Louisa Tham, Brodie W Bulcock, Samuele Sala, Gareth L Nealon, Gavin R Flematti, Stephen A Moggach, Matthew J Piggott
{"title":"Total Synthesis and Structural Reassignment of the Molt-Inhibiting Marine Alkaloid Erebusinone.","authors":"Louisa Tham, Brodie W Bulcock, Samuele Sala, Gareth L Nealon, Gavin R Flematti, Stephen A Moggach, Matthew J Piggott","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00973","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00973","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The marine alkaloid erebusinone is a secondary metabolite isolated from the Antarctic sponge <i>Isodictya erinacea</i>. Initial biological assays have shown that erebusinone increases amphipod mortality, probably by inhibition of the biosynthesis of molting hormone (ecdysone). Herein, we report the first total synthesis of the proposed structure of erebusinone and a structural revision.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2499-2506"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142374703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shu-Shuai Chen, Yuan Gao, Li Chen, Xiao Tong, Pei-Qian Wu, Yi Huang, Shi-Jun He, Jian-Min Yue, Bin Zhou
{"title":"Immunosuppressive Breviane Spiroditerpenoids from <i>Penicillium bialowiezense</i> Isolated from a Medicinal Plant.","authors":"Shu-Shuai Chen, Yuan Gao, Li Chen, Xiao Tong, Pei-Qian Wu, Yi Huang, Shi-Jun He, Jian-Min Yue, Bin Zhou","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00782","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Breviane spiroditerpenoids are a small group of structurally interesting and complex meroterpenoids. This work focused on an endophytic fungus <i>Penicillium bialowiezense</i> ZBWPQ-27 that was isolated from a medicinal plant <i>Euphorbia neriifolia</i>, leading to the isolation of 15 breviane spiroditerpenoids with four types of polycyclic systems (<b>1</b>-<b>6</b> and <b>9</b>-<b>17</b>), and two new carotane sesquiterpenoids (<b>7</b> and <b>8</b>). The structures including absolute configurations of the new compounds <b>1</b>-<b>8</b> were elucidated by spectroscopic data analysis and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. In addition, the misassigned NMR data of several resonances of the 5-methyl-TAL motif (E ring) in those of known brevianes (<b>9</b>-<b>15</b>) were corrected by spectroscopic data analysis. Biological tests revealed that brevianes with the type A ring system (6/6/6/5/6) showed moderate to significant immunosuppressive activities, and compound <b>11</b> displayed the most potent inhibitory activities against concanavalin A (ConA)-induced T cell proliferation (IC<sub>50</sub> 4.1 ± 0.2 μM) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced B cell proliferation (IC<sub>50</sub> 4.6 ± 0.2 μM), with good SI values of 28 ± 2 and 25 ± 4, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2468-2477"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142386401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maydisens, Sesterterpenoids with Anti-MDR Activity from <i>Bipolaris maydis</i>.","authors":"Yong Shen, Nanjin Ding, Lianghu Gu, Mengru Yu, Qin Li, Weiguang Sun, Chunmei Chen, Yonghui Zhang, Hucheng Zhu","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00658","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00658","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fourteen previously undescribed sesterterpenoids (<b>1</b>-<b>14</b>) were isolated from <i>Bipolaris maydis</i>. Their structures with absolute configurations were elucidated by NMR, HRESIMS, DP4+ calculations, ECD calculations, single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses, and the modified Mosher's method. Compounds <b>1</b>-<b>5</b> possess an uncommon 5/11 bicyclic ring system identified from <i>B. maydis</i> for the first time. Compounds <b>6</b>-<b>14</b> have a 5/8/5 tricyclic ring system, and these compounds both possess carbonyl groups in ring A. Compound <b>10</b> showed significant reversal of paclitaxel resistance in cancer cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2408-2420"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142363452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talauromides A-G, Nitrogen-Containing Heptacyclic Oligophenalenone Dimers from the Soil Fungus <i>Talaromyces stipitatus</i> BMC-16.","authors":"Shikun Zong, Yixuan Zhang, Jun Xiao, Yajuan Cong, Zhuoling Bi, Chunxiao Sun, Haotian Wang, Yimei Wei, Xiaozhi Rong, Jianfeng Zhou, Dehai Li, Meilin Zhu","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00742","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seven new nitrogen-containing heptacyclic oligophenalenone dimers, talauromides A-G (<b>1</b>-<b>7</b>), together with known compounds bacillisporins A and B (<b>8</b> and <b>9</b>), talaromycesones C and B (<b>10</b> and <b>11</b>), duclauxin (<b>12</b>) and lamellicolic anhydride (<b>13</b>), were isolated from the soil derived-fungus <i>Talaromyces stipitatus</i> BMC-16. Their chemical structures were determined based on spectroscopic analysis data. The absolute configurations were elucidated by chemical approaches and the comparison of CD spectra with related compounds. Compounds <b>3</b>, <b>8</b> and <b>11</b> exhibited inhibitory activity on the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in zebrafish embryos at a concentration of 20 μM.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2450-2458"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142453371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jayanta Haldar, Christa E Müller, Philip J Proteau
{"title":"Biologically Active Natural Products: Source and Inspiration for Drug R&D.","authors":"Jayanta Haldar, Christa E Müller, Philip J Proteau","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c01158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c01158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":"87 10","pages":"2343"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142491144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Activity of the Caged Xanthone Morellic Acid against Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus</i> Infection by Targeting the Bacterial Membrane.","authors":"Dong-Mei Tang, Zhao-Jie Wang, Wen-Biao Zu, Yue-Ming Jiang, Yan-Yan Zhu, Mei-Zhen Wei, Xiao-Dong Luo","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00425","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00425","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vancomycin-resistant <i>Enterococcus</i> (VRE) is an important nosocomial opportunistic pathogen that is associated with multidrug resistance. Here, we demonstrate that morellic acid inhibits VRE by restoring its sensitivity to vancomycin and ampicillin with low drug resistance and efficient biofilm clearance effects. Morellic acid binds to inner membrane phospholipids, such as phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and cardiolipin (CL) of VRE, such that the fluidity and proton-motive force (PMF) interfere with the damaged inner membrane, causing intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and bacterial death. Transcriptional analyses supported this effect on inner membrane-related pathways such as fatty acid biosynthesis and glycerophospholipid metabolism. Moreover, morellic acid significantly eliminated residual bacteria in the spleen, liver, kidneys, and abdominal effusion in mice. Our findings indicate the potential applications of morellic acid as an antibacterial agent or adjuvant for treating VRE infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2366-2375"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142398714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuchen Zhou, Ingso Limbu, Mary J Garson, Elizabeth H Krenske
{"title":"Conformational Sampling in Computational Studies of Natural Products: Why Is It Important?","authors":"Yuchen Zhou, Ingso Limbu, Mary J Garson, Elizabeth H Krenske","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00852","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00852","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conformational sampling is a vital component of a reliable computational chemistry investigation. With the aim of illustrating the importance of conformational sampling, and building awareness among new practitioners, we present a series of case studies that show how the quality and reliability of computational studies depend on undertaking a thorough conformer search. The examples are drawn from the most common types of research questions in natural products chemistry, but the fundamental principles apply more generally to computational studies of molecular structure and behavior in any field of chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2543-2549"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142306584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fatma H Al-Awadhi, Sofia Kokkaliari, Ranjala Ratnayake, Valerie J Paul, Hendrik Luesch
{"title":"Isolation and Characterization of the Cyanobacterial Macrolide Glycoside Moorenaside, an Anti-Inflammatory Analogue of Aurisides Targeting the Keap1/Nrf2 Pathway.","authors":"Fatma H Al-Awadhi, Sofia Kokkaliari, Ranjala Ratnayake, Valerie J Paul, Hendrik Luesch","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00420","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00420","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new 14-membered ring brominated macrolide glycoside, named moorenaside (<b>1</b>), was discovered from a marine cyanobacterial sample collected from Shands Key in Florida. The structure of <b>1</b> was established by analysis of spectroscopic data including its relative configuration. The absolute configuration was inferred from optical rotation data and comparison with related compounds. The structure of <b>1</b> features an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl system, which is also found in aurisides. The presence of this motif in <b>1</b> prompted us to evaluate its effect on Keap1/Nrf2 signaling, a cytoprotective pathway culminating in the activation of antioxidant genes activated upstream by the cysteine alkylation of Keap1. Moorenaside exhibited moderate ARE luciferase activity at 32 μM. Due to the established crosstalk between Nrf2 and NF-κB pathways, we investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of <b>1</b> in LPS-induced mouse macrophages (RAW264.7 cells), a commonly used model for inflammation. Moorenaside significantly upregulated <i>Nqo1</i> (Nrf2 target gene) and downregulated <i>iNos</i> (NF-κB target gene) at 32 μM by 5.0- and 2.5-fold, respectively, resulting in a significant reduction of nitric oxide (NO) levels. Furthermore, we performed RNA-sequencing and demonstrated the transcriptional activity of <b>1</b> on a global level and identified canonical pathways and upstream regulators involved in inflammation, immune response, and certain oxidative-stress-underlying diseases such as multiple sclerosis and chronic kidney disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2355-2365"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11519913/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142306585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joe A Gerke, Sofia F Odron, Juri Kim, Naibedya Dutta, Jacqueline G Clarke, Joseph Media, David A Coppage, Maria Oorloff, Athena Alcala, Gilberto Garcia, Marissa E F Kang, Cy L Gerke, Jacob C Peterson, Joseph D Morris, Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, Frederick A Valeriote, Phillip Crews, Tyler A Johnson
{"title":"Further Probing the Properties of a Unique Sponge-derived Alkaloid Through the Isolation of a New (-)-(5<i>E</i>)-(8<i>R</i>)-(14<i>Z</i>)-Mycothiazole Analogue.","authors":"Joe A Gerke, Sofia F Odron, Juri Kim, Naibedya Dutta, Jacqueline G Clarke, Joseph Media, David A Coppage, Maria Oorloff, Athena Alcala, Gilberto Garcia, Marissa E F Kang, Cy L Gerke, Jacob C Peterson, Joseph D Morris, Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, Frederick A Valeriote, Phillip Crews, Tyler A Johnson","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00691","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00691","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scale-up isolation of (+)-(5<i>Z</i>)-(8<i>S</i>)-(14<i>Z</i>)-mycothiazole (<b>1</b>) from Vanuatu specimens of <i>C. mycofijiensis</i> to semisynthesize (+)-(5<i>Z</i>)-(8<i>S</i>)-8-<i>O</i>-acetyl-(14<i>Z</i>)-mycothiazole (<b>2</b>) revealed a new diastereomer, (-)-(5<i>E</i>)-(8<i>R</i>)-(14<i>Z</i>)-mycothiazole (<b>4</b>). The structure of <b>4</b> was determined using HRMS, NMR, and comparing optical rotation to (-)-(5<i>Z</i>)-(8<i>R</i>)-(14<i>Z</i>)-mycothiazole (<b>3</b>) and <b>2</b>. The maximum tolerated dose of <b>2</b> in mice was 0.1 mg/kg. The IC<sub>50</sub> of <b>4</b> in PANC-1 and HepG2 cancer cell lines was 111.6 and 115.0 nM. Evaluation of <b>4</b> in <i>C. elegans</i> showed similar oxygen consumption compared to <b>1</b>-<b>2</b>, and all compounds significantly increased the lifespan. The <i>Z</i> orientation at Δ<sup>5,6</sup> is crucial for picomolar cytotoxicity but not for mitochondrial inhibition.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2523-2529"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534373/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine Learning Accelerates Screening of Osteoclast Differentiation Inhibitors from Natural Products.","authors":"Yuki Hitora, Mako Hokaguchi, Yusaku Sadahiro, Takumi Higaki, Sachiko Tsukamoto","doi":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00640","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00640","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Natural products that inhibit osteoclast differentiation are promising therapeutic and preventive agents for osteoporosis. Conventionally, identifying osteoclast differentiation involves visual inspection of the microscope images of stained osteoclasts. In this study, a supervised machine learning model was developed to classify bright-field microscope images of osteoclasts without staining. The model was used to screen a compound library, and osteoclast differentiation inhibitors were identified, demonstrating the validity of our method. Next, an in-house library of fungal extracts was screened, and pinolidoxin was revealed as an inhibitor of osteoclast differentiation. Our machine learning method enabled accurate, objective, and high-throughput evaluation of osteoclast differentiation and efficient screening of the inhibitors from natural product extracts. This study represents the first machine learning classification developed to evaluate the inhibitory activity of natural products in osteoclast differentiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Products ","volume":" ","pages":"2393-2397"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}