Cytotoxic Indolocarbazoles from Actinomadura melliaura ATCC 39691

J Nat Prod. 2015 Jul 24;78(7):1723-9. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00429. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Abstract

Actinomadura melliaura ATCC 39691, a strain isolated from a soil sample collected in Bristol Cove, California, is a known producer of the disaccharide-substituted AT2433 indolocarbazoles (6-9). Reinvestigation of this strain using new media conditions led to >40-fold improvement in the production of previously reported AT2433 metabolites and the isolation and structure elucidation of the four new analogues, AT2433-A3, A4, A5, and B3 (1-4). The availability of this broader set of compounds enabled a subsequent small antibacterial/fungal/cancer SAR study that revealed disaccharyl substitution, N-6 methylation, and C-11 chlorination as key modulators of bioactivity. The slightly improved anticancer potency of the newly reported N-6-desmethyl 1 (compared to 6) contrasts extensive SAR of monoglycosylated rebeccamycin-type topoisomerase I inhibitors where N-6 alkylation has contributed to improved potency and ADME. Complete 2D NMR assignments for the known metabolite BMY-41219 (5) and (13)C NMR spectroscopic data for the known analogue AT2433-B1 (7) are also provided for the first time.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales / chemistry*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / chemistry
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / isolation & purification*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacology
  • California
  • Carbazoles / chemistry
  • Carbazoles / isolation & purification*
  • Carbazoles / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Indole Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Indole Alkaloids / pharmacology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Micrococcus luteus / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis / drug effects
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / drug effects
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors / isolation & purification*
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Carbazoles
  • Indole Alkaloids
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
  • AT 2433-B1
  • rebeccamycin