Nature's lab for derivatization: new and revised structures of a variety of streptophenazines produced by a sponge-derived Streptomyces strain

Mar Drugs. 2014 Mar 25;12(4):1699-714. doi: 10.3390/md12041699.

Abstract

Eight streptophenazines (A-H) have been identified so far as products of Streptomyces strain HB202, which was isolated from the sponge Halichondria panicea from the Baltic Sea. The variation of bioactivities based on small structural changes initiated further studies on new derivatives. Three new streptophenazines (I-K) were identified after fermentation in the present study. In addition, revised molecular structures of streptophenazines C, D, F and H are proposed. Streptophenazines G and K exhibited moderate antibacterial activity against the facultative pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis and against Bacillus subtilis. All tested compounds (streptophenazines G, I-K) also showed moderate activities against PDE 4B.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Fermentation
  • Oceans and Seas
  • Phenazines / chemistry
  • Phenazines / isolation & purification
  • Phenazines / pharmacology*
  • Porifera / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / drug effects
  • Streptomyces / chemistry*
  • Streptomyces / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Phenazines