Abstract:
The crude extracts of the fermentation broth from a marine sediment-derived actinomycete strain,
Saccharothrix sp. 10-10, showed significant antibacterial activities against drug-resistant pathogens. A genome-mining PCR-based experiment targeting the genes encoding key enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites indicated that the strain 10-10 showed the potential to produce tetracenomycin-like compounds. Further chemical investigation of the cultures of this strain led to the identification of two antibiotics, including a tetracenomycin (Tcm) analogs, Tcm X (
1), and a tomaymycin derivative, oxotomaymycin (
2). Their structures were identified by spectroscopic data analysis, including UV, 1D-NMR, 2D-NMR and MS spectra. Tcm X (
1) showed moderate antibacterial activities against a number of drug-resistant pathogens, including methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant
Enterococci (VRE) pathogens, with the MIC values in the range of 32-64 μg·mL
-1. In addition,
1 also displayed significant cytotoxic activities against human cancer cell lines, including HL60 (leukemia), HepG2 (liver), and MCF-7 (breast) with the IC
50 values of 5.1, 9.7 and 18.0 μmol·L
-1, respectively. Guided by the PCR-based gene sequence analysis, Tcm X (
1) and oxotomaymycin (
2) were identified from the genus of
Saccharothrix and their
13C NMR data were correctly assigned on the basis of 2D NMR spectroscopic data analysis for the first time.