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Combining Stable Isotope Labeling and Molecular Networking for Biosynthetic Pathway Characterization

Klitgaard, Andreas, Nielsen, Jakob B., Frandsen, Rasmus J. N., Andersen, Mikael R., Nielsen, Kristian F.·2015·Analytical Chemistry

Abstract

Filamentous fungi are a rich source of bioactive compounds, ranging from statins over immunosuppressants to antibiotics. The coupling of genes to metabolites is of large commercial interest for production of the bioactives of the future. To this end, we have investigated the use of stable isotope labeled amino acids (SILAAs). SILAAs were added to the cultivation media of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans for the study of the cyclic tetrapeptide nidulanin A. Analysis by UHPLC-TOFMS confirmed that the SILAAs were incorporated into produced nidulanin A, and the change in observed m/z could be used to determine whether a compound (known or unknown) incorporated any of the added amino acids. Samples were then analyzed using MS/MS and the data used to perform molecular networking. The molecular network revealed several known and unknown compounds that were also labeled. Assisted by the isotope labeling, it was possible to determine the sequence of several of the compounds, one of which was the known metabolite fungisporin, not previously described in A. nidulans. Several novel analogues of nidulanin A and fungisporin were detected and tentatively identified, and it was determined that these metabolites were all produced by the same nonribosomal peptide synthase. The combination of stable isotope labeling and molecular network generation was shown to very effective for the automated detection of structurally related nonribosomal peptides, while the labeling was effective for determination of the peptide sequence, which could be used to provide information on biosynthesis of bioactive compounds.

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  • Stable-isotope precursor feeding has been used to identify natural products with specific biosynthetic precursors such as colibactin and xanthomonic acid, and to investigate the biosynthesis of fungisporin and related analogues.

    “several studies have made use of stable-isotope precursor feeding to identify natural products with specific biosynthetic precursors such as colibactin,68 xanthomonic acid69 and to investigate the biosynthesis of fungisporin and the discovery of related analogues.70”

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Authors
Klitgaard, A., Nielsen, J. B., Frandsen, R. J. N., Andersen, M. R., & Nielsen, K. F.
Affiliations
Technical University of Denmark (DK)
Corresponding author
Nielsen, Kristian F.
Venue
Analytical Chemistry
Published
2015-06-09
Volume
87
Issue
13
Pages
6520-6526
ISSN
  • 0003-2700 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6882
OpenAlex
W2294110806
Cited by
54
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3
FWCI
7.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Analytical Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Teknologi og Produktion, Det Frie Forskningsråd (09-064967)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
Keywords
molecular networking, nonribosomal peptide synthetase, Aspergillus nidulans, filamentous fungi, cyclic tetrapeptides, peptide identification, bioactive compounds
MeSH terms
Aspergillus nidulans, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Isotope Labeling, Mass Spectrometry

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