Cavomycins A-C, Linear Oligomer Depsipeptides from an Annelid-Associated Streptomyces cavourensis

J Nat Prod. 2024 Apr 26;87(4):976-983. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01275. Epub 2024 Mar 4.

Abstract

Three unique linear oligomeric depsipeptides, designated as cavomycins A-C (1-3), were identified from Streptomyces cavourensis, a gut bacterium associated with the annelid Paraleonnates uschakovi. The structures of these depsipeptides were determined through a combination of spectroscopic methods and chemical derivatization techniques, including methanolysis, the modified Mosher's method, advanced Marfey's methods, and phenylglycine methyl ester derivatization. The unique dipeptidyl residue arrangements in compounds 1-3 indicate that they are not degradation products of valinomycin. Compound 2 and its methylation derivative 2a exhibited antiproliferative activity against PANC-1 pancreatic cancer cells with IC50 values of 1.2 and 1.7 μM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Depsipeptides* / chemistry
  • Depsipeptides* / isolation & purification
  • Depsipeptides* / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Streptomyces* / chemistry

Substances

  • Depsipeptides
  • Antineoplastic Agents