Engineering Fluorine into Verticillins (Epipolythiodioxopiperazine Alkaloids) via Precursor-Directed Biosynthesis

J Nat Prod. 2019 Nov 22;82(11):3104-3110. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00711. Epub 2019 Oct 21.

Abstract

Precursor-directed biosynthesis was used to generate a series of fluorinated verticillins. The biosynthesis of these epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloids was monitored in situ via the droplet liquid microjunction surface sampling probe (droplet probe), and a suite of NMR and mass spectrometry data were used for their characterization. All analogues demonstrated nanomolar IC50 values vs a panel of cancer cell lines. This approach yielded new compounds that would be difficult to generate via synthesis.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / biosynthesis*
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / chemistry
  • Ascomycota / genetics
  • Ascomycota / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fermentation
  • Fluorine / metabolism*
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Halogenation
  • Humans
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Indoles / metabolism
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Indoles
  • verticillins
  • Fluorine