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    Anthraquinones and Macrocyclic Lactones From Endophytic Fungus Penicillium Roseopurpureum and Their Bioactivities
    (ACG Publications, 2024) Dizmen,B.; Üner,G.; Küçüksolak,M.; Gören,A.C.; Kırmızıbayrak,P.B.; Bedir,E.
    Endophytic fungi colonize the internal and distinct tissues of the host plants. In recent years, there has been growing interest in endophytic fungi as valuable sources for drug discovery based on their rich metabolic profiles consisting of novel and bioactive compounds. Accordingly, our preliminary study demonstrated that an endophyte, namely Penicillium roseopurpureum isolated from Astragalus angustifolius, had high chemical diversity with an antiproliferative effect. Herein, fermentation of P. roseopurpureum resulted in the production of five new anthraquinone-type compounds (2, 4, 6, 7, 8) together with several known compounds [11-methoxycurvularin (1: epimeric mixture of 1a and 1b), carviolin (3), 11-hydroxycurvularin (5: diastereoisomeric mixture of 5a and 5b) and 1-O-methylemodin (9)]. The structures of the new compounds were established by NMR spectroscopy and HR-MS analysis. Cytotoxicity studies demonstrated that none of the compounds except for 1 and 5 had antiproliferative activity against prostate cancer cell lines. Interestingly, 1 was found as cytotoxic, whereas 5 exhibited cytostatic properties. Also, 7-AAD/Annexin V staining supported these results by showing that 1 caused cellular death, while 5 did not show any increase in dead cell content in comparison to the control. Lastly, cell cycle analysis showed that compounds had distinctive cell cycle arrest patterns. © 2024 ACG Publications.
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    Potent Telomerase Activators From a Novel Sapogenin Via Biotransformation Utilizing Camarosporium Laburnicola, an Endophytic Fungus
    (BioMed Central Ltd., 2023) Küçüksolak, Melis; Yılmaz, Sinem; Ballar Kırmızıbayrak, Petek; Bedir, Erdal
    BACKGROUND: Cycloartane-type triterpenoids possess important biological activities, including immunostimulant, wound healing, and telomerase activation. Biotransformation is one of the derivatization strategies of natural products to improve their bioactivities. Endophytic fungi have attracted attention in biotransformation studies because of their ability to perform modifications in complex structures with a high degree of stereospecificity. RESULTS: This study focuses on biotransformation studies on cyclocephagenol (1), a novel cycloartane-type sapogenin from Astragalus species, and its 12-hydroxy derivatives (2 and 3) to obtain new telomerase activators. Since the hTERT protein levels of cyclocephagenol (1) and its 12-hydroxy derivatives (2 and 3) on HEKn cells were found to be notable, biotransformation studies were carried out on cyclocephagenol and its 12-hydroxy derivatives using Camarosporium laburnicola, an endophytic fungus isolated from Astragalus angustifolius. Later, immunoblotting and PCR-based ELISA assay were used to screen starting compounds and biotransformation products for their effects on hTERT protein levels and telomerase activation. All compounds showed improved telomerase activation compared to the control group. CONCLUSIONS: As a result of biotransformation studies, seven new metabolites were obtained and characterized, verifying the potential of C. laburnicola as a biocatalyst. Additionally, the bioactivity results showed that this endophytic biocatalyst is unique in transforming the metabolites of its host to afford potent telomerase activators. © 2023. The Author(s).
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    Benzodiazepine Derivatives From Marine-Derived Streptomyces Cacaoi 14cm034
    (ACG Publications, 2021) Çetinel Aksoy, Semiha; Küçüksolak, Melis; Uzel, Ataç; Bedir, Erdal
    7-methoxy-8-hydroxy cycloanthranilylproline (2), a new natural product with pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) framework, was isolated from marine-derived actinobacterium Streptomyces cacaoi 14CM034, together with cycloanthranilylproline (1). Structural elucidation of the compounds was based on FTIR, 1D-(H-1 and C-13 NMR), 2D-NMR (COSY, HMBC and NOESY) and HR-MS analyses. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited notable antimicrobial activity. The presence of PBD derivatives in S. cacaoi was first demonstrated with this study.
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    Induction of Secondary Metabolism of Marine Derived Streptomyces Cacaoi
    (Georg Thieme Verlag, 2019) Gezer, Erkin; Bilgi, Eyüp; Küçüksolak, Melis; Bedir, Erdal
    Microbial natural products have an adaptive role as signal molecules or defense tools in ecological interactions. Biosynthesis of these molecules is suppressed in standard laboratory conditions where there are no ecological triggers. Thus, only a portion of the chemical diversity of a microbial strain is discovered by standard fermentation protocols. However, using different fermentation conditions or different approaches such as co-culture, biosynthesis of these suppressed molecules can be triggered, and new natural products can be isolated.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
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    Flavonol Glycosides From Reseda Lutea L
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Kızıltaş, Hatice; Küçüksolak, Melis; Duman, Seda; Bedir, Erdal
    Two new flavonol glycosides; kaempferol-3-O-[2-O-(beta-D-xylopyranosyl)-3-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)]-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-7-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (1) and kaempferol-3-O-[2-O-((6-O-trans-p-coumaryl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-3-O-(beta-D-xylopyranosyl)]-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-7-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (2) were isolated from the aerial parts of Reseda lutea L., together with five known flavonol glycosides. Structural elucidation of the compounds was based on both spectroscopic evidence and reference data comparison. The new compounds are the first tetrasaccharidic secondary metabolites isolated from Resedaceae family.