Research progress on secondary metabolites from the ascidians of Aplidium genus

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Hua Han ◽  
Xiao-Qing Tian ◽  
Shu-Ming Zhao ◽  
Ya-Nan Lu ◽  
Cheng-Qi Fan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
China Seas ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
The Family ◽  
Further Development

Abstract: Ascidians (tunicates) are widely recognized as one of the most prolific producers of bioactive natural products in the marine environment. This present study reviewed the chemical diversity of marine ascidians from the Aplidium genus and their pharmacological applications since Jan 2005. The resources of this genus from China Seas, including the changes of their names in the family Polydinidae were also summarized in this paper. In addition, a concise outlook on their chemi-cal and pharmaceutical investigation is made to support further development

scholarly journals Marine Rare Actinomycetes: A Promising Source of Structurally Diverse and Unique Novel Natural Products

Marine Drugs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subramani ◽  
Sipkema
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
New Species ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Natural Product ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Present Knowledge ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
Rare Actinomycetes ◽  
Promising Source

Rare actinomycetes are prolific in the marine environment; however, knowledge about their diversity, distribution and biochemistry is limited. Marine rare actinomycetes represent a rather untapped source of chemically diverse secondary metabolites and novel bioactive compounds. In this review, we aim to summarize the present knowledge on the isolation, diversity, distribution and natural product discovery of marine rare actinomycetes reported from mid-2013 to 2017. A total of 97 new species, representing 9 novel genera and belonging to 27 families of marine rare actinomycetes have been reported, with the highest numbers of novel isolates from the families Pseudonocardiaceae, Demequinaceae, Micromonosporaceae and Nocardioidaceae. Additionally, this study reviewed 167 new bioactive compounds produced by 58 different rare actinomycete species representing 24 genera. Most of the compounds produced by the marine rare actinomycetes present antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, anticancer or antimalarial activities. The highest numbers of natural products were derived from the genera Nocardiopsis, Micromonospora, Salinispora and Pseudonocardia. Members of the genus Micromonospora were revealed to be the richest source of chemically diverse and unique bioactive natural products.

scholarly journals A Review of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds from Marine Fungi, 2000–2018

Marine Drugs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianzhou Xu ◽  
Mengqi Yi ◽  
Lijian Ding ◽  
Shan He
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Host Response ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
Tissue Injury ◽  
Fungal Metabolites ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Unique Mechanism ◽  
Inflammatory Action

Inflammation is a generalized, nonspecific, and beneficial host response of foreign challenge or tissue injury. However, prolonged inflammation is undesirable. It will cause loss function of involve organs, such as heat, pain redness, and swelling. Marine natural products have gained more and more attention due to their unique mechanism of anti-inflammatory action, and have considered a hotspot for anti-inflammatory drug development. Marine-derived fungi are promising sources of structurally unprecedented bioactive natural products. So far, a plethora of new secondary metabolites with anti-inflammatory activities from marine-derived fungi had been widely reported. This review covers 133 fungal metabolites described in the period of 2000 to 2018, including the structures and origins of these secondary metabolites.

scholarly journals Biological and Chemical Diversity of Marine Sponge-Derived Microorganisms over the Last Two Decades from 1998 to 2017

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Mei Cheng ◽  
Xu-Li Tang ◽  
Yan-Ting Sun ◽  
Dong-Yang Song ◽  
Yu-Jing Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Natural Product ◽  
Marine Sponge ◽  
Marine Sponges ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Bioactive Secondary Metabolites ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Product Chemistry

Marine sponges are well known as rich sources of biologically natural products. Growing evidence indicates that sponges harbor a wealth of microorganisms in their bodies, which are likely to be the true producers of bioactive secondary metabolites. In order to promote the study of natural product chemistry and explore the relationship between microorganisms and their sponge hosts, in this review, we give a comprehensive overview of the structures, sources, and activities of the 774 new marine natural products from sponge-derived microorganisms described over the last two decades from 1998 to 2017.

scholarly journals New and bioactive natural products from an endophyte of Panax notoginseng

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (60) ◽  
pp. 38100-38109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Xie ◽  
Ying-Ying Wu ◽  
Tian-Yuan Zhang ◽  
Meng-Yue Zhang ◽  
Wei-Wei Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Activity ◽  
Natural Products ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Antiviral Activity ◽  
Cytotoxic Activity ◽  
Endophytic Fungi ◽  
Panax Notoginseng ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products

Secondary metabolites with cytotoxic activity, antiviral activity and antimicrobial activity from the endophytic fungi of Panax notoginseng.

Bioprospecting microbial metagenome for natural products

Biologia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Nováková ◽  
Marián Farkašovský
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Genetic Information ◽  
Microbial World ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
Uncultured Bacteria

AbstractMining of natural sources for new secondary metabolites has a successful history, which is reflected by the fact that over 50% of all drugs, currently on the market, are derived from natural products. Bacteria are one of the most important sources of bioactive natural products destined for drug discovery. However, less than 1% of the microorganisms observed in different habitats have been cultivated and characterized. To explore the genomic and functional diversity of the vast majority of the microbial world, novel methods were introduced, which are based on analysis of a DNA isolated from environmental communities. Metagenomics represents a strategy offering access to the genetic information present in uncultured bacteria by screening of libraries constructed from DNA isolated from different habitats. Functional- and sequence-driven screens are the major approaches employed to mine metagenomic libraries. This review aims to highlight discoveries in this area and discusses the possible future directions of the field.

scholarly journals Insights into the Diversity of Secondary Metabolites of Planktothrix Using a Biphasic Approach Combining Global Genomics and Metabolomics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanrda Kim Tiam ◽  
Muriel Gugger ◽  
Justine Demay ◽  
Severine Le Manach ◽  
Charlotte Duval ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Chemical Structures ◽  
Metabolite Profiles ◽  
Ancient Lineage ◽  
Major Bottleneck ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
Slow Growing

Cyanobacteria are an ancient lineage of slow-growing photosynthetic bacteria and a prolific source of natural products with diverse chemical structures and potent biological activities and toxicities. The chemical identification of these compounds remains a major bottleneck. Strategies that can prioritize the most prolific strains and novel compounds are of great interest. Here, we combine chemical analysis and genomics to investigate the chemodiversity of secondary metabolites based on their pattern of distribution within some cyanobacteria. Planktothrix being a cyanobacterial genus known to form blooms worldwide and to produce a broad spectrum of toxins and other bioactive compounds, we applied this combined approach on four closely related strains of Planktothrix. The chemical diversity of the metabolites produced by the four strains was evaluated using an untargeted metabolomics strategy with high-resolution LC-MS. Metabolite profiles were correlated with the potential of metabolite production identified by genomics for the different strains. Although, the Planktothrix strains present a global similarity in term biosynthetic cluster gene for microcystin, aeruginosin and prenylagaramide for example, we found remarkable strain-specific chemo-diversity. Only few of the chemical features were common to the four studied strains. Additionally, the MS/MS data were analyzed using Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) to identify molecular families of the same biosynthetic origin. In conclusion, we present an efficient integrative strategy for elucidating the chemical diversity of a given genus and link the data obtained from analytical chemistry to biosynthetic genes of cyanobacteria.

Biodiversity: A wonderful source of exciting new pharmacophores. Further to a new theory of memory

2002 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
M. Iqbal Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Marine Organisms ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Chemical Basis ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
New Class ◽  
The Brain

The diverse biological resources in nature are vast factories of chemical diversity. With the recent advances in the biological and chemical sciences it is now easier than ever to explore the potential uses of immense biological resources in a sustainable manner. Our investigations focused on the bioprospecting of both terrestrial and marine organisms have led to the discovery of a number of interesting chemical compounds. The discovery of a new class of cholinesterase, α-glucosidase and phosphodiesterase I inhibitors, several new antioxidants, and other classes of bioactive natural products is presented. The theory of the chemical basis of memory through hydrogen bonding in the brain is further elaborated.

scholarly journals Activation of cryptic metabolite production through gene disruption: Dimethyl furan-2,4-dicarboxylate produced by Streptomyces sahachiroi

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1768-1773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Simkhada ◽  
Huitu Zhang ◽  
Shogo Mori ◽  
Howard Williams ◽  
Coran M H Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Related Compound ◽  
Gene Disruption ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
Genetic Knockout ◽  
Small Molecule Drugs ◽  
Peptide Synthetase

At least 65% of all small molecule drugs on the market today are natural products, however, re-isolation of previously identified and characterized compounds has become a serious impediment to the discovery of new bioactive natural products. Here, genetic knockout of an unusual non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) C-PCP-C module, aziA2, is performed resulting in the accumulation of the secondary metabolite, dimethyl furan-2,4-dicarboxylate. The cryptic metabolite represents the first non-azinomycin related compound to be isolated and characterized from the soil bacterium, S. sahachiroi. The results from this study suggest that abolishing production of otherwise predominant natural products through genetic knockout may constitute a means to “activate” the production of novel secondary metabolites that would otherwise lay dormant within microbial genome sequences.

scholarly journals Secondary Metabolites of Lasiodiplodia theobromae: Distribution, Chemical Diversity, Bioactivity, and Implications of Their Occurrence

Toxins ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Michela Salvatore ◽  
Artur Alves ◽  
Anna Andolfi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Pathogenic Fungus ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lasiodiplodia Theobromae ◽  
The Family ◽  
Host Fungus ◽  
Metabolites Production

Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a plant pathogenic fungus from the family Botryosphaeriaceae that is commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions. It has been associated with many hosts, causing diverse diseases and being responsible for serious damages on economically important crops. A diverse array of bioactive low molecular weight compounds has been described as being produced by L. theobromae cultures. In this review, the existing literature on secondary metabolites of L. theobromae, their bioactivity, and the implications of their occurrence are compiled. Moreover, the effects of abiotic factors (e.g., temperature, nutrient availability) on secondary metabolites production are highlighted, and possible avenues for future research are presented. Currently, a total of 134 chemically defined compounds belonging to the classes of secondary metabolites and fatty acids have been reported from over 30 L. theobromae isolates. Compounds reported include cyclohexenes and cyclohexenones, indoles, jasmonates, lactones, melleins, phenols, and others. Most of the existing bioactivity studies of L. theobromae metabolites have assessed their potential phytotoxic, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial activities. In fact, its host adaptability and its ability to cause diseases in plants as well as in humans may be related to the capacity to produce bioactive compounds directly involved in host–fungus interactions.

scholarly journals Metabolites from marine invertebrates and their symbiotic microorganisms: molecular diversity discovery, mining, and application

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Liu ◽  
Yao-Yao Zheng ◽  
Chang-Lun Shao ◽  
Chang-Yun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Molecular Diversity ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Epigenetic Modification ◽  
Marine Organisms ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
Symbiotic Microorganisms ◽  
Symbiotic Fungi

Abstract Metabolites from marine organisms have proven to be a rich source for the discovery of multiple potent bioactive molecules with diverse structures. In recent years, we initiated a program to investigate the diversity of the secondary metabolites from marine invertebrates and their symbiotic microorganisms collected from the South China Sea. In this review, representative cases are summarized focusing on molecular diversity, mining, and application of natural products from these marine organisms. To provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of marine natural products, we highlight typical molecules including their structures, chemical synthesis, bioactivities and mechanisms, structure–activity relationships as well as biogenesis. The mining of marine-derived microorganisms to produce novel secondary metabolites is also discussed through the OSMAC strategy and via partial chemical epigenetic modification. A broad prospectus has revealed a plethora of bioactive natural products with novel structures from marine organisms, especially from soft corals, gorgonians, sponges, and their symbiotic fungi and bacteria.

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