Mangromicins, six new anti-oxidative agents isolated from a culture broth of the actinomycete, Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes K10-0216

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2014 Jul;67(7):533-9. doi: 10.1038/ja.2014.34. Epub 2014 Apr 2.

Abstract

We have been continually searching for novel chemical compounds from culture broths of various actinomycetes using a physicochemical screening system. During the course of this program, we have previously reported the discovery of two new natural products, designated mangromicins A and B, discovered in a broth of a rare actinomycete strain, Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes K10-0216. Mangromicins have a unique and rare structure, a cyclopentadecane skeleton with a tetrahydrofuran unit and a 5,6-dihydro-4-hydroxy-2-pyrone moiety. New mangromicin analogs were isolated by using an improved production medium. As a consequence, six analogs, together with mangromicins A and B, were isolated from a cultured broth of L. aerocolonigenes K10-0216. We named them mangromicins D, E, F, G, H and I. All mangromicins showed radical scavenging activities against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radicals and nitric oxide generated from LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells, a murine macrophage cell line. Among the analogs, mangromicins A and I showed the most potent DPPH radical scavenging activity and nitric oxide scavenging activity, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actinobacteria / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / chemistry*
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line
  • Free Radical Scavengers / chemistry*
  • Free Radical Scavengers / pharmacology
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Furans / isolation & purification
  • Furans / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Nitric Oxide / chemistry
  • Pyrones / chemistry
  • Pyrones / isolation & purification
  • Pyrones / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Furans
  • Pyrones
  • Nitric Oxide
  • tetrahydrofuran