Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2021
Department
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Abstract
Metabolite mining of environmentally collected aquatic and marine microbiomes offers a platform for the discovery of new therapeutic lead molecules. Combining a prefractionated chromatography library with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based molecular networking and biological assays, we isolated and characterized two new micropeptins (1 and 2) along with the previously characterized micropeptin 996. These metabolites showed potency in anti-neuroinflammatory assays using BV-2 mouse microglial cells, showing a 50% reduction in inflammation in a range from 1 to 10 μM. These results show promise for cyanobacterial peptides in the therapeutic realm apart from their impact on environmental health and provide another example of the utility of large prefractionated natural product libraries for therapeutic hit and lead identification.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Kirk, R. D., He, H., Wahome, P. G., Wu, S., Carter, G. T., & Bertin, M. (2021). New Micropeptins with Anti-Neuroinflammatory Activity Isolated from a Cyanobacterial Bloom. ACS Omega. In press. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02025
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c02025
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