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Production of High Amounts of Hepatotoxin Nodularin and New Protease Inhibitors Pseudospumigins by the Brazilian Benthic Nostoc sp CENA543

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Author(s):
Jokela, Jouni [1] ; Heinila, Lassi M. P. [1] ; Shishido, Tania K. [1] ; Wahlsten, Matti [1] ; Fewer, David P. [1] ; Fiore, Marli F. [2] ; Wang, Hao [1] ; Haapaniemi, Esa [3] ; Permi, Perttu [3, 4] ; Sivonen, Kaarina [1]
Total Authors: 10
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Helsinki, Dept Food & Environm Sci, Helsinki - Finland
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Nucl Energy Agr, Piracicaba - Brazil
[3] Univ Jyvaskyla, Dept Chem, Helsinki - Finland
[4] Univ Jyvaskyla, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, Nanosci Ctr, Helsinki - Finland
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY; v. 8, OCT 9 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 9
Abstract

Nostoc is a cyanobacterial genus, common in soils and a prolific producer of natural products. This research project aimed to explore and characterize Brazilian cyanobacteria for new bioactive compounds. Here we report the production of hepatotoxins and new protease inhibitors from benthic Nostoc sp. CENA543 isolated from a small, shallow, saline-alkaline lake in the Nhecolandia, Pantanal wetland area in Brazil. Nostoc sp. CENA543 produces exceptionally high amounts of nodularin-R. This is the first free-living Nostoc that produces nodularin at comparable levels as the toxic, bloom-forming, Nodularia spumigena. We also characterized pseudospumigins A-F, which are a novel family of linear tetrapeptides. Pseudospumigins are structurally related to linear tetrapeptide spumigins and aeruginosins both present in N. spumigena but differ in respect to their diagnostic amino acid, which is Ile/Leu/Val in pseudospumigins, Pro/mPro in spumigins, and Choi in aeruginosins. The pseudospumigin gene cluster is more similar to the spumigin biosynthetic gene cluster than the aeruginosin gene cluster. Pseudospumigin A inhibited trypsin (IC50 4.5 mu M after 1 h) in a similar manner as spumigin E from N. spumigena but was almost two orders of magnitude less potent. This study identifies another location and environment where the hepatotoxic nodularin has the potential to cause the death of eukaryotic organisms. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/50425-8 - Biodiversity of cyanobacteria and their bioactive compounds from under-explored Brazilian habitats
Grantee:Marli de Fátima Fiore
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants