Isolation of Isotrichophycin C and Trichophycins G-I from a Collection of Trichodesmium thiebautii

J Nat Prod. 2020 Sep 25;83(9):2664-2671. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00550. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Abstract

The trichophycin family of compounds are chlorinated polyketides first discovered from environmental collections of a bloom-forming Trichodesmium sp. cyanobacterium. In an effort to fully capture the chemical space of this group of metabolites, the utilization of MS/MS-based molecular networking of a Trichodesmium thiebautii extract revealed a metabolome replete with halogenated compounds. Subsequent MS-guided isolation resulted in the characterization of isotrichophycin C and trichophycins G-I (1-4). These new metabolites had intriguing structural variations from those trichophycins previously characterized, which allowed for a comparative study to examine structural features that are associated with toxicity to murine neuroblastoma cells. Additionally, we propose the absolute configuration of the previously characterized trichophycin A (5). Overall, the metabolome of the Trichodesmium bloom is hallmarked by an unprecedented amount of chlorinated molecules, many of which remain to be structurally characterized.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chlorine / chemistry
  • Cyanobacteria / chemistry*
  • DNA / chemistry
  • DNA / genetics
  • DNA / isolation & purification
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Metabolome
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phylogeny
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Trichodesmium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Chlorine
  • DNA

Supplementary concepts

  • Trichodesmium thiebautii