{"title":"The fungal natural product class of the sorbicillinoids: structures, bioactivities, biosynthesis, and synthesis.","authors":"Tobias M Milzarek, Tobias A M Gulder","doi":"10.1039/d4np00059e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00059e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering 1948 up to October 2024Sorbicillinoids are a growing class of natural products (NPs) that stem from a variety of fungi including members of the orders <i>Hypocreales</i> and <i>Eurotiales</i>. This compound class is unique in its combination of structural complexity and pharmaceutically relevant biological activities. The majority of the sorbicillinoids, which are named after the common hexaketide precursor sorbicillin, exhibit anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, phytotoxic, and other selective enzyme inhibitory activities. Over the last eight decades, more than 170 sorbicillinoids, many with strong pharmaceutical potential, have been isolated and described in the literature. This review aims to provide an overview of the structural diversity, biosynthetic pathways, and synthetic studies of this exceptional NP class.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143045060","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}
Valeria Iobbi, Valentina Parisi, Mauro Giacomini, Francesco De Riccardis, Paola Brun, Laura Núñez-Pons, Giuliana Drava, Paolo Giordani, Maria Chiara Monti, Roberto Poggi, Ylenia Murgia, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Angela Bisio
{"title":"Sesterterpenoids: sources, structural diversity, biological activity, and data management.","authors":"Valeria Iobbi, Valentina Parisi, Mauro Giacomini, Francesco De Riccardis, Paola Brun, Laura Núñez-Pons, Giuliana Drava, Paolo Giordani, Maria Chiara Monti, Roberto Poggi, Ylenia Murgia, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Angela Bisio","doi":"10.1039/d4np00041b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00041b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reviewing the literature published up to October 2024.Sesterterpenoids are one of the most chemically diverse and biologically promising subgroup of terpenoids, the largest family of secondary metabolites. The present review article summarizes more than seven decades of studies on isolation and characterization of more than 1600 structurally novel sesterterpenoids, supplemented by biological, pharmacological, ecological, and geographic distribution data. All the information have been implemented in eight tables available on the web and a relational database https://sesterterpenoids.unige.net/. The interface has two sections, one open to the public for reading only and the other, protected by an authentication mechanism, for timely updating of published results.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996552","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":"Unlocking hidden treasures: the evolution of high-throughput mass spectrometry in screening for cryptic natural products.","authors":"Brett C Covington, Mohammad R Seyedsayamdost","doi":"10.1039/d4np00026a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00026a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: 1994 to 2024Historically, microbial natural product discovery has been predominantly guided by biological activity from crude microbial extracts with metabolite characterization proceeding one molecule at a time. Despite decades of bioactivity-guided isolations, genomic evidence now suggests that we have only accessed a small fraction of the total natural product potential from microorganisms and that the products of the vast majority of biosynthetic pathways remain to be identified. Here we describe recent advancements that have enabled high-throughput mass spectrometry and comparative metabolomics, which in turn facilitate high-throughput natural product discovery. These advancement promise to fully unlock the reservoir of microbial natural products.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996553","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":"Enzymatic ester bond formation strategies in fungal macrolide skeletons.","authors":"Jin-Mei Zhang, Guan-Yin Yuan, Yi Zou","doi":"10.1039/d4np00050a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00050a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: up to August 2024Macrolides, the core skeletons of numerous marketed drugs and bioactive natural products, have garnered considerable scientific interest owing to their structural diversity and broad spectrum of pharmaceutical activities. The formation of intramolecular ester bonds is a critical biocatalytic step in constructing macrolide skeletons. Here, we summarised enzymatic ester bond formation strategies in fungal polyketide (PK)-type, nonribosomal peptide (NRP)-type, and PK-NRP hybrid-type macrolides. In PK-type macrolides, ester bond formation is commonly catalysed by a <i>trans</i>-acting thioesterase (TE) or a <i>cis</i>-acting TE domain during the product release process. In NRP-type and PK-NRP hybrid-type macrolides, the ester bond is usually introduced through condensation (C) domain-catalysed esterification during the elongation or product release step. Although the TE and C domains share similarities in their catalytic mechanism, using hydroxyl groups as nucleophiles in an intramolecular nucleophilic attack, they differ in terms of the hydroxyl origin, the timing of ester bond formation, and domain location. Furthermore, some TE domains are utilized as chemoenzymatic catalysts to construct macrolides with different ring sizes. A comparison of ester bond formation between fungi and bacteria is also discussed. Exploring the biosynthetic pathways of fungal macrolides, elucidating the diverse strategies employed in the formation of ester bonds, and understanding the application of enzymes/domains in chemoenzymatic synthesis hold promise for the discovery of new bioactive macrolides in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996550","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 milk as a complex natural product.","authors":"Julie A Talbert, Steven D Townsend","doi":"10.1039/d4np00058g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00058g","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: up to the end of 2024Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to promote child health. However, characterizing the chemistry that fortifies the benefits of breastfeeding remains a grand challenge. Current efforts in the community are focused on characterizing the roles of the different carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in milk. The goal of this review is to highlight and describe current knowledge about the major classes of macromolecules in human milk and their potential role in infant health and wellness.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142996551","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}
Shuxin Yang, Spencer J Williams, Myles Courtney, Laura Burchill
{"title":"Warfare under the waves: a review of bacteria-derived algaecidal natural products.","authors":"Shuxin Yang, Spencer J Williams, Myles Courtney, Laura Burchill","doi":"10.1039/d4np00038b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00038b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Covering: 1960s to 2024Harmful algal blooms pose a major threat to aquatic ecosystems and can impact human health. The frequency and intensity of these blooms has increased over recent decades, driven primarily by climate change and an increase in nutrient runoff. Algal blooms often produce toxins that contaminate water sources, disrupt fisheries, and harm human health. These blooms may also result in oxygen-deprived environments leading to mass fish deaths that threaten the survival of other aquatic life. In freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, traditional chemical strategies to mitigate algal blooms include the use of herbicides, metal salts, or oxidants. Though effective, these agents are non-selective, toxic to other species, and cause loss of biodiversity. They can persist in ecosystems, contaminating the food web and providing an impetus for cost-effective, targeted algal-control methods that protect ecosystems. In marine ecosystems, harmful algal blooms are even more challenging to treat due to the lack of scalable solutions and the challenge of dispersal of algal control agents in open ocean settings. Natural products derived from algae-bacteria interactions have led to the evolution of diverse bacteria-derived algaecidal natural products, which are highly potent, species specific and have potential for combating harmful algal blooms. They provide valuable starting points for the development of eco-friendly algae control methods. This review provides a comprehensive overview of all bacterial algaecides and their activities, categorized into two major groups: (1) algaecides produced in ecologically significant associations between bacteria and algae, and (2) algaecides with potentially coincidental activity but without an ecological role in specific bacteria-algae interactions. This review contributes to a better understanding of the chemical ecology of parasitic algal-bacterial interactions, \"the warfare under the waves\", and highlights the potential applications of bacteria-derived algaecides to provide solutions to harmful algal blooms.</p>","PeriodicalId":94,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142918711","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}
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}