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ArticleScientific reports2021

Berkchaetoazaphilone B has antimicrobial activity and affects energy metabolism.

Xudong Ouyang, Jelmer Hoeksma, Gisela van der Velden, Wouter A G Beenker, Maria H van Triest, Boudewijn M T Burgering, Jeroen den Hertog

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xudong OuyangHubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jelmer HoeksmaHubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gisela van der VeldenHubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Wouter A G BeenkerHubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Maria H van TriestOncode Institute and Molecular Cancer Research, Center Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Boudewijn M T BurgeringOncode Institute and Molecular Cancer Research, Center Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jeroen den HertogHubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. j.denhertog@hubrecht.eu.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLHubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research · NLLeiden University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the major threats to human health. Therefore, there is a strong need for novel antimicrobials with new mechanisms of action. The kingdom of fungi is an excellent source of antimicrobials for this purpose because it encompasses countless fungal species that harbor unusual metabolic pathways. Previously, we have established a library of secondary metabolites from 10,207 strains of fungi. Here, we screened for antimicrobial activity of the library against seven pathogenic bacterial strains and investigated the identity of the active compounds using ethyl acetate extraction, activity-directed purification using HPLC fractionation and chemical analyses. We initially found 280 antimicrobial strains and subsequently identified 17 structurally distinct compounds from 26 strains upon further analysis. All but one of these compounds, berkchaetoazaphilone B (BAB), were known to have antimicrobial activity. Here, we studied the antimicrobial properties of BAB, and found that BAB affected energy metabolism in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. We conclude that fungi are a rich source of chemically diverse secondary metabolites with antimicrobial activity.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAntifungal AgentsAscomycotaBenzopyransEnergy MetabolismHep G2 CellsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPigments, BiologicalAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntifungal AgentsBenzopyransberkchaetoazaphilone BPigments, Biological

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PMID34548600
PMCPMC8455593
OpenAlexW3199537483

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