KAREN YADIRA VELASCO ALZATE

Ms. KAREN YADIRA VELASCO ALZATE

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8Years (2019-Present)

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28 November 2019 in Marine Drugs
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KAKAREN YADIRA VELASCO ALZATE
KAREN YADIRA VELASCO ALZATE
ABAnelize Bauermeister
Anelize Bauermeister
Marcelo Marucci Pereira TangerinaMarcelo Marucci Pereira Tangerina
Marcelo Marucci Pereira Tangerina
TLTito Lotufo
Tito Lotufo
MFMarcelo J. Pena Ferreira
Marcelo J. Pena Ferreira
LCLeticia Costa-Lotufo
Leticia Costa-Lotufo
Rocas Atoll is a unique environment in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, hosting a large number of endemic species, however, studies on the chemical diversity emerging from this biota are rather scarce. Therefore, the present work aims to assess the metabolomic diversity and pharmacological potential of the microbiota from Rocas Atoll. A total of 76 bacteria were isolated and cultured in liquid culture media to obtain crude extracts. About one third (34%) of these extracts were recognized as cytotoxic against human colon adenocarcinoma HCT-116 cell line. 16S rRNA gene sequencing analyses revealed that the bacteria producing cytotoxic extracts were mainly from the Actinobacteria phylum, including Streptomyces, Salinispora, Nocardiopsis, and Brevibacterium genera, and in a smaller proportion from Firmicutes phylum (Bacillus). The search in the spectral library in GNPS (Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking) unveiled a high chemodiversity being produced by these bacteria, including rifamycins, antimycins, desferrioxamines, ferrioxamines, surfactins, surugamides, staurosporines, and saliniketals, along with several unidentified compounds. Using an original approach, molecular networking successfully highlighted groups of compounds responsible for the cytotoxicity of crude extracts. Application of DEREPLICATOR+ (GNPS) allowed the annotation of macrolide novonestimycin derivatives as the cytotoxic compounds existing in the extracts produced by Streptomyces BRB-298 and BRB-302. Overall, these results highlighted the pharmacological potential of bacteria from this singular atoll.