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Shahid I, Han J, Hanook S, Borchers CH, El Enshasy HA, Mehnaz S. Genome mining of Pseudomonas spp. hints towards the production of under-pitched secondary metabolites. 3 Biotech 2023; 13:182. [PMID: 37193329 PMCID: PMC10182215 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03607-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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The recent advances in omics and computational analysis have enabled the capacity to identify the exclusive strain-specific metabolites and novel biosynthetic gene clusters. This study analyzed eight strains of P. aurantiaca including GS1, GS3, GS4, GS6, GS7, FS2, ARS38, PBSt2, one strain of P. chlororaphis RP4, one strain of P. aeruginosa (At1RP4), and one strain of P. fluorescens (RS1) for the production of rhamnolipids, quorum-sensing signals, and osmolytes. Seven rhamnolipid derivatives were variably detected in fluorescent pseudomonads. These rhamnolipids included Rha-C10-C8, Rha-Rha-C10-C10, Rha-C10-C12db, Rha-C10-C10, Rha-Rha-C10-C12, Rha-C10-C12, and Rha-Rha-C10-C12db. Pseudomonas spp. also showed the variable production of osmoprotectants including N-acetyl glutaminyl glutamine amide (NAGGN), betaine, ectoine, and trehalose. Betaine and ectoine were produced by all pseudomonads, however, NAGGN and trehalose were observed by five and three strains, respectively. Four strains including P. chlororaphis (RP4), P. aeruginosa (At1RP4), P. fluorescens (RS1), and P. aurantiaca (PBSt2) were exposed to 1- 4% NaCl concentrations and evaluated for the changes in phenazine production profile which were negligible. AntiSMASH 5.0 platform showed 50 biosynthetic gene clusters in PB-St2, of which 23 (45%) were classified as putative gene clusters with ClusterFinder algorithm, five (10%) were classified as non-ribosomal peptides synthetases (NRPS), five (10%) as saccharides, and four (8%) were classified as putative fatty acids. The genomic attributes and comprehensive insights into the metabolomic profile of these Pseudomonas spp. strains showcase their phytostimulatory, phyto-protective, and osmoprotective effects of diverse crops grown in normal and saline soils. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-023-03607-x.
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- Izzah Shahid
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University of Victoria-Genome BC Proteomics Center, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8 Canada
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- Department of Statistics, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, 54600 Pakistan
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- University of Victoria-Genome BC Proteomics Center, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8 Canada
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- Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Malaysia
- Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Malaysia
- City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA), New Burg Al Arab, Alexandria, 21934 Egypt
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- School of Life Sciences, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, 54600 Pakistan
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Atta H, Alzahaby N, Hamdy NM, Emam SH, Sonousi A, Ziko L. New trends in synthetic drugs and natural products targeting 20S proteasomes in cancers. Bioorg Chem 2023; 133:106427. [PMID: 36841046 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Cancer is a global health challenge that remains to be a field of extensive research aiming to find new anticancer therapeutics. The 20S proteasome complex is one of the targets of anticancerdrugs, as it is correlated with several cancer types. Herein, we aim to discuss the 20S proteasome subunits and investigatethe currently studied proteasome inhibitors targeting the catalytically active proteasome subunits. In this review, we summarize the proteindegradation mechanism of the 20S proteasome complex and compareit with the 26S proteasome complex. Afterwards, the localization of the 20S proteasome is summarized as well as its use as a diagnosticandprognostic marker. The FDA-approved proteasome inhibitors (PIs) under clinical trials are summarized and their current limited use in solid tumors is also reviewed in addition to the expression of theβ5 subunit in differentcell lines. The review discusses in-silico analysis of the active subunit of the 20S proteasome complex. For development of new proteasome inhibitor drugs, the natural products inhibiting the 20S proteasome are summarized, as well as novel methodologies and challenges for the natural product discovery and current information about the biosynthetic gene clusters encoding them. We herein briefly summarize some resistancemechanismsto the proteasomeinhibitors. Additionally, we focus on the three main classes of proteasome inhibitors: 1] boronic acid, 2] beta-lactone and 3] epoxide inhibitor classes, as well as other PI classes, and their IC50 values and their structure-activity relationship (SAR). Lastly,we summarize several future prospects of developing new proteasome inhibitors towards the treatment of tumors, especially solid tumors.
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- Hind Atta
- School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire Hosted By Global Academic Foundation, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abassia 11566, Cairo, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abassia 11566, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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- School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire Hosted By Global Academic Foundation, Egypt; Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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- School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire Hosted By Global Academic Foundation, Egypt; Biology Department, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
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Amatuni A, Shuster A, Abegg D, Adibekian A, Renata H. Comprehensive Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Cepafungin Enabled by Biocatalytic C-H Oxidations. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:239-251. [PMID: 36844499 PMCID: PMC9951290 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c01219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The cepafungins are a class of highly potent and selective eukaryotic proteasome inhibitor natural products with potential to treat refractory multiple myeloma and other cancers. The structure-activity relationship of the cepafungins is not fully understood. This Article chronicles the development of a chemoenzymatic approach to cepafungin I. A failed initial route involving derivatization of pipecolic acid prompted us to examine the biosynthetic pathway for the production of 4-hydroxylysine, which culminated in the development of a 9-step synthesis of cepafungin I. An alkyne-tagged analogue enabled chemoproteomic studies of cepafungin and comparison of its effects on global protein expression in human multiple myeloma cells to the clinical drug bortezomib. A preliminary series of analogues elucidated critical determinants of potency in proteasome inhibition. Herein we report the chemoenzymatic syntheses of 13 additional analogues of cepafungin I guided by a proteasome-bound crystal structure, 5 of which are more potent than the natural product. The lead analogue was found to have 7-fold greater proteasome β5 subunit inhibitory activity and has been evaluated against several multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma cell lines in comparison to the clinical drug bortezomib.
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- Alexander Amatuni
- Skaggs
Doctoral Program in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Scripps
Research, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Skaggs
Doctoral Program in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Scripps
Research, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Ambrosio FA, Costa G, Gallo Cantafio ME, Torcasio R, Trapasso F, Alcaro S, Viglietto G, Amodio N. Natural Agents as Novel Potential Source of Proteasome Inhibitors with Anti-Tumor Activity: Focus on Multiple Myeloma. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031438. [PMID: 36771100 PMCID: PMC9919276 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is an aggressive and incurable disease for most patients, characterized by periods of treatment, remission and relapse. The introduction of new classes of drugs, such as proteasome inhibitors (PIs), has improved survival outcomes in these patient populations. The proteasome is the core of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), a complex and conserved pathway involved in the control of multiple cellular processes, including cell cycle control, transcription, DNA damage repair, protein quality control and antigen presentation. To date, PIs represent the gold standard for the treatment of MM. Bortezomib was the first PI approved by the FDA, followed by next generation of PIs, namely carfilzomib and ixazomib. Natural agents play an important role in anti-tumor drug discovery, and many of them have recently been reported to inhibit the proteasome, thus representing a new potential source of anti-MM drugs. Based on the pivotal biological role of the proteasome and on PIs' significance in the management of MM, in this review we aim to briefly summarize recent evidence on natural compounds capable of inhibiting the proteasome, thus triggering anti-MM activity.
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- Francesca Alessandra Ambrosio
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus “S. Venuta”, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Campus “S. Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Net4Science Academic Spin-Off, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Campus “S. Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Correspondence: (G.C.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus “S. Venuta”, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus “S. Venuta”, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (Di.B.E.S.T.), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus “S. Venuta”, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Campus “S. Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Net4Science Academic Spin-Off, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Campus “S. Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Associazione CRISEA—Centro di Ricerca e Servizi Avanzati per l’Innovazione Rurale, Loc. Condoleo, 88055 Belcastro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus “S. Venuta”, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus “S. Venuta”, University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Correspondence: (G.C.); (N.A.)
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Kaysser L. Built to bind: biosynthetic strategies for the formation of small-molecule protease inhibitors. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:1654-1686. [DOI: 10.1039/c8np00095f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The discovery and characterization of natural product protease inhibitors has inspired the development of numerous pharmaceutical agents.
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- Leonard Kaysser
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology
- University of Tübingen
- 72076 Tübingen
- Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)
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Rischer M, Raguž L, Guo H, Keiff F, Diekert G, Goris T, Beemelmanns C. Biosynthesis, Synthesis, and Activities of Barnesin A, a NRPS-PKS Hybrid Produced by an Anaerobic Epsilonproteobacterium. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:1990-1995. [PMID: 29901979 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Despite the wealth of physiological knowledge and plentiful genomes available, only few natural products of anaerobic bacteria have been identified until today and even less have been linked to their biosynthetic gene cluster. Here, we analyzed a unique NRPS-PKS hybrid gene cluster from an anaerobic Epsilonproteobacterium ( Sulfurospirillum barnesii). Phylogenetic analysis of key biosynthetic genes, gene expression studies, and comparative metabolomics resulted in the identification of the first anoxically biosynthesized NRPS-PKS hybrid metabolite: a lipo-dipeptide with a vinylogous side chain, called barnesin A. The absolute structure was verified by a modular total synthesis, and barnesin and derivatives were found to have antimicrobial activity, as well as selective and nanomolar inhibitory activity, against pharmacological important cysteine proteases, such as cathepsin B.
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- Maja Rischer
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology−Hans Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstraβe 11a, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology−Hans Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstraβe 11a, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology−Hans Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstraβe 11a, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology−Hans Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstraβe 11a, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Applied and Ecological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology−Hans Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstraβe 11a, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Huang F, Tang J, He L, Ding X, Huang S, Zhang Y, Sun Y, Xia L. Heterologous expression and antitumor activity analysis of syringolin from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:31. [PMID: 29482589 PMCID: PMC6389232 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-0859-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Syringolin, synthesized by a mixed non-ribosomal peptide synthetase/polyketide synthetase in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss) B728a, is a novel eukaryotic proteasome inhibitor. Meanwhile, directly modifying large fragments in the PKS/NRPS gene cluster through traditional DNA engineering techniques is very difficult. In this study, we directly cloned the syl gene cluster from Pss B301D-R via Red/ET recombineering to effectively express syringolin in heterologous hosts. Results A 22 kb genomic fragment containing the sylA–sylE gene cluster was cloned into the pASK vector, and the obtained recombinant plasmid was transferred into Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces lividans for the heterologous expression of syringolin. Transcriptional levels of recombinant syl gene in S. coelicolor M145 and S. lividans TK24 were evaluated via RT-PCR and the production of syringolin compounds was detected via LC–MS analysis. The extracts of the engineered bacteria showed cytotoxic activity to B16, 4T1, Meth-A, and HeLa tumor cells. It is noteworthy that the syringolin displayed anticancer activity against C57BL/6 mice with B16 murine melanoma tumor cells. Together, our results herein demonstrate the potential of syrinolin as effective antitumor agent that can treat various cancers without apparent adverse effects. Conclusions This present study is the first to report the heterologous expression of the entire syl gene cluster in Streptomyces strains and the successful expression of syringolin in both S. coelicolor M145 and S. lividans TK24. Syringolin derivatives demonstrated high cytotoxicity in vitro and in vivo. Hence, this paper provided an important foundation for the discovery and production of new antitumor compounds.
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- Fan Huang
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, People's Republic of China.
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A proteasome inhibitor produced by Burkholderia pseudomallei modulates intracellular growth. Microb Pathog 2017; 107:175-180. [PMID: 28323151 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Revised: 03/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The NRPS/PKS cluster encodes the enzymes necessary for glidobactin synthesis it is partially conserved in various members of the Burkholderia genus including B. pseudomallei. In this study we have shown that the insertional inactivation or deletion of glbC in this cluster in B. pseudomallei could reduce the ability of the bacterium to survive or grow in murine macrophages or in human neutrophils. Exogenously added proteasome inhibitors were able to chemically complement the mutation. The insertional inactivation or deletion of glbC increased virulence in an acute model of infection in Balb/c or C57BL/6 mice but virulence in a chronic model of infection was similar to that of the wild type. Our findings contrast with the previous finding that inactivation of the glb gene cluster in B. pseudomallei strain 1026b resulted in marked attenuation, and provides evidence of differential roles for some genes in virulence of different strains of B. pseudomallei.
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Maxson T, Tietz JI, Hudson GA, Guo XR, Tai HC, Mitchell DA. Targeting Reactive Carbonyls for Identifying Natural Products and Their Biosynthetic Origins. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:15157-15166. [PMID: 27797509 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Natural products (NPs) serve important roles as drug candidates and as tools for chemical biology. However, traditional NP discovery, largely based on bioassay-guided approaches, is biased toward abundant compounds and rediscovery rates are high. Orthogonal methods to facilitate discovery of new NPs are thus needed, and herein we describe an isotope tag-based expansion of reactivity-based NP screening to address these shortcomings. Reactivity-based screening is a directed discovery approach in which a specific reactive handle on the NP is targeted by a chemoselective probe to enable its detection by mass spectrometry. In this study, we have developed an aminooxy-containing probe to guide the discovery of aldehyde- and ketone-containing NPs. To facilitate the detection of labeling events, the probe was dibrominated, imparting a unique isotopic signature to distinguish labeled metabolites from spectral noise. As a proof of concept, the probe was then utilized to screen a collection of bacterial extracts, leading to the identification of a new analogue of antipain, deimino-antipain. The bacterial producer of deimino-antipain was sequenced and the responsible biosynthetic gene cluster was identified by bioinformatic analysis and heterologous expression. These data reveal the previously undetermined genetic basis for a well-known family of aldehyde-containing, peptidic protease inhibitors, including antipain, chymostatin, leupeptin, elastatinal, and microbial alkaline protease inhibitor, which have been widely used for over 40 years.
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- Tucker Maxson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Ravindran A, Jalan N, Yuan JS, Wang N, Gross DC. Comparative genomics of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strains B301D and HS191 and insights into intrapathovar traits associated with plant pathogenesis. Microbiologyopen 2015; 4:553-73. [PMID: 25940918 PMCID: PMC4554452 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is a common plant-associated bacterium that causes diseases of both monocot and dicot plants worldwide. To help delineate traits critical to adaptation and survival in the plant environment, we generated complete genome sequences of P. syringae pv. syringae strains B301D and HS191, which represent dicot and monocot strains with distinct host specificities. Intrapathovar comparisons of the B301D (6.09 Mb) and HS191 (5.95 Mb plus a 52 kb pCG131 plasmid) genomes to the previously sequenced B728a genome demonstrated that the shared genes encompass about 83% of each genome, and include genes for siderophore biosynthesis, osmotolerance, and extracellular polysaccharide production. Between 7% and 12% of the genes are unique among the genomes, and most of the unique gene regions carry transposons, phage elements, or IS elements associated with horizontal gene transfer. Differences are observed in the type III effector composition for the three strains that likely influences host range. The HS191 genome had the largest number at 25 of effector genes, and seven effector genes are specific to this monocot strain. Toxin production is another major trait associated with virulence of P. syringae pv. syringae, and HS191 is distinguished by genes for production of syringopeptin SP25 and mangotoxin.
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- Aravind Ravindran
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-2132
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Sciences, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, Florida, 33850
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-2132
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Sciences, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, Florida, 33850
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-2132
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Dudnik A, Dudler R. Virulence determinants of Pseudomonas syringae strains isolated from grasses in the context of a small type III effector repertoire. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:304. [PMID: 25472590 PMCID: PMC4262972 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0304-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Pseudomonas syringae is pathogenic to a large number of plant species. For host colonization and disease progression, strains of this bacterium utilize an array of type III-secreted effectors and other virulence factors, including small secreted molecules such as syringolin A, a peptide derivative that inhibits the eukaryotic proteasome. In strains colonizing dicotyledonous plants, the compound was demonstrated to suppress the salicylic-acid-dependent defense pathway. Here, we analyze virulence factors of three strains colonizing wheat (Triticum aestivum): P. syringae pathovar syringae (Psy) strains B64 and SM, as well as P. syringae BRIP34876. These strains have a relatively small repertoire of only seven to eleven type III secreted effectors (T3Es) and differ in their capacity to produce syringolin A. The aim of this study was to analyze the contribution of various known virulence factors in the context of a small T3E repertoire. Results We demonstrate that syringolin A production enhances disease symptom development upon direct infiltration of strains into wheat leaves. However, it is not universally required for colonization, as Psy SM, which lacks syringolin biosynthesis genes, reaches cell densities comparable to syringolin A producer P. syringae BRIP34876. Next, we show that despite the small set of T3E-encoding genes, the type III secretion system remains the key pathogenicity determinant in these strains, and that phenotypic effects of deleting T3E-coding genes become apparent only when multiple effectors are removed. Conclusions Whereas production of syringolin A is not required for successful colonization of wheat leaves by P. syringae strains, its production results in increased lesion formation. Despite the small number of known T3Es encoded by the analyzed strains, the type III secretion system is essential for endophytic growth of these strains. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-014-0304-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Alexey Dudnik
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland. .,Present address: Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kogle Allé 4, Hørsholm, 2970, Denmark.
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- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland.
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Bian X, Huang F, Wang H, Klefisch T, Müller R, Zhang Y. Heterologous production of glidobactins/luminmycins in Escherichia coli Nissle containing the glidobactin biosynthetic gene cluster from Burkholderia DSM7029. Chembiochem 2014; 15:2221-4. [PMID: 25147087 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Natural product peptide-based proteasome inhibitors show great potential as anticancer drugs. Here we have cloned the biosynthetic gene cluster of a potent proteasome inhibitor-glidobactin from Burkholderia DSM7029-and successfully detected glidobactins/luminmycins in E. coli Nissle. We have also improved the yield of glidobactin A tenfold by promoter change in a heterologous host. In addition, two new biosynthetic intermediates were identified by comparative MS/MS fragmentation analysis. Identification of acyclic luminmycin E implies substrate specificity of the TE domain for cyclization. The establishment of a heterologous expression system for syrbactins provided the basis for the generation of new syrbactins as proteasome inhibitors by molecular engineering, but the TE domain's specificity cannot be ignored.
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- Xiaoying Bian
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbrücken, (Germany); Shandong University-Helmholtz Joint Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, ShandaNanlu 27, 250100 Jinan, (China)
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Production of proteasome inhibitor syringolin A by the endophyte Rhizobium sp. strain AP16. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:3741-8. [PMID: 24727275 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00395-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Syringolin A, the product of a mixed nonribosomal peptide synthetase/polyketide synthase encoded by the syl gene cluster, is a virulence factor secreted by certain Pseudomonas syringae strains. Together with the glidobactins produced by a number of beta- and gammaproteobacterial human and animal pathogens, it belongs to the syrbactins, a structurally novel class of proteasome inhibitors. In plants, proteasome inhibition by syringolin A-producing P. syringae strains leads to the suppression of host defense pathways requiring proteasome activity, such as the ones mediated by salicylic acid and jasmonic acid. Here we report the discovery of a syl-like gene cluster with some unusual features in the alphaproteobacterial endophyte Rhizobium sp. strain AP16 that encodes a putative syringolin A-like synthetase whose components share 55% to 65% sequence identity (72% to 79% similarity) at the amino acid level. As revealed by average nucleotide identity (ANI) calculations, this strain likely belongs to the same species as biocontrol strain R. rhizogenes K84 (formely known as Agrobacterium radiobacter K84), which, however, carries a nonfunctional deletion remnant of the syl-like gene cluster. Here we present a functional analysis of the syl-like gene cluster of Rhizobium sp. strain AP16 and demonstrate that this endophyte synthesizes syringolin A and some related minor variants, suggesting that proteasome inhibition by syrbactin production can be important not only for pathogens but also for endophytic bacteria in the interaction with their hosts.
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Genome and Transcriptome Sequences of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B301D-R. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2014; 2:2/2/e00306-14. [PMID: 24723725 PMCID: PMC3983314 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00306-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Strains of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae are commonly found in the phylosphere and are able to infect a number of agriculturally important crops. Here, we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B301D-R, isolated from pears, which is a model strain for phytotoxin research in P. syringae.
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Dudler R. The role of bacterial phytotoxins in inhibiting the eukaryotic proteasome. Trends Microbiol 2013; 22:28-35. [PMID: 24284310 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The ubiquitin-26S proteasome degradation system (UPS) plays a pivotal role in almost all aspects of plant life, including defending against pathogens. Although the proteasome is important for plant immunity, it has been found to be also exploited by pathogens using effectors to increase their virulence. Recent work on the XopJ effector and syringolin A/syrbactins has highlighted host proteasome inhibition as a virulence strategy of pathogens. This review will focus on these recent developments.
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- Robert Dudler
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Hofstetter SS, Dudnik A, Widmer H, Dudler R. Arabidopsis YELLOW STRIPE-LIKE7 (YSL7) and YSL8 transporters mediate uptake of Pseudomonas virulence factor syringolin A into plant cells. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:1302-1311. [PMID: 23945001 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-13-0163-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Syringolin A (SylA), a virulence factor secreted by certain strains of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, is an irreversible proteasome inhibitor imported by plant cells by an unknown transport process. Here, we report that functional expression in yeast of all 17 members of the Arabidopsis oligopeptide transporter family revealed that OLIGOPEPTIDE TRANSPORTER1 (OPT1), OPT2, YELLOW STRIPE-LIKE3 (YSL3), YSL7, and YSL8 rendered yeast cells sensitive to growth inhibition by SylA to different degrees, strongly indicating that these proteins mediated SylA uptake into yeast cells. The greatest SylA sensitivity was conferred by YSL7 and YSL8 expression. An Arabidopsis ysl7 mutant exhibited strongly reduced SylA sensitivity in a root growth inhibition assay and in leaves of ysl7 and ysl8 mutants, SylA-mediated quenching of salicylic-acid-triggered PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENE1 transcript accumulation was greatly reduced compared with the wild type. These results suggest that YSL7 and YSL8 are major SylA uptake transporters in Arabidopsis. Expression of a YSL homolog of bean, the host of the SylA-producing P. syringae pv. syringae B728a, in yeast also conferred strong SylA sensitivity. Thus, YSL transporters, which are thought to be involved in metal homeostasis, have been hijacked by bacterial pathogens for SylA uptake into host cells.
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Dudnik A, Dudler R. Non contiguous-finished genome sequence of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar syringae strain B64 isolated from wheat. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:420-9. [PMID: 24501627 PMCID: PMC3910705 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.3997732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The Gram-negative gammaproteobacterium Pseudomonas syringae is one of the most wide-spread plant pathogens and has been repeatedly reported to cause significant damage to crop plantations. Research on this pathogen is very intensive, but most of it is done on isolates that are pathogenic to Arabidopsis, tomato, and bean. Here, we announce a high-quality draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B64 which is the first published genome of a P. syringae strain isolated from wheat up to date. The genome sequence will assist in gaining insights into basic virulence mechanisms of this pathogen which has a relatively small complement of type III effectors.
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- Alexey Dudnik
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Walsh CT, O'Brien RV, Khosla C. Nonproteinogenic amino acid building blocks for nonribosomal peptide and hybrid polyketide scaffolds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:7098-124. [PMID: 23729217 PMCID: PMC4634941 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201208344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Freestanding nonproteinogenic amino acids have long been recognized for their antimetabolite properties and tendency to be uncovered to reactive functionalities by the catalytic action of target enzymes. By installing them regiospecifically into biogenic peptides and proteins, it may be possible to usher a new era at the interface between small molecule and large molecule medicinal chemistry. Site-selective protein functionalization offers uniquely attractive strategies for posttranslational modification of proteins. Last, but not least, many of the amino acids not selected by nature for protein incorporation offer rich architectural possibilities in the context of ribosomally derived polypeptides. This Review summarizes the biosynthetic routes to and metabolic logic for the major classes of the noncanonical amino acid building blocks that end up in both nonribosomal peptide frameworks and in hybrid nonribosomal peptide-polyketide scaffolds.
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- Christopher T Walsh
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Walsh CT, O'Brien RV, Khosla C. Nichtproteinogene Aminosäurebausteine für Peptidgerüste aus nichtribosomalen Peptiden und hybriden Polyketiden. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201208344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Misas-Villamil JC, Kolodziejek I, Crabill E, Kaschani F, Niessen S, Shindo T, Kaiser M, Alfano JR, van der Hoorn RAL. Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae uses proteasome inhibitor syringolin A to colonize from wound infection sites. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003281. [PMID: 23555272 PMCID: PMC3610659 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Infection of plants by bacterial leaf pathogens at wound sites is common in nature. Plants defend wound sites to prevent pathogen invasion, but several pathogens can overcome spatial restriction and enter leaf tissues. The molecular mechanisms used by pathogens to suppress containment at wound infection sites are poorly understood. Here, we studied Pseudomonas syringae strains causing brown spot on bean and blossom blight on pear. These strains exist as epiphytes that can cause disease upon wounding caused by hail, sand storms and frost. We demonstrate that these strains overcome spatial restriction at wound sites by producing syringolin A (SylA), a small molecule proteasome inhibitor. Consequently, SylA-producing strains are able to escape from primary infection sites and colonize adjacent tissues along the vasculature. We found that SylA diffuses from the primary infection site and suppresses acquired resistance in adjacent tissues by blocking signaling by the stress hormone salicylic acid (SA). Thus, SylA diffusion creates a zone of SA-insensitive tissue that is prepared for subsequent colonization. In addition, SylA promotes bacterial motility and suppresses immune responses at the primary infection site. These local immune responses do not affect bacterial growth and were weak compared to effector-triggered immunity. Thus, SylA facilitates colonization from wounding sites by increasing bacterial motility and suppressing SA signaling in adjacent tissues.
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- Plant Chemetics Lab, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Plant Chemetics Lab, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
- Chemical Biology Group, Department of Biology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Plant Chemetics Lab, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Chemical Biology Group, Department of Biology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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Dudler R. Manipulation of host proteasomes as a virulence mechanism of plant pathogens. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2013; 51:521-42. [PMID: 23725468 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082712-102312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The ubiquitin-26S proteasome degradation system (UPS) in plants is involved in the signal transduction of many cellular processes, including host immune responses triggered by pathogen attack. Attacking pathogens produce effectors that are translocated into host cells, where they interfere with the host's defense signaling in very specific ways. Perhaps not surprising in view of the broad involvement of the host proteasome in plant immunity, certain bacterial effectors exploit or require the host UPS for their action, as currently best studied in Pseudomonas syringae. Intriguingly, some P. syringae strains also secrete the virulence factor syringolin A, which irreversibly inhibits the proteasome by a novel mechanism. Here, the role of the UPS in plant defense and its exploitation by effectors are summarized, and the biology, taxonomic distribution, and emerging implications for virulence strategies of syringolin A and similar compounds are discussed.
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- Robert Dudler
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Dudnik A, Bigler L, Dudler R. Heterologous expression of a Photorhabdus luminescens syrbactin-like gene cluster results in production of the potent proteasome inhibitor glidobactin A. Microbiol Res 2012; 168:73-6. [PMID: 23079192 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2012.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Syrbactins are cyclic peptide derivatives which are known to inhibit the eukaryotic proteasome by irreversible covalent binding to its catalytic sites. The only two members of this family characterized to date, syringolin A and glidobactin A, are secreted by certain strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae and strain K481-B101 from the order Burkholderiales, respectively. Syrbactins are the products of mixed non-ribosomal peptide/polyketide synthases encoded by gene clusters with a characteristic architecture. Similar, but not identical gene clusters are present in several other bacterial genomes, including that of Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii TT01, which is therefore hypothesized to be able to produce a syrbactin-type proteasome inhibitor. Here we report the cloning of the putative syrbactins synthetase encoding gene cluster of Ph. luminescens into a cosmid vector and its heterologous expression in Pseudomonas putida. Analysis of culture supernatants of transformed Ps. putida by HPLC and mass spectrometry revealed the presence of glidobactin A, indicating that the syrbactins-like gene cluster of Ph. luminescens encodes a glidobactin A synthetase and that this organism has the capacity to synthesize glidobactin A.
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- Alexey Dudnik
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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Fu J, Bian X, Hu S, Wang H, Huang F, Seibert PM, Plaza A, Xia L, Müller R, Stewart AF, Zhang Y. Full-length RecE enhances linear-linear homologous recombination and facilitates direct cloning for bioprospecting. Nat Biotechnol 2012; 30:440-6. [PMID: 22544021 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Functional analysis of genome sequences requires methods for cloning DNA of interest. However, existing methods, such as library cloning and screening, are too demanding or inefficient for high-throughput application to the wealth of genomic data being delivered by massively parallel sequencing. Here we describe direct DNA cloning based on the discovery that the full-length Rac prophage protein RecE and its partner RecT mediate highly efficient linear-linear homologous recombination mechanistically distinct from conventional recombineering mediated by Redαβ from lambda phage or truncated versions of RecET. We directly cloned all ten megasynthetase gene clusters (each 10–52 kb in length) from Photorhabdus luminescens into expression vectors and expressed two of them in a heterologous host to identify the metabolites luminmycin A and luminmide A/B. We also directly cloned cDNAs and exactly defined segments from bacterial artificial chromosomes. Direct cloning with full-length RecE expands the DNA engineering toolbox and will facilitate bioprospecting for natural products.
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- Jun Fu
- Technische Universitaet Dresden, Genomics, BioInnovationsZentrum, Dresden, Germany
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Ramel C, Baechler N, Hildbrand M, Meyer M, Schädeli D, Dudler R. Regulation of biosynthesis of syringolin A, a Pseudomonas syringae virulence factor targeting the host proteasome. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2012; 25:1198-1208. [PMID: 22852810 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-03-12-0070-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Many strains of the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae synthesize the virulence factor syringolin A, which irreversibly inactivates the eukaryotic proteasome. Syringolin A, a peptide derivative, is synthesized by a mixed nonribosomal peptide/polyketide synthetase encoded by five clustered genes, sylA to sylE. Biosynthesis of syringolin A, previously shown to be dependent on the GacS/GacA two-component system, occurs in planta and in vitro but only under still culture conditions in a defined medium. Here, we show that the sylC, sylD, and sylE genes of P. syringae pv. syringae B301D-R form an operon transcribed by promoter sequences located between the sylCDE operon and the sylB gene residing on opposite strands. Assays of overlapping sylB and sylCDE promoter deletions translationally fused to the lacZ gene defined promoter sequences required for gene activity both in vitro and in planta. Activation of both promoters depended on the sylA gene encoding a helix-turn-helix (HTH) LuxR-type transcription factor which was shown to directly bind to the promoters. Activity of the sylA gene, in turn, required a functional salA gene, which also encodes an HTH LuxR-type transcription factor. Furthermore, evidence is presented that acyl-homoserine lactone-mediated quorum-sensing regulation is not involved in syringolin A biosynthesis but that oxygen concentration appears to play a role.
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Archer CR, Groll M, Stein ML, Schellenberg B, Clerc J, Kaiser M, Kondratyuk TP, Pezzuto JM, Dudler R, Bachmann AS. Activity enhancement of the synthetic syrbactin proteasome inhibitor hybrid and biological evaluation in tumor cells. Biochemistry 2012; 51:6880-8. [PMID: 22870914 DOI: 10.1021/bi300841r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Syrbactins belong to a recently emergent class of bacterial natural product inhibitors that irreversibly inhibit the proteasome of eukaryotes by a novel mechanism. The total syntheses of the syrbactin molecules syringolin A, syringolin B, and glidobactin A have been achieved, which allowed the preparation of syrbactin-inspired derivatives, such as the syringolin A-glidobactin A hybrid molecule (SylA-GlbA). To determine the potency of SylA-GlbA, we employed both in vitro and cell culture-based proteasome assays that measure the subcatalytic chymotrypsin-like (CT-L), trypsin-like (T-L), and caspase-like (C-L) activities. We further studied the inhibitory effects of SylA-GlbA on tumor cell growth using a panel of multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, and ovarian cancer cell lines and showed that SylA-GlbA strongly blocks the activity of NF-κB. To gain more insights into the structure-activity relationship, we cocrystallized SylA-GlbA in complex with the proteasome and determined the X-ray structure. The electron density map displays covalent binding of the Thr1O(γ) atoms of all active sites to the macrolactam ring of the ligand via ether bond formation, thus providing insights into the structure-activity relationship for the improved affinity of SylA-GlbA for the CT-L activity compared to those of the natural compounds SylA and GlbA. Our study revealed that the novel synthetic syrbactin compound represents one of the most potent proteasome inhibitors analyzed to date and therefore exhibits promising properties for improved drug development as an anticancer therapeutic.
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- Crystal R Archer
- University of Hawaii Cancer Center, 1236 Lauhala Street, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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Bian X, Huang F, Stewart FA, Xia L, Zhang Y, Müller R. Direct Cloning, Genetic Engineering, and Heterologous Expression of the Syringolin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster inE. colithrough Red/ET Recombineering. Chembiochem 2012; 13:1946-52. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gräwert MA, Groll M. Exploiting nature's rich source of proteasome inhibitors as starting points in drug development. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 48:1364-78. [PMID: 22039589 DOI: 10.1039/c1cc15273d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cancer is the No. 2 cause of death in the Western world and one of the most expensive diseases to treat. Thus, it is not surprising, that every major pharmaceutical and biotechnology company has a blockbuster oncology product. In 2003, Millennium Pharmaceuticals entered the race with Velcade®, a first-in-class proteasome inhibitor that has been approved by the FDA for treatment of multiple myeloma and its sales have passed the billion dollar mark. Velcade®'s extremely toxic boronic acid pharmacophore, however, contributes to a number of severe side effects. Nevertheless, the launching of this product has validated the proteasome as a target in fighting cancer and further proteasome inhibitors have entered the market as anti-cancer drugs. Additionally, proteasome inhibitors have found application as crop protection agents, anti-parasitics, immunosuppressives, as well as in new therapies for muscular dystrophies and inflammation. Many of these compounds are based on microbial metabolites. In this review, we emphasize the important role of the structural elucidation of the various unique binding mechanisms of these compounds that have been optimized throughout evolution to target the proteasome. Based on this knowledge, medicinal chemists have further optimized these natural products, resulting in potential drugs with reduced off-target activities.
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- Melissa Ann Gräwert
- Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany.
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Krahn D, Ottmann C, Kaiser M. The chemistry and biology of syringolins, glidobactins and cepafungins (syrbactins). Nat Prod Rep 2011; 28:1854-67. [PMID: 21904761 DOI: 10.1039/c1np00048a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Syrbactin is a subordinate term for the syringolin, glidobactin and cepafungin natural product families. Their grouping is based on their related molecular frameworks, similar biosynthesis pathways and, most importantly, identical modes-of-action, being irreversible proteasome inhibition. With this report, we aim to review their chemical biology, describing their common, but also differential characteristics.
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- Daniel Krahn
- Zentrum für Medizinische Biotechnologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Wuest WM, Krahn D, Kaiser M, Walsh CT. Enzymatic timing and tailoring of macrolactamization in syringolin biosynthesis. Org Lett 2011; 13:4518-21. [PMID: 21812451 DOI: 10.1021/ol2016687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The enzymatic activation of 3,4-dehydrolysine and subsequent formation of the 12-membered syringolin macrolactam were investigated. The timing of the desaturation was elucidated through the analysis of the initial adenylation domain of SylD. The SylD-TTE didomain was characterized and demonstrated to be the catalyst for formation of 12-membered macrocycles. When the SylD thioesterase domain was reacted with a family of acyclic CoA both natural and unnatural macrocycles were generated.
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- William M Wuest
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Imker HJ, Krahn D, Clerc J, Kaiser M, Walsh CT. N-acylation during glidobactin biosynthesis by the tridomain nonribosomal peptide synthetase module GlbF. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 17:1077-83. [PMID: 21035730 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Revised: 07/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Glidobactins are hybrid NRPS-PKS natural products that function as irreversible proteasome inhibitors. A variety of medium chain 2(E),4(E)-diene fatty acids N-acylate the peptidolactam core and contribute significantly to the potency of proteasome inhibition. We have expressed the initiation NRPS module GlbF (C-A-T) in Escherichia coli and observe soluble active protein only on coexpression with the 8 kDa MbtH-like protein, GlbE. Following adenylation and installation of Thr as a T-domain thioester, the starter condensation domain utilizes fatty acyl-CoA donors to acylate the Thr(1) amino group and generate the fatty acyl-Thr(1)-S-pantetheinyl-GlbF intermediate to be used in subsequent chain elongation. Previously proposed to be mediated via acyl carrier protein fatty acid donors, direct utilization of fatty acyl-CoA donors for N-acylation of T-domain tethered amino acids is likely a common strategy for chain initiation in NRPS-mediated lipopeptide biosynthesis.
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- Heidi J Imker
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Kolodziejek I, Misas-Villamil JC, Kaschani F, Clerc J, Gu C, Krahn D, Niessen S, Verdoes M, Willems LI, Overkleeft HS, Kaiser M, van der Hoorn RA. Proteasome activity imaging and profiling characterizes bacterial effector syringolin A. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 155:477-89. [PMID: 21045122 PMCID: PMC3075764 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.163733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Syringolin A (SylA) is a nonribosomal cyclic peptide produced by the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae that can inhibit the eukaryotic proteasome. The proteasome is a multisubunit proteolytic complex that resides in the nucleus and cytoplasm and contains three subunits with different catalytic activities: β1, β2, and β5. Here, we studied how SylA targets the plant proteasome in living cells using activity-based profiling and imaging. We further developed this technology by introducing new, more selective probes and establishing procedures of noninvasive imaging in living Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) cells. These studies showed that SylA preferentially targets β2 and β5 of the plant proteasome in vitro and in vivo. Structure-activity analysis revealed that the dipeptide tail of SylA contributes to β2 specificity and identified a nonreactive SylA derivative that proved essential for imaging experiments. Interestingly, subcellular imaging with probes based on epoxomicin and SylA showed that SylA accumulates in the nucleus of the plant cell and suggests that SylA targets the nuclear proteasome. Furthermore, subcellular fractionation studies showed that SylA labels nuclear and cytoplasmic proteasomes. The selectivity of SylA for the catalytic subunits and subcellular compartments is discussed, and the subunit selectivity is explained by crystallographic data.
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Rackham EJ, Grüschow S, Ragab AE, Dickens S, Goss RJM. Pacidamycin biosynthesis: identification and heterologous expression of the first uridyl peptide antibiotic gene cluster. Chembiochem 2010; 11:1700-9. [PMID: 20665770 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The pacidamycins are antimicrobial nucleoside antibiotics produced by Streptomyces coeruleorubidus that inhibit translocase I, an essential bacterial enzyme yet to be clinically targeted. The novel pacidamycin scaffold is composed of a pseudopeptide backbone linked by a unique exocyclic enamide to an atypical 3'-deoxyuridine nucleoside. In addition, the peptidyl chain undergoes a double inversion caused by the incorporation of a diamino acid residue and a rare internal ureido moiety. The pacidamycin gene cluster was identified and sequenced, thereby providing the first example of a biosynthetic cluster for a member of the uridyl peptide family of antibiotics. Analysis of the 22 ORFs provided an insight into the biosynthesis of the unique structural features of the pacidamycins. Heterologous expression in Streptomyces lividans resulted in the production of pacidamycin D and the newly identified pacidamycin S, thus confirming the identity of the pacidamycin biosynthetic gene cluster. Identification of this cluster will enable the generation of new uridyl peptide antibiotics through combinatorial biosynthesis. The concise cluster will provide a useful model system through which to gain a fundamental understanding of the way in which nonribosomal peptide synthetases interact.
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- Emma J Rackham
- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Earlham Road, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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Schellenberg B, Ramel C, Dudler R. Pseudomonas syringae virulence factor syringolin A counteracts stomatal immunity by proteasome inhibition. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:1287-93. [PMID: 20831408 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-04-10-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The peptide derivative syringolin A, a product of a mixed nonribosomal peptide and polyketide synthetase, is secreted by certain strains of the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Syringolin A was shown to be a virulence factor for P. syringae pv. syringae B728a because disease symptoms on its host Phaseolus vulgaris (bean) were greatly reduced upon inoculation with syringolin A-negative mutants. Syringolin A's mode of action was recently shown to be irreversible proteasome inhibition. Here, we report that syringolin A-producing bacteria are able to open stomata and, thus, counteract stomatal innate immunity in bean and Arabidopsis. Syringolin A-negative mutants, which induce stomatal closure, can be complemented by exogenous addition of not only syringolin A but also MG132, a well-characterized and structurally unrelated proteasome inhibitor. This demonstrates that proteasome activity is crucial for guard cell function. In Arabidopsis, stomatal immunity was salicylic acid (SA)-dependent and required NPR1, a key regulator of the SA-dependent defense pathway whose proteasome-dependent turnover has been reported to be essential for its function. Thus, elimination of NPR1 turnover through proteasome inhibition by syringolin A is an attractive hypothesis to explain the observed inhibition of stomatal immunity by syringolin A.
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Rouhiainen L, Jokela J, Fewer DP, Urmann M, Sivonen K. Two alternative starter modules for the non-ribosomal biosynthesis of specific anabaenopeptin variants in Anabaena (Cyanobacteria). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 17:265-73. [PMID: 20338518 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Anabaenopeptins are a diverse family of cyclic hexapeptide protease inhibitors produced by cyanobacteria that contain a conserved ureido bond and D-Lys moiety. Here we demonstrate that anabaenopeptins are assembled on a nonribosomal peptide synthetase enzyme complex encoded by a 32 kb apt gene cluster in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain 90. Surprisingly, the gene cluster encoded two alternative starter modules organized in separate bimodular proteins. The starter modules display high substrate specificity for L-Arg/L-Lys and L-Tyr, respectively, and allow the specific biosynthesis of different anabaenopeptin variants. The two starter modules were found also in other Anabaena strains. However, just a single module was present in the anabaenopeptin gene clusters of Nostoc and Nodularia, respectively. The organization of the apt gene cluster in Anabaena represents an exception to the established colinearity rule of linear non-ribosomal peptide synthetases.
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- Leo Rouhiainen
- Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 56, Viikki Biocenter, Viikinkaari 9, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Clerc J, Schellenberg B, Groll M, Bachmann AS, Huber R, Dudler R, Kaiser M. Convergent Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Syringolin A and Derivatives as Eukaryotic 20S Proteasome Inhibitors. European J Org Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Syrbactin class proteasome inhibitor-induced apoptosis and autophagy occurs in association with p53 accumulation and Akt/PKB activation in neuroblastoma. Biochem Pharmacol 2010; 80:170-8. [PMID: 20362557 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2010.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Revised: 03/22/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Syrbactins belong to a new class of proteasome inhibitors which include syringolins and glidobactins. These small molecules are structurally distinct from other, well-established proteasome inhibitors, and bind the eukaryotic 20S proteasome by a novel mechanism. In this study, we examined the effects of syringolin A (SylA) and glidobactin A (GlbA) as well as two synthetic SylA-analogs (SylA-PEG and SylA-LIP) in human neuroblastoma (SK-N-SH), human multiple myeloma (MM1.S, MM1.RL, and U266), and human ovarian cancer (SKOV-3) cells. While all four syrbactins inhibited cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner, GlbA was most potent in both dexamethasone-sensitive MM1.S cells (IC(50): 0.004microM) and dexamethasone-resistant MM1.RL cells (IC(50): 0.005microM). Syrbactins also inhibited the chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity in a dose-dependent fashion, and GlbA was most effective in SK-N-SH cells (IC(50): 0.015microM). The GlbA-promoted inhibition of proteasomal activity in SK-N-SH cells resulted in the accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins and tumor suppressor protein p53 and led to apoptotic cell death in a time-dependent manner. GlbA treatment also promoted the activation of Akt/PKB via phosphorylation at residue Ser(473) and induced autophagy as judged by the presence of the lipidated form of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) and autophagosomes. Collectively, our data suggest that syrbactins belong to a new and effective proteasome inhibitor class which promotes cell death. Proteasome inhibition is a promising strategy for targeted anticancer therapy and syrbactins are a new class of inhibitors which provide a structural platform for the development of novel, proteasome inhibitor-based drug therapeutics.
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Imker HJ, Walsh CT, Wuest WM. SylC catalyzes ureido-bond formation during biosynthesis of the proteasome inhibitor syringolin A. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 131:18263-5. [PMID: 19968303 DOI: 10.1021/ja909170u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Syringolins are a class of cyclic tripeptide natural products that are potent and irreversible inhibitors of the eukaryotic proteasome. In addition to being hybrid NRPS/PKS molecules, they also feature an unusual ureido-linkage (red) between two amino acid monomers. Here we report the first in vitro characterization of enzymatic ureido-linkage formation which is catalyzed by an NRPS, SylC. Using (13)C- and (18)O-labeling studies, we show that biosynthesis occurs via N-carboxylation to form an initial N-carboxy-aminoacyl-S-Ppant enzyme intermediate which undergoes intramolecular cyclization followed by condensation with a second amino acid to form the ureido-containing dipeptide product.
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- Heidi J Imker
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. USA
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Ramel C, Tobler M, Meyer M, Bigler L, Ebert MO, Schellenberg B, Dudler R. Biosynthesis of the proteasome inhibitor syringolin A: the ureido group joining two amino acids originates from bicarbonate. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2009; 10:26. [PMID: 19863801 PMCID: PMC2773804 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-10-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Syringolin A, an important virulence factor in the interaction of the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a with its host plant Phaseolus vulgaris (bean), was recently shown to irreversibly inhibit eukaryotic proteasomes by a novel mechanism. Syringolin A is synthesized by a mixed non-ribosomal peptide synthetase/polyketide synthetase and consists of a tripeptide part including a twelve-membered ring with an N-terminal valine that is joined to a second valine via a very unusual ureido group. Analysis of sequence and architecture of the syringolin A synthetase gene cluster with the five open reading frames sylA-sylE allowed to formulate a biosynthesis model that explained all structural features of the tripeptide part of syringolin A but left the biosynthesis of the unusual ureido group unaccounted for. RESULTS We have cloned a 22 kb genomic fragment containing the sylA-sylE gene cluster but no other complete gene into the broad host range cosmid pLAFR3. Transfer of the recombinant cosmid into Pseudomonas putida and P. syringae pv. syringae SM was sufficient to direct the biosynthesis of bona fide syringolin A in these heterologous organisms whose genomes do not contain homologous genes. NMR analysis of syringolin A isolated from cultures grown in the presence of NaH(13)CO(3) revealed preferential (13)C-labeling at the ureido carbonyl position. CONCLUSION The results show that no additional syringolin A-specific genes were needed for the biosynthesis of the enigmatic ureido group joining two amino acids. They reveal the source of the ureido carbonyl group to be bicarbonate/carbon dioxide, which we hypothesize is incorporated by carbamylation of valine mediated by the sylC gene product(s). A similar mechanism may also play a role in the biosynthesis of other ureido-group-containing NRPS products known largely from cyanobacteria.
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- Christina Ramel
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Gross H, Loper JE. Genomics of secondary metabolite production by Pseudomonas spp. Nat Prod Rep 2009; 26:1408-46. [PMID: 19844639 DOI: 10.1039/b817075b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Harald Gross
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Nussallee 6, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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Clerc J, Groll M, Illich DJ, Bachmann AS, Huber R, Schellenberg B, Dudler R, Kaiser M. Synthetic and structural studies on syringolin A and B reveal critical determinants of selectivity and potency of proteasome inhibition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:6507-12. [PMID: 19359491 PMCID: PMC2672505 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901982106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Syrbactins, a family of natural products belonging either to the syringolin or glidobactin class, are highly potent proteasome inhibitors. Although sharing similar structural features, they differ in their macrocyclic lactam core structure and exocyclic side chain. These structural variations critically influence inhibitory potency and proteasome subsite selectivity. Here, we describe the total synthesis of syringolin A and B, which together with enzyme kinetic and structural studies, allowed us to elucidate the structural determinants underlying the proteasomal subsite selectivity and binding affinity of syrbactins. These findings were used successfully in the rational design and synthesis of a syringolin A-based lipophilic derivative, which proved to be the most potent syrbactin-based proteasome inhibitor described so far. With a K(i)' of 8.65 +/- 1.13 nM for the chymotryptic activity, this syringolin A derivative displays a 100-fold higher potency than the parent compound syringolin A. In light of the medicinal relevance of proteasome inhibitors as anticancer compounds, the present findings may assist in the rational design and development of syrbactin-based chemotherapeutics.
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- Jérôme Clerc
- Chemical Genomics Centre der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Chemical Genomics Centre der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz 18a, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3US, United Kingdom
- Zentrum für Medizinische Biotechnologie, Universität Duisburg–Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany; and
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- Zurich–Basel Plant Science Center, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Zurich–Basel Plant Science Center, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Chemical Genomics Centre der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Groll M, Schellenberg B, Bachmann AS, Archer CR, Huber R, Powell TK, Lindow S, Kaiser M, Dudler R. A plant pathogen virulence factor inhibits the eukaryotic proteasome by a novel mechanism. Nature 2008; 452:755-8. [DOI: 10.1038/nature06782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Schellenberg B, Bigler L, Dudler R. Identification of genes involved in the biosynthesis of the cytotoxic compound glidobactin from a soil bacterium. Environ Microbiol 2008; 9:1640-50. [PMID: 17564599 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01278.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Glidobactins (syn. cepafungins) are a family of structurally related cytotoxic compounds that were isolated from the soil bacterial strain K481-B101 (ATCC 53080; DSM 7029) originally assigned to Polyangium brachysporum and, independently, from an undefined species related to Burkholderia cepacia. Glidobactins are acylated tripeptide derivatives that contain a 12-membered ring structure consisting of the two unique non-proteinogenic amino acids erythro-4-hydroxy-l-lysine and 4(S)-amino-2(E)-pentenoic acid. Here we report the cloning and functional analysis of a gene cluster (glbA-glbH) involved in glidobactin synthesis from K481-B101, which according to its 16S rRNA sequence belongs to the Burkholderiales. The putative encoded proteins include a mixed non-ribosomal peptide/polyketide synthetase whose structure and architecture allowed to build a biosynthetic pathway model explaining the biosynthesis of the unique peptide part of glidobactins. Intriguingly, among the more than 600 bacterial strains whose genome sequence is currently available, homologous gene clusters were found in Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causing agent of melioidosis, and in the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens, strongly suggesting that these organisms are capable to synthesize compounds similar to glidobactins. In addition, a glb gene cluster that was inactivated by transposon-mediated rearrangements was also present in Burkholderia mallei, a very close relative of B. pseudomallei and the causing agent of glanders in horse-like animals.
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Arrebola E, Cazorla FM, Romero D, Pérez-García A, de Vicente A. A nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene (mgoA) of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is involved in mangotoxin biosynthesis and is required for full virulence. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2007; 20:500-9. [PMID: 17506328 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-20-5-0500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, which causes the bacterial apical necrosis of mango, produces the antimetabolite mangotoxin. We report here the cloning, sequencing, and identity analysis of a chromosomal region of 11.1 kb from strain P syringae pv. syringae UMAF0158, which is involved in mangotoxin biosynthesis. This chromosomal region contains six complete open reading frames (ORFs), including a large gene (ORF5) with a modular architecture characteristic of nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) named mgoA. A Tn5 mutant disrupted in mgoA was defective in mangotoxin production, revealing the involvement of the putative NRPS gene in the biosynthesis of mangotoxin. This derivative strain impaired in mangotoxin production also showed a reduction in virulence as measured by necrotic symptoms on tomato leaflets. Mangotoxin production and virulence were restored fully in the NRPS mutant by complementation with plasmid pCG2-6, which contains an 11,103-bp chromosomal region cloned from the wild-type strain P syringae pv. syringae UMAF0158 that includes the putative NPRS gene (mgoA). The results demonstrate that mgoA has a role in the virulence of P. syringae pv. syringae. The involvement of an NRPS in the production of an antimetabolite toxin from P. syringae inhibiting ornithine acetyltransferase activity is proposed.
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- Eva Arrebola
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Minowa Y, Araki M, Kanehisa M. Comprehensive analysis of distinctive polyketide and nonribosomal peptide structural motifs encoded in microbial genomes. J Mol Biol 2007; 368:1500-17. [PMID: 17400247 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2006] [Revised: 02/19/2007] [Accepted: 02/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We developed a highly accurate method to predict polyketide (PK) and nonribosomal peptide (NRP) structures encoded in microbial genomes. PKs/NRPs are polymers of carbonyl/peptidyl chains synthesized by polyketide synthases (PKS) and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS). We analyzed domain sequences corresponding to specific substrates and physical interactions between PKSs/NRPSs in order to predict which substrates (carbonyl/peptidyl units) are selected and assembled into highly ordered chemical structures. The predicted PKs/NRPs were represented as the sequences of carbonyl/peptidyl units to extract the structural motifs efficiently. We applied our method to 4529 PKSs/NRPSs and found 619 PKs/NRPs. We also collected 1449 PKs/NRPs whose chemical structures have been determined experimentally. The structural sequences were compared using the Smith-Waterman algorithm, and clustered into 271 clusters. From the compound clusters, we extracted 33 structural motifs that are significantly related with their bioactivities. We used the structural motifs to infer functions of 13 novel PKs/NRPs clusters produced by Pseudomonas spp. and Burkholderia spp. and found a putative virulence factor. The integrative analysis of genomic and chemical information given here will provide a strategy to predict the chemical structures, the biosynthetic pathways, and the biological activities of PKs/NRPs, which is useful for the rational design of novel PKs/NRPs.
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- Yohsuke Minowa
- Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Coleman CS, Rocetes JP, Park DJ, Wallick CJ, Warn-Cramer BJ, Michel K, Dudler R, Bachmann AS. Syringolin A, a new plant elicitor from the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, inhibits the proliferation of neuroblastoma and ovarian cancer cells and induces apoptosis. Cell Prolif 2007; 39:599-609. [PMID: 17109642 PMCID: PMC6496920 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2006.00402.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Syringolin A is a new plant elicitor produced by the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. The goal of this study was to investigate whether syringolin A exhibits anti-proliferative properties in cancer cells. The treatment of human neuroblastoma (NB) cells (SK-N-SH and LAN-1) and human ovarian cancer cells (SKOV3) with syringolin A (0-100 microm) inhibited cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. The IC(50) (50% inhibition) for each cell line ranged between 20 microm and 25 microm. In SK-N-SH cells, the treatment with 20 microm syringolin A led to a rapid (24 h) increase of the apoptosis-associated tumour suppressor protein p53. In addition, we found that the treatment of SK-N-SH cells caused severe morphological changes after 48 h such as rounding of cells and loss of adherence, both conditions observed during apoptosis. The induction of apoptosis by syringolin A was confirmed by both poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage and annexin V assay. Taken together, we show for the first time that the natural product syringolin A exhibits anti-proliferative activity and induces apoptosis. Syringolin A and structurally modified syringolin A derivatives may serve as new lead compounds for the development of novel anticancer drugs.
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- C S Coleman
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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Michel K, Abderhalden O, Bruggmann R, Dudler R. Transcriptional changes in powdery mildew infected wheat and Arabidopsis leaves undergoing syringolin-triggered hypersensitive cell death at infection sites. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 62:561-78. [PMID: 16941219 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici, the causal agent of powdery mildew in wheat, is an obligate biotrophic fungus that exclusively invades epidermal cells. As previously shown, spraying of a solution of syringolin A, a circular peptide derivative secreted by the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, triggers hypersensitive cell death at infection sites in powdery mildew infected wheat. Thus, the fungus is essentially eradicated. Here we show that syringolin A also triggers hypersensitive cell death in Arabidopsis infected with the powdery mildew fungus Erysiphe cichoracearum. To monitor transcriptional changes associated with this effect, we cloned 307 cDNA clones representing 158 unigenes from powdery mildew infected, syringolin A sprayed wheat leaves by a suppression subtractive hybridization cloning procedure. These cDNAs were microarrayed onto glass slides together with 1088 cDNA-AFLP clones from powdery mildew-infected wheat. Microarray hybridization experiments were performed with probes derived from leaves, epidermal tissue, and mesophyll preparations of mildewed or uninfected wheat plants after syringolin A or control treatment. Similar experiments were performed in Arabidopsis using the Affymetrix ATH1 whole genome GeneChip. The results indicate a conserved mode of action of syringolin A as similar gene groups are induced in both species. Prominent groups include genes associated with the proteasomal degradation pathway, mitochondrial and other heat shock genes, genes involved in mitochondrial alternative electron pathways, and genes encoding glycolytic and fermentative enzymes. Surprisingly, in both species the observed transcriptional response to syringolin A was considerably weaker in infected plants as compared to uninfected plants. The results lead to the working hypothesis that cell death observed at infection sites may result from a parasite-induced suppression of the transcriptional response and thus to insufficient production of protective proteins necessary for the recovery of these cells from whatever insult is imposed by syringolin A.
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- Kathrin Michel
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8000 Zurich, Switzerland
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Wang N, Lu SE, Records AR, Gross DC. Characterization of the transcriptional activators SalA and SyrF, Which are required for syringomycin and syringopeptin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:3290-8. [PMID: 16621822 PMCID: PMC1447436 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.9.3290-3298.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2005] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Production of the phytotoxins syringomycin and syringopeptin by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is controlled by the regulatory genes salA and syrF. Analysis with 70-mer oligonucleotide microarrays established that the syr-syp genes responsible for synthesis and secretion of syringomycin and syringopeptin belong to the SyrF regulon. Vector pMEKm12 was successfully used to express both SalA and SyrF proteins fused to a maltose-binding protein (MBP) in Escherichia coli and P. syringae pv. syringae. Both the MBP-SalA and MBP-SyrF fusion proteins were purified by maltose affinity chromatography. Gel shift analysis revealed that the purified MBP-SyrF, but not the MBP-SalA fusion protein, bound to a 262-bp fragment of the syrB1 promoter region containing the syr-syp box. Purified MBP-SalA caused a shift of a 324-bp band containing the putative syrF promoter. Gel filtration analysis and cross-linking experiments indicated that both SalA and SyrF form homodimers in vitro. Overexpression of the N-terminal regions of SalA and SyrF resulted in decreased syringomycin production by strain B301D and reduced levels of beta-glucuronidase activities of the sypA::uidA and syrB1::uidA reporters by 59% to 74%. The effect of SalA on the expression of the syr-syp genes is mediated by SyrF, which activates the syr-syp genes by directly binding to the promoter regions. Both SalA and SyrF resemble other LuxR family proteins in dimerization and interaction with promoter regions of target genes.
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- Nian Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Wang N, Lu SE, Yang Q, Sze SH, Gross DC. Identification of the syr-syp box in the promoter regions of genes dedicated to syringomycin and syringopeptin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B301D. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:160-8. [PMID: 16352832 PMCID: PMC1317596 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.1.160-168.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The phytotoxins syringopeptin and syringomycin are synthesized by nonribosomal peptide synthetases which are encoded by the syringomycin (syr) and syringopeptin (syp) genomic island of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Previous studies demonstrated that expression of the syr-syp genes was controlled by the salA-syrF regulatory pathway, which in turn was induced by plant signal molecules. In this study, the 132-kb syr-syp genomic island was found to be organized into five polycistronic operons along with eight individual genes based on reverse transcriptional PCR and bioinformatic analysis. The transcriptional start sites of the salA gene and operons III and IV were located 63, 75, and 104 bp upstream of the start codons of salA, syrP, and syrB1, respectively, using primer extension analysis. The predicted -10/-35 promoter region of operon IV was confirmed based on deletion and site-directed mutagenesis analyses of the syrB1::uidA reporter with beta-glucuronidase assays. A 20-bp conserved sequence (TGtCccgN(6)cggGaCA, termed the syr-syp box) with dyad symmetry around the -35 region was identified via computer analysis for the syr-syp genes/operons responsible for biosynthesis and secretion of syringomycin and syringopeptin. Expression of the syrB1::uidA fusion was decreased 59% when 6 bp was deleted from the 5' end of the syr-syp box in the promoter region of operon IV. These results demonstrate that the conserved promoter sequences of the syr-syp genes contribute to the coregulation of syringomycin and syringopeptin production.
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- Nian Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Wang N, Lu SE, Wang J, Chen ZJ, Gross DC. The expression of genes encoding lipodepsipeptide phytotoxins by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is coordinated in response to plant signal molecules. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2006; 19:257-69. [PMID: 16570656 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-19-0257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Specific plant signal molecules are known to induce syringomycin production and expression of syrB1, a syringomycin synthetase gene, in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. This report demonstrates that syringopeptin production likewise is activated by plant signal molecules and that the GacS, SalA, and SyrF regulatory pathway mediates transmission of plant signal molecules to the syr-syp biosynthesis apparatus. Syringopeptin production by BR132 was increased two-fold by addition of arbutin (100 microM) and D-fructose (0.1%) to syringomycin minimal medium (SRM). Among 10 plant phenolic compounds tested, only the phenolic glucosides arbutin, salicin, and phenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside induced substantially the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) activity of a sypA::uidA reporter from 242 U per 10(8) CFU without plant signal molecules up to 419 U per 10(8) CFU with plant signal molecules. Syringopeptin production was found to be controlled by the SalA/SyrF regulon because no toxin was detected from cultures of B301DSL7 (i.e., salA mutant) and B301DSL1 (i.e., syrF mutant), and the expression of sypA::uidA was decreased approximately 99 and 94% in salA (B301DSL30) and syrF (B301DNW31) mutant backgrounds, respectively. Subgenomic analysis of transcriptional expression with a 70-mer oligonucleotide microarray demonstrated that the syr-syp genes are induced 2.5- to 10.5-fold by addition of arbutin and D-fructose to SRM. This study establishes that plant signal molecules are transmitted through the GacS, SalA/SyrF pathway to activate the coordinated transcriptional expression of the syr-syp genes.
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- Nian Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and 2Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, USA
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