Hibiscus acid and hydroxycitric acid dimethyl esters from Hibiscus flowers induce production of dithiolopyrrolone antibiotics by Streptomyces Strain MBN2-2
| Title: | Hibiscus acid and hydroxycitric acid dimethyl esters from Hibiscus flowers induce production of dithiolopyrrolone antibiotics by Streptomyces Strain MBN2-2 |
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| Authors: | Felaine Anne Sumang, Alan Ward, Jeff Errington, Yousef Dashti |
| Source: | Natural Products and Bioprospecting, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | SpringerOpen, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Botany |
| Subject Terms: | Plant–microbe interactions, Cryptic biosynthetic gene cluster, Streptomyces, Microbial natural products, Botany, QK1-989 |
| More Details: | Abstract Plants and microbes are closely associated with each other in their ecological niches. Much has been studied about plant–microbe interactions, but little is known about the effect of phytochemicals on microbes at the molecular level. To access the products of cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria, we incorporated an organic extract of hibiscus flowers into the culture media of different Actinobacteria isolated from plant rhizospheres. This approach led to the production of broad-spectrum dithiolopyrrolone (DTP) antibiotics, thiolutin (1) and aureothricin (2), by Streptomyces sp. MBN2-2. The compounds from the hibiscus extract responsible for triggering the production of these two DTPs were found to be hibiscus acid dimethyl ester (3) and hydroxycitric acid 1,3-dimethyl ester (4). It was subsequently found that the addition of either Fe2+ or Fe3+ to culture media induced the production of 1 and 2. The Chrome Azurol S (CAS) assay revealed that 3 and 4 can chelate iron, and therefore, the mechanism leading to the production of thiolutin and aureothricin appears to be related to changes in iron concentration levels. This work supports the idea that phytochemicals can be used to activate the production of cryptic microbial biosynthetic gene clusters and further understand plant–microbe interactions. Graphical Abstract |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2192-2195 2192-2209 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2192-2195; https://doaj.org/toc/2192-2209 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13659-024-00460-0 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/abde6d916fc740f88b7b0b464f152316 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.bde6d916fc740f88b7b0b464f152316 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 21922195 21922209 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s13659-024-00460-0 |
| Published in: | Natural Products and Bioprospecting |
| Language: | English |