Non-cytotoxic antifungal agents: isolation and structures of gageopeptides A-D from a Bacillus strain 109GGC020

J Agric Food Chem. 2014 Jun 18;62(24):5565-72. doi: 10.1021/jf502436r. Epub 2014 Jun 9.

Abstract

Antifungal resistance and toxicity problems of conventional fungicides highlighted the requirement of search for new safe antifungal agents. To comply with the requirement, we discovered four new non-cytotoxic lipopeptides, gageopeptides A-D, 1-4, from a marine-derived bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The structures and stereochemistry of gageopeptides were determined by NMR data analysis and chemical means. Gageopeptides exhibited significant antifungal activities against pathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea, and Colletotrichum acutatum with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 0.02-0.06 μM. In addition, these lipopeptides showed significant motility inhibition and lytic activities against zoospores of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora capsici. These compounds also showed potent antimicrobial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria with MIC values of 0.04-0.08 μM. However, gageopeptides A-D did not exhibit any cytotoxicity (GI50 > 25 μM) against cancer cell lines in sulforhodamine B (SRB), 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), and WST-1 ((4-[3-4-iodophenyl]-2-(4-nitrophenyl)-2H-5-tetrazolio)-1,3-benzene disulfonate)) assays, demonstrating that these compounds could be promising candidates for the development of non-cytotoxic antifungal agents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry*
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacillus subtilis / chemistry*
  • Botrytis / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Colletotrichum / drug effects
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Lipopeptides / chemistry
  • Lipopeptides / isolation & purification
  • Lipopeptides / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phytophthora / drug effects
  • Rhizoctonia / drug effects
  • Rhodamines / chemistry

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Lipopeptides
  • Rhodamines
  • lissamine rhodamine B