Automated Detection of Natural Halogenated Compounds from LC-MS Profiles-Application to the Isolation of Bioactive Chlorinated Compounds from Marine-Derived Fungi

Anal Chem. 2016 Sep 20;88(18):9143-50. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02128. Epub 2016 Sep 2.

Abstract

A collection of culture extracts obtained from several marine-derived fungal strains collected on the French Atlantic coast was investigated by high performance liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (HPLC-HRMS) in order to prospect for halogenated compounds and to identify potentially new ones. To achieve a fast, automated, and efficient data analysis, a bioinformatics tool named MeHaloCoA (Marine Halogenated Compound Analysis) was developed and included into R. After extraction of all the peaks from the metabolic fingerprints and their associated mass spectra, a mathematical filter based on mass isotopic profiles allowed the selective detection of halogenated (Cl and Br) molecules. Integrating MeHaloCoA into a dereplication approach allowed the identification of known and new halogenated compounds in a competitive amount of time. Subsequent targeted purification led to the isolation of several chlorinated metabolites, including two new natural products with bioactive potential, griseophenone I and chlorogriseofulvin, from a marine-derived Penicillium canescens strain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products / analysis*
  • Biological Products / metabolism
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Fungi / chemistry*
  • Fungi / metabolism
  • Halogenation
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / analysis*
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / metabolism
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Metabolome
  • Metabolomics / methods
  • Penicillium / chemistry
  • Penicillium / metabolism

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated