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Article

New Cyclic Lipopeptides of the Iturin Class Produced by Saltern-Derived Bacillus sp. KCB14S006

by
Sangkeun Son
1,2,
Sung-Kyun Ko
1,2,
Mina Jang
1,2,
Jong Won Kim
1,
Gil Soo Kim
1,2,
Jae Kyoung Lee
1,
Eun Soo Jeon
1,
Yushi Futamura
3,
In-Ja Ryoo
1,
Jung-Sook Lee
2,4,
Hyuncheol Oh
5,
Young-Soo Hong
1,2,
Bo Yeon Kim
1,2,
Shunji Takahashi
3,6,
Hiroyuki Osada
3,
Jae-Hyuk Jang
1,2,* and
Jong Seog Ahn
1,2,*
1
Anticancer Agent Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju 363-883, Korea
2
University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 305-333, Korea
3
Chemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
4
Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup 56212, Korea
5
College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
6
RIKEN-KRIBB Joint Research Unit, RIKRN Global Research Cluster, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Mar. Drugs 2016, 14(4), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/md14040072
Submission received: 15 February 2016 / Revised: 24 March 2016 / Accepted: 28 March 2016 / Published: 2 April 2016
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Abstract

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Salterns, one of the most extreme natural hypersaline environments, are a rich source of halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms, but they remain largely underexplored ecological niches in the discovery of bioactive secondary metabolites. In continued efforts to investigate the metabolic potential of microbial populations from chemically underexplored sites, three new lipopeptides named iturin F1, iturin F2 and iturin A9 (1–3), along with iturin A8 (4), were isolated from Bacillus sp. KCB14S006 derived from a saltern. The structures of the isolated compounds were established by 1D-, 2D-NMR and HR-ESIMS, and their absolute configurations were determined by applying advanced Marfey’s method and CD spectroscopy. All isolates exhibited significant antifungal activities against various pathogenic fungi and moderate cytotoxic activities toward HeLa and srcts-NRK cell lines. Moreover, in an in vitro enzymatic assay, compound 4 showed a significant inhibitory activity against indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase.

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1. Introduction

Bacillus lipopeptides, represented by three classes, namely the iturins, surfactins and fengycins, have been widely studied for their effective antibacterial or antifungal activities [1]. Among them, iturins, which possess a heptapeptide backbone connected to a C13 to C17 β-amino fatty acid chain, exhibit strong in vitro fungitoxicity through the formation of ion-conducting pores on fungal membranes [1,2]. They exhibit structural heterogeneity at the amino acid residues as well as in their length and branching of the fatty acid chain. Some classic examples of these amphiphilic compounds include iturins A, C, D and E, bacillomycins D, F and L, bacillopeptin and mycosubtilin, all of which are arranged in an lddlldl configurational sequence [3]. Especially, iturin A is composed of up to eight isomers (iturin A1–A8) with different lengths (10–14 carbons) and branching (n-, iso- or anteiso-configurations) of the fatty acid chain [4].
The exploration of biologically active secondary metabolites has provided a number of small molecules extremely useful as molecular probes and drug leads. However, the high probability of rediscovering known compounds with a conventional approach using readily accessible soil microorganisms emphasized the importance of studying untapped resources for novel chemistry [5]. Halophilic and halotolerant bacteria isolated from saline environments, such as oceans and saline lakes, have attracted the attention of natural product chemists [6,7]. It is primarily due to their unique adaptive strategies which could lead them to produce novel metabolites. Although salterns are a popular environment for studies on the physiology of halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms, they are also one of the least explored habitats for novel secondary metabolites. Several recent studies have revealed that microorganisms from salterns, mainly actinobacteria and fungi, produce various secondary metabolites with interesting bioactivities, and supported their metabolic potential [8,9,10]. In an effort to discover new metabolites with pharmaceutical potential from halophilic and halotolerant bacteria, we performed chemical screening of extracts obtained from saltern-derived bacteria using a dereplication strategy based on public and in-house databases [11,12]. This investigation, followed by scale-up culture, solvent extraction and reversed-phase chromatography, resulted in the isolation of three new lipopeptides (1–3), together with known compound iturin A8 (4), from Bacillus sp. KCB14S006. Compounds 1 and 2 which incorporate 4-OH-Pro in the peptide backbone are considered the first members of the iturin class containing a modified amino acid. All the isolates were tested for their antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities, as well as their enzyme inhibition activities. We describe herein the bacterial cultivation, isolation, structural elucidation and biological activities of compounds 1–4.

2. Results

2.1. Isolation of Compounds

The strain KCB14S006 was isolated from a saltern in Incheon, Korea, and was characterized as belonging to the genus Bacillus by phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. It was maintained on marine agar at 28 °C, and cultured in square petri dishes containing the same medium for the large-scale culture. Seven-day-old cultures were extracted with acetone and concentrates were partitioned between EtOAc-H2O. The EtOAc soluble portion was further separated by reversed-phase chromatography to yield four pure compounds 1–4 (Figure 1).

2.2. Structure Determination

Iturin F1 (1) was isolated as a white amorphous powder. Its molecular formula was determined to be C51H80N12O15 on the basis of HR-ESIMS in combination with the 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data (Table 1). The characteristic signals in the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of 1 in DMSO-d6, including α-methine protons, amide carbonyls and a series of overlapping protons at 1.24 ppm, indicated the lipopeptidic nature of the compound. The measurement of the HSQC-DEPT spectrum revealed 18 exchangeable protons, one para-substituted benzene (δC/H 129.8/7.03 and 115.1/6.66), two geminal methyls (δC/H 22.5/0.84), one oxymethine (δC/H 68.7/4.39) and one oxymethylene (δC/H 61.4/3.69 and 3.65). Detailed analysis of the 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic data, including DQF-COSY, TOCSY and HMBC, assigned overlapping sets of carbonyls, and constructed the individual residues as three Asn, one Tyr, one Gln, one 4-OH-Pro and one Ser (Figure 2). In particular, the presence of a 4-OH-Pro residue, which is new to the iturin class, was clearly shown by the chemical shift value of C-25 (δC 68.7). The structure of the β-amino fatty acid chain was determined mainly by the DQF-COSY and HMBC spectra, which was supported by its carbon chemical shifts. The 1H–1H sequence from equivalent geminal methyls H3-50 and H3-51 (δH 0.84) through the aliphatic methine H-49 (δH 1.49) to the long fatty acid chain, and the HMBC correlations of H3-50 and H3-51 with neighboring carbons, revealed an iso-type of the fatty acid chain in 1 [3]. Lastly, analysis of the HMBC and ROESY correlations between adjacent residues, together with consideration of the molecular formula and the unsaturation requirement, enabled us to establish the sequence of 1 as Asn1, Tyr, Asn2, Gln, 4-OH-Pro, Asn3, Ser and a β-amino fatty acid chain (Figure 2). Thus, the gross structure of 1 was established as shown in Figure 1. The heptapeptide backbones of the known iturin class consist of l and d forms of standard amino acids, except for methyl esters of Asp and Glu in iturin E which could be formed during the methanol extraction [13]. Therefore, the identification of 1, which incorporates the modified residue 4-OH-Pro, is rather unusual.
Iturin F2 (2) was obtained as a white amorphous powder, whose molecular formula, which is the same as 1, was determined as C51H80N12O15 on the basis of HR-ESIMS in combination with the 1D NMR spectroscopic data (Table 1). Compared to the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of 1, noticeable differences were observed in the resonances for two methyls (δC/H 11.2/0.82 and 19.1/0.82). Further analysis of the 2D NMR spectroscopic data, including the crucial COSY correlations from the methyl H3-50 (δH 0.82) through the aliphatic methylene H2-49 (δH 1.24 and 1.09) and the methine H-48 (δH 1.27) to the methyl H3-51 (δH 0.82), readily confirmed that 2 contained an anteiso-type of β-amino fatty acid chain (Figure 2) [3]. This conclusion was also supported by HMBC correlations of two methyls H3-50 and H3-51 to the methine C-48 (δC 33.7) and the methylene C-49 (δC 28.9). Thus, the structure of compound 2, which is the positional isomer of 1, was determined as shown in Figure 1.
Iturin A9 (3) was isolated as a white amorphous powder. Its molecular formula was assigned as C51H80N12O14 on the basis of HR-ESIMS in combination with the 1D NMR spectroscopic data (Table 1). A 16 amu decrease in the molecular weight and a longer reversed-phase HPLC retention time relative to 1 and 2 suggested the loss of the hydroxy group in 3. The 13C NMR spectrum of 3 showed a close similarity to that of 1, except for the disappearance of an oxymethine signal for C-25. This observation, together with analysis of the 2D NMR spectra, suggested that an oxymethine was replaced by a methylene (δC/H 24.6/2.00 and 1.88), thus indicating the presence of Pro in 3 rather than 4-OH-Pro. The peptide backbone of 3 was identical to that of iturin A isomers; however, it possessed an iso-C17 type of β-amino fatty acid chain, which was not previously reported.
The stereochemistry of 1–3 was defined by MS-detected chromatographic comparison of the derivatives of the acid hydrolysate [14]. Advanced Marfey’s method using 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitro-phenyl-5-l/d-leucinamide (l- and d-FDLA) assigned the absolute configurations of the amino acid residues as l-Asn, d-Tyr, d-Asn (×2), l-Gln and l-Ser in 1–3 and l-Pro in 3 (Supplementary Information). Moreover, the absolute configurations of α- and γ-carbons of 4-OH-Pro residues in 1 and 2 were elucidated by chromatographic comparisons with FDLA derivatives of four standard residues (Figure 3). The FDLA derivatives of the 4-OH-Pro residue in 1 and 2 showed identical retention times to those of trans-4-OH-l-Pro, thus confirming 23S and 25R configurations.
The absolute configuration at C-35 of the β-amino fatty acid chains in 1–3 was determined to be S on the basis of the elution order of the β-amino fatty acid chain derivatized with FDLA (Supplementary Information) [15,16]. The resulting configuration as 35R was in agreement with that of the known iturin class previously assigned by CD spectroscopy [17]. Next, differentiation of l-Asn and d-Asn in the sequence was suggested by means of a conformational analysis based on CD effects. The conformation of iturin A has been investigated by various techniques using NMR spectroscopy, energy calculations, IR and CD spectra [18,19]. Conformational studies based on CD spectra revealed that iturin A in trifluoroethanol showed two positive Cotton effects at 190 and 210 nm, and a negative Cotton effect at 198 nm. To confirm the stereochemical similarity between iturin A and compounds 1–3, CD spectra of these compounds in trifluoroethanol were measured and compared with that of iturin A in the literature. The CD spectra of 1–3 showed positive Cotton effects at 190 and 208 nm and a negative Cotton effect at 198 nm, and these are in very good agreement with those of iturin A (Figure 4). Thus, the absolute configurations of Asn1, Asn2 and Asn3 were determined to be l-, d- and d-Asn, respectively, which are the same as those of iturin A. In addition, the structure of compound 4 was established by spectroscopic data, Marfey’s analysis and CD spectra, and consequently determined to be iturin A8 bearing an anteiso-C17-type β-amino fatty acid chain [20].

2.3. The Bioactivities of Compounds 1–4

Previous studies have shown that the bioactivities of iturins depend on the composition of the peptide residues and on the type and length of the fatty acid chain [21]. In order to investigate the effects of a hydroxy group at C-25 and the type of fatty acid chain on biological properties of the iturin class, compounds 1–4 were subjected to several preliminary tests including antifungal, antibacterial and cytotoxic assays as well as an enzyme-based assay. All tested compounds exhibited antifungal activities against various pathogenic fungi (Table 2). In particular, compounds 1 and 2, bearing a trans-4-OH-l-Pro residue, showed better activities than 3 and 4 against A. flavus, N. crassa, C. albicans and P. griseofulvum. The fungitoxicity of iturins is known to rely on membrane permeabilization properties by the formation of ion-conducting pores [22]. Microscopic analysis revealed that compounds 1–4 showed swelling morphology against P. oryzae (Figure 5), which might be caused by osmotic perturbations through the interaction of the compounds with the cytoplasmic membrane [2].
A recent study revealed that iturin A inhibits the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells by inhibiting the Akt signaling network, suggesting the potential anti-cancer effect of iturin A [23]. In our preliminary cytotoxic evaluation of compounds 1–4 against human cervical cancer cells (HeLa) and rat kidney cells infected with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Rous sarcoma virus (srcts-NRK), all compounds exhibited moderate cytotoxicities toward both cell lines (Table 3), implying a broad spectrum of the cytotoxicity of iturins.
In the antibacterial bioassays using Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, they were inactive up to 30 μM, which is consistent with previous bioassay results of known iturins [1]. In order to investigate new biological properties of iturins, compounds 1–4 were tested for their ability to inhibit indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). IDO, a promising target for anti-cancer therapy, is expressed by tumor cells and catalyzes the initial and rate-limiting step of the kynurenine pathway, which leads to the production of kynurenine metabolites and tryptophan depletion. These consequently lead to local immunosuppression which allows tumor cells to escape an immune response [24,25,26]. Thus, IDO inhibitors are considered potential anti-cancer agents. Interestingly, despite significant structural similarities, compound 4 showed inhibitory activity in an in vitro IDO assay with an IC50 value of 5.5 μM (positive control menadione = 0.64 μM), while 1–3 were inactive up to 50 μM. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a polypeptide molecule exhibiting IDO-inhibitory activity.

3. Materials and Methods

3.1. General Experimental Procedures

Optical rotations were measured using a JASCO P-1020 polarimeter, and UV spectra were obtained on an Optizen 2120 UV spectrophotometer. CD spectra were measured on a JASCO J-715 spectropolarimeter. NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Biospin Advance II 900 NMR spectrometer (900 MHz for 1H and 225 MHz for 13C), Bruker AVANCE HD 800 NMR spectrometer (800 MHz for 1H and 200 MHz for 13C) and Bruker AVANCE HD 700 NMR spectrometer (700 MHz for 1H and 175 MHz for 13C) at Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) in Ochang, Korea. NMR spectra were recorded in DMSO-d6 and chemical shifts were referenced to residual solvent signal (δC 39.5, δH 2.50). High resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESIMS) data were acquired on a Q-TOF mass spectrometer (SYNAPT G2, Waters) at KBSI in Ochang, Korea. ODS (75 μm; Cosmosil, Nacalai Tesque, Kyoto, Japan) was used for vacuum liquid chromatography with LP-grade solvents (SK chemicals, Osan, Korea). Analytical C18 (4.6 × 150 mm, 5 μm; YMC, Kyoto, Japan), semi-preparative C18 (10 × 250 mm, 10 μm; Optimapak, RStech, Daejeon, Korea) columns were used for reversed-phase HPLC on a YL9100 HPLC system (Young Lin, Anyang, Korea) equipped with a YL9160 PDA detector (Young Lin) using HPLC-grade solvents (Burdick & Jackson, Muskegon, MI, USA). A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was performed using an LTQ XL linear ion trap (Thermo Scientific, Rockford, IL, USA) equipped with an electrospray ionization (ESI) source that was coupled to a rapid separation LC (RSLC; ultimate 3000, Thermo Scientific) system (ESI-LC-MS) using a HSS T3 column (2.1 × 150 mm, 2.5 μm; Waters, Milford, MA, USA) with a linear gradient of the binary solvent system consisting of water with 0.1% formic acid and acetonitrile at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. A linear gradient was initiated with 5% acetonitrile and linearly increased to 100% at 0–15 min. The ESI parameters were the source voltage (+5 kV), entrance capillary voltage (+18 V), entrance capillary temperature (275 °C) and tube lens voltage (+120 V). The scan range was fixed from m/z 50 to 2000. The data-dependent mass spectrometry experiments were controlled using the menu-driven software provided with the Xcalibur system (Thermo Scientific).

3.2. Isolation of the Strain KCB14S006

The strain KCB14S006 was isolated from a saline water sample, which was collected from a saltern in Incheon, Korea. Samples were directly diluted to 10−3 with artificial sea water and were spread on various solid media plates using a disposable plastic rod. The plates were incubated at 28 °C for four weeks. Strain KCB14S006 was observed from a glycerol-asparagine agar plate (1 g of asparagine, 10 g of glycerol, 1 g of K2HPO4, 0.5 g of MgSO4, 18 g of agar per 1 L of artificial sea water) supplemented with cycloheximide at 100 μg/mL, and purified by transfer on marine agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, MI, USA). On the basis of phylogenetic characterization by 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain KCB14S006 was shown to be closely related to Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 14580 (99.3%). The strain was deposited at the Anticancer Agent Research Center, KRIBB, Korea, under the curatorship of J.-H.J.

3.3. Culture, Extraction and Isolation

For the preparative-scale culture, Bacillus sp. KCB14S006 was cultured in 32 square petri dishes by direct streaking, with each containing 75 mL of marine agar (Difco Laboratories). These were continued to be cultured for one week until the bacterium covered the entire surface of the medium. The agar medium containing bacterial colonies was cut into squares and soaked in acetone overnight. After evaporation of the acetone in vacuo, the resulting material was successively suspended in H2O and partitioned three times with EtOAc. The organic layer was evaporated in vacuo to yield a yellow powder (350 mg), which was subjected to reversed-phase C18 flash column chromatography with a stepwise solvent system of MeOH:H2O (20:80, 40:60, 60:40, 80:20 and 100:0 MeOH, v/v, each 2 × 500 mL). The first 100% aqueous MeOH fraction (29.5 mg) was further purified by reversed-phase HPLC (flow rate: 3 mL/min) using a linear gradient elution of CH3CN:H2O (35:65–52:48) over 35 min to yield the pure compounds, 1 (tR: 29.2 min, 2.9 mg), 2 (tR: 28.4 min, 3.4 mg), 3 (tR: 31.1 min, 2.3 mg) and 4 (tR: 30.4 min, 2.4 mg).
Iturin F1 (1): white amorphous powder; [ α ] D 19 +9.5 (c 0.05, MeOH); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 204 (4.3), 226 (3.9) nm; for 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data, see Table 1; HR-ESIMS m/z 1123.5757 [M + Na]+ (calcd for C51H80N12O15Na, 1123.5764).
Iturin F2 (2): white amorphous powder; [ α ] D 18 +13.4 (c 0.05, MeOH); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 204 (4.3), 226 (3.9) nm; for 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data, see Table 1; HR-ESIMS m/z 1123.5758 [M + Na]+ (calcd for C51H80N12O15Na, 1123.5764).
Iturin A9 (3): white amorphous powder; [ α ] D 19 +13.6 (c 0.05, MeOH); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 205 (4.3), 227 (3.9) nm; for 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data, see Table 1; HR-ESIMS m/z 1107.5808 [M + Na]+ (calcd for C51H80N12O14Na, 1107.5815).
Iturin A8 (4): white amorphous powder; [ α ] D 19 +3.5 (c 0.05, MeOH); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 204 (4.3), 226 (3.9) nm; HR-ESIMS m/z 1107.5807 [M + Na]+ (calcd for C51H80N12O14Na, 1107.5815).

3.4. Antibacterial Assay

The following microorganisms were used as test strains in the assay; Staphylococcus aureus 209 and Escherichia coli HO141. Antimicrobial activities of compounds against these microorganisms were conducted by a standard microdilution method. Briefly, 100 μL of cell suspension containing 0.1% of a 0.5 McFarland standard suspension was plated into 96-well plate. Test compounds were added to the culture medium, and the plates were incubated at 28 °C (S. aureus) or 37 °C (E. coli) for 24 h. The growths of these microorganisms were measured by absorbance at 600 nm.

3.5. Antifungal Assay

The following microorganisms were used as test strains in the assay; Aspergillus flavus KCTC 6984, Neurospora crassa KCTC 6079, Candida tropicalis KCTC 7830, Candida albicans KCTC 7678, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum KCTC 6084, Alternaria brassicicola ATCC 96836 and Penicillium griseofulvum KCTC 6435. Potato dextrose broth (Difco Laboratories) was used for a test medium. For C. albicans and C. tropicalis, 100 μL of inoculum suspension of 105 spores/mL was plated into 96-well plates containing diluted test compounds, and the plates were incubated at 28 °C for 48 h. For A. flavus, N. crassa, F. oxysporum, A. brassicicola and P. griseofulvum, 100 μL of cell suspension containing 2% of overnight cultures in 96-well were incubated at 28 °C for 72 h. The MIC values were determined as the lowest concentration of each compound that prevented visible growth.

3.6. Cytotoxicity Assay

The human cervix epidermoid carcinoma cell line HeLa was cultured at 37 °C in DMEM (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA), supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). srcts-NRK cells, rat kidney cells that were infected with ts25, a T-class mutant of Rous sarcoma virus Prague strain, were cultured at permissive temperature (32 °C) in MEM (Sigma-Aldrich), supplemented with 10% calf serum (PAA Laboratories, Pashing, Austria). Each cell line was seeded into a 96-well plate (HeLa, 4 × 103 cells/well; srcts-NRK, 1 × 104 cells/well) and then exposed to test compounds. After 48 h incubation, cell proliferation was determined using a Cell Count Reagent SF (Nacalai Tesque). Briefly, a 1/10 volume of WST-8 solution was added to each well, and the plates were incubated at 37 °C for 1 h. Then, the absorbance at 450 nm was measured in a microplate reader.

3.7. Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) Inhibition Assay

The enzymatic inhibition assay was performed with human recombinant IDO expressed in E. coli according to previously described method with some modifications [27]. The reaction mixture (200 μL) contained 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.5), 20 mM ascorbic acid, 10 μM methylene blue, 200 μM L-Trp, 20 μg/mL catalase and a sample in 2 μL of DMSO. The samples were serially diluted 10-fold from 50 to 0.1 μM. The reaction was started by the addition of IDO and continued at 37 °C for 60 min. After termination of the reaction by addition of 40 μL of 30% (w/v) trichloroacetic acid, the resulting mixtures were incubated at 60 °C for 15 min, followed by centrifugation at 2000 × g for 15 min. Finally, 125 μL of supernatant is added to 125 μL of p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde (pDMAB) (2%, v/v) in acetic acid, and the absorbance at 480 nm was measured.

3.8. Advanced Marfey’s Analysis

Compounds 1–4 (each 0.1 mg) were each dissolved in 0.5 mL of 6 N HCl and shaken at 100 °C for 1 h. After excess HCl was removed under vacuum, the reaction product was dissolved in 100 μL of H2O and separated into two portions. The residue was then dried and dissolved in 100 μL of 1 N NaHCO3. Either 100 μL of 1% l- or d-FDLA in acetone was added to each hydrolysate, and the resulting mixture was vortexed and heated at 40 °C for 1 h. The reaction was quenched by the addition of 20 μL of 2 N HCl and 20 μL of the reaction mixture was diluted with 20 μL of CH3CN. The solution was analyzed by LC-MS. Standard amino acids were also derivatized with FDLA in the same manner and were subjected to LC-MS to compare retention times of reaction products.

4. Conclusions

Chemical investigation of Bacillus sp. KCB14S006 obtained from salterns has led to the isolation of three new iturin class lipopeptides (1–3), along with one known metabolite, iturin A8 (4). The absolute configurations including a newly identified 4-OH-Pro residue were determined by Marfey’s analysis and CD spectroscopy. All isolates showed antifungal activities with slight differences due to the presence or absence of the hydroxy group in Pro and cytotoxic activities. In particular, compound 4 was found to show IDO-inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 5.5 μM. Structurally diverse secondary metabolites, including lipopeptides, polypeptides, macrolactones and polyketides, have been continuously discovered from marine-derived Bacillus strains [28,29,30,31]. However, relatively few metabolites have been characterized from Bacillus sp. inhabiting hypersaline environments, such as saline lakes and salterns where the salt concentration is much higher than that of ocean [32,33]. The discovery of the iturins and their bioactivities presented here supports the use of bacteria from salterns as promising sources of bioactive small molecules, and helps to understand the diversity of the iturin class which possesses various bioactivities.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge financial support by a grant from the Global R&D Center (GRDC, NRF-2010-00719) programs of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning of Korea (MSIFP). This research was also supported by grants from the Chungcheongbuk-do, and KRIBB Research Initiative Program. We thank Harumi Aono, Junnosuke Otaka and Kai Yamamoto in RIKEN for activity tests. We acknowledge the Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang, Korea, for providing NMR (700, 800, and 900 MHz), CD and HR-ESIMS data.

Author Contributions

Sangkeun Son, Jae-Hyuk Jang and Jong Seog Ahn designed the experiments and wrote the paper. Sangkeun Son performed the experiments for strain isolation, culture, purification of the compounds, bioactivity tests and structure elucidation. Jae Kyoung Lee and Jong Won Kim conducted LC/MS analyses. Sung-Kyun Ko, Gil Soo Kim, Mina Jang, Eun Soo Jeon, Yushi Futamura and In-Ja Ryoo contributed to bioactivity tests. Jung-Sook Lee performed a phylogenetic analysis. Hyuncheol Oh, Young-Soo Hong, Sunji Takahashi and Hiroyuki Osada contributed to manuscript preparation and reviewed the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. The structures of compounds 1–4 from Bacillus sp. KCB14S006.
Figure 1. The structures of compounds 1–4 from Bacillus sp. KCB14S006.
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Figure 2. Key 2D NMR correlations of 1 and terminal groups of 2.
Figure 2. Key 2D NMR correlations of 1 and terminal groups of 2.
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Figure 3. HPLC traces of FDLA derivatives of hydrolysate of 1 and 2 and standard amino acids (black solid line for l-FDLA derivative; blue dashed line for d-FDLA derivatives).
Figure 3. HPLC traces of FDLA derivatives of hydrolysate of 1 and 2 and standard amino acids (black solid line for l-FDLA derivative; blue dashed line for d-FDLA derivatives).
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Figure 4. CD spectra of compounds 1–4.
Figure 4. CD spectra of compounds 1–4.
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Figure 5. Compounds 1–4 showed swelling morphology against P. oryzae. P. oryzae was treated with compounds 1–4 at the concentration of 3 µM. Representative images of morphological changes observed under a microscope at 48 h after treatment. Scale bars, 50 μm.
Figure 5. Compounds 1–4 showed swelling morphology against P. oryzae. P. oryzae was treated with compounds 1–4 at the concentration of 3 µM. Representative images of morphological changes observed under a microscope at 48 h after treatment. Scale bars, 50 μm.
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Table
Table 1. NMR spectroscopic data for compounds 1–3 in DMSO-d6.
Table 1. NMR spectroscopic data for compounds 1–3 in DMSO-d6.
Position1 12 23 3
δCδH, m (J in Hz)δCδH, m (J in Hz)δCδH, m (J in Hz)
150.94.39, ovl50.94.39, ovl50.84.43, ovl
236.22.30, dd (15.9, 8.8)36.22.29, m36.32.29, dd (15.7, 8.4)
2.13, dd (15.9, 4.6)2.13, dd (16.3, 5.0)2.16, dd (15.7, 5.4)
3170.5170.6170.6
4173.4173.4173.4
1-NH7.78, s7.78, d (4.2)7.72, d (4.1)
3-NH27.34, s7.35, s7.33, ovl
6.92, ovl6.91, ovl6.92, s
556.34.03, m56.34.02, m56.34.02, m
634.92.97, br d (10.6)34.92.97, dd (14.5, 3.5)34.92.96, dd (14.3, 3.4)
2.75, dd (14.1, 10.6)2.74, dd (14.5, 11.4)2.75, dd (14.3, 10.5)
7128.0128.0128.0
8129.87.03, d (8.4)129.87.03, d (8.8)129.87.03, d (8.4)
9115.16.66, d (8.3)115.16.66, d (8.7)115.16.66, d (8.4)
10155.8155.8155.8
11115.16.66, d (8.3)115.16.66, d (8.7)115.16.66, d (8.4)
12129.87.03, d (8.4)129.87.03, d (8.8)129.87.03, d (8.4)
13171.3171.3171.2
5-NH8.69, s8.69, d (6.3)8.72, ovl
10-OH9.21, s9.21, s9.19, s
1450.94.48, m50.94.48, m49.64.43, ovl
1536.22.59, dd (15.5, 10.0)36.22.59, dd (15.6, 10.6)36.02.59, dd (15.5, 9.6)
2.50, ovl2.50, ovl2.49, ovl
16171.1171.1171.2
17171.2171.2171.1
14-NH8.07, d (7.1)8.07, d (8.2)8.06, d (6.6)
16-NH27.21, ovl7.21, s7.22, s
6.89, ovl6.89, ovl6.88, s
1849.64.51, dd (14.1, 8.6)49.64.51, m49.64.51, dd (14.1, 8.5)
1926.72.00, m26.71.99, ovl26.52.02, ovl
1.71, m1.72, m1.74, ovl
2030.52.09, ovl30.52.09, ovl30.62.10, ovl
21174.0174.0174.1
22171.2171.1170.9
18-NH6.92, ovl6.92, ovl6.98, d (7.8)
21-NH27.10, s7.11, s7.13, s
6.85, ovl6.85, ovl6.86, s
2359.74.28, t (7.9)59.74.28, t (8.7)60.14.17, ovl
2437.52.03, m37.52.03, m29.02.13, ovl
1.86, m1.86, m1.77, m
2568.74.39, ovl68.74.39, ovl24.62.00, ovl
1.88, m
2655.73.82, br d (6.9)55.63.82, dd (10.1, 3.4)47.23.78, m
3.69, ovl3.69, ovl3.74, m
27172.6172.6172.7
25-OH5.22, s5.23, d (2.9)
2849.74.43, m49.74.43, m49.74.43, ovl
2935.22.70, dd (15.5, 5.0)35.22.70, dd (16.5, 5.7)35.22.71, dd (15.7, 5.4)
2.43, dd (15.5, 7.5)2.43, dd (16.5, 8.1)2.47, ovl
30171.8171.8171.8
31170.8170.8170.8
28-NH8.79, d (6.8)8.80, d (8.0)8.72, ovl
30-NH27.37, s7.38, s7.38, s
6.85, ovl6.85, ovl6.85, s
3256.34.17, dd (11.7, 7.0)56.34.17, dd (12.3, 7.3)56.24.17, ovl
3361.43.69, ovl61.43.69, ovl61.43.66, t (5.5)
3.65, m3.65, ovl
34170.5170.5170.3
32-NH7.40, s7.40, ovl7.33, ovl
33-OH4.87, t (5.5)4.88, t (6.0)4.87, t (5.9)
3545.23.99, m45.23.99, m45.33.98, m
3641.92.35, m41.92.35, m41.82.34, ovl
37171.3171.3171.2
3834.61.43, m34.61.40, m34.61.41, m
1.40, m
3925.31.24, ovl25.31.24, ovl25.41.24, ovl
1.13, ovl1.11, ovl1.13, ovl
40–4628.6–29.31.24, ovl28.6–26.51.24, ovl28.6–29.31.24, ovl
4726.81.24, ovl36.01.26, ovl26.81.24, ovl
1.13, ovl1.08, m1.13, ovl
4838.51.24, ovl33.71.27, ovl38.51.24, ovl
1.13, ovl1.13, ovl
4927.41.49, m28.91.24, ovl27.41.49, m
1.09, ovl
5022.50.84, d (6.6)11.20.82, ovl22.60.84, d (6.6)
5122.50.84, d (6.6)19.10.82, ovl22.60.84, d (6.6)
35-NH7.21, ovl7.21, s7.14, ovl
1 900 MHz for 1H and 225 MHz for 13C NMR data; 2 700 MHz for 1H and 175 MHz for 13C NMR data; 3 800 MHz for 1H and 200 MHz for 13C NMR data; Ovl: overlapped with other signals.
Table
Table 2. Antifungal activities of compounds 1–4 (MIC, μg/mL).
Table 2. Antifungal activities of compounds 1–4 (MIC, μg/mL).
Fungi1234Amphotericin B
Aspergillus flavus3.1253.1252512.50.195
Neurospora crassa6.256.2512.512.50.098
Candida tropicalis6.256.256.256.250.781
Candida albicans6.256.2512.512.50.098
Fusarium oxysporum2525252512.5
Alternaria brassicicola252525250.391
Penicillium griseofulvum3.1253.1256.256.253.125
Table
Table 3. Cytotoxic activities of compounds 1–4 (IC50, μM).
Table 3. Cytotoxic activities of compounds 1–4 (IC50, μM).
Cell Line1234
HeLa8.97.84.65.6
srcts-NRK8.97.45.29.0

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