Structurally diverse metabolites from the rare actinobacterium Saccharothrix xinjiangensis

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2020 Jan;73(1):48-55. doi: 10.1038/s41429-019-0223-7. Epub 2019 Aug 26.

Abstract

The bioassay-guided fractionation from cultures of the actinobacterium Saccharothrix xinjiangensis Act24Zk, collected from the Caspian Sea beach in Iran led to the isolation of three new compounds, caerulomycin M (1), saccharopyrone (2), and saccharonoic acid (3), together with the known compound, caerulomycin A (4). Their structures were elucidated from HR-ESIMS and 1D and 2D NMR data. Compound 2 displayed moderate cytotoxic activity against the human cervix carcinoma HeLa cells KB3.1 with an IC50 value of 5.4 µM.

MeSH terms

  • Actinobacteria / chemistry
  • Actinobacteria / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / chemistry
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / isolation & purification*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Biological Assay
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Seawater / microbiology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Water Microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Antifungal Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Saccharothrix xinjiangensis