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Bioactive Natural Products from the Deep-Sea-Sourced Microbes

A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Chemoecology for Drug Discovery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 2354

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Bin-Gui Wang

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Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanhai Road 7, Qingdao 266071, China
Interests: deep-sea-sourced microbes; microbial natural products; marine natural products; structural identification; bioactivity; bioactive compounds; drug discovery
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Dr. Siwen Niu

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Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, China
Interests: deep-sea-derived fungus; marine natural products; secondary metabolites; bioactive natural products; structural identification

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues

Deep-sea-sourced microbes, thriving in extreme environments characterized by high pressure, low temperatures, limited nutrients, and darkness, produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites with unique chemical structures and potent biological activities. In recent years, bioactive natural products derived from deep-sea-sourced microbes have garnered significant attention due to their novel structures and potential pharmaceutical applications.

Scientists have explored various deep-sea habitats, including cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, sediments, and deep-sea waters, to isolate and characterize microbes capable of producing bioactive compounds. These metabolites exhibit a wide range of biological activities, including antibacterial, antiviral, antitumor, and anti-inflammatory pharmacological activities, among others, making them promising candidates for drug discovery and development.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the discovery and bioactivities of natural products obtained from deep-sea-sourced microbes. Research papers and reviews focusing on topics such as the isolation, structural identification, biosynthesis, and action mechanisms of bioactive compounds discovered from deep-sea-sourced microbes are welcome for submission.

Prof. Dr. Bin-Gui Wang
Dr. Siwen Niu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • deep-sea-sourced fungus
  • deep-sea-sourced actinomycetes
  • deep-sea-sourced bacteria
  • marine natural products
  • bioactive natural products
  • structure identification
  • antibacterial activity
  • antiviral activity
  • anti-inflammatory activity
  • cytotoxicity

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Protection of Tight Junctional Complexes between hCMEC/D3 Cells by Deep-Sea Fibrinolytic Compound FGFC1
by Xiaozhen Diao, Hui Han, Haoyu Sun, Haixing Zhang and Wenhui Wu
Mar. Drugs 2024, 22(8), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/md22080341 - 26 Jul 2024
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Tight junctional complexes (TJCs) between cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) are essential parts of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), whose regulation closely correlates to the BBB’s integrity and function. hCMEC/D3 is the typical cell line used to imitate and investigate the barrier function of [...] Read more.
Tight junctional complexes (TJCs) between cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) are essential parts of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), whose regulation closely correlates to the BBB’s integrity and function. hCMEC/D3 is the typical cell line used to imitate and investigate the barrier function of the BBB via the construction of an in vitro model. This study aims to investigate the protective effect of the deep-sea-derived fibrinolytic compound FGFC1 against H2O2-induced dysfunction of TJCs and to elucidate the underlying mechanism. The barrier function was shown to decline following exposure to 1 mM H2O2 in an in vitro model of hCMEC/D3 cells, with a decreasing temperature-corrected transendothelial electrical resistance (tcTEER) value. The decrease in the tcTEER value was significantly inhibited by 80 or 100 µM FGFC1, which suggested it efficiently protected the barrier integrity, allowing it to maintain its function against the H2O2-induced dysfunction. According to immunofluorescence microscopy (IFM) and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), compared to the H2O2-treated group, 80~100 µM FGFC1 enhanced the expression of claudin-5 (CLDN-5) and VE-cadherin (VE-cad). And this enhancement was indicated to be mainly achieved by both up-regulation of CLDN-5 and inhibition of the down-regulation by H2O2 of VE-cad at the transcriptional level. Supported by FGFC1’s molecular docking to these proteins with reasonable binding energy, FGFC1 was proved to exert a positive effect on TJCs’ barrier function in hCMEC/D3 cells via targeting CLDN-5 and VE-cad. This is the first report on the protection against H2O2-induced barrier dysfunction by FGFC1 in addition to its thrombolytic effect. With CLDN-5 and VE-cad as the potential target proteins of FGFC1, this study provides evidence at the cellular and molecular levels for FGFC1’s reducing the risk of bleeding transformation following its application in thrombolytic therapy for cerebral thrombosis. Full article
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The Discovery of Cyclic Lipopeptide Olenamidonins in a Deepsea-Derived Streptomyces Strain by Knocking Out a DtxR Family Regulator
by Qiannan Sun, Dongqi Yu, Xueqing Zhang, Fei Xiao and Wenli Li
Mar. Drugs 2024, 22(6), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/md22060262 - 6 Jun 2024
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Three new cyclic lipopeptides, olenamidonins A-C (1–3), in addition to two previously reported metabolites (4 and 5), were accumulated in the ΔdtxRso deletion mutant of deepsea-derived Streptomyces olivaceus SCSIO 1071. The structures of these cyclic [...] Read more.
Three new cyclic lipopeptides, olenamidonins A-C (1–3), in addition to two previously reported metabolites (4 and 5), were accumulated in the ΔdtxRso deletion mutant of deepsea-derived Streptomyces olivaceus SCSIO 1071. The structures of these cyclic lipopeptides were determined by a combination of spectroscopic methods and circular dichroism (CD) measurement. The antibacterial assay results showed that compounds 1–5 displayed different degrees of growth inhibition against multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial strains Enterococcus faecalis CCARM 5172 and Enterococcus faecium CCARM 5203 with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 1.56−6.25 μg/mL. Full article
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Marine Bacteriocins: An Evolutionary Gold Mine to Payoff Antibiotic Resistance
by Piyush Baindara, Roy Dinata and Santi M. Mandal
Mar. Drugs 2024, 22(9), 388; https://doi.org/10.3390/md22090388 - 28 Aug 2024
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The rapid evolution of drug resistance is one of the greatest health issues of the 21st century. There is an alarming situation to find new therapeutic strategies or candidate drugs to tackle ongoing multi-drug resistance development. The marine environment is one of the [...] Read more.
The rapid evolution of drug resistance is one of the greatest health issues of the 21st century. There is an alarming situation to find new therapeutic strategies or candidate drugs to tackle ongoing multi-drug resistance development. The marine environment is one of the prime natural ecosystems on Earth, the majority of which is still unexplored, especially when it comes to the microbes. A wide variety of bioactive compounds have been obtained from a varied range of marine organisms; however, marine bacteria-produced bacteriocins are still undermined. Owing to the distinct environmental stresses that marine bacterial communities encounter, their bioactive compounds frequently undergo distinct adaptations that confer on them a variety of shapes and functions, setting them apart from their terrestrial counterparts. Bacterially produced ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs), known as bacteriocins, are one of the special interests to be considered as an alternative to conventional antibiotics because of their variety in structure and diverse potential biological activities. Additionally, the gut microbiome of marine creatures are a largely unexplored source of new bacteriocins with promising activities. There is a huge possibility of novel bacteriocins from marine bacterial communities that might come out as efficient candidates to fight against antibiotic resistance, especially in light of the growing pressure from antibiotic-resistant diseases and industrial desire for innovative treatments. The present review summarizes known and fully characterized marine bacteriocins, their evolutionary aspects, challenges, and the huge possibilities of unexplored novel bacteriocins from marine bacterial communities present in diverse marine ecosystems. Full article
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