Tapcin, an In Vivo Active Dual Topoisomerase I/II Inhibitor Discovered by Synthetic Bioinformatic Natural Product (Syn-BNP)-Coupled Metagenomics

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DNA topoisomerases are attractive targets for anticancer agents. Dual topoisomerase I/II inhibitors are particularly appealing due to their reduced rates of resistance. A number of therapeutically relevant topoisomerase inhibitors are bacterial natural products. Mining the untapped chemical diversity encoded by soil microbiomes presents an opportunity to identify additional natural topoisomerase inhibitors. Here we couple metagenome mining, bioinformatic structure prediction algorithms, and chemical synthesis to produce the dual topoisomerase inhibitor tapcin. Tapcin is a mixed p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)-thiazole with a rare tri-thiazole substructure and picomolar antiproliferative activity. Tapcin reduced colorectal adenocarcinoma HT-29 cell proliferation and tumor volume in mouse hollow fiber and xenograft models, respectively. In both studies it showed similar activity to the clinically used topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan. The study suggests that the interrogation of soil microbiomes using synthetic bioinformatic natural product methods has the potential to be a rewarding strategy for identifying potent, biomedically relevant, antiproliferative agents.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 63(2024), 17 vom: 22. Apr., Seite e202317187

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Zongqiang [VerfasserIn]
Kasper, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Mai [VerfasserIn]
Morales Amador, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Bhattacharjee, Abir [VerfasserIn]
Kan, Jingbo [VerfasserIn]
Hernandez, Yozen [VerfasserIn]
Ternei, Melinda [VerfasserIn]
Brady, Sean F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticancer
Antineoplastic Agents
Biological Products
DNA Topoisomerases, Type I
DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
EC 5.99.1.2
EC 5.99.1.3
Journal Article
Metagenomics
Natural product
P-aminobenzoic acid
Soil
Syn-BNP
Thiazoles
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors

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Date Completed 16.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.202317187

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367216914