.-W.G.)
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Xu Y, Du X, Yu X, Jiang Q, Zheng K, Xu J, Wang P. Recent Advances in the Heterologous Expression of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters for Marine Natural Products. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:341. [PMID: 35736144 PMCID: PMC9225448 DOI: 10.3390/md20060341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Marine natural products (MNPs) are an important source of biologically active metabolites, particularly for therapeutic agent development after terrestrial plants and nonmarine microorganisms. Sequencing technologies have revealed that the number of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in marine microorganisms and the marine environment is much higher than expected. Unfortunately, the majority of them are silent or only weakly expressed under traditional laboratory culture conditions. Furthermore, the large proportion of marine microorganisms are either uncultivable or cannot be genetically manipulated. Efficient heterologous expression systems can activate cryptic BGCs and increase target compound yield, allowing researchers to explore more unknown MNPs. When developing heterologous expression of MNPs, it is critical to consider heterologous host selection as well as genetic manipulations for BGCs. In this review, we summarize current progress on the heterologous expression of MNPs as a reference for future research.
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- Yushan Xu
- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (Y.X.); (X.D.); (X.Y.); (Q.J.); (K.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (Y.X.); (X.D.); (X.Y.); (Q.J.); (K.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (Y.X.); (X.D.); (X.Y.); (Q.J.); (K.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (Y.X.); (X.D.); (X.Y.); (Q.J.); (K.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (Y.X.); (X.D.); (X.Y.); (Q.J.); (K.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (Y.X.); (X.D.); (X.Y.); (Q.J.); (K.Z.); (J.X.)
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (Y.X.); (X.D.); (X.Y.); (Q.J.); (K.Z.); (J.X.)
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China
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Sulheim S, Kumelj T, van Dissel D, Salehzadeh-Yazdi A, Du C, van Wezel GP, Nieselt K, Almaas E, Wentzel A, Kerkhoven EJ. Enzyme-Constrained Models and Omics Analysis of Streptomyces coelicolor Reveal Metabolic Changes that Enhance Heterologous Production. iScience 2020; 23:101525. [PMID: 32942174 PMCID: PMC7501462 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Many biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) require heterologous expression to realize their genetic potential, including silent and metagenomic BGCs. Although the engineered Streptomyces coelicolor M1152 is a widely used host for heterologous expression of BGCs, a systemic understanding of how its genetic modifications affect the metabolism is lacking and limiting further development. We performed a comparative analysis of M1152 and its ancestor M145, connecting information from proteomics, transcriptomics, and cultivation data into a comprehensive picture of the metabolic differences between these strains. Instrumental to this comparison was the application of an improved consensus genome-scale metabolic model (GEM) of S. coelicolor. Although many metabolic patterns are retained in M1152, we find that this strain suffers from oxidative stress, possibly caused by increased oxidative metabolism. Furthermore, precursor availability is likely not limiting polyketide production, implying that other strategies could be beneficial for further development of S. coelicolor for heterologous production of novel compounds.
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- Snorre Sulheim
- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Integrative Transcriptomics, Center for Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and General Practice, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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A Co-Culturing Approach Enables Discovery and Biosynthesis of a Bioactive Indole Alkaloid Metabolite. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25020256. [PMID: 31936318 PMCID: PMC7024260 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25020256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Whole-genome sequence data of the genus Streptomyces have shown a far greater chemical diversity of metabolites than what have been discovered under typical laboratory fermentation conditions. In our previous natural product discovery efforts on Streptomyces sp. MA37, a bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil sample in Legon, Ghana, we discovered a handful of specialised metabolites from this talented strain. However, analysis of the draft genome of MA37 suggested that most of the encoded biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) remained cryptic or silent, and only a small fraction of BGCs for the production of specialised metabolites were expressed when cultured in our laboratory conditions. In order to induce the expression of the seemingly silent BGCs, we have carried out a co-culture experiment by growing the MA37 strain with the Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas sp. in a co-culture chamber that allows co-fermentation of two microorganisms with no direct contact but allows exchange of nutrients, metabolites, and other chemical cues. This co-culture approach led to the upregulation of several metabolites that were not previously observed in the monocultures of each strain. Moreover, the co-culture induced the expression of the cryptic indole alkaloid BGC in MA37 and led to the characterization of the known indolocarbazole alkaloid, BE-13793C 1. Neither bacterium produced compound 1 when cultured alone. The structure of 1 was elucidated by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry analyses and comparison of experimental with literature data. A putative biosynthetic pathway of 1 was proposed. Furthermore, BE-13793C 1 showed strong anti-proliferative activity against HT-29 (ATCC HTB-38) cells but no toxic effect to normal lung (ATCC CCL-171) cells. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report for the activity of 1 against HT-29. No significant antimicrobial and anti-trypanosomal activities for 1 were observed. This research provides a solid foundation for the fact that a co-culture approach paves the way for increasing the chemical diversity of strain MA37. Further characterization of other upregulated metabolites in this strain is currently ongoing in our laboratory.
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Guan H, Li Y, Zheng J, Liu N, Zhang J, Tan H. Important role of a LAL regulator StaR in the staurosporine biosynthesis and high-production of Streptomyces fradiae CGMCC 4.576. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2019; 62:1638-1654. [PMID: 31820200 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-019-1597-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Staurosporine, belonging to indolocarbazole compounds, is regarded as an excellent lead compound for synthesizing antitumor agents as a potent inhibitor against various protein kinases. In this study, two separate clusters (cluster A and cluster B), corresponding to biosyntheses of K-252c (staurosporine aglycone) and sugar moiety, were identified in Streptomyces fradiae CGMCC 4.576 and heterologously expressed in Streptomyces coelicolor M1146 separately or together. StaR, a cluster-situated LAL family regulator, activates staurosporine biosynthesis by binding to the promoter regions of staO-staC and staG-staN. The conserved sequences GGGGG and GCGCG were found through gradually truncating promoters of staO and staG, and further determined by mutational experiments. Overexpression of staR with the supplementation of 0.01 g L-1 FeSO4 increased staurosporine production to 5.2-fold compared with that of the parental strain Streptomyces fradiae CGMCC 4.576 in GYM medium. Our results provided an approach for improvement of staurosporine production mediated by a positive regulator and established the basis for dissecting the regulatory mechanisms of other indolocarbazole compounds with clinical application value.
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- Hanye Guan
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. .,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Sekurova ON, Schneider O, Zotchev SB. Novel bioactive natural products from bacteria via bioprospecting, genome mining and metabolic engineering. Microb Biotechnol 2019; 12:828-844. [PMID: 30834674 PMCID: PMC6680616 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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For over seven decades, bacteria served as a valuable source of bioactive natural products some of which were eventually developed into drugs to treat infections, cancer and immune system-related diseases. Traditionally, novel compounds produced by bacteria were discovered via conventional bioprospecting based on isolation of potential producers and screening their extracts in a variety of bioassays. Over time, most of the natural products identifiable by this approach were discovered, and the pipeline for new drugs based on bacterially produced metabolites started to run dry. This mini-review highlights recent developments in bacterial bioprospecting for novel compounds that are based on several out-of-the-box approaches, including the following: (i) targeting bacterial species previously unknown to produce any bioactive natural products, (ii) exploring non-traditional environmental niches and methods for isolation of bacteria and (iii) various types of 'genome mining' aimed at unravelling genetic potential of bacteria to produce secondary metabolites. All these approaches have already yielded a number of novel bioactive compounds and, if used wisely, will soon revitalize drug discovery pipeline based on bacterial natural products.
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- Olga N. Sekurova
- Department of PharmacognosyUniversity of ViennaAlthanstraße 141090ViennaAustria
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- Department of PharmacognosyUniversity of ViennaAlthanstraße 141090ViennaAustria
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- Department of PharmacognosyUniversity of ViennaAlthanstraße 141090ViennaAustria
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Staurosporine from Streptomyces sanyensis activates Programmed Cell Death in Acanthamoeba via the mitochondrial pathway and presents low in vitro cytotoxicity levels in a macrophage cell line. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11651. [PMID: 31406269 PMCID: PMC6690954 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48261-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Recently, the search for novel therapeutic agents against Acanthamoeba species has been focused on the evaluation of natural resources. Among them, marine microorganisms have risen as a source of bioactive compounds with the advantage of the ability to obtain unlimited and constant amounts of the compounds in contrast to other natural sources such as plants. Furthermore, marine actinomycetes have recently been reported as highly rich in bioactive agents including salinosporamides, xiamycines, indolocarbazoles, naphtyridines, phenols, dilactones such as antimycines and macrolides among others. In this study, staurosporine (STS) was isolated from a strain of Streptomyces sanyensis and tested against Acanthamoeba to characterize the therapeutic potential of STS against this protozoan parasite. We have established that STS is active against both stages of the Acanthamoeba life cycle, by the activation of Programmed Cell Death via the mitochondrial pathway of the trophozoite. We have also established that STS has relatively low toxicity towards a macrophage cell line. However, previous studies have highlighted higher toxicity levels induced on other vertebrate cell lines and future research to lower these toxicity issues should be developed.
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Xiao F, Li H, Xu M, Li T, Wang J, Sun C, Hong K, Li W. Staurosporine Derivatives Generated by Pathway Engineering in a Heterologous Host and Their Cytotoxic Selectivity. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:1745-1751. [PMID: 30106291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two new staurosporine derivatives, staurosporines M1 and M2 (4 and 5), in addition to five previously reported metabolites (1-3, 6, and 7), were generated by the heterologous expression of engineered spc gene clusters in Streptomyces coelicolor M1146. The structures of these derivatives were determined by a combination of spectroscopic methods and CD measurement. Compounds 1, 2, 4, and 5 showed effective activities against three tumor cell lines (HCT-116, K562, and Huh 7.5), and 3 was active against HCT-116 and K562 cells. In addition, compounds 3 and 5 showed undetectable toxicity up to 100 μM toward the normal hepatic cell line LO2. Based on the IC50 values, their structure and activity relationships are discussed.
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- Fei Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy , Ocean University of China , Qingdao 266003 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy , Ocean University of China , Qingdao 266003 , People's Republic of China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266000 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy , Ocean University of China , Qingdao 266003 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy , Ocean University of China , Qingdao 266003 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266000 , People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao 266071 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education of China, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430071 , People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy , Ocean University of China , Qingdao 266003 , People's Republic of China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology , Qingdao 266000 , People's Republic of China
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Hou L, Huang H, Li H, Wang S, Ju J, Li W. Overexpression of a type III PKS gene affording novel violapyrones with enhanced anti-influenza A virus activity. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:61. [PMID: 29650021 PMCID: PMC5898002 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-0908-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Type III polyketide synthases (PKSs) are simple homodimer ketosynthases that distribute across plants, fungi, and bacteria, catalyzing formation of pyrone- and resorcinol-types aromatic polyketides with various bioactivities. The broad substrate promiscuity displayed by type III PKSs makes them wonderful candidates for expanding chemical diversity of polyketides. RESULTS Violapyrone B (VLP B, 10), an α-pyrone compound produced by deepsea-derived Streptomyces somaliensis SCSIO ZH66, is encoded by a type III PKS VioA. We overexpressed VioA in three different hosts, including Streptomyces coelicolor M1146, Streptomyces sanyensis FMA as well as the native producer S. somaliensis SCSIO ZH66, leading to accumulation of different violapyrone compounds. Among them, S. coelicolor M1146 served as the host producing the most abundant violapyrones, from which five new (2-4, 7 and 12) and nine known (1, 5, 6, 8-11, 13 and 14) compounds were identified. Anti-influenza A (H1N1) virus activity of these compounds was then evaluated using ribavirin as a positive control (IC50 = 112.9 μM), revealing that compounds 11-14 showed considerable activity with IC50 values of 112.7, 26.9, 106.7 and 28.8 μM, respectively, which are significantly improved as compared to that of VLP B (10) (IC50 > 200 μM). The productions of 10 and 13 were increased by adding P450 inhibitor metyrapone. In addition, site-directed mutagenesis experiment led to demonstration of the residue S242 to be essential for the activity of VioA. CONCLUSIONS Biological background of the expression hosts is an important factor impacting on the encoding products of type III PKSs. By using S. coelicolor M1146 as cell factory, we were able to generate fourteen VLPs compounds. Anti-H1N1 activity assay suggested that the lipophilic nature of the alkyl chains of VLPs plays an important role for the activity, providing valuable guidance for further structural optimization of VLPs.
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- Lukuan Hou
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China, Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. .,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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Mao X, Liu Z, Sun J, Lee SY. Metabolic engineering for the microbial production of marine bioactive compounds. Biotechnol Adv 2017; 35:1004-1021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ma L, Zhang W, Zhu Y, Zhang G, Zhang H, Zhang Q, Zhang L, Yuan C, Zhang C. Identification and characterization of a biosynthetic gene cluster for tryptophan dimers in deep sea-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 03032. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:6123-6136. [PMID: 28620687 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Tryptophan dimers (TDs) are an important class of natural products with diverse bioactivities and share conserved biosynthetic pathways. We report the identification of a partial gene cluster (spm) responsible for the biosynthesis of a class of unusual TDs with non-planar skeletons including spiroindimicins (SPMs), indimicins (IDMs), and lynamicins (LNMs) from the deep-sea derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 03032. Bioinformatics analysis, targeted gene disruptions, and heterologous expression studies confirmed the involvement of the spm gene cluster in the biosynthesis of SPM/IDM/LNMs, and revealed the indispensable roles for the halogenase/reductase pair SpmHF, the amino acid oxidase SpmO, and the chromopyrrolic acid (CPA) synthase SpmD, as well as the positive regulator SpmR and the putative transporter SpmA. However, the spm gene cluster was unable to confer a heterologous host the ability to produce SPM/IDM/LNMs. In addition, the P450 enzyme SpmP and the monooxygenase SpmX2 were found to be non-relevant to the biosynthesis of SPM/IDM/LNMs. Sequence alignment and structure modeling suggested the lack of key conserved amino acid residues in the substrate-binding pocket of SpmP. Furthermore, feeding experiments in the non-producing ΔspmO mutant revealed several biosynthetic precursors en route to SPMs, indicating that key enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of SPMs should be encoded by genes outside of the identified spm gene cluster. Finally, the biosynthetic pathways of SPM/IDM/LNMs are proposed to lay a basis for further insights into their intriguing biosynthetic machinery.
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- Liang Ma
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China.
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Nah HJ, Pyeon HR, Kang SH, Choi SS, Kim ES. Cloning and Heterologous Expression of a Large-sized Natural Product Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Streptomyces Species. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:394. [PMID: 28360891 PMCID: PMC5350119 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Actinomycetes family including Streptomyces species have been a major source for the discovery of novel natural products (NPs) in the last several decades thanks to their structural novelty, diversity and complexity. Moreover, recent genome mining approach has provided an attractive tool to screen potentially valuable NP biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) present in the actinomycetes genomes. Since many of these NP BGCs are silent or cryptic in the original actinomycetes, various techniques have been employed to activate these NP BGCs. Heterologous expression of BGCs has become a useful strategy to produce, reactivate, improve, and modify the pathways of NPs present at minute quantities in the original actinomycetes isolates. However, cloning and efficient overexpression of an entire NP BGC, often as large as over 100 kb, remain challenging due to the ineffectiveness of current genetic systems in manipulating large NP BGCs. This mini review describes examples of actinomycetes NP production through BGC heterologous expression systems as well as recent strategies specialized for the large-sized NP BGCs in Streptomyces heterologous hosts.
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- Hee-Ju Nah
- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University Incheon, South Korea
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Betancur LA, Naranjo-Gaybor SJ, Vinchira-Villarraga DM, Moreno-Sarmiento NC, Maldonado LA, Suarez-Moreno ZR, Acosta-González A, Padilla-Gonzalez GF, Puyana M, Castellanos L, Ramos FA. Marine Actinobacteria as a source of compounds for phytopathogen control: An integrative metabolic-profiling / bioactivity and taxonomical approach. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170148. [PMID: 28225766 PMCID: PMC5321270 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Marine bacteria are considered as promising sources for the discovery of novel biologically active compounds. In this study, samples of sediment, invertebrate and algae were collected from the Providencia and Santa Catalina coral reef (Colombian Caribbean Sea) with the aim of isolating Actinobateria-like strain able to produce antimicrobial and quorum quenching compounds against pathogens. Several approaches were used to select actinobacterial isolates, obtaining 203 strains from all samples. According to their 16S rRNA gene sequencing, a total of 24 strains was classified within Actinobacteria represented by three genera: Streptomyces, Micromonospora, and Gordonia. In order to assess their metabolic profiles, the actinobacterial strains were grown in liquid cultures, and LC-MS-based analyses from ethyl acetate fractions were performed. Based on taxonomical classification, screening information of activity against phytopathogenic strains and quorum quenching activity, as well as metabolic profiling, six out of the 24 isolates were selected for follow-up with chemical isolation and structure identification analyses of putative metabolites involved in antimicrobial activities.
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- Luz A. Betancur
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Departamento de Química, Carrera, Edificio de Química of 427, Bogotá, Colombia
- Universidad de Caldas. Departamento de Química. Edificio Orlando Sierra, Bloque B, Sede Palogrande Calle. Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Departamento de Química, Carrera, Edificio de Química of 427, Bogotá, Colombia
- Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas, ESPE Carrera de Ingeniería Agropecuaria IASA II Av. General Rumiñahui s/n, Sangolquí- Ecuador
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Departamento de Química, Carrera, Edificio de Química of 427, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Departamento de Química, Carrera, Edificio de Química of 427, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Rectoría—Secretaría General, Prolongación Canal de Miramontes, Col. Ex-hacienda San Juan de Dios, Tlalpan, México DF
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- Investigación y Desarrollo, Empresa Colombiana de Productos Veterinarios VECOL S.A., Bogotá D.C
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Av. do de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Av. do Café, Ribeirão Preto–SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Programa de Biología Marina, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Carrera, Modulo, Oficina, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Departamento de Química, Carrera, Edificio de Química of 427, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Departamento de Química, Carrera, Edificio de Química of 427, Bogotá, Colombia
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Zhang G, Li J, Zhu T, Gu Q, Li D. Advanced tools in marine natural drug discovery. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2016; 42:13-23. [PMID: 26954946 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Marine natural products (MNPs) remain promising drug sources with several marine-derived drugs having been successfully approved. Nevertheless, it is never a smooth sailing to seek bioactive compounds from marine environments, during which many challenges are need to be faced to, for example, discovering unique marine resources, reviving unculturable organisms outside the marine environment, distinguishing novel compounds from the known ones, and disclosing the function of MNPs and optimizing their pharmacological use. Herein we review some advanced techniques and methodologies that can be employed to deal with above challenges with the intent of inspiring the forthcoming efforts in MNPs discovery pipelines.
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- Guojian Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Liu X. Generate a bioactive natural product library by mining bacterial cytochrome P450 patterns. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2016; 1:95-108. [PMID: 29062932 PMCID: PMC5640691 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2016.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The increased number of annotated bacterial genomes provides a vast resource for genome mining. Several bacterial natural products with epoxide groups have been identified as pre-mRNA spliceosome inhibitors and antitumor compounds through genome mining. These epoxide-containing natural products feature a common biosynthetic characteristic that cytochrome P450s (CYPs) and its patterns such as epoxidases are employed in the tailoring reactions. The tailoring enzyme patterns are essential to both biological activities and structural diversity of natural products, and can be used for enzyme pattern-based genome mining. Recent development of direct cloning, heterologous expression, manipulation of the biosynthetic pathways and the CRISPR-CAS9 system have provided molecular biology tools to turn on or pull out nascent biosynthetic gene clusters to generate a microbial natural product library. This review focuses on a library of epoxide-containing natural products and their associated CYPs, with the intention to provide strategies on diversifying the structures of CYP-catalyzed bioactive natural products. It is conceivable that a library of diversified bioactive natural products will be created by pattern-based genome mining, direct cloning and heterologous expression as well as the genomic manipulation.
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- Xiangyang Liu
- UNT System College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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Chiu HH, Shen MY, Liu YT, Fu YL, Chiu YA, Chen YH, Huang CP, Li YK. Diversity of sugar acceptor of glycosyltransferase 1 from Bacillus cereus and its application for glucoside synthesis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:4459-71. [PMID: 26795959 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7270-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Glycosyltransferase 1 from Bacillus cereus (BcGT1) catalyzes the transfer of a glucosyl moiety from uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-glucose) to various acceptors; it was expressed and characterized. The specificity of acceptors was found to be broad: more than 20 compounds classified into O-, S-, and N-linkage glucosides can be prepared with BcGT1 catalysis. Based on this work, we conclude that the corresponding acceptors of these compounds must possess the following features: (1) the acceptors must contain at least one aromatic or fused-aromatic or heteroaromatic ring; (2) the reactive hydroxyl or sulfhydryl or amino group can attach either on the aromatic ring or on its aliphatic side chain; and (3) the acceptors can be a primary, secondary, or even a tertiary amine. Four representative acceptors-fluorescein methyl ester, 17-β-estradiol, 7-mercapto-4-methylcoumarin, and 6-benzylaminopurine-were chosen as a candidate acceptor for O-, S-, and N-glucosidation, respectively. These enzymatic products were purified and the structures were confirmed with mass and NMR spectra. As all isolated glucosides are β-anomers, BcGT1 is confirmed to be an inverting enzyme. This study not only demonstrates the substrate promiscuity of BcGT1 but also showed the great application prospect of this enzyme in bioconversion of valuable bioactive molecules.
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- Hsi-Ho Chiu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan
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- Industrial Technology Research Institute, 195, Sec. 4, Chung Hsing Rd., Chutung, Hsinchu, 31040, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30010, Taiwan.
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A Streptomyces coelicolor host for the heterologous expression of Type III polyketide synthase genes. Microb Cell Fact 2015; 14:145. [PMID: 26376792 PMCID: PMC4573997 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-015-0335-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Recent advances in genome sequencing, combined with bioinformatic analysis, has led to the identification of numerous novel natural product gene clusters, particularly in actinomycetes of terrestrial and marine origin. Many of these gene clusters encode uncharacterised Type III polyketide synthases. To facilitate the study of these genes and their potentially novel products, we set out to construct an actinomycete expression host specifically designed for the heterologous expression of Type III PKS genes and their gene clusters. Results A derivative of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) designed for the expression of Type III polyketide synthase (PKS) genes was constructed from the previously engineered expression strain S. coelicolor M1152 [Δact Δred Δcpk Δcda rpoB(C1298T)] by removal of all three of the endogenous Type III PKS genes (gcs,srsA,rppA) by PCR targeting. The resulting septuple deletion mutant, M1317, proved to be an effective surrogate host for the expression of actinobacterial Type III PKS genes: expression of the reintroduced gcs gene from S. coelicolor and of the heterologous rppA gene from Streptomyces venezuelae under the control of the constitutive ermE* promoter resulted in copious production of germicidin and flaviolin, respectively. Conclusions The newly constructed expression host S. coelicolor M1317 should be particularly useful for the discovery and analysis of new Type III polyketide metabolites.
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Liang DM, Liu JH, Wu H, Wang BB, Zhu HJ, Qiao JJ. Glycosyltransferases: mechanisms and applications in natural product development. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:8350-74. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00600g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Glycosylation reactions mainly catalyzed by glycosyltransferases (Gts) occur almost everywhere in the biosphere, and always play crucial roles in vital processes.
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- Dong-Mei Liang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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Martínez-Burgo Y, Álvarez-Álvarez R, Pérez-Redondo R, Liras P. Heterologous expression of Streptomyces clavuligerus ATCC 27064 cephamycin C gene cluster. J Biotechnol 2014; 186:21-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Zhang W, Ma L, Li S, Liu Z, Chen Y, Zhang H, Zhang G, Zhang Q, Tian X, Yuan C, Zhang S, Zhang W, Zhang C. Indimicins A-E, Bisindole Alkaloids from the Deep-Sea-Derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 03032. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2014; 77:1887-1892. [PMID: 25069084 DOI: 10.1021/np500362p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Five new bisindole alkaloids, indimicins A-E (1-5), bearing a unique 1',3'-dimethyl-2'-hydroindole moiety, were isolated from the marine-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 03032, along with two new compounds, lynamicins F and G (6 and 7). Their planar structures were elucidated by detailed interpretation of their MS and NMR spectroscopic data, and the absolute configurations were determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis (for 1), comparison of CD spectra (for 2-4), and quantum chemical calculations (for 5). Indimicin B (2) exhibited moderate cytotoxic activity toward the MCF-7 cell line.
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- Wenjun Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- Guangzhoujinan Biomedicine Research and Development Center, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Jinan University , 601 West Huangpu Road, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology , 100 Central Xianlie Road, Guangzhou 510070, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology , 100 Central Xianlie Road, Guangzhou 510070, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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Xu DB, Ye WW, Han Y, Deng ZX, Hong K. Natural products from mangrove actinomycetes. Mar Drugs 2014; 12:2590-613. [PMID: 24798926 PMCID: PMC4052306 DOI: 10.3390/md12052590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Revised: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mangroves are woody plants located in tropical and subtropical intertidal coastal regions. The mangrove ecosystem is becoming a hot spot for natural product discovery and bioactivity survey. Diverse mangrove actinomycetes as promising and productive sources are worth being explored and uncovered. At the time of writing, we report 73 novel compounds and 49 known compounds isolated from mangrove actinomycetes including alkaloids, benzene derivatives, cyclopentenone derivatives, dilactones, macrolides, 2-pyranones and sesquiterpenes. Attractive structures such as salinosporamides, xiamycins and novel indolocarbazoles are highlighted. Many exciting compounds have been proven as potential new antibiotics, antitumor and antiviral agents, anti-fibrotic agents and antioxidants. Furthermore, some of their biosynthetic pathways have also been revealed. This review is an attempt to consolidate and summarize the past and the latest studies on mangrove actinomycetes natural product discovery and to draw attention to their immense potential as novel and bioactive compounds for marine drugs discovery.
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- Dong-Bo Xu
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
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Chang FY, Brady SF. Characterization of an environmental DNA-derived gene cluster that encodes the bisindolylmaleimide methylarcyriarubin. Chembiochem 2014; 15:815-21. [PMID: 24648189 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bisindolylmaleimides represent a naturally occurring class of metabolites that are of interest because of their protein kinase inhibition activity. From a metagenomic library constructed with soil DNA, we identified the four gene mar cluster, a bisindolylmaleimide gene cluster that encodes for methylarcyriarubin (1) production. Heterologous expression of the mar gene cluster in E. coli revealed that the Rieske dioxygenase MarC facilitates the oxidative decarboxylation of a chromopyrrolic acid (CPA) intermediate to yield the bisindolylmaleimide core. The characterization of the mar cluster defines a new role for CPA in the biosynthesis of structurally diverse bacterial tryptophan dimers.
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- Fang-Yuan Chang
- Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065 (USA)
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Heterologous expression of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters in Streptomyces coelicolor: from genome mining to manipulation of biosynthetic pathways. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 41:425-31. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1348-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Heterologous gene expression is one of the main strategies used to access the full biosynthetic potential of actinomycetes, as well as to study the metabolic pathways of natural product biosynthesis and to create unnatural pathways. Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) is the most studied member of the actinomycetes, bacteria renowned for their prolific capacity to synthesize a wide range of biologically active specialized metabolites. We review here the use of strains of this species for the heterologous production of structurally diverse actinomycete natural products.
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Alvarez-Álvarez R, Martínez-Burgo Y, Pérez-Redondo R, Braña AF, Martín JF, Liras P. Expression of the endogenous and heterologous clavulanic acid cluster in Streptomyces flavogriseus: why a silent cluster is sleeping. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:9451-63. [PMID: 23974366 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5148-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Revised: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Clusters for clavulanic acid (CA) biosynthesis are present in the actinomycetes Streptomyces flavogriseus ATCC 33331 and Saccharomonospora viridis DSM 43017. These clusters, which are silent, contain blocks of conserved genes in the same order as those of the Streptomyces clavuligerus CA cluster but assembled in a different organization. S. flavogriseus was grown in nine different media, but clavulanic acid production was undetectable using bioassays or by high-performance liquid chromatography analyses. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of S. flavogriseus CA biosynthesis genes showed that the regulatory genes ccaR and claR and some biosynthetic genes were expressed whereas expression of cyp, orf12, orf13, and oppA2 was undetectable. The ccaR gene of S. clavuligerus was unable to switch on CA production in S. flavogriseus::[Pfur-ccaR C], but insertion of a cosmid carrying the S. clavuligerus CA cluster (not including the ccaR gene) conferred clavulanic acid production on S. flavogriseus::[SCos-CA] particularly in TBO and YEME media; these results suggests that some of the S. flavogriseus CA genes are inactive. The known heptameric sequences recognized by CcaR in S. clavuligerus are poorly or not conserved in S. flavogriseus. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of the CA gene clusters of S. clavuligerus and S. flavogriseus showed that the average expression value of the expressed genes in the former strain was in the order of 1.68-fold higher than in the later. The absence of CA production by S. flavogriseus can be traced to the lack of expression of the essential genes cyp, orf12, orf13, orf14, and oppA2. Heterologous expression of S. clavuligerus CA gene cluster in S. flavogriseus::[SCos-CA] was 11- to 14-fold lower than in the parental strain, suggesting that the genetic background of the host strain is important for optimal production of CA in Streptomyces.
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- R Alvarez-Álvarez
- Microbiology Section, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Vegazana Campus, University of León, León, 24071, Spain,
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