Hamuramicin C, a Cytotoxic Bicyclic Macrolide Isolated from a Wasp Gut Bacterium

J Nat Prod. 2022 Apr 22;85(4):936-942. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01075. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Abstract

A new bicyclic macrolide, hamuramicin C (1), was isolated from Streptomyces sp. MBP16, a gut bacterial strain of the wasp Vespa crabro flavofasciata. Its 22-membered macrocyclic lactone structure was determined by NMR and mass spectrometry. The relative configurations of hamuramicin C (1) were assigned by J-based configuration analysis utilizing 1H rotating frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy and heteronuclear long-range coupling NMR spectroscopy. Genomic and bioinformatic analyses of the bacterial strain enabled identification of the type-I polyketide synthase pathway, which employs a trans-acyltransferase system. The absolute configurations of 1 were proposed based on the analysis of the sequences of ketoreductases in the modular gene cluster. Moreover, hamuramicin C (1) demonstrated significant inhibitory activity against diverse human cancer cell lines (HCT116, A549, SNU-638, SK-HEP-1, and MDA-MB-231).

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / metabolism
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Macrolides / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyketide Synthases / metabolism
  • Streptomyces* / chemistry
  • Wasps*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Macrolides
  • Polyketide Synthases