Bioactive cyclic dipeptides from a marine sponge-associated bacterium, Psychrobacter sp.

Huayue Li, Byung Cheol Lee, Tae Sung Kim, Kyung Sook Bae, Jongki Hong, Sang Ho Choi, Baoquan Bao, Jee Hyung Jung

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    Abstract

    A bacterial strain with good antibacterial activities against Staphylococus aureus and Escherichia coli was isolated from a marine sponge Stelleta sp., and it was identified as a Psychrobacter sp. by comparative 16S rDNA sequence analysis. In our search for bioactive secondary metabolites from this psychrophillic and halotolerent bacterium, sixteen cyclic dipeptides (1-16) were isolated and their structures were identified on the basis of NMR analysis. In the test of the compounds for the protective effect against Vibrio vulnificus-induced cytotoxicity in human intestinal epithelial cells, cyclo-(L-Pro-L-Phe) (5) exhibited significant protective effect. Compounds 2, 6, and 11, which contain D-amino acid, were first isolated from bacteria.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)356-363
    Number of pages8
    JournalBiomolecules and Therapeutics
    Volume16
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008 Dec

    Keywords

    • Cyclic dipeptide
    • D-proline
    • Psychrobacter sp.
    • Sponge-associated
    • Vibrio vulnificus-induced cytotoxicity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Medicine
    • Pharmacology
    • Drug Discovery

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