Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27041182
Keywords
Pseudallescheria boydii; ovalicin; molecular networking; symbiotic fungus; genome; biosynthesis
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- Investissement dAvenir grant [ANR-10-LABX-0025]
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This study discovered antiprotozoal activities of ovalicin derivatives produced by a fungus isolated from termites and revealed the related compounds and genes through metabolomic and genomic analyses.
Social insects are in mutualism with microorganisms, contributing to their resistance against infectious diseases. The fungus Pseudallescheria boydii SNB-CN85 isolated from termites produces ovalicin derivatives resulting from the esterification of the less hindered site of the ovalicin epoxide by long-chain fatty acids. Their structures were elucidated using spectroscopic analysis and semisynthesis from ovalicin. For ovalicin, these compounds displayed antiprotozoal activities against Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma brucei, with IC50 values of 19.8 and 1.1 mu M, respectively, for the most active compound, i.e., ovalicin linoleate. In parallel, metabolomic profiling of a collection of P. boydii strains associated with termites made it possible to highlight this class of compounds together with tyroscherin derivatives in all strains. Finally, the complete genome of P. boydii strains was obtained by sequencing, and the cluster of potential ovalicin and ovalicin biosynthesis genes was annotated. Through these metabolomic and genomic analyses, a new ovalicin derivative named boyden C, in which the 6-membered ring of ovalicin was opened by oxidative cleavage, was isolated and structurally characterized.
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