Lipeng Zhou, Xinyu Cai, Ying Wang, Jianbo Yang, Yadan Wang, Jialing Deng, Danni Ye, Lanzhen Zhang, Yue Liu, Shuangcheng Ma
{"title":"Chemistry and biology of natural stilbenes: an update.","authors":"Lipeng Zhou, Xinyu Cai, Ying Wang, Jianbo Yang, Yadan Wang, Jialing Deng, Danni Ye, Lanzhen Zhang, Yue Liu, Shuangcheng Ma","doi":"10.1039/d4np00033a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00033a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: 2009 up to the end of 2023Stilbenes, an emblematic group of polyphenols, have attracted the attention of numerous researchers owing to their intriguing polycyclic architectures and diverse bioactivities. In this updated review, natural stilbenes were analysed, especially oligomeric stilbenes, which are an emblematic group of polyphenols that harbor intriguing polycyclic architectures and diverse bioactivities compared with those previously anticipated. Oligomeric stilbenes with unique skeletons comprise a large majority of natural stilbenes owing to their structural changes and different substitutions on the phenyl rings. These compounds can be promising sources of lead compounds for studying new drugs and medicines. In addition, the exploration of unusual structures of oligomeric stilbenes such as polyflavanostilbenes A and B, analysing their absolute stereochemistry, and improving their yield using synthetic biology methods have recently gained interest. This review provides a systematic overview of 409 new stilbenes, which were isolated and identified over time from January 2009 to December 2023, focusing on the classification and biomimetic syntheses of oligomeric stilbenes, in addition to presenting meaningful insights into their structural diversity and biological activities, which will inspire further investigations of biological activities, structure-activity relationships, and screening of drug candidates.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142875537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hendrik Luesch, Emma K Ellis, Qi-Yin Chen, Ranjala Ratnayake
{"title":"Progress in the discovery and development of anticancer agents from marine cyanobacteria.","authors":"Hendrik Luesch, Emma K Ellis, Qi-Yin Chen, Ranjala Ratnayake","doi":"10.1039/d4np00019f","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d4np00019f","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering 2010-April 2024There have been tremendous new discoveries and developments since 2010 in anticancer research based on marine cyanobacteria. Marine cyanobacteria are prolific sources of anticancer natural products, including the tubulin agents dolastatins 10 and 15 which were originally isolated from a mollusk that feeds on cyanobacteria. Decades of research have culminated in the approval of six antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and many ongoing clinical trials. Antibody conjugation has been enabling for several natural products, particularly cyanobacterial cytotoxins. Targeting tubulin dynamics has been a major strategy, leading to the discovery of the gatorbulin scaffold, acting on a new pharmacological site. Cyanobacterial compounds with different mechanisms of action (MOA), targeting novel or validated targets in a range of organelles, also show promise as anticancer agents. Important advances include the development of compounds with novel MOA, including apratoxin and coibamide A analogues, modulating cotranslational translocation at the level of Sec61 in the endoplasmic reticulum, largazole and santacruzamate A targeting class I histone deacetylases, and proteasome inhibitors based on carmaphycins, resembling the approved drug carfilzomib. The pipeline extends with SERCA inhibitors, mitochondrial cytotoxins and membrane-targeting agents, which have not yet advanced clinically since the biology is less understood and selectivity concerns remain to be addressed. In addition, efforts have also focused on the identification of chemosensitizing and antimetastatic agents. The review covers the state of current knowledge of marine cyanobacteria as anticancer agents with a focus on the mechanism, target identification and potential for drug development. We highlight the importance of solving the supply problem through chemical synthesis as well as illuminating the biological activity and in-depth mechanistic studies to increase the value of cyanobacterial natural products to catalyze their development.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142764759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin Mildau, Henry Ehlers, Mara Meisenburg, Elena Del Pup, Robert A Koetsier, Laura Rosina Torres Ortega, Niek F de Jonge, Kumar Saurabh Singh, Dora Ferreira, Kgalaletso Othibeng, Fidele Tugizimana, Florian Huber, Justin J J van der Hooft
{"title":"Effective data visualization strategies in untargeted metabolomics.","authors":"Kevin Mildau, Henry Ehlers, Mara Meisenburg, Elena Del Pup, Robert A Koetsier, Laura Rosina Torres Ortega, Niek F de Jonge, Kumar Saurabh Singh, Dora Ferreira, Kgalaletso Othibeng, Fidele Tugizimana, Florian Huber, Justin J J van der Hooft","doi":"10.1039/d4np00039k","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d4np00039k","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: 2014 to 2023 for metabolomics, 2002 to 2023 for information visualizationLC-MS/MS-based untargeted metabolomics is a rapidly developing research field spawning increasing numbers of computational metabolomics tools assisting researchers with their complex data processing, analysis, and interpretation tasks. In this article, we review the entire untargeted metabolomics workflow from the perspective of information visualization, visual analytics and visual data integration. Data visualization is a crucial step at every stage of the metabolomics workflow, where it provides core components of data inspection, evaluation, and sharing capabilities. However, due to the large number of available data analysis tools and corresponding visualization components, it is hard for both users and developers to get an overview of what is already available and which tools are suitable for their analysis. In addition, there is little cross-pollination between the fields of data visualization and metabolomics, leaving visual tools to be designed in a secondary and mostly <i>ad hoc</i> fashion. With this review, we aim to bridge the gap between the fields of untargeted metabolomics and data visualization. First, we introduce data visualization to the untargeted metabolomics field as a topic worthy of its own dedicated research, and provide a primer on cutting-edge visualization research into data visualization for both researchers as well as developers active in metabolomics. We extend this primer with a discussion of best practices for data visualization as they have emerged from data visualization studies. Second, we provide a practical roadmap to the visual tool landscape and its use within the untargeted metabolomics field. Here, for several computational analysis stages within the untargeted metabolomics workflow, we provide an overview of commonly used visual strategies with practical examples. In this context, we will also outline promising areas for further research and development. We end the review with a set of recommendations for developers and users on how to make the best use of visualizations for more effective and transparent communication of results.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610048/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142764663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hot off the Press","authors":"Robert A. Hill and Andrew Sutherland","doi":"10.1039/D4NP90050B","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D4NP90050B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as dicitrinol A from <em>Penicillium citrinum</em>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" 12","pages":" 1819-1823"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142708601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Romain M M François, Jean-Malo Massicard, Kira J Weissman
{"title":"The chemical ecology and physiological functions of type I polyketide natural products: the emerging picture.","authors":"Romain M M François, Jean-Malo Massicard, Kira J Weissman","doi":"10.1039/d4np00046c","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d4np00046c","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: up to 2024.For many years, the value of complex polyketides lay in their medical properties, including their antibiotic and antifungal activities, with little consideration paid to their native functions. However, more recent evidence gathered from the study of inter-organismal interactions has revealed the influence of these metabolites upon the ecological adaptation and distribution of their hosts, as well as their modes of communication. The increasing number of sequenced genomes and associated transcriptomes has also unveiled the widespread occurrence of the underlying biosynthetic enzymes across all kingdoms of life, and the important contributions they make to physiological events specific to each organism. This review depicts the diversity of roles fulfilled by type I polyketides, particularly in light of studies carried out during the last decade, providing an initial overall picture of their diverse functions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142646144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisca Vicente, Fernando Reyes and Olga Genilloud
{"title":"Fungerps: discovery of the glucan synthase inhibitor enfumafungin and development of a new class of antifungal triterpene glycosides","authors":"Francisca Vicente, Fernando Reyes and Olga Genilloud","doi":"10.1039/D4NP00044G","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D4NP00044G","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Covering: up to 2024</p><p>Fungal pathogens are a major threat to public health, with emerging resistance to all three classes of antifungals that are currently available and increased incidence of invasive fungal infections among hospitalized patients. Ibrexafungerp is a semi-synthetic analog of enfumafungin and the first antifungal agent approved in more than 20 years since the launch of caspofungin, the first of echinocandins. This new drug approval was made possible after a long arduous journey lasting 25 years by dedicated and talented medicinal chemists from two companies that undertook tedious atom-by-atom chemical modification of the natural product enfumafungin, a glycosylated fernane-type triterpenoid isolated from the fungus <em>Hormonema carpetanum</em>. This highlight will cover the discovery of enfumafungin, its biosynthesis and the characterisation of its antifungal profile and mode of action that led to the development of ibrexafungerp. We will discuss the challenges encountered during this long preclinical program and the clinical trial validation of this first-in-class oral antifungal approved to treat vulvovaginal candidiasis with an enormous therapeutic potential to treat future major threatening drug-resistant fungal pathogens.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" 12","pages":" 1835-1845"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142646140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susanne M. Germann, Maxence Holtz, Michael Krogh Jensen and Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha
{"title":"Debottlenecking cytochrome P450-dependent metabolic pathways for the biosynthesis of commercial natural products","authors":"Susanne M. Germann, Maxence Holtz, Michael Krogh Jensen and Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha","doi":"10.1039/D4NP00027G","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D4NP00027G","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Covering: 2016 to the end of 2024</p><p>This highlight article aims to provide a perspective on the challenges that novel biotechnological processes face in the biomanufacturing of natural products (NPs) whose biosynthesis pathways rely on cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. This enzyme superfamily is one of the most versatile in the biosynthesis of a plethora of NPs finding use across the food, nutrition, medicine, chemical and cosmetics industries. These enzymes often exhibit excellent regio- and stereoselectivity, but they can suffer from low activity and instability, which are serious issues impairing the development of high performing bioprocesses. We start with a brief introduction to industrial biotechnology and the importance of looking for alternative means for producing NPs independently from unsustainable fossil fuels or plant extractions. We then discuss the challenges and implemented solutions during the development of commercial NP processes focusing on the P450-dependent steps primarily in yeast cell factories. Our main focus is to highlight the challenges often encountered when utilizing P450-dependent NP pathways, and how protein engineering can be used for debottlenecking them. Finally, we briefly touch upon the importance of artificial intelligence and machine learning for guiding engineering efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" 12","pages":" 1846-1857"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142646136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human microbiota peptides: important roles in human health.","authors":"Abdul Bari Shah, Sang Hee Shim","doi":"10.1039/d4np00042k","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d4np00042k","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: 1974 to 2024Human microbiota consist of a diverse array of microorganisms, such as bacteria, Eukarya, archaea, and viruses, which populate various parts of the human body and live in a cooperatively beneficial relationship with the host. They play a crucial role in supporting the functional balance of the microbiome. The coevolutionary progression has led to the development of specialized metabolites that have the potential to substitute traditional antibiotics in combating global health challenges. Although there has been a lot of research on the human microbiota, there is a considerable lack of understanding regarding the wide range of peptides that these microbial populations produce. Particularly noteworthy are the antibiotics that are uniquely produced by the human microbiome, especially by bacteria, to protect against invasive infections. This review seeks to fill this knowledge gap by providing a thorough understanding of various peptides, along with their in-depth biological importance in terms of human disorders. Advancements in genomics and the understanding of molecular mechanisms that control the interactions between microbiota and hosts have made it easier to find peptides that come from the human microbiome. We hope that this review will serve as a basis for developing new therapeutic approaches and personalized healthcare strategies. Additionally, it emphasizes the significance of these microbiota in the field of natural product discovery and development.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142612972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Márcio B Weiss, Ricardo M Borges, Peter Sullivan, João P B Domingues, Francisco H S da Silva, Victória G S Trindade, Shangwen Luo, Jimmy Orjala, Camila M Crnkovic
{"title":"Chemical diversity of cyanobacterial natural products.","authors":"Márcio B Weiss, Ricardo M Borges, Peter Sullivan, João P B Domingues, Francisco H S da Silva, Victória G S Trindade, Shangwen Luo, Jimmy Orjala, Camila M Crnkovic","doi":"10.1039/d4np00040d","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d4np00040d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: 2010 to 2023Cyanobacterial natural products are a diverse group of molecules with promising biotechnological applications. This review examines the chemical diversity of 995 cyanobacterial metabolites reported from 2010 to 2023. A computational analysis using similarity networking was applied to visualize the chemical space and to compare the diversity of cyanobacterial metabolites among taxonomic orders and environmental sources. Key examples are highlighted, detailing their sources, biological activities, and discovery processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142612951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small animals with unique chemistry - the natural product chemistry of Collembola.","authors":"Anton Möllerke, Stefan Schulz","doi":"10.1039/d4np00049h","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d4np00049h","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering up to September 2024Collembola, commonly known as springtails, are abundant and important members of soil ecosystems. Due to their small size and hidden life, not much is known about their secondary metabolites. This chemistry is remarkably different from that of insects, with which they share a common ancestor, although they diverged already around 450 mya. Here we describe what is known so far, mainly compounds for chemical defence and cuticular lipids, as well as chemical signals. The uniqueness of the structures found is striking, many of which are not known from other natural sources. These include polychlorinated benzopyranones, small alkaloids, hetero-substituted aromatic compounds, and a diverse terpene chemistry, including highly branched compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142612973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}