Actinopolysporins A-C and tubercidin as a Pdcd4 stabilizer from the halophilic actinomycete Actinopolyspora erythraea YIM 90600

J Nat Prod. 2011 Sep 23;74(9):1990-5. doi: 10.1021/np200603g. Epub 2011 Aug 26.

Abstract

Our current natural product program utilizes new actinomycetes originating from unexplored and underexplored ecological niches, employing cytotoxicity against a selected panel of cancer cell lines as the preliminary screen to identify hit strains for natural product dereplication, followed by mechanism-based assays of the purified natural products to discover potential anticancer drug leads. Three new linear polyketides, actinopolysporins A (1), B (2), and C (3), along with the known antineoplastic antibiotic tubercidin (4), were isolated from the halophilic actinomycete Actinopolyspora erythraea YIM 90600, and the structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data interpretation. All four compounds were assayed for their ability to stabilize the tumor suppressor programmed cell death protein 4 (Pdcd4), which is known to antagonize critical events in oncogenic pathways. Only 4 significantly inhibited proteasomal degradation of a model Pdcd4-luciferase fusion protein, with an IC50 of 0.88±0.09 μM, unveiling a novel biological activity for this well-studied natural product.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Actinobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / drug effects
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / isolation & purification
  • Biological Products / pharmacology*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Ketones / chemistry
  • Ketones / isolation & purification
  • Ketones / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyketides
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / drug effects
  • Tubercidin / chemistry
  • Tubercidin / isolation & purification
  • Tubercidin / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
  • Biological Products
  • Ketones
  • PDCD4 protein, human
  • Polyketides
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • actinopolysporin A
  • actinopolysporin B
  • actinopolysporin C
  • Tubercidin