Identification of 3-demethylchuangxinmycin from Actinoplanes tsinanensis CPCC 200056.
- Author:
Lijie ZUO
;
Wei ZHAO
;
Zhibo JIANG
;
Bingya JIANG
;
Shufen LI
;
Hongyu LIU
;
Liyan YU
;
Bin HONG
;
Xinxin HU
;
Xuefu YOU
;
Linzhuan WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
2016;51(1):105-9
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Chuangxinmycin (CM) from Actinoplanes tsinanensis was an antibiotic discovered by Chinese scientists about 40 years ago. It contains a new heterocyclic system of indole fused with dihydrothiopyran, whose biosynthetic mechanism remains unclear. CM is used as an oral medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections in China. The simple structure makes CM as an attractive candidate of structure modification for improvement of antibacterial activity. Recently, we analyzed the secondary metabolites of Actinoplanes tsinanensis CPCC 200056, a CM producing strain, as a natural CM analogue. We discovered the first natural CM analogue 3-demethylchuangxinmycin (DCM) as a new natural product. Compared to CM, DCM exhibited a much weaker activity in the inhibition of the bacterial strains tested. The finding provides valuable information for the structure-activity relationship in the biosynthesis of CM.