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- Title
Combining OSMAC Approach and Untargeted Metabolomics for the Identification of New Glycolipids with Potent Antiviral Activity Produced by a Marine Rhodococcus.
- Authors
Palma Esposito, Fortunato; Giugliano, Rosa; Della Sala, Gerardo; Vitale, Giovanni Andrea; Buonocore, Carmine; Ausuri, Janardhan; Galasso, Christian; Coppola, Daniela; Franci, Gianluigi; Galdiero, Massimiliano; de Pascale, Donatella
- Abstract
Natural products of microbial origin have inspired most of the commercial pharmaceuticals, especially those from Actinobacteria. However, the redundancy of molecules in the discovery process represents a serious issue. The untargeted approach, One Strain Many Compounds (OSMAC), is one of the most promising strategies to induce the expression of silent genes, especially when combined with genome mining and advanced metabolomics analysis. In this work, the whole genome of the marine isolate Rhodococcus sp. I2R was sequenced and analyzed by antiSMASH for the identification of biosynthetic gene clusters. The strain was cultivated in 22 different growth media and the generated extracts were subjected to metabolomic analysis and functional screening. Notably, only a single growth condition induced the production of unique compounds, which were partially purified and structurally characterized by liquid chromatography high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS/MS). This strategy led to identifying a bioactive fraction containing >30 new glycolipids holding unusual functional groups. The active fraction showed a potent antiviral effect against enveloped viruses, such as herpes simplex virus and human coronaviruses, and high antiproliferative activity in PC3 prostate cancer cell line. The identified compounds belong to the biosurfactants class, amphiphilic molecules, which play a crucial role in the biotech and biomedical industry.
- Subjects
LIQUID chromatography-mass spectrometry; GLYCOLIPIDS; GENE clusters; RHODOCOCCUS; METABOLOMICS; HERPES simplex virus; MICROBIAL products
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 16, p9055
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms22169055