@article{PimentelElardoBubackGulderetal.2011,
  author    = {Pimentel-Elardo, Sheila M. and Buback, Verena and Gulder, Tobias A. M. and Bugni, Tim S. and Reppart, Jason and Bringmann, Gerhard and Ireland, Chris M. and Schirmeister, Tanja and Hentschel, Ute},
  title     = {New Tetromycin Derivatives with Anti-Trypanosomal and Protease Inhibitory Activities},
  series = {Marine drugs},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Marine drugs},
  number    = {10},
  doi       = {10.3390/md9101682},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-141171},
  pages     = {1682-1697},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Four new tetromycin derivatives, tetromycins 1-4 and a previously known one, tetromycin B (5) were isolated from Streptomyces axinellae Pol001(T) cultivated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella polypoides. Structures were assigned using extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy as well as HRESIMS analysis. The compounds were tested for antiparasitic activities against Leishmania major and Trypanosoma brucei, and for protease inhibition against several cysteine proteases such as falcipain, rhodesain, cathepsin L, cathepsin B, and viral proteases SARS-CoV M(pro), and PL(pro). The compounds showed antiparasitic activities against T. brucei and time-dependent inhibition of cathepsin L-like proteases with K(i) values in the low micromolar range.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PimentelElardoGrozdanovProkschetal.2012,
  author    = {Pimentel-Elardo, Sheila Marie and Grozdanov, Lubomir and Proksch, Sebastian and Hentschel, Ute},
  title     = {Diversity of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Genes in the Microbial Metagenomes of Marine Sponges},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-75990},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Genomic mining revealed one major nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) phylogenetic cluster in 12 marine sponge species, one ascidian, an actinobacterial isolate and seawater. Phylogenetic analysis predicts its taxonomic affiliation to the actinomycetes and hydroxy-phenyl-glycine as a likely substrate. Additionally, a phylogenetically distinct NRPS gene cluster was discovered in the microbial metagenome of the sponge Aplysina aerophoba, which shows highest similarities to NRPS genes that were previously assigned, by ways of single cell genomics, to a Chloroflexi sponge symbiont. Genomic mining studies such as the one presented here for NRPS genes, contribute to on-going efforts to characterize the genomic potential of sponge-associated microbiota for secondary metabolite biosynthesis.},
  subject      = {Biologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PimentelElardoBubackGulderetal.2011,
  author    = {Pimentel-Elardo, Sheila M. and Buback, Verena and Gulder, Tobias A. M. and Bugni, Tim S. and Reppart, Jason and Bringmann, Gerhard and Ireland, Chris M. and Schirmeister, Tanja and Hentschel, Ute},
  title     = {New Tetromycin Derivatives with Anti-Trypanosomal and Protease Inhibitory Activities},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-75465},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Four new tetromycin derivatives, tetromycins 1-4 and a previously known one, tetromycin B (5) were isolated from Streptomyces axinellae Pol001T cultivated from the Mediterranean sponge Axinella polypoides. Structures were assigned using extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy as well as HRESIMS analysis. The compounds were tested for antiparasitic activities against Leishmania major and Trypanosoma brucei, and for protease inhibition against several cysteine proteases such as falcipain, rhodesain, cathepsin L, cathepsin B, and viral proteases SARS-CoV Mpro, and PLpro. The compounds showed antiparasitic activities against T. brucei and time-dependent inhibition of cathepsin L-like proteases with Ki values in the low micromolar range.},
  subject      = {Biologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Tabares2011,
  author    = {Tabares, Paula},
  title     = {Antimicrobial, anti-protease and immunomodulatory activities of secondary metabolites from Caribbean sponges and their associated bacteria},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-67000},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Marine sponges and their associated bacteria have been proven to be a rich source of novel secondary metabolites with therapeutic usefulness in infection and autoimmunity. This Ph.D. project aimed to isolate bioactive secondary metabolites from the marine sponges Amphimedon compressa, Aiolochroia crassa and Theonella swinhoei as well as from bacteria associated with different Caribbean sponges, specifically actinomycetes and sphingomonads. In this study, amphitoxin was isolated from the crude methanol extract of the sponge A. compressa and it was found to have antibacterial and anti-parasitic activities. Amphitoxin showed protease inhibitory activity when tested against the mammalian protease cathepsin B and the parasitic proteases rhodesain and falcipain-2. Furthermore, miraziridine A was identified in the dichloromethane extract of the sponge T. swinhoei collected offshore Israel in the Red Sea. Miraziridine A, a natural peptide isolated previously from the marine sponge Theonella aff. mirabilis, is a potent cathepsin B inhibitor with an IC50 value of 1.4 g/mL (2.1 M). Secondary metabolites from sponge-derived bacteria were also isolated and identified. A total of 79 strains belonging to 20 genera of the order Actinomycetales and seven strains belonging to two genera of the order Sphingomonadales were cultivated from 18 different Caribbean sponges and identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Seven of these strains are likely to represent novel species. Crude extracts from selected strains were found to exhibit protease inhibition against cathepsins B and L, rhodesain, and falcipain-2 as well as immunomodulatory activities such as induction of cytokine release by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The isolates Sphingobium sp. CO105 and Lapillicoccus sp. BA53 were selected for cultivation, extraction and purification of bioactive metabolites based on initial bioactive screening results. The isoalloxazine isolumichrome was isolated from the strain Sphingobium sp. CO105 which inhibited the protease rhodesain with an IC50 of 0.2 M. The strain Lapillicoccus sp. BA53 was found to produce p-aminosalicylic acid methyl ester, which showed activity against the proteases cathepsins B and L, falcipain-2 and rhodesain. These results highlight the significance of marine sponge-associated bacteria to produce bioactive secondary metabolites with therapeutic potential in the treatment of infectious diseases and disorders of the immune system.},
  subject      = {Schw{\"a}mme},
  language  = {en}
}