15 research outputs found

    From the study of sponges of the genus Dactylospongia to chemical peculiarities of ilimaquinones

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    Notre Ă©quipe est l’un des partenaires du projet international PoMaRĂ© (« InvertĂ©brĂ©sbenthiques de PolynĂ©sie, Martinique et de la RĂ©union »). Nous travaillons encollaboration directe avec le Dr CĂ©cile Debitus de l’IRD en PolynĂ©sie française, sonĂ©quipe Ă©tant notamment en charge de collecter des Ă©chantillons d’éponges marinesdans diffĂ©rents atolls du Pacifique.Au laboratoire, nous nous sommes intĂ©ressĂ©s particuliĂšrement Ă  deux espĂšcesabondantes en PolynĂ©sie : Dactylospongia metachromia et Dactylospongia elegans.Notre travail a consistĂ© Ă  isoler leurs mĂ©tabolites spĂ©cialisĂ©s majoritaires : lesilimaquinones, puis Ă  rĂ©aliser diverses Ă©tudes autour de ces deux sesquiterpĂšnesquinoniques Ă©pimĂ©riques. Le travail s’est organisĂ© de la façon suivante :- Extraction des ilimaquinones : les ilimaquinones ont Ă©tĂ© isolĂ©es de l’éponge Dactylospongia metachromia avec un rendement > 3 %. Une Ă©tude de la variation de leur pourcentage respectif par rapport Ă  la gĂ©ographie de collecte de l’éponge a Ă©tĂ© entreprise. Impliquant plus d’une centaine d’échantillons, c’est la premiĂšre fois qu’une Ă©tude d’une telle ampleur est rĂ©alisĂ©e. L’éponge D. elegans a Ă©galement Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©e, nos Ă©tudes ont rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© la prĂ©sence de l’ilimaquinone mais aussi d’une structure proche : l’isospongiaquinone.- Modifications structurales autour des ilimaquinones : Par voie chimique : des modifications ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©es sur les ilimaquinones afin de cerner leur rĂ©activitĂ©, divers analogues ont ainsi Ă©tĂ© obtenus. Entre autres, les substances naturelles isospongiaquinone, 5-epi-isospongiaquinone et nĂ©omamanuthaquinone ont pu ĂȘtre hĂ©misynthĂ©tisĂ©es. Lors de ces Ă©tudes, une nouvelle rĂ©action a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©couverte modifiant la quinone de façon surprenante dans des conditions oxydantes. Par voie enzymatique : des micro-organismes ont Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ©s pour rĂ©aliser des biotransformations sur le squelette de l’ilimaquinone, trois composĂ©s ont Ă©tĂ© obtenus. Ces modifications ont touchĂ© Ă  la fois la dĂ©caline et la quinone de notre substrat. Une rĂ©action de fonctionnalisation originale a d’ailleurs pu ĂȘtre observĂ©e pour la premiĂšre fois.- ModĂ©lisation molĂ©culaire et Ă©lectrochimie : une Ă©tude de modĂ©lisation molĂ©culaire nous a permis de calculer l’énergie de formation des ilimaquinones en nous basant sur les hypothĂšses de biosynthĂšse que nous pouvons maintenant mieux apprĂ©hender. Finalement une Ă©tude d’électrochimie nous a permis d’évaluer les propriĂ©tĂ©s oxydo-rĂ©ductrices de ces molĂ©cules naturelles Ă  fortes potentialitĂ©s en termes d’activitĂ©s biologiques.Our team is one of the partners of the international project PoMaRe ("Benthic Invertebrates of Polynesia, Martinique and Reunion"). We worked directly with Dr. CĂ©cile Debitus from the IRD in French Polynesia, her team was in charge of collecting samples of marine sponges in different atolls of the Pacific.In the laboratory, we focused particularly on two abundant species in Polynesia: Dactylospongia metachromia and Dactylospongia elegans. Our job was to isolate their major metabolites: the ilimaquinones and perform various studies around these two epimeric sesquiterpene quinones.The work was organized as follows:- Extraction of ilimaquinones: ilimaquinones were isolated from the sponge Dactylospongia metachromia with a yield > 3%. A study of the variation of their respective percentage in relation with the geography of collection was undertaken, involving more than one hundred samples. This is the first study of this scale to be achieved. The sponge D. elegans was also studied, our results revealed the presence of ilimaquinone but also a nearby structure: isospongiaquinone.- Structural modifications of ilimaquinones:* Chemical modifications: structural changes were studied on ilimaquinones to delimit their reactivity: various analogues have been obtained. Among others, natural substances isospongiaquinone, 5-epi-isospongiaquinone and neomamanuthaquinone have been obtained. In these studies, a new reaction was discovered modifying the quinone surprisingly under oxidizing conditions.* Enzymatic modifications: micro-organisms were used to carry out biotransformations on the skeleton of ilimaquinone, three compounds were obtained. These changes have affected both the decalin and the quinone of our substrate. An original reaction has also been observed for the first time.- Molecular modeling and electrochemistry: a molecular modeling study has allowed us to calculate the energy of formation of ilimaquinones based on biosynthesis assumptions that we can now better understand. Finally an electrochemistry study evaluated the redox properties of these natural molecules with high potential in terms of biological activity

    De l’étude d’éponges du genre Dactylospongia aux particularitĂ©s chimiques des ilimaquinones

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    Our team is one of the partners of the international project PoMaRe ("Benthic Invertebrates of Polynesia, Martinique and Reunion"). We worked directly with Dr. CĂ©cile Debitus from the IRD in French Polynesia, her team was in charge of collecting samples of marine sponges in different atolls of the Pacific.In the laboratory, we focused particularly on two abundant species in Polynesia: Dactylospongia metachromia and Dactylospongia elegans. Our job was to isolate their major metabolites: the ilimaquinones and perform various studies around these two epimeric sesquiterpene quinones.The work was organized as follows:- Extraction of ilimaquinones: ilimaquinones were isolated from the sponge Dactylospongia metachromia with a yield > 3%. A study of the variation of their respective percentage in relation with the geography of collection was undertaken, involving more than one hundred samples. This is the first study of this scale to be achieved. The sponge D. elegans was also studied, our results revealed the presence of ilimaquinone but also a nearby structure: isospongiaquinone.- Structural modifications of ilimaquinones:* Chemical modifications: structural changes were studied on ilimaquinones to delimit their reactivity: various analogues have been obtained. Among others, natural substances isospongiaquinone, 5-epi-isospongiaquinone and neomamanuthaquinone have been obtained. In these studies, a new reaction was discovered modifying the quinone surprisingly under oxidizing conditions.* Enzymatic modifications: micro-organisms were used to carry out biotransformations on the skeleton of ilimaquinone, three compounds were obtained. These changes have affected both the decalin and the quinone of our substrate. An original reaction has also been observed for the first time.-Molecular modeling and electrochemistry: a molecular modeling study has allowed us to calculate the energy of formation of ilimaquinones based on biosynthesis assumptions that we can now better understand. Finally an electrochemistry study evaluated the redox properties of these natural molecules with high potential in terms of biological activity.Notre Ă©quipe est l’un des partenaires du projet international PoMaRĂ© (« InvertĂ©brĂ©sbenthiques de PolynĂ©sie, Martinique et de la RĂ©union »). Nous travaillons encollaboration directe avec le Dr CĂ©cile Debitus de l’IRD en PolynĂ©sie française, sonĂ©quipe Ă©tant notamment en charge de collecter des Ă©chantillons d’éponges marinesdans diffĂ©rents atolls du Pacifique.Au laboratoire, nous nous sommes intĂ©ressĂ©s particuliĂšrement Ă  deux espĂšcesabondantes en PolynĂ©sie : Dactylospongia metachromia et Dactylospongia elegans.Notre travail a consistĂ© Ă  isoler leurs mĂ©tabolites spĂ©cialisĂ©s majoritaires : lesilimaquinones, puis Ă  rĂ©aliser diverses Ă©tudes autour de ces deux sesquiterpĂšnesquinoniques Ă©pimĂ©riques. Le travail s’est organisĂ© de la façon suivante :- Extraction des ilimaquinones : les ilimaquinones ont Ă©tĂ© isolĂ©es de l’éponge Dactylospongia metachromia avec un rendement > 3 %. Une Ă©tude de la variation de leur pourcentage respectif par rapport Ă  la gĂ©ographie de collecte de l’éponge a Ă©tĂ© entreprise. Impliquant plus d’une centaine d’échantillons, c’est la premiĂšre fois qu’une Ă©tude d’une telle ampleur est rĂ©alisĂ©e. L’éponge D. elegans a Ă©galement Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©e, nos Ă©tudes ont rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© la prĂ©sence de l’ilimaquinone mais aussi d’une structure proche : l’isospongiaquinone.- Modifications structurales autour des ilimaquinones : Par voie chimique : des modifications ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©es sur les ilimaquinones afin de cerner leur rĂ©activitĂ©, divers analogues ont ainsi Ă©tĂ© obtenus. Entre autres, les substances naturelles isospongiaquinone, 5-epi-isospongiaquinone et nĂ©omamanuthaquinone ont pu ĂȘtre hĂ©misynthĂ©tisĂ©es. Lors de ces Ă©tudes, une nouvelle rĂ©action a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©couverte modifiant la quinone de façon surprenante dans des conditions oxydantes. Par voie enzymatique : des micro-organismes ont Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ©s pour rĂ©aliser des biotransformations sur le squelette de l’ilimaquinone, trois composĂ©s ont Ă©tĂ© obtenus. Ces modifications ont touchĂ© Ă  la fois la dĂ©caline et la quinone de notre substrat. Une rĂ©action de fonctionnalisation originale a d’ailleurs pu ĂȘtre observĂ©e pour la premiĂšre fois.- ModĂ©lisation molĂ©culaire et Ă©lectrochimie : une Ă©tude de modĂ©lisation molĂ©culaire nous a permis de calculer l’énergie de formation des ilimaquinones en nous basant sur les hypothĂšses de biosynthĂšse que nous pouvons maintenant mieux apprĂ©hender. Finalement une Ă©tude d’électrochimie nous a permis d’évaluer les propriĂ©tĂ©s oxydo-rĂ©ductrices de ces molĂ©cules naturelles Ă  fortes potentialitĂ©s en termes d’activitĂ©s biologiques

    Turning Metabolomics into Drug Discovery

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    Biotransformations versus chemical modifications: new cytotoxic analogs of marine sesquiterpene ilimaquinone

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    International audienceHighly biologically active marine sesquiterpene ilimaquinone was selected for chemical modifications. Its biotransformation was investigated using a combinatorial approach as an original way to screen different strains of microorganisms. Mucor circinelloides ATCC 8541 was able to structurally modify ilimaquinone into three different compounds. A stereospecific epoxidation was observed and compared to chemical epoxidation. A hydroxylation of the decalin ring was also observed as well as an unexpected substitution on the quinone ring by ethanolamine. Compounds were evaluated against several cell lines

    Ilimaquinone and 5-epi-Ilimaquinone: Beyond a Simple Diastereomeric Ratio, Biosynthetic Considerations from NMR-Based Analysis

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    00000International audienceDactylospongia metachromia and Dactylospongia elegans collected from French Polynesia were studied with a particular focus on the variation of the diastereomeric ratio between ilimaquinone (4) and 5-epi-ilimaquinone (5). More than 100 samples, covering an area of 4100km(2), were studied to try to clarify this intriguing issue. Nuclear magnetic resonance appeared as the non-destructive, straightforward technique of choice for a relative quantitative study. A random distribution, unique at that point in nature, is observed and leads to biosynthetic considerations. Biological evaluation of both compounds was also performed and showed moderate discrepancies in cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction

    An Unprecedented Blue Chromophore Found in Nature using a "Chemistry First" and Molecular Networking Approach: Discovery of Dactylocyanines A-H

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    WOS:000413167100012International audienceGuided by a "chemistry first" approach using molecular networking, eight new bright-blue colored natural compounds, namely dactylocyanines A-H (3-10), were isolated from the Polynesian marine sponge Dactylospongia metachromia. Starting from ilimaquinone (1), an hemisynthetic phishing probe (2) was prepared for annotating and matching structurally related natural substances in D. metachromia crude extract network. This strategy allowed characterizing for the first time in Nature the blue zwitterionic quinonoid chromophore. The solvatochromic properties of the latter are reported

    A Ring-Distortion Strategy from Marine Natural Product Ilimaquinone Leads to Quorum Sensing Modulators

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    WOS:000434220200016International audienceWe report herein a ring-distortion strategy applied to marine natural substances ilimaquinone and 5-epi-ilimaquinone. A chemically diverse library of molecules was synthesised that included rearrangements of the sesquiterpene moiety and original reorganisations of the quinone ring. Chemoinformatic analyses evaluated the rise of structural diversity and the exploration of chemical space. Some focussed biological activities of this library were also investigated; quorum sensing activity of Vibrio harveyi was envisaged and some of the new compounds were shown to be good quorum sensing inhibitor candidates, whereas others were activators. Toxicities were also evaluated and some products showed micromolar activities against human umbilical vein endothelium, human hepatocellular carcinoma and human lung carcinoma (A549) cells
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