武夷菌素高产基因工程菌株Streptomyces albulus OoWysR活性成分的分离鉴定

【背景】武夷菌素高产基因工程菌株Streptomyce albulus OoWysR具有明显的抑菌效果。【目的】明确S.albulus OoWysR的活性成分。【方法】采用柱层析法,利用大孔吸附树脂、离子交换树脂和高效液相色谱等对S.albulus OoWysR的活性成分进行分离纯化,经高分辨率电喷雾电离质谱(high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry,HR-ESI-MS)和核磁共振(nuclear magnetic resonance,NMR)等波谱技术对化合物化学结构进行鉴定,并通过生长速率法测定化合物的生物活性。【结果】从S.albulus OoWysR中分离鉴定出4个化合物,分别为对羟基苯甲酸(1)、吡咯-2-羧酸(2)、对羟基苯乙醇(3)和云南霉素(4)。化合物1对玉米弯孢病菌、番茄叶霉病菌、玉米小斑病菌和烟草赤星病菌具有一定的抑制作用;化合物2对番茄灰霉病菌、大豆菌核病菌、苹果腐烂病菌、玉米小斑病菌、小麦赤霉病菌、稻瘟病菌和烟草赤星病菌具有一定的抑制作用;化合物3对番茄灰霉病菌、苹果轮纹病菌、玉米小斑病...     

蛋白核小球藻脂溶性化合物的抑菌活性及成分分析

利用纸片法对蛋白核小球藻（Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick.）脂溶性化合物的粗脂以及经硅胶柱层析分离后的不同组分进行了抑菌实验。结果表明,蛋白核小球藻的粗脂有极强的抑菌活性,其石油醚洗脱组分占总脂的63.9％,抑菌活性最弱;乙醇洗脱级分占总脂的32.2％,抑菌活性最强;苯洗脱组分只占总脂的3.9％,对玉米大斑病菌（Helminthosporium turcicum Pass）有极强的抑制活性。各洗脱组分及粗脂对革兰氏阴性菌均我抑制活性。成分分析结果表明,石油醚洗脱组分以烷烃类化合物为主,其中1-十九烯经烃含量最高;苯洗脱组分以6,10,14-三甲基-2-十五酮、十六碳酮和2-十一烷酮这3种酮类化合物为主;而乙醇洗脱组分含有大量的脂肪酸,其中γ-亚麻酸含量最高（56.673％）。蛋白核小球藻脂溶怀化合物的抑菌活性是其各种化学成分相互综合作用的结果。     

黄花草木樨提取物抑菌活性初探

采用离体和活体试验方法分别测定了黄花草木樨不同溶剂提取物对12种植物病原真菌的抑菌活性.结果表明:各溶剂提取物对12种植物病原真菌均具有不同程度的抑菌活性,其中以乙酸乙酯提取物的抑菌活性最高,对油菜菌核病菌、玉米大斑病菌和白菜黑斑病菌抑制菌丝生长的EC50分别为0.62、0.83、0.64g/L,对稻瘟病菌和玉米大斑病菌抑制孢子萌发的EC50分别为0.67、0.97g/L.离体组织法测定表明其乙酸乙酯提取物对番茄灰霉病菌具有较高的保护和治疗作用,在浓度为5.0g/L时,防治效果分别为75.41%和59.18%(6d).活体试验表明乙酸乙酯提取物对小麦白粉病和小麦条锈病也有一定的保护作用,在浓度为10.0g/L时,防治效果分别为73.39%和63.27%.     

丁布对小麦赤霉病菌和玉米小斑病菌的抑制作用

采用菌丝生长速率法和孢子萌发试验法检测了抗菌化合物丁布对小麦赤霉病菌和玉米小斑病菌的抑菌作用。结果表明,丁布在PDA培养基中浓度为0.2-1.0 mg/ml时对两种供试病菌的菌丝生长无抑制作用;丁布浓度为0.4-1.0 mg/ml时对两种供试病菌孢子悬浮液中孢子的萌发具有显著抑制作用;1.0 mg/ml丁布药液中培育15h的小麦赤霉病菌和培育5h的玉米小斑病菌的孢子萌发抑制率分别达到100%和83.6%。     

30种药用植物提取物杀虫杀菌活性研究

采用微量点滴法和载毒叶片饲喂法测定30种药用植物乙醇提取物对粘虫3龄幼虫的触杀、胃毒以及拒食活性。结果表明,供试样品在50mg·mL-1浓度下均无明显的触杀或胃毒作用,但卡瓦胡椒和川陈皮对试虫有一定的拒食活性,其中卡瓦胡椒24h拒食中浓(AFC50)为4.12mg·mL-1,48h为9.12mg·mL-1。采用抑制菌丝生长速率法和抑制孢子萌发法测定离体杀菌活性的结果表明,供试样品在2mg·mL-1浓度下,卡瓦胡椒和厚朴对供试病原菌均有较强抑制作用。毒力测定结果表明,卡瓦胡椒对玉米大斑病菌、番茄灰霉病菌、小麦根腐病菌、油菜菌核病菌4种病原真菌菌丝生长抑制的有效中浓(EC50)分别为108、258、290、205mg·L-1,厚朴分别为208、331、345、408mg·L-1;卡瓦胡椒对玉米大斑病菌、玉米小斑病菌、烟草赤星病菌3种病原真菌抑制孢子萌发的有效中浓(EC50)分别为155、195、268mg·L-1,厚朴则分别为151、242、241mg·L-1。根据以上结果,我们认为卡瓦胡椒和厚朴的乙醇提取物具有较高的杀菌活性,其有效成分值得进一步研究。     

羊耳菊抗菌物质及其抑菌特性分析

通过硅胶柱层析法,结合活性追踪,从羊耳菊中分离到1种对水稻纹枯病菌具有较强抑菌活性的化合物,经菌丝生长速率法测定,其抑菌中浓度为47 mg/L。通过分析氢谱和碳谱数据,该化合物被鉴定为百里香酚,具有耐热、耐酸碱、抗紫外光和荧光的特性。百里香酚对15种植物病原真菌和4种植物病原细菌具有抑制作用,其中对水稻纹枯病菌、茉莉枝枯病菌、烟草黑胫病菌、香蕉弯孢霉叶斑病菌、白菜软腐病菌和木薯细菌性枯萎病菌的抑菌活性较强。     

月腺大戟抑菌活性的初步研究

以小麦赤霉病菌,辣椒疫霉病菌,葡萄黑曲霉病菌,苹果炭疽病和玉米大斑病菌为实验菌种,采用生长速率法测定月腺大戟根部提取物对病原菌菌丝生长的抑制作用.结果表明,月腺大戟根部提取物对5种农作物常见病菌都有抑制作用,其中对3种病原菌(小麦赤霉病菌、苹果炭疽病菌、玉米大斑病菌)的菌丝抑制作用强烈;乙醇相提取物对病原菌抑制作用比水相提取物的抑制活性强.     

盾叶薯蓣内生真菌Dzf13抗细菌活性成分

采用活性追踪分离的方法,从盾叶薯蓣内生真菌菌株Dzf13中分离到两个具抗细菌活性的化合物1和2,经理化和波谱分析鉴定为麦角甾-5,7,22-三烯-3β-醇(1)和5α,8α-过氧麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(2).结果表明,化合物1和2对根癌土壤杆菌、黄瓜角斑病菌和番茄疮痂病菌等三种植物病原细菌的生长均表现出一定的抑制活性,尤其对黄瓜角斑病菌的抑制活性较强.结果还表明5α,8α-过氧麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(2)的抗细菌活性要比麦角甾-5,7,22-三烯-3β-醇(1)强.     

菊苣根提取物的抑菌活性研究

采用离体的试验方法测定了菊苣根的石油醚、乙酸乙酯和乙醇提取物对7种植物病原真菌和3种细菌的抑制活性。采用盆栽试验方法测定了菊苣根提取物对小麦白粉病的防治效果。结果表明,乙醇和乙酸乙酯提取物均有一定的抑制植物病原真菌和细菌活性。且乙酸乙酯提取物效果更佳。在10 g.L-1浓度下,乙酸乙酯提取物能显著抑制小麦赤霉病菌、玉米大斑病菌和烟草赤星病菌3种病原真菌菌丝的生长,抑制率均在85%以上;对小麦根腐病菌、玉米大斑病菌和烟草赤星病菌的孢子萌发抑制率也均在80%以上;对枯草芽孢杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌圈直径达21.01 mm和17.23 mm;对盆栽小麦白粉病的预防和治疗作用分别为50.93%和65.82%。     

蜡梅属植物精油成分及药理活性研究进展

蜡梅属植物是我国特有的传统药用植物,分布广泛,资源丰富。精油是蜡梅属植物主要的活性成分之一,包括萜类化合物、芳香族化合物和脂肪族化合物等多种类型的化学成分,具有抑菌、抗炎、抗氧化、抗病毒和止咳平喘等药理活性,对血管性痴呆、急性肺损伤和溃疡性结肠炎等疾病有较好的治疗作用。本文对蜡梅属植物精油中主要成分的化学结构与生源合成途径进行了系统的分类整理,对相关的生物活性作简要概述,以期为进一步开发和利用蜡梅属植物资源提供有益参考。     

Penicillin production and its mode of inheritance inAspergillus nidulans

Previous workers have shown that some strains ofAspergillus nidulans produce penicillin-like substances. In the present studies, shake-flask cultures of 101 wild-type strains ofA. nidulans, representatives of 18 different heterokaryon-compatible groups, were examined and filtrates of most found to inhibit the growth of a strain ofBacillus subtilis sensitive to penicillin, although members of two of these groups had no detectable antibiotic activity. Five strains with antibacterial properties were chosen for detailed investigation as well as two genetically labelled derivatives obtained from one of these after ultraviolet light treatments; one derivative had a similar antibiotic yield to its original wild-type parent but the other was selected as having increased antibiotic yield. The antibiotic produced by these seven strains was by all tested criteria, including chromatographic and electrophoretic behaviour, indistinguishable from penicillin. A heterokaryon test between the two mutants indicated that antibiotic productivity was under nuclear control.     

Retrohydroxamate ferrichrome, a biomimetic analogue of ferrichrome

A new synthetic analogue of ferrichrome, retrohydroxamate ferrichrome, has been examined for biological activity. Although spectroscopic evidence indicates that the analogue is a weaker Fe(III) chelator than ferrichrome, retrohydroxamate ferrichrome is indistinguishable from ferrichrome in its growth factor activity for Arthrobacter flavescens, and in its potency in antagonizing the antibiotic activity of albomyhcin against Bacillus subtilis. It is as active as ferrichrome as a siderophore for the fungus, Ustaligo sphaerogena. In contrast, desmethylretrohydroxamate ferrichrome shows no significant biological activity.     

Preclinical toxicological study of the new antibiotic eremomycin. Chronic toxicity and effect on intrauterine development of rats

Toxicity of eremomycin was studied after its multiple parenteral administration to albino rats, guinea pigs and dogs in doses equivalent by the body surface to the daily doses for humans i. e. 1 and 3 g. The antibiotic was administered for 1 to 6 months. Tolerance of the antibiotic by the dogs after intravenous and intramuscular administration was satisfactory. In some animals there were observed an insignificant increase in the activity of alanine aminotransferase and a rise in the level of urea in blood serum. Pathomorphological examination of the internal organs of the albino rats and dogs showed that in high doses the antibiotic could have a damaging effect on the kidneys and epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract. The level of the damages depended on the dose of the antibiotic and duration of its use. The damages induced by eremomycin were reversible. It had no marked effect on the peripheral blood count, coagulation system and erythrocyte resistance. In the tested doses the antibiotic had no unfavourable effect on the hearing function in the experiments with guinea pigs. Studies with rats revealed that eremomycin had no teratogenic effect. A slightly pronounced embryotoxic action was observed only after using the antibiotic in doses exceeding more than 12 times the approximate therapeutic dose.     

Lysis of bacterial protoplasts and spheroplasts and suppression of their dehydrogenase activity by neotehomycin]

Neotelomycin induced lysis of the protoplasts of Bac. megaterium and inhibited their succinate dehydrogenase activity. Direct correlation between the lytic activity of the antibiotic and its effect on succinate dehydrogenase was found. Neotelomycin had no effect on the dehydrogenase activity of the protoplast lysates. Possibly, suppression of the protoplast succinate dehydrogenase of Bac. megaterium under the effect of neotelomycin was due to significant structural changes caused by the antibiotic in the protoplast membranes and leading to their lysis and not to the direct effect on the enzyme. Neotelomycin had practically no effect on the spheroplast dehydrogenase activity of E. coli resistant to the antibiotic and did not induce their lysis. Resistance of E. coli to neotelomycin must be associated not with the presence of the antibiotic non-permeable cell wall but the peculiar properties of the membrane cytoplasm.     

Eremomycin--a new antibiotic of the polycyclic glycopeptide group

Eremomycin is a novel antibacterial antibiotic. It was isolated at the Institute of New Antibiotics, the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences from the culture fluid of actinomycete INA-238. By its physico-chemical and biological properties the antibiotic was classified as belonging to the group of polycyclic glycopeptides. Chemical structure of eremomycin was asserted and it was shown to be a new representative of the group close by its structure to vancomycin and differing from it by the carbohydrate composition and structure of tri-phenoxytriaminotricarboxylic acid. By its anti-bacterial spectrum eremomycin was found to be close to ristomycin and vancomycin. Still, its activity was 2-10 times higher. The antibiotic was several times less toxic than vancomycin. Unlike vancomycin and ristomycin, the novel antibiotic induced no tissue necrosis after its intramuscular administration. The chemotherapeutic indices of eremomycin in treatment of staphylococcal and streptococcal sepsis in albino mice exceeded 10 times those of vancomycin. At present eremomycin is under clinical trials.     

Role of the functional groups of the sibiromycin molecule in DNA binding]

Biological activity of 2 derivatives of sibiromycin, an antibiotic close by its chemical structure to antramycin and their capacity for formation of complexes with DNA was studied. Anhydrosibiromycin like sibiromycin formed a complex with DNA. The antibiotic increased the DNA melting point but to a less extent than sibiromycin. Anhydrosibiromycin had a low activity in the system of DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase. The low biological activity of anhydrosibiromycin must be due to instability of the antibiotic complex with DNA. Methyl ether of sibiromycin by the phenol hydroxyl, the other derivative of sibiromycin had no biological activity and did not interact with DNA. On the basis of experimental data it was suggested that definite functional groups of the sibiromycin participated in DNA binding.     

Bafilomycin A1 is a potassium ionophore that impairs mitochondrial functions

Novel activities of bafilomycin A1, a macrolide antibiotic known as an inhibitor of V-ATPases, were discovered. Bafilomycin A1 induced uptake of potassium ions by energized mitochondria and caused mitochondrial swelling, loss of membrane potential, uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation, inhibition of the maximal respiration rates, and induced pyridine nucleotide oxidation. The mitochondrial effects provoked by nanomolar concentrations of bafilomycin A1 were connected to its activity as a potent, K⁺-specific ionophore. The K⁺ ionophoric activity of bafilomycin A1 was observed also in black lipid membranes, indicating that it was an inherent property of the bafilomycin A1 molecule. It was found that bafilomycin A1 is a K⁺ carrier but not a channel former. Bafilomycin A1 is the first and currently unique macrolide antibiotic with K⁺ ionophoric properties. The novel properties of bafilomycin A1 may explain some of the biological effects of this plecomacrolide antibiotic, independent of V-ATPase inhibition.     

Solution structure of a cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptide, CRAMP as determined by NMR spectroscopy.

CRAMP was identified from a cDNA clone derived from mouse femoral marrow cells as a member of cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptides. This peptide shows potent antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria but no hemolytic activity against human erythrocytes. CRAMP was known to cause rapid permeabilization of the inner membrane of Escherichia coli. In this study, the structure of CRAMP in TFE/H2O (1 : 1, v/v) solution was determined by CD and NMR spectroscopy. CD spectra showed that CRAMP adopts a mainly alpha-helical conformation in TFE/H2O solution, DPC micelles, SDS micelles and liposomes, whereas it has a random structure in aqueous solution. The tertiary structure of CRAMP in TFE/H2O (1 : 1, v/v), as determined by NMR spectroscopy, consists of two amphipathic alpha-helices from Leu4 to Lys10 and from Gly16 to Leu33. These two helices are connected by a flexible region from Gly11 to Gly16. Previous analysis of series of fragments composed of various portion of CRAMP revealed that an 18-residue fragment with the sequence from Gly16 to Leu33 was found to retain antibacterial activity. Therefore, the amphipathic alpha-helical region from Gly16 to Leu33 of CRAMP plays important roles in spanning the lipid bilayers as well as its antibiotic activity. Based on this structure, novel antibiotic peptides having strong antibiotic activity, with no hemolytic effect will be developed.     

Antibiotic‐Potentiating Activity of Phanostenine Isolated from Cissampelos sympodialis Eichler

Cissampelos sympodialis Eichler is well studied and investigated for its antiasthmatic properties, but there are no data in the literature describing antibacterial properties of alkaloids isolated from this botanical species. This work reports the isolation and characterization of phanostenine obtained from roots of C. sympodialis and describes for the first time its antimicrobial and antibiotic modulatory properties. Phanostenine was first isolated from Cissampelos sympodialis and its antibacterial activities were determined. Chemical structures of the alkaloid isolate were determined using spectroscopic and chemical analyses. Phanostenine was also tested for its antibacterial activity against standard strains and clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined in a microdilution assay and for the evaluation of antibiotic resistance‐modifying activity. MIC of the antibiotics was determined in the presence or absence of phanostenine at sub‐inhibitory concentrations. The evaluation of antibacterial activity by microdilution assay showed activity for all strains with better values against S. aureus ATCC 12692 and E. coli 27 (787.69 mm ). The evaluation of aminoglycoside antibiotic resistance‐modifying activity showed reduction in the MIC of the aminoglycosides (amikacin, gentamicin and neomycin) when associated with phanostenine, MIC reduction of antibiotics ranging from 21 % to 80 %. The data demonstrated that phanostenine possesses a relevant ability to modify the antibiotic activity in vitro. We can suggest that phanostenine presents itself as a promising tool as an adjuvant for novel antibiotics formulations against bacterial resistance.     

Studies on the effects of the antitumor agent camptothecin and derivatives on DNA. Camptothecin potentiated cleavage of DNA by bleomycin in vitro

Addition of sodium camptothecin (2a, Fig. 1) in comparable low concentrations to the glycopeptide antitumor antibiotic bleomycin (BLM) leads to enhanced rates of single-strand scission of PM2-covalently closed circular DNA, whereas sodium camptothecin alone has no effect. A similar enhancement of DNA scission by sodium camptothecin is produced with the 1 : 1 bleomycin-iron complex alone or in conjunction with NADPH as an additional reductant. The interpretation that camptothecin may substitute for the reducing requirement of the antibiotic is supported by its oxidation at 37°C by the 1 : 1 bleomycin iron complex, by iron salts or more efficiently by hydrogen peroxide to the known hemiacetal (3, Fig. 1).Electrochemical studies of 2a, its analogues and selected model compounds established that the α-pyridone ring D is most susceptible to a one-electron reduction at a reversible potential of ?0.95 ± 0.01 V. The reduced camptothecin is a transient species readily capable of donating an electron. This process may by compatible with a coupled reduction of the sequestered Fe(III) in the glycopeptide antibiotic necessary for the expression of antibiotic and antitumor properties. The results may provide a mechanistic rationale for the observed potentiation of the antitumor activity of bleomycin by camptothecin in vivo.