Microbial sunscreens

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Siezen, Roland J ^a,b,c,d  

^a KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHOXYSCYTONEMIN; INDOLE ALKALOID; MYCOSPORINE; MYCOSPORINE GLYCINE; MYCOSPORINE LIKE AMINO ACID; MYCOSPORINE SERINOL; PORPHYRA 334; SCYTONEMIN; SCYTONIN; SHINORINE; SUNSCREEN; TETRAMETHOXYSCYTONEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOSCTOC FLAGELLIFORME; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCINE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79951912955     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00241.x     Document Type: Note

References (20)

1. Balskus, E.P., and Walsh, C.T. (2008) Investigating the initial steps in the biosynthesis of cyanobacterial sunscreen scytonemin. J Am Chem Soc 130: 15260-15261.
2. Balskus, E.P., and Walsh, C.T. (2009) An enzymatic cyclopentyl[b]indole formation involved in scytonemin biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 131: 14648-14649.
3. Balskus, E.P., and Walsh, C.T. (2010) The genetic and molecular basis for sunscreen biosynthesis in cyanobacteria. Science 329: 1653-1656.
4. de la Coba, F., Aguilera, J., de Galvez, M.V., Alvarez, M., Gallego, E., Figueroa, F.L., and Herrera, E. (2009) Prevention of the ultraviolet effects on clinical and histopathological changes, as well as the heat shock protein-70 expression in mouse skin by topical application of algal UV-absorbing compounds. J Dermatol Sci 55: 161-169.
5. Ferroni, L., Klisch, M., Pancaldi, S., and Hader, D.P. (2010) Complementary UV-absorption of mycosporine-like amino acids and scytonemin is responsible for the UV-insensitivity of photosynthesis in Nostoc flagelliforme. Mar Drugs 8: 106-121.
6. Klisch, M., and Hader, D.P. (2008) Mycosporine-like amino acids and marine toxins - the common and the different. Mar Drugs 6: 147-163.
7. Llewellyn, C.A., and Airs, R.L. (2010) Distribution and abundance of MAAs in 33 species of microalgae across 13 classes. Mar Drugs 8: 1273-1291.
8. Newman, S.J., Dunlap, W.C., Nicol, S., and Ritz, D. (2000) Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) acquire a UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acid from dietary algae. J Exp Mar Bio Ecol 255: 93-110.
9. Oyamada, C., Kaneniwa, M., Ebitani, K., Murata, M., and Ishihara, K. (2008) Mycosporine-like amino acids extracted from scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis) ovaries: UV protection and growth stimulation activities on human cells. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 10: 141-150.
10. Rastogi, R.P., and Sinha, R.P. (2009) Biotechnological and industrial significance of cyanobacterial secondary metabolites. Biotechnol Adv 27: 521-539.
11. Rastogi, R.P., Richa, Sinha, R.P., Singh, S.P., and Hader, D.P. (2010) Photoprotective compounds from marine organisms. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 37: 537-558.
12. Sinha, R.P., and Hader, D.P. (2008) UV-protectants in cyanobacteria. Plant Sci 174: 278-289.
13. Sinha, R.P., Singh, S.P., and Hader, D.P. (2007) Database on mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) in fungi, cyanobacteria, macroalgae, phytoplankton and animals. J Photochem Photobiol B 89: 29-35.
14. Singh, S.P., Hader, D.P., and Sinha, R.P. (2010a) Cyanobacteria and ultraviolet radiation (UVR) stress: mitigation strategies. Ageing Res Rev 9: 79-90.
15. Singh, S.P., Klisch, M., Sinha, R.P., and Hader, D.P. (2010b) Genome mining of mycosporine-like amino acid (MAA) synthesizing and non-synthesizing cyanobacteria: a bioinformatics study. Genomics 95: 120-128.
16. Soule, T., Stout, V., Swingley, W.D., Meeks, J.C., and Garcia-Pichel, F. (2007) Molecular genetics and genomic analysis of scytonemin biosynthesis in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. J Bacteriol 189: 4465-4472.
17. Soule, T., Garcia-Pichel, F., and Stout, V. (2009a) Gene expression patterns associated with the biosynthesis of the sunscreen scytonemin in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133 in response to UVA radiation. J Bacteriol 191: 4639-4646.
18. Soule, T., Palmer, K., Gao, Q., Potrafka, R.M., Stout, V., and Garcia-Pichel, F. (2009b) A comparative genomics approach to understanding the biosynthesis of the sunscreen scytonemin in cyanobacteria. BMC Genomics 10: 336.
19. Stevenson, C.S., Capper, E.A., Roshak, A.K., Marquez, B., Grace, K., Gerwick, W.H., etal. (2002a) Scytonemin - a marine natural product inhibitor of kinases key in hyperproliferative inflammatory diseases. Inflamm Res 51: 112-114.
20. Stevenson, C.S., Capper, E.A., Roshak, A.K., Marquez, B., Eichman, C., Jackson, J.R., etal. (2002b) The identification and characterization of the marine natural product scytonemin as a novel antiproliferative pharmacophore. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 303: 858-866.