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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Arenicolide Family Macrolides Provide a New Therapeutic Lead Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

Sunghoon Hwang, Bo Eun Heo, Thanh Quang Nguyen, Young Jae Kim, Sung-Gwon Lee, Thanh-Hau Huynh, Eunji Kim, Shin-Il Jo, Min-Jun Baek, Eun-Kyung Shin and 14 more

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sunghoon HwangNatural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Bo Eun HeoDivision of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, 52828, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
Thanh Quang NguyenDivision of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, 52828, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
Young Jae KimDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 35015, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Sung-Gwon LeeSection of Genetics and Physiology, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA.
Thanh-Hau HuynhNatural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eunji KimNatural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Shin-Il JoInstitute of Korean Insect Life, 23 Banchuk-ro 83 beon-gil, Dong-gu, 22530, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Min-Jun BaekCollege of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Kyung ShinCollege of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Joonseok OhInstitute of Biomolecular Design & Discovery and Department of Chemistry, Yale University, West Haven, 06516, CT, USA.
Chungoo ParkSchool of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, 61186, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Yeo Joon YoonNatural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Jin ParkDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 35015, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Kyung Tae KimDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 35015, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Sungweon RyooClinical Research Centre, Masan National Tuberculosis Hospital, 51755, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea.
Da-Gyum LeeClinical Research Centre, Masan National Tuberculosis Hospital, 51755, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea.
Connor WoodTuberculosis Research Laboratory, Institute Pasteur Korea, 13488, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Minjeong WooTuberculosis Research Laboratory, Institute Pasteur Korea, 13488, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Dae-Duk KimNatural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Seungwha PaikDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 35015, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Kyeong JoDepartment of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 35015, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Jichan JangDivision of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, 52828, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
Dong-Chan OhNatural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6405-5535

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute HI22C1361Learning & Academic research institution for Master's·PhD students, and Postdocs (LAMP) Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2023-00301974National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2023-00255021National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00352229
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) poses a significant threat to health globally. During searching for new chemical entities regulating MDR- and XDR-Mtb, chemical investigation of the black oil beetle gut bacterium Micromonospora sp. GR10 led to the discovery of eight new members of arenicolides along with the identification of arenicolide A (Ar-A, 1), which was a previously reported macrolide with incomplete configuration. Genomic analysis of the bacterial strain GR10 revealed their putative biosynthetic pathway. Quantum mechanics-based computation, chemical derivatizations, and bioinformatic analysis established the absolute stereochemistry of Ar-A and arenicolides D-K (Ar-D-K, 2-9) completely for the first time. Biological studies of 1-9 revealed their antimicrobial activity against MDR and XDR strains of Mtb. Ar-A had the most potent in vitro antimicrobial efficacy against MDR- and XDR-Mtb. Mechanistically, Ar-A induced ATP depletion and destabilized Mtb cell wall, thereby inhibiting growth. Notably, Ar-A exerted a significant antimicrobial effect against Mtb in macrophages, was effective in the treatment of Mtb infections, and showed a synergistic effect with amikacin (AMK) in a mouse model of MDR-Mtb lung infection. Collectively, our findings indicate Ar-A to be a promising drug lead for drug-resistant tuberculosis.

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Antitubercular AgentsMacrolidesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantAnimalsHumansMiceMolecular StructureAntitubercular AgentsMacrolidesanti-tubercular mechanismmultidrug resistancenatural productstructure determinationtuberculosis

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PMCPMC11701349

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