In 2006, the secondary metabolite leiodolide A was isolated from a newly discovered deep-sea sponge of the genus Leiodermatium. The 19-membered macrolide represented a new class of mixed polyketide, nonribosomal, peptide synthetase natural products. A total synthesis of leiodolide A is yet to be achieved and is of specific interest, not only for its complex structure and undefined stereochemistry, but also the potent cytotoxic properties it possesses, particularly towards leukaemia, non-small cell lung and ovarian cancers. A synthetic strategy for leiodolide A must be flexible to overcome the currently unresolved stereochemistry and a convergent route towards the synthesis of the molecule required three subunits. Following the earlier synthesis of the C21-C25 vinyl stannane fragment, this work describes the synthesis of the C1-C10 subunit in the both possible diastereomeric forms. The synthesis of the two required C13 epimers of the C11-C20 subunit is also detailed accompanied by an investigation into potential fragment coupling, in preparation for total synthesis.

Árvores evolutivas de espécies de Peperomia baseadas nas regiões de ITS e matK foram confrontadas com perfis metabólicos de extratos brutos obtidos por RMN 1H, HPLC-DAD e LC-ESI-MS. A análise de clusters (HCA) e a análise discriminante de componentes principais (DAPC) suportaram em parte os agrupamentos observados por ITS e matK. As principais classes de metabólicos secundários observadas foram policetídeos, meroterpenos, cromenos, fenilpropanoides e amidas, sendo que foram ainda isolados um policetídeo (malabaricona D) de P. megapotamica; o fenilpropanoide elemicina e a lignana tetraidrofurânica diyangambina de P. rotundifolia; e as flavonas 5,6,7-trimetoxiflavona e 4\',5,6,7- tetrametoxiflavona de P. sincorana. As PKS tipo chalcona sintase (CHS) de peperomias, diferiram daquelas de famílias filogeneticamente próximas como Myristicaceae (Virola) e Lauraceae (Aniba). Como muitos meroterpenos de espécies de Peperomia possuem como núcleo básico o ácido orselínico, produto típico de líquens e bactérias, o gene ácido orselínico sintase (OSAS) foi investigado nas plantas e nos 27 fungos endofíticos isolados de espécies de Peperomia (identificados pelas sequências de ITS1-5.8S-ITS2). Foram amplificadas pelo menos uma PKS (NR, HR e PR) em cada uma das linhagens e AOS em várias delas (UR1, UC3, UF1, UF2, UF3, UF4, GC3, NR1, NC1, NC2, NF1, AR1, AC1, AC4, OC1 e OF1). A homologia de 60% da OSAS amplificada de UR1 com a sequência de Streptomyces viridochromogenes é sugestivo de transferência horizontal de bactéria para fungos. / Phylogenetic tree of Peperomia species based on ITS and matK were compared to the metabolic profiling of crude extracts using 1H NMR, HPLC-DAD and LC-ESI-MS. Cluster analysis (HCA) and discriminant analysis of principal componentes (DAPC) supported significantly the clustering observed by ITS and matK. The major classes of secondary metabolites were polyketides, meroterpenes, chromenes, phenylpropanoids and amides and besides, one polyketide (malabaricone D) of P. megapotamica; the phenylpropanoid elemicin and the tetrahydrofuran lignan diyangambin from P. rotundifolia; and the flavones 5,6,7- trimethoxyflavone and 4\',5,6,7-tetramethoxyflavone were isolated from P. sincorana. The PKS chalcone synthase type (CHS) from peperomia, differed from phylogenetically related families Myristicaceae (Virola) and Lauraceae (Aniba). Since several meroterpenes from Peperomia species have the orsellinic acid as an aromatic core, typical of liquens and bacteria, the orsellinic acid (OSAS) was investigate in the plants and 27 endophytes isolated from Peperomia (identified based on ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequences). At least one PKS (NR, HR and PR) were isolated from each strains and AOS were isolated from several strains (UR1, UC3, UF1, UF2, UF3, UF4, GC3, NR1, NC1, NC2, NF1, AR1, AC1, AC4, OC1 and OF1). The 60% of homology observed for OSAS amplified from UR1 with that of Streptomyces viridochromogenes is suggestive of a horizontal transferring from bacteria to fungi.

Este trabalho descreve os isolamentos e as determinações estruturais dos metabólitos secundários das diferentes partes dos frutos (pericarpos, arilos, tegumentos e amêndoas) de Virola elongata. 0 material foi coletado em Humaitá (AM) e no Km 96 da Rodovia Santarém-Cuiabá (PA). Os constituíntes químicos foram isolados por cromatografias de adsorção e tiveram suas estruturas identificadas ou determinadas por técnicas espectrométricas usuais (IV, UV, RMN e EM). As configurações absolutas dos metabólitos foram deduzidas a partir de medidas espectropolarimétricas, ou auxiliadas pela obtenção de derivados mais informativos. As substâncias foram agrupadas nas seguintes subclasses: lignanas furofurânicas [(+)-sesamina (LF-1), (+)-epifargesina (LF-2), (+)-eudesmina (LF-3), (+)-fargesina (LF-4), (+)-filigenina (LF-5) e (+)-epieudesmina (LF-6)]; lignanas tetraidrofurânicas [(+)-magnostelina-A (LT-1), (+)-magnostelina-C (LT-2), (±)-4\'-metil-5\'-metoxi-lariciresinol (LT-3), (±)-4,4\'-dimetil-5\'- metoxi-lariciresinol (LT-4) e (±)-4-4\'-dimetil-5\'-hidroxi-5-metoxi-lariciresinol (LT-5)]; Lignana diarilbutanólica [(-)-4,4\'-dimetil-5-metoxi-secolariciresinol (LD-1)]; e lignanas dibenzilbutirolactâmicas [(-)-hinokinina (DB-1), (-)-kusunokinina (DB-2), (-)-dimetilmatairesinol (DB-3), (-)-metiltujaplicatina (DB-4), (-)-dimetil-5-hidroximatairesinol (DB-5) e (-)-dimetil-5-metoxi-matairesinol (DB-6)]; neolignanas diarilbutânicas [ND-1, ND-2 e ND-3], neolignana ariltetralínica: galbulina (NA-1) e neolignanas ariltetralônicas [(-) e (+)-oxoisogalcatina (NA-2), (+)-hidroxi-isogalcatina (NA-3), diidroxi-oxoisogalcatinas epiméricas inéditas (NA-4 e NA-5), NA-6, NA-7, (+)-otobanona (NA-8), hidroxi-otobanonas epiméricas (NA-9 e NA-10)]; neolignanas secoariltetralínicas (ND-5 e seu acetato ND-6]; uma neolignana dimérica [NA-11] e ainda diversos policetídeos acilresorcinólicos e acifloroglucinôlicos [AR-1 a AR-8]. 0 padrão 3,4-dioxigenado nos anéis aromáticos é predominante na maioria dos lignóides isolados. 0 padrão 3,4,5-trioxigenado observado nos anéis aromáticos de lignanas dibenzilbutirolactônicas (DB-4 e DB-5), diarilbutanólica (LD-1) e tetraidrofurânicas (LT-3, LT-4 e LT-5) e, o padrão 2,4,5-trioxigenado observado para neolionanas ariltetralônicas (NA-6, NA-7), conferem para algumas o caráter inédito. A maior variação no padrão de substituição de esqueletos foi observada para neolignanas ariltetralônicas, o que motivou a elaboração de experimentos especíificos em RMN- 1H (ENO e uso de reagente de deslocamento) associados a análise dos dados de RMN- 13C para proposições de constituições e de configurações relativas. Foi constatada a presença das neolionanas NA-2, NA-9 e NA-10 nos extratos dos tegumentos e de seus enantiômeros nos extratos das amêndoas de V. elongata (PA). Algumas classes de substâncias isoladas foram correlacionadas biossinteticamente a partir de suas configurações absolutas. A quantificação aproximada das substâncias identificadas foi efetuada, através das quantidades isoladas e análises de espectros de RMN-1H de frações impuras. Nos pericarpos e arilos foi constatada a presença exclusiva e alternada de lignanas furofurâanicas e lignanas dibenzilbutirolactônicas entre os frutos de diferentes localidades. Essas lignanas, também presentes nos tegumentos, ocorrem em maior teor com maior diversidade de substituição nos anéis aromáticos, mas são completamente ausentes nos extratos das amêndoas, onde o perfil é baseado na presença de neolignanas ariltetralônicas e policetídeos. Os policetídeos com anéis aromáticos di- e triidroxilados foram isolados, principalmente, dos tegumentos e amêndoas. A análise do extrato de uma das amêndoas foi baseada na análise conjunta do espectro de RMN-1H, dos cromatogramas em camada delgada e dos dados obtidos por cromatografia gasosa acoplada a espectrometria de massas. A metodologia foi tentativamente aplicada á análise das diversas partes dos frutos de V. sebifera coletada em Roraima. Os dados obtidos sobre as estruturas e distribuição dos metabólitos são confrontados com os descritos na literatura para espécies taxonomicamente afins. / This work describes isolations and structural determinations of secondary metabolites in parts of fruits (pericarps, arils, teguments and kernels) from Virola elongata. Material was collected in Humaita (AM) and Km 96 of Santarém-Cuiabá Road (PA). The chemical constituents were isolated by chromatographic processes and their structures identified or elucidated by usual spectrometric techniques (IR, UV, NMR, and MS). Absolute configuration were deduced through spectropolarimetric measures, or based on data from derivatives. The compounds were classified in the following classes: furofuran lignans [(+)-sesamin (LF-1), (+)-epifargesin (LF-2), (+)-eudesmin (LF-3), (+)- fargesin (LF-4), (+)-phylligenin (LF-5) and (+)-epieudesmin (LF-6)]; tetrahydrofuran lignans [(+)-magnostelin-A (LT-1), (+)-magnostelin-C (LT-2), (±)-5\'-methox y -4\'-methyl-lariciresinol (LT-3), (±)-5\'-methoxy-4,4\'-dimethyl-lariciresinol (LT-4) and (±)-5\'-hydroxy-5-methoxy-4,4\'-dimethvl-lariciresinol (LT-5)]; diarylbutanol lignan [(-)-4,4\'-dimethvl-5-methoxy-secolariciresinol (LD-1)]; and dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans [(-)-hinokinin (DB-1), (-)-kusunokinin (DB-2), (-)-dimethylmatairesinol (DB-3), (-)-methylthujaplicatin (DB-4)]; diarylbutane neolignans (ND-1, ND-2 and ND-3); aryltetralin neolignans [galbulin (NA-1) and aryltetralone neolignans [(-)- and (+)-oxoisogalcatin (NA-2), (+)-hydroxyisogalcatin (NA-3), unpublished epimeric dihydroxy-isogalcatins (NA-4 and NA-5), (+)-otobanone (NA-8), epimeric hydroxy-otobanones (NA-9 and NA-10)]; secoaryltetralin neolignans [ND-5 and its acetate (NA-6).1; dimeric neolignan (NA-11) and several acylresorcinol and acylphloroglucinol polyketides (AR-1 to AR-8). The 3,4-dioxygenated pattern was observed in aromatic rings of the majority isolated lignans. The 3,4,5-trioxygenated pattern observed in dibenz y lbutyrolactone lignans (DB-4 e DB-5), diarylbutanol (LD-1), and tetrahydrofuran lignans (LT-3, LT-4, LT-5), and the 2,4,5-pattern observed in aryltetralone neolignans, confer to some of them the unusual character. The main variation in the substitution pattern was observed in aryltetralone neolignans, which needed more detailed study involving 1H-NMR experiments (NOE and LIS reagent) and refined analysis of 13C-NMR data. It was observed the presence of NA-2, NA-9 and NA-10 neolignans in teguments and its enantiomers in kernels of fruits from Virola elongata (PA). The biosynthetic relationships among several classes of lignoids are discussed under their absolute configurations. The near concentration of identified compounds was obtained from isolated quantities and analysis of 1H-NMR spectra of mixtures. In pericarps and arils was determined the exclusive and alternated presence of furofuran and dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans between fruits from different localities. These last two subclasses, also present in teguments, occur in higher concentrations and substitution diversifications in aromatic rings, but are completely absent in kernels whose profile is based on the presence of aryltetralone lignans. The poliketide with di- and trihydroxylated aromatic rings were isolated mainly from teguments and kernels. The analysis from kernels extract was performed by combined analysis involving 1H-NMR spectra, thin layer chromatography, and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. This methodology was tested to analyse the parts of fruits from Virola sebifera collected in Roraima. The obtained informations about structures of metabolites and their distributions in fruits was compared with those data described for taxonomically closed species.

Antimicrobial resistant microorganisms are predicted to pose an existential threat to humanity inside of the next 3 decades. Characterisation of novel acting antimicrobial small molecules from microorganisms has historically counteracted this evolutionary arms race, however the bountiful source of pharmaceutically relevant bioactive specialised metabolites discovered in the Golden era of drug discovery has long since dried up. The clinicians' arsenal of useful antimicrobials is diminishing, and a fresh perspective on specialised metabolite discovery is necessary. This call to action is being answered, in part, through advances in genome sequencing, bioinformatics predictions and the development of next generation synthetic biology tools aiming to translate the biological sciences into an engineering discipline. To expedite our route to new pharmaceutically relevant specialised metabolites using the synthetic biology toolbox several bottlenecks need to be addressed, and are tackled here in. Biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) represent blueprints to pharmaceuticals, however to date the vast wealth of knowledge about biosynthetic gene clusters is inconsistently reported and sporadically disseminated throughout the literature and databases. To bring the reporting of BGCs in line with engineering principles we designed and built a community supported standard, the Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster (MIBiG), for reporting BGCs in a consistent manner, and centralised this information in an easy to operate and open access repository for rapid retrieval of information, an essential resource for the bioengineer. Prioritisation represents the next bottleneck in specialised metabolite discovery. Bioinformatics tools have predicted a cache of thousands of BGCs within publicly available genome sequences, however high experimental attrition rates drastically slows characterisation of the corresponding specialised metabolite. We designed and built an Output Ordering and Prioritisation System (OOPS), to rank thousands of BGCs in parallel against molecular biology relevant parameters, pairing BGCs with appropriate heterologous expression hosts and facilitating a judicious choice of BGCs for characterisation to reduce experimental attrition. To fully realise the potential of synthetic biology in specialised metabolite discovery a genetically amenable heterologous host, capable of completing rapid design-build-test-learn cycles, is necessary. This cannot be achieved for the pharmaceutically important type II polyketides, as their biosynthetic machinery is largely restricted to Actinobacteria. Using MIBiG datasets, antiSMASH and BLASTP we identify 5 sets of soluble type II polyketide synthases (PKS) in Escherichia coli for the first time. We construct and test the robustness of a plug-and-play scaffold for bioproduction of aromatic polyketides using one PKS in E. coli, yielding anthraquinones, dianthrones and benzoisochromanequinones intermediates. Through bioprospecting for biological 'parts' to expand the chemical diversity of our plug-and-play scaffold we describe a new lineage of type II PKSs predominantly from non-Actinobacteria. The standards, softwares, and plug-and-play scaffold and biosynthetic 'parts' described here-in will act as an engine for rapid and automated bioproduction of existing, and novel, pharmaceutically relevant aromatic polyketides in E. coli using the synthetic biology toolbox.

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2017-08-29T13:03:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - Suzana Vieira da Silva.pdf: 1145565 bytes, checksum: cb8b708d2e722a6ccc8d9c091be5270f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-29T13:03:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - Suzana Vieira da Silva.pdf: 1145565 bytes, checksum: cb8b708d2e722a6ccc8d9c091be5270f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-12 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior. CAPES / The Evil of Alzheimer is a disease neurodegenerativa that reaches to the cognitive functions among them the memory, attention and learning. The main strategy used for his/her treatment is addressed in the search of improving the hipofun??o colin?rgica, inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, so that the acetylcholine can stay more available in the rift sin?ptica for the accomplishments of the sinapses, since this enzyme has the hidrolisar function the acetylcholine. The nature offers an enormous variety of substances used as f?rmacos and the sea sponges has been demonstrating be rich in these substances. They were extracted of the sponge Plakortis angulospiculatus three polyketides that through the method Ellman demonstrated activity anticolinester?sica. Through techniques of Molecular Modelling, calculations semiempiricos were accomplished using the method PM3 to analyze the geometric interactions and energies involved in the compound polyketidesacetylcholinesterase with the objective of analyzing a possible use of these as f?rmacos for the Evil of Alzheimer. As if he/she didn't know the state in that the ranch would be (with Ser200 and neutral His440 or no) in the moment of the interaction, calculations were accomplished for the three polyketides in both ranches. Studies with inhibitors already known tacrina and huprina X (both neutral one and protonadas) they were also accomplished at both ranches in order to comparison. Resulted obtained he in this work showed the reliability of the employed method, likewise as values of favorable entalpia for the formation of all the compounds independent pollyketide-acetylcholinesterase of the ranch. It was observed by the energy values a preference when the same ones if they found in the ranch protonado diferencialmente of the inhibitors tacrina and huprina X that independent of his/her state (protonados or no) they showed better interaction for the neutral ranch. The calculations accomplished for the tacrina demonstrated that even after optimization the main interactions described already by the literature stayed and that possibly she meets protonada inside of the seen ranch the values of energy found for this structure. The huprina X that is a hybrid of the tacrina with the huperzina A it showed HER likewise the most significant interactions as the more favorable energy values, what is in agreement with the high constant of inhibition of 26pM found in the literature for human's acetilcolinesterase. Before the obtained data we can end that the polyketides in spite of they obtain favorable energy values the formation of the compound polyketide-acetylcholinesterase these values are not competitive with the energy values found for the inhibitors tacrina and huprina X. however, in the production of a f?rmaco they are not taken into account just energy interactions and as the tacrina it already demonstrated to possess high hepatic toxicity, besides adverse reactions as nausea and vomit, the polyketides for they be natural substance were able to in this case be competitive if they demonstrated to possess softer adverse reactions. / O Mal de Alzheimer ? uma doen?a neurodegenerativa que atinge ?s fun??es cognitivas entre elas a mem?ria, aten??o e aprendizagem. A principal estrat?gia utilizada para seu tratamento est? direcionado na busca de melhorar a hipofun??o colin?rgica, inibindo a enzima acetilcolinesterase, para que a acetilcolina possa permanecer mais dispon?vel na fenda sin?ptica para as realiza??es das sinapses, j? que esta enzima tem a fun??o de hidrolisar a acetilcolina. A natureza oferece uma enorme variedade de subst?ncias utilizadas como f?rmacos e as esponjas marinhas tem demonstrado serem ricas nestas subst?ncias. Foram extra?dos da esponja Plakortis angulospiculatus tr?s policet?deos que atrav?s do m?todo Ellman demonstraram atividade anticolinester?sica. Atrav?s de t?cnicas de Modelagem Molecular, foram realizados c?lculos semiempiricos utilizando o m?todo PM3 para analisar as intera??es geom?tricas e energias envolvidas no complexo policet?deos-acetilcolinesterase com o objetivo de analisar uma poss?vel utiliza??o destes como f?rmacos para o Mal de Alzheimer. Como n?o se conhecia o estado em que o s?tio se encontraria (com a Ser200 e His440 neutros ou n?o) no momento da intera??o, foram realizados c?lculos para os tr?s policet?deos em ambos os s?tios. Estudos com inibidores j? conhecidos tacrina e huprina X (ambas neutra e protonadas) tamb?m foram realizados em ambos os s?tios a fim de compara??o. O resultados obtidos neste trabalho mostraram a confiabilidade do m?todo empregado, assim tamb?m como valores de entalpia favor?veis para a forma??o de todos os complexos policet?deo-acetilcolinesterase independente do s?tio. Observou-se pelos valores energ?ticos uma prefer?ncia quando os mesmos se encontravam no s?tio protonado diferencialmente dos inibidores tacrina e huprina X que independente do seu estado (protonados ou n?o) mostraram melhor intera??o pelo s?tio neutro. Os c?lculos realizados para a tacrina demonstraram que mesmo ap?s otimiza??o as principais intera??es j? descritas pela literatura se mantiveram e que possivelmente ela se encontra protonada dentro do s?tio visto os valores de energia encontrados para esta estrutura. A huprina X que ? um h?brido da tacrina com a huperzina A mostrou as intera??es mais significativas assim tamb?m como os valores energ?ticos mais favor?veis, o que est? de acordo com a alta constante de inibi??o de 26pM encontrados na literatura para a acetilcolinesterase de humano. Diante dos dados obtidos podemos concluir que os policet?deos apesar de obterem valores energ?ticos favor?veis a forma??o do complexo policet?deo-acetilcolinesterase estes valores n?o s?o competitivos com os valores energ?ticos encontrados para os inibidores tacrina e huprina X. No entanto, na fabrica??o de um f?rmaco n?o s?o levados em conta apenas intera??es energ?ticas e como a tacrina j? demonstrou possuir alta toxicidade hep?tica, al?m de rea??es adversas como n?usea e v?mito, os policet?deos por serem subst?ncia naturais poderiam neste caso ser competitivos se demonstrassem possuir rea??es adversas mais brandas.

Under the conditions of transfer hydrogenation employing ortho-cyclometallated iridium C,O-benzoate catalysts, two protocols of iterative chain elongation of 1,3-diols to furnish 1,3-polyols were developed. First, one-directional chain elongation employing mono-protected 1,3-diols as starting materials was achieved. In all cases, high levels of catalyst-directed enantioselectivity and diastereoselectivity were observed. Then, double asymmetric allylation of 1,n-glycols to deliver C₂-symmetric adducts with exceptional level of enantioselectivity was devised. Iterative two-directional elongation of 1,3-diols to furnish 1,3-polyols with high level of catalyst-directed diastereoselectivity was then achieved. Implementation of this methodology and other hydrogenative C-C bond formations proved to be effective means for the preparation of a known bryostatin A-ring fragment and the total synthesis of bryostatin 7. / text

Orientadora: Eliana Gertrudes Macedo Lemos / Banca: Lúcia Maria Carareto Alves / Banca: Vanderlei Rodrigues / Resumo: Metabólitos secundários são compostos bioativos, com grande importância para a indústria farmacêutica e agropecuária, produzidos por certos grupos de microrganismos e plantas. Os policetídeos, que são sintetizados por complexos enzimáticos denominados policetídeos sintases (PKSs), desatacam-se entre os metabólitos secundários conhecidos e compõe a estrutura química básica de vários antibióticos. Todos os genes envolvidos na biossíntese de um policetídeo se encontram agrupados fisicamente no cromossomo, e contém genes que são altamente conservados, comumente chamados d~ pks mínima. Os métodos tradicionais para pesquisa de novas drogas, que envolvem o cultivo de microrganismos isolados do solo, não são mais tão promissores, devido à alta taxa de redescoberta de antibióticos já conhecidos, que chega a 99,9%, e à pequena parcela de microrganismos do solo que são cultiváveis pelas técnicas padrões de cultivo, cerca de 1 %. A Metagenômica é uma abordagem promissora que permite acessar o genoma desses organismos incultiváveis, pois consiste na extração de DNA diretamente do ambiente e construção de uma biblioteca com este genoma misto. Neste trabalho descrevemos a construção de uma biblioteca feita com DNA de alto peso molecular isolado diretamente de solo coletado sob arboreto de eucaliptos no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. A biblioteca possui 9.320 clones e foi construída em vetor cosmídeo, com insertos de tamanho variando entre 30 e 45kb...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Secondary metabolites are bioactive compounds with great importance in the pharmaceutical and agriculture industries, procuced by a few groups of microrganisms and plants. The polyketides that are synthetized by enzimatic complexes, denominated polyketides synthases, outstand among the secondary known metabolites, which are part of the main structure of many antibiotics. Ali genes involved in the biosynthesis of antibiotics are found as clusters in the chromossome. The traditional methods for the research of new drugs that are made from microrganisms cultures isolated from the soil are not so promissing, due to the high rate of rediscorevy of already known species, reaching 99.9%. The other small piece of microrganisms are culturable by standards culture methods, reaching 1 % maximum. Metagenomics is a promissing approach that allows the access to genom of these organisms that are not culturable, as it is carried out by DNA extraction directly from the environment and construction of a mixed genomic library. In this work, we describe the construction of a library made from high molecular weight DNA isolated directly form the soi! undemeath a pinus forest in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The library shows 9.320 dones and it was constructed in a cosmideo vector, with insert size ranging from 30 to 45 kb. Digestion with difterent restriction enzymes of cosmidial DNA randomly chosen allowed to visualize evident difterences in the restriction fragments among the clones, as does the possibility to determine the average insert size. The initial evaluation of the presence of genes involved in the biosynthesis of antibiotics synthesized by the enzymatic system PKS of kind I, was accomplished by the PCR amplification of clones from the library using specific primers. We studied 4.320 clones and the results suggest a great variety of these genes. The PCR products obtained were sequenced for the determination of identity of the amplified gene. / Mestre

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Árvores evolutivas de espécies de Peperomia baseadas nas regiões de ITS e matK foram confrontadas com perfis metabólicos de extratos brutos obtidos por RMN 1H, HPLC-DAD e LC-ESI-MS. A análise de clusters (HCA) e a análise discriminante de componentes principais (DAPC) suportaram em parte os agrupamentos observados por ITS e matK. As principais classes de metabólicos secundários observadas foram policetídeos, meroterpenos, cromenos, fenilpropanoides e amidas, sendo que foram ainda isolados um policetídeo (malabaricona D) de P. megapotamica; o fenilpropanoide elemicina e a lignana tetraidrofurânica diyangambina de P. rotundifolia; e as flavonas 5,6,7-trimetoxiflavona e 4\',5,6,7- tetrametoxiflavona de P. sincorana. As PKS tipo chalcona sintase (CHS) de peperomias, diferiram daquelas de famílias filogeneticamente próximas como Myristicaceae (Virola) e Lauraceae (Aniba). Como muitos meroterpenos de espécies de Peperomia possuem como núcleo básico o ácido orselínico, produto típico de líquens e bactérias, o gene ácido orselínico sintase (OSAS) foi investigado nas plantas e nos 27 fungos endofíticos isolados de espécies de Peperomia (identificados pelas sequências de ITS1-5.8S-ITS2). Foram amplificadas pelo menos uma PKS (NR, HR e PR) em cada uma das linhagens e AOS em várias delas (UR1, UC3, UF1, UF2, UF3, UF4, GC3, NR1, NC1, NC2, NF1, AR1, AC1, AC4, OC1 e OF1). A homologia de 60% da OSAS amplificada de UR1 com a sequência de Streptomyces viridochromogenes é sugestivo de transferência horizontal de bactéria para fungos. / Phylogenetic tree of Peperomia species based on ITS and matK were compared to the metabolic profiling of crude extracts using 1H NMR, HPLC-DAD and LC-ESI-MS. Cluster analysis (HCA) and discriminant analysis of principal componentes (DAPC) supported significantly the clustering observed by ITS and matK. The major classes of secondary metabolites were polyketides, meroterpenes, chromenes, phenylpropanoids and amides and besides, one polyketide (malabaricone D) of P. megapotamica; the phenylpropanoid elemicin and the tetrahydrofuran lignan diyangambin from P. rotundifolia; and the flavones 5,6,7- trimethoxyflavone and 4\',5,6,7-tetramethoxyflavone were isolated from P. sincorana. The PKS chalcone synthase type (CHS) from peperomia, differed from phylogenetically related families Myristicaceae (Virola) and Lauraceae (Aniba). Since several meroterpenes from Peperomia species have the orsellinic acid as an aromatic core, typical of liquens and bacteria, the orsellinic acid (OSAS) was investigate in the plants and 27 endophytes isolated from Peperomia (identified based on ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequences). At least one PKS (NR, HR and PR) were isolated from each strains and AOS were isolated from several strains (UR1, UC3, UF1, UF2, UF3, UF4, GC3, NR1, NC1, NC2, NF1, AR1, AC1, AC4, OC1 and OF1). The 60% of homology observed for OSAS amplified from UR1 with that of Streptomyces viridochromogenes is suggestive of a horizontal transferring from bacteria to fungi.

Este trabalho descreve os isolamentos e as determinações estruturais dos metabólitos secundários das diferentes partes dos frutos (pericarpos, arilos, tegumentos e amêndoas) de Virola elongata. 0 material foi coletado em Humaitá (AM) e no Km 96 da Rodovia Santarém-Cuiabá (PA). Os constituíntes químicos foram isolados por cromatografias de adsorção e tiveram suas estruturas identificadas ou determinadas por técnicas espectrométricas usuais (IV, UV, RMN e EM). As configurações absolutas dos metabólitos foram deduzidas a partir de medidas espectropolarimétricas, ou auxiliadas pela obtenção de derivados mais informativos. As substâncias foram agrupadas nas seguintes subclasses: lignanas furofurânicas [(+)-sesamina (LF-1), (+)-epifargesina (LF-2), (+)-eudesmina (LF-3), (+)-fargesina (LF-4), (+)-filigenina (LF-5) e (+)-epieudesmina (LF-6)]; lignanas tetraidrofurânicas [(+)-magnostelina-A (LT-1), (+)-magnostelina-C (LT-2), (±)-4\'-metil-5\'-metoxi-lariciresinol (LT-3), (±)-4,4\'-dimetil-5\'- metoxi-lariciresinol (LT-4) e (±)-4-4\'-dimetil-5\'-hidroxi-5-metoxi-lariciresinol (LT-5)]; Lignana diarilbutanólica [(-)-4,4\'-dimetil-5-metoxi-secolariciresinol (LD-1)]; e lignanas dibenzilbutirolactâmicas [(-)-hinokinina (DB-1), (-)-kusunokinina (DB-2), (-)-dimetilmatairesinol (DB-3), (-)-metiltujaplicatina (DB-4), (-)-dimetil-5-hidroximatairesinol (DB-5) e (-)-dimetil-5-metoxi-matairesinol (DB-6)]; neolignanas diarilbutânicas [ND-1, ND-2 e ND-3], neolignana ariltetralínica: galbulina (NA-1) e neolignanas ariltetralônicas [(-) e (+)-oxoisogalcatina (NA-2), (+)-hidroxi-isogalcatina (NA-3), diidroxi-oxoisogalcatinas epiméricas inéditas (NA-4 e NA-5), NA-6, NA-7, (+)-otobanona (NA-8), hidroxi-otobanonas epiméricas (NA-9 e NA-10)]; neolignanas secoariltetralínicas (ND-5 e seu acetato ND-6]; uma neolignana dimérica [NA-11] e ainda diversos policetídeos acilresorcinólicos e acifloroglucinôlicos [AR-1 a AR-8]. 0 padrão 3,4-dioxigenado nos anéis aromáticos é predominante na maioria dos lignóides isolados. 0 padrão 3,4,5-trioxigenado observado nos anéis aromáticos de lignanas dibenzilbutirolactônicas (DB-4 e DB-5), diarilbutanólica (LD-1) e tetraidrofurânicas (LT-3, LT-4 e LT-5) e, o padrão 2,4,5-trioxigenado observado para neolionanas ariltetralônicas (NA-6, NA-7), conferem para algumas o caráter inédito. A maior variação no padrão de substituição de esqueletos foi observada para neolignanas ariltetralônicas, o que motivou a elaboração de experimentos especíificos em RMN- 1H (ENO e uso de reagente de deslocamento) associados a análise dos dados de RMN- 13C para proposições de constituições e de configurações relativas. Foi constatada a presença das neolionanas NA-2, NA-9 e NA-10 nos extratos dos tegumentos e de seus enantiômeros nos extratos das amêndoas de V. elongata (PA). Algumas classes de substâncias isoladas foram correlacionadas biossinteticamente a partir de suas configurações absolutas. A quantificação aproximada das substâncias identificadas foi efetuada, através das quantidades isoladas e análises de espectros de RMN-1H de frações impuras. Nos pericarpos e arilos foi constatada a presença exclusiva e alternada de lignanas furofurâanicas e lignanas dibenzilbutirolactônicas entre os frutos de diferentes localidades. Essas lignanas, também presentes nos tegumentos, ocorrem em maior teor com maior diversidade de substituição nos anéis aromáticos, mas são completamente ausentes nos extratos das amêndoas, onde o perfil é baseado na presença de neolignanas ariltetralônicas e policetídeos. Os policetídeos com anéis aromáticos di- e triidroxilados foram isolados, principalmente, dos tegumentos e amêndoas. A análise do extrato de uma das amêndoas foi baseada na análise conjunta do espectro de RMN-1H, dos cromatogramas em camada delgada e dos dados obtidos por cromatografia gasosa acoplada a espectrometria de massas. A metodologia foi tentativamente aplicada á análise das diversas partes dos frutos de V. sebifera coletada em Roraima. Os dados obtidos sobre as estruturas e distribuição dos metabólitos são confrontados com os descritos na literatura para espécies taxonomicamente afins. / This work describes isolations and structural determinations of secondary metabolites in parts of fruits (pericarps, arils, teguments and kernels) from Virola elongata. Material was collected in Humaita (AM) and Km 96 of Santarém-Cuiabá Road (PA). The chemical constituents were isolated by chromatographic processes and their structures identified or elucidated by usual spectrometric techniques (IR, UV, NMR, and MS). Absolute configuration were deduced through spectropolarimetric measures, or based on data from derivatives. The compounds were classified in the following classes: furofuran lignans [(+)-sesamin (LF-1), (+)-epifargesin (LF-2), (+)-eudesmin (LF-3), (+)- fargesin (LF-4), (+)-phylligenin (LF-5) and (+)-epieudesmin (LF-6)]; tetrahydrofuran lignans [(+)-magnostelin-A (LT-1), (+)-magnostelin-C (LT-2), (±)-5\'-methox y -4\'-methyl-lariciresinol (LT-3), (±)-5\'-methoxy-4,4\'-dimethyl-lariciresinol (LT-4) and (±)-5\'-hydroxy-5-methoxy-4,4\'-dimethvl-lariciresinol (LT-5)]; diarylbutanol lignan [(-)-4,4\'-dimethvl-5-methoxy-secolariciresinol (LD-1)]; and dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans [(-)-hinokinin (DB-1), (-)-kusunokinin (DB-2), (-)-dimethylmatairesinol (DB-3), (-)-methylthujaplicatin (DB-4)]; diarylbutane neolignans (ND-1, ND-2 and ND-3); aryltetralin neolignans [galbulin (NA-1) and aryltetralone neolignans [(-)- and (+)-oxoisogalcatin (NA-2), (+)-hydroxyisogalcatin (NA-3), unpublished epimeric dihydroxy-isogalcatins (NA-4 and NA-5), (+)-otobanone (NA-8), epimeric hydroxy-otobanones (NA-9 and NA-10)]; secoaryltetralin neolignans [ND-5 and its acetate (NA-6).1; dimeric neolignan (NA-11) and several acylresorcinol and acylphloroglucinol polyketides (AR-1 to AR-8). The 3,4-dioxygenated pattern was observed in aromatic rings of the majority isolated lignans. The 3,4,5-trioxygenated pattern observed in dibenz y lbutyrolactone lignans (DB-4 e DB-5), diarylbutanol (LD-1), and tetrahydrofuran lignans (LT-3, LT-4, LT-5), and the 2,4,5-pattern observed in aryltetralone neolignans, confer to some of them the unusual character. The main variation in the substitution pattern was observed in aryltetralone neolignans, which needed more detailed study involving 1H-NMR experiments (NOE and LIS reagent) and refined analysis of 13C-NMR data. It was observed the presence of NA-2, NA-9 and NA-10 neolignans in teguments and its enantiomers in kernels of fruits from Virola elongata (PA). The biosynthetic relationships among several classes of lignoids are discussed under their absolute configurations. The near concentration of identified compounds was obtained from isolated quantities and analysis of 1H-NMR spectra of mixtures. In pericarps and arils was determined the exclusive and alternated presence of furofuran and dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans between fruits from different localities. These last two subclasses, also present in teguments, occur in higher concentrations and substitution diversifications in aromatic rings, but are completely absent in kernels whose profile is based on the presence of aryltetralone lignans. The poliketide with di- and trihydroxylated aromatic rings were isolated mainly from teguments and kernels. The analysis from kernels extract was performed by combined analysis involving 1H-NMR spectra, thin layer chromatography, and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. This methodology was tested to analyse the parts of fruits from Virola sebifera collected in Roraima. The obtained informations about structures of metabolites and their distributions in fruits was compared with those data described for taxonomically closed species.