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Japanese Contributions to the Development of Allelochemicals Horace G. Cutler
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Richard B. Russell Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA 30613
The Japanese people l i v e i n a delicate microecosystem that can be easily polluted by industrial chemical accidents and the use of persistent agricultural chemicals. An intensive s c i e n t i f i c effort has led to the isolation and identification of biodegradable natural products for potential use in agriculture. These include microbial metabolites that have activity against plants, microorganisms, nematodes, and insects. The chemical structures range from complex to simple and represent diverse classes of compounds. In addition, compounds isolated by non-Japanese researchers have been assigned specific uses by Japanese scientists for potential agricultural use. I f a s c i e n t i s t who knew n o t h i n g about t h e geography o r demography o f Japan v i s i t e d t h a t c o u n t r y he would b e g i n t o a r r i v e a t c e r t a i n c o n c l u s i o n s about t h e n a t u r e o f the c o u n t r y q u i t e q u i c k l y . Visits to r e s t a u r a n t s i n t h e c i t i e s a n d s u r r o u n d i n g c o u n t r y s i d e w o u l d indicate that vegetables a n d f i s h a r e q u i t e p l e n t i f u l and r e l a t i v e l y c h e a p ; t h a t t h e m a i n g r a i n f o r f o o d and b e v e r a g e i s r i c e ; t h a t r e d meat i s b o t h e x p e n s i v e a n d d i f f i c u l t t o o b t a i n . V i s i t s to shops and o p e n - a i r m a r k e t s t a l l s would c o n f i r m t h e s e observations. S t a c k s upon s t a c k s o f f r e s h vegetables i n c l u d i n g some t h a t a r e o n l y j u s t f i n d i n g t h e i r way i n t o w e s t e r n m a r k e t s , such as d a i k o n (Raphanus s a t i v u s l o n g i p i n n a t u s ) » greet the e y e . P l a s t i c pans o f a s s o r t e d f i s h i n a l l s h a p e s a n d s i z e s , a n d an abundance o f s h e l l f i s h , a r e c o m m o n p l a c e . While t r a v e l l i n g along t h e h i g h w a y s o u r s c i e n t i s t would n o t e t h a t a r a b l e l a n d i s used t o i t s maximum, even t o t h e edge of t h e r o a d , and t o some e x t e n t o n e i s reminded o f the a l l o t m e n t gardens o f World War II E n g l a n d , where a l l a v a i l a b l e l a n d was used t o produce v e g e t a b l e s t o supplement t h e f o o d r a t i o n i n g program. Even r i c e p a d d i e s extend to t h e r o a d edge and one becomes s u d d e n l y q u i t e aware of the v u l n e r a b i l i t y o f t h i s s t a p l e c r o p d u r i n g t h e a q u a c u l t u r a l s t a g e o f i t s l i f e c y c l e . One c h e m i c a l a c c i d e n t , o r one m a l i c i o u s a c t , can s p e l l d i s a s t e r f o r t h e T h i s chapter not subject to U.S. copyright. P u b l i s h e d 1987 A m e r i c a n C h e m i c a l Society
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r i c e c r o p b e c a u s e o f t h e r a p i d d i f f u s i o n o f agents i n w a t e r . In a d d i t i o n , our s c i e n t i s t would see t h e b a c k b o n e o f m o u n t a i n s , t h e o m n i p r e s e n t s e a t h a t c a n be r e a c h e d m o d e r a t e l y e a s i l y , and one m a j o r c o n c l u s i o n w o u l d be t h a t J a p a n i s a c o u n t r y t h a t c a n n o t a f f o r d to h a v e c h e m i c a l p o l l u t i o n problems from e i t h e r i n d u s t r y or agriculture. F u r t h e r m o r e , our o b s e r v e r w o u l d have b e e n s t r u c k b y t h e p o p u l a t i o n d e n s i t y and the s m a l l , compact houses t h a t are b u i l t q u i t e c l o s e l y t o g e t h e r and have s m a l l , i f any, g a r d e n s . Any e f f e c t on the food c h a i n i s immediately f e l t by the l a r g e p o p u l a t i o n . Our s c i e n t i s t would not be s u r p r i s e d i f t h e map o f J a p a n was shown t o h i m . The c o u n t r y i s b o w - s h a p e d , l o n g , and c o n s i s t s o f f o u r main i s l a n d s , H o k k a i d o , H o n s h u , K y u s h u , and S h i k o k u , p l u s several smaller islands. The l a n d mass i s 377,748 s q u a r e k i l o m e t e r s , o r about 4% the s i z e of the U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a , and s u p p o r t s a p o p u l a t i o n o f 119.6 m i l l i o n p e o p l e (_1 ). Mountains c o m p r i s e 71% o f t h e l a n d w i t h 29% p l a i n s and b a s i n s o f w h i c h a p p r o x i m a t e l y 15% i s s u i t a b l e f o r crop p r o d u c t i o n . The m o u n t a i n s s e r v e as a watershed and i n f l u e n c i n g f a c t o r on the e n v i r o n m e n t , and as a s o u r c e of t i m b e r . Compared w i t h many o t h e r c o u n t r i e s , J a p a n d o e s h a v e a d e n s e p o p u l a t i o n , e s p e c i a l l y when those f i g u r e s are compared on an a r a b l e l a n d r a t i o , but i t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o s e e t h e demographic f i g u r e s for other countries. For example, the p o p u l a t i o n per square k i l o m e t e r i n 1983 was 616 f o r B a n g l a d e s h , 388 f o r S o u t h K o r e a , 346 f o r the N e t h e r l a n d s , 323 f o r B e l g i u m , 317 f o r J a p a n , 100 f o r C h i n a , and n o t s u r p r i s i n g l y , 24 f o r the USA (_1 ). A l l t h e d e m o g r a p h i c f i g u r e s and g e n e r a l o b s e r v a t i o n s l e a d one to the i n e v i t a b l e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t J a p a n has a v e r y delicate m i c r o e c o s y s tern t h a t c a n be e a s i l y damaged by i n d u s t r i a l o r pesticide s p i l l s . And J a p a n i s a h i g h l y c o m p e t i t i v e i n d u s t r i a l n a t i o n w h i l e , a t the same t i m e , an i n t e n s e l y a g r i c u l t u r a l o n e . No one i s more aware of the e f f e c t s o f p o l l u t i o n t h a n t h e J a p a n e s e . In 1 9 8 4 , t h e E n v i r o n m e n t A g e n c y o f the Government o f Japan p u b l i s h e d t h e " I l l u s t r a t e d W h i t e P a p e r on t h e E n v i r o n m e n t i n J a p a n " , i n w h i c h t h e a t t i t u d e s and law c o n c e r n i n g p o l l u t i o n and waste c o n t r o l are d i s c u s s e d . The word " i m p e r a t i v e " occurs throughout t h e t e x t and i t i s q u i t e o b v i o u s t h a t t h e c o u n t r y i n t e n d s to implement a r i g o r o u s s e t of s t a n d a r d s f o r i n d u s t r y and the p r i v a t e c i t i z e n . The v u l n e r a b i l i t y o f the environment and the p o p u l a t i o n i s v i v i d l y e x p r e s s e d i n the examples of i n d u s t r i a l spills. T h e f i r s t i n v o l v e d c a d m i u m , w h i c h a f f e c t s b o n e s and k i d n e y , t h a t s p i l l e d i n t o the J i n t s u r i v e r i n the Toyama P r e f e c t u r e to produce the i t a i - i t a i d i s e a s e . The s e c o n d , w h i c h i s b e t t e r known because of a p o i g n a n t s e t o f p i c t u r e s t h a t were p u b l i s h e d o f a mother b a t h i n g her s o n , was a methylmercury d i s c h a r g e t h a t caused b r a i n d i s o r d e r s and damage to t h e n e r v o u s s y s t e m . This occurred a l o n g t h e Y a t s u s h i r o c o a s t , Kumamoto P r e f e c t u r e , and i n the Agano R i v e r B a s i n i n the N i i g a t a P r e f e c t u r e ; the symptoms were d e s c r i b e d as t h e M i n a m a t a d i s e a s e . A g a i n , one n o t e s the r a i n washing down the m o u n t a i n s , sweeping through the i n d u s t r i a l and agrarian p i e d m o n t , c a r r y i n g p o l l u t a n t s out i n t o the bays and s e a . In s p i t e of the p o p u l a t i o n p r è s s u r e s , t h e s h o r t a g e o f a r a b l e l a n d , t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n of i n d u s t r y , and the r e l a t i v e i s o l a t i o n o f the c o u n t r y , the J a p a n e s e have done a r e m a r k a b l e j o b i n k e e p i n g t h e i r c o u n t r y i n an o r d e r l y f a s h i o n . Parks abound and t h e r e i s a r e s p e c t f o r n a t u r e and a r t t h a t i s q u i t e e x t r a o r d i n a r y . B u t aware
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o f what has happened i n the p a s t , and aware o f what might happen i n the f u t u r e , Japanese s c i e n t i s t s have asked themselves two i m p o r t a n t questions: "What s o r t o f c h e m i c a l s c a n we u s e on o u r c r o p s as p e s t i c i d e s t h a t have h i g h s p e c i f i c a c t i v i t y a g a i n s t target o r g a n i s m s ? " and "How b i o d e g r a d a b l e a r e t h e s e c h e m i c a l s ? " The a n s w e r t o t h e f i r s t q u e s t i o n may be m i c r o b i a l metabolites (allelochemicals) w h i c h a r e o r g a n i c n a t u r a l p r o d u c t s and to the second, n a t u r a l products are i n t r i n s i c a l l y b i o d e g r a d a b l e . In a d d i t i o n , a t h i r d q u e s t i o n i n v o l v e s the n a t u r e o f p h y t o p a t h o g e n i c m i c r o o r g a n i s m s and the p h y t o t o x i n s t h a t t h e y p r o d u c e . F o r i f one i s t o c o n t r o l t h e s e i n v a d e r s , t h e b i o c h e m i c a l pathways by which p h y t o t o x i n s a r e p r o d u c e d by t h e p a t h o g e n s must be e l u c i d a t e d . B e s i d e s , p h y t o p a t h o g e n s may p r o d u c e t o x i n s t h a t c a n be used to c o n t r o l crop p e s t s . We s h a l l s e e , i n t h i s b r i e f r e v i e w , t h a t Japanese work has been i n t e n s e i n the i s o l a t i o n and i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f b i o l o g i c a l l y a c t i v e n a t u r a l p r o d u c t s from m i c r o o r g a n i s m s . T h i s i n t e n s i t y has been marked by the f o l l o w i n g s t e p s : E x t e n s i v e s e a r c h f o r h i g h - y i e l d i n g s t r a i n s of m i c r o o r g a n i s m s , i s o l a t i o n and i d e n t i f i c a t i o n or p r o o f of s t r u c t u r e of a m e t a b o l i t e , and thorough t e s t i n g on p e s t s and c r o p s t h a t a r e o f economic importance to Japan when s u f f i c i e n t q u a n t i t i e s o f t h e n a t u r a l p r o d u c t a r e a v a i l a b l e , and s y n t h e s i s ( w h e n e v e r p o s s i b l e ) o f t h e m e t a b o l i t e so t h a t f u r t h e r s c r e e n i n g may be carried out. In some i n s t a n c e s m e t a b o l i t e s have been r e d i s c o v e r e d and new a p p l i c a t i o n s f o u n d f o r them t h a t were o v e r l o o k e d by the primary d i s c o v e r e r . W h i l e the Japanese c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e a r e a o f b i o l o g i c a l l y a c t i v e n a t u r a l p r o d u c t s have been q u i t e e x t e n s i v e , I have chosen a few examples to i l l u s t r a t e t h e w i d e d i v e r s i t y and a c t i v i t y o f m i c r o b i a l m e t a b o l i t e s against p l a n t s , microorganisms ( i n c l u d i n g a s e l f - i n h i b i t o r ) , nematodes, i n s e c t s , and o t h e r zoological species. C y l i n d r o c l a d i u m s c o p a r i u m i s an u b i q u i t o u s phytopathogenic fungus t h a t causes d i s e a s e s i n a wide v a r i e t y o f p l a n t s , e s p e c i a l l y o r n a m e n t a l s , a n d , more i m p o r t a n t l y , r i c e (Oryza s a t i v a L . ) , where i t induces sheath n e t - b l o t c h . H i r o t a and coworkers f i r s t p u b l i s h e d on the n a t u r e of the t o x i n s produced by t h i s o r g a n i s m , i n c u l t u r e , i n 1973 ( 2 . 3 ) and d u r i n g the course of the next e l e v e n y e a r s they c a r e f u l l y a n a l y z e d t h e s t r u c t u r e o f two m e t a b o l i t e s possessing b i o l o g i c a l a c t i v i t y w h i c h t h e y d e s i g n a t e d as c y l - 1 and c y l - 2 . F i n a l l y , i n 1984, the proposed s t r u c t u r e s f o r these compounds were p u b l i s h e d (4.) and a l l t h e e v i d e n c e p o i n t e d to two o l i g o p e p t i d e s , specifically t e t r a ρ e ρ t i d e s arranged i n the sequence of D - . O - m e t h y l t y r o s i n e , L - i s o l e u c i n e , L - p i p e c o l i c a c i d ( i n c y l - 2 ) or p r o l i n e i n ( c y l - 1 ) , and 2 - a m i n o - 8 - o x o - 9 , 1 0 - e p o x y d e c a n o i c a c i d (Figure 1). Both m e t a b o l i t e s were a c t i v e a g a i n s t p l a n t s p e c i e s b u t t h e m o r e a c t i v e o f t h e two m e t a b o l i t e s was c y l - 1 , w h i c h was i s o l a t e d i n r a t h e r s m a l l amounts. C y l - 1 , f o r example, i n h i b i t e d l e t t u c e r o o t e l o n g a t i o n 50% a t 0 . 5 ppm w h i l e c y l - 2 i n h i b i t e d e x t e n s i o n 50% o n l y at 1.0 ppm (2.). I n o t h e r t e s t s , u s i n g Avena s a t i v a L . c v . R u s s e l l c o l e o p t i l e s , c y l - 2 d i d not i n h i b i t the growth o f c o l e o p t i l e s b u t when i n d o l e - 3 - a c e t i c a c i d was a d d e d t o t h e i n c u b a t i o n medium at 1.0 ppm the e x t e n s i o n n o r m a l l y i n d u c e d by t h a t s u b s t a n c e d i d not o c c u r . That i s , c y l - 2 at 10-100 ppm a c t e d as an a n t a g o n i s t i c agent to i n d o l e - 3 - a c e t i c a c i d and w h i l e t h e m e c h a n i s m o f a c t i o n was n e i t h e r r e p o r t e d n o r suggested the o b s e r v a t i o n i s , n e v e r t h e l e s s , an i n t e r e s t i n g o n e .
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The c y c l i c t e t r a p e p t i d e s a r e a f a s c i n a t i n g group o f compounds and the f i r s t o b s e r v a t i o n t h a t one makes on v i e w i n g the s t r u c t u r e s o f t h e c y l g r o u p i s t h e s e q u e n c i n g o f t h e D and L amino a c i d s . T h i s l e a d s to some t h o u g h t s a b o u t t h e s y n t h e t i c p e r m u t a t i o n s by s u b s t i t u t i n g D and L s p e c i e s a n d , o f c o u r s e , t h e c o n c o m i t a n t b i o l o g i c a l a c t i v i t y . But an even g r e a t e r s u r p r i s e i s t h a t w h i l e t h e c y l s t r u c t u r e s a r e unique they are p a r t o f a g r e a t e r c l a s s of t o x i n s , a l l o f w h i c h p o s s e s s t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of h a v i n g p i p e c o l i c a c i d (or p r o l i n e ) and the 2 - a m i n o - 8 - o x o - 9 , 10-epoxydecanoic acid residue. Among t h e s e a r e c h l a m y d o c i n (Diheterospora c h l a m y d o s p o r i a ) (5.) , HC t o x i n ( H e l m i n t h o s p o r i u m carbonum) ( 6 , 7 ) , and WF-3161 ( P e t r i e l l a g u t t u l a t a ) (8.), t h e l a t t e r b e i n g a n o t h e r Japanese c o n t r i b u t i o n . A l l t h e s e i s o l a t i o n s and i d e n t i f i c a t i o n s are m i l e s t o n e s i n c a r e f u l l y c o n s t r u c t e d and m e t i c u l o u s work. It i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y f i f t e e n y e a r s were spent p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r the c y l - 1 and 2 d a t a . O t h e r c y c l i c t e t r a p e p t i d e s have a l s o been i s o l a t e d by Japanese w o r k e r s and AM t o x i n s I , I I , a n d I I I , i s o l a t e d from A l t e r n a r i a m a l i « a r e e x t r e m e l y t o x i c to c e r t a i n p l a n t s p e c i e s ( 9 , 1 0 ) . These are c o n s t r u c t e d of L - A - h y d r o x y i s o v a l e r i c a c i d , L - a l a n i n e , * - a m i n o a c r y l i c a c i d a n d , i n AM t o x i n I , L-o-methoxyphenyl)v a l e r i c a c i d . The p h e n y l r e s i d u e i n AM t o x i n I I is L - 0 C - a m i n o - i - p h e n y l v a l e r i c a c i d , w h i l e i n AM t o x i n I I I , it is L-
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- a n i s y l o x y p r o p i o n a t e was s y n t h e s i z e d a n d shown t o h a v e t h e same n e m a t i c i d a l p r o p e r t i e s as the n a t u r a l product L - 3 . Another m e t a b o l i t e from A s p e r g i l l u s n i g e r i s n i g r a g i l l i n , a p i p e r a z i n e c l o s e l y r e s e m b l i n g n i g e r a z i n e Β (from A . n i g e r 1 - 6 3 9 ) , t h e s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e two m o l e c u l e s b e i n g a terminal p h e n y l group in nigerazine B. Nigragillin, N - m e t h v l - t r a n s - 2 . 5 - d i m e t h y l - j T - s o r b y l p i p e r a z i n e , was o r i g i n a l l y i s o l a t e d b y C a e s a r e t a l . i n 1969 from A s p e r g i l l u s u s t u s but t h e compound was n o t t e s t e d i n b i o l o g i c a l s y s t e m s (22.) ( F i g u r e 8 ) . When s i l k w o r m , Bombyx m o r i L . , were o r a l l y dosed w i t h n i g r a g i l l i n i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e i r d i e t , 40 ppm proved t o be t o x i c w i t h i n 48 h and 40% o f t h e l a r v a e , w h i c h had been t r e a t e d a f t e r t h e t h i r d m o l t , died. A t 72 h , 70% h a d d i e d . Treatment w i t h 80 ppm proved t o be more l e t h a l and 100% of t h e l a r v a e d i e d w i t h i n 48 h . H o w e v e r , i t s h o u l d be p o i n t e d o u t t h a t w h i l e t h e m e t a b o l i t e was i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e media a t these r a t e s i t i s most p r o b a b l e t h a t o n l y s m a l l amounts w e r e i n g e s t e d b y t h e l a r v a e . A further d i l u t i o n effect o c c u r r e d because t e n l a r v a e were i n c l u d e d i n each d i e t assay. O t h e r symptoms n o t e d d u r i n g t h e course o f t h e experiments i n c l u d e d v o m i t i n g , c o n v u l s i o n s , and swooning ( 2 3 ) . The e f f e c t s o f t o p i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n o f n i g r a g i l l i n i n e t h y l a c e t a t e t o s i l k w o r m were n o t i c e a b l e almost i n s t a n t a n e o u s l y . D o s e s o f 5 yg/g caused i m m e d i a t e k n o c k d o w n a n d p o i s o n i n g , t h o u g h d e a t h d i d n o t always follow. S y n t h e t i c d _ l - n i g r a g i l 1 i n was made a f t e r t h e m e t h o d o u t l i n e d b y Caesar (22) and i t had t h e same b i o l o g i c a l a c t i v i t y as the n a t u r a l p r o d u c t . A n o t h e r compound w i t h marked i n s e c t i c i d a l p r o p e r t i e s i s
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L - a l a n o s i n e ( F i g u r e 9 ) , i s o l a t e d from a Streptomyces s p e c i e s , which i n h i b i t e d l a r v a l e c d y s i s when a d m i n i s t e r e d to f o u r t h - i n s t a r l a r v a e o f the common armyworm, L e u c a n i a s e p a r a t a , i n a r t i f i c i a l d i e t (24). The m o l e c u l e i s q u i t e s i m p l e , L-2-amino-3-(hydroxynitrosamino)p r o p i o n i c a c i d , and the r e a d e r q u i c k l y c a l l s to mind t h e number o f ' s i m p l e ' amino compounds t h a t h a v e been d i s c o v e r e d d u r i n g r e c e n t y e a r s , t h a t range from a r t i f i c i a l s w e e t e n e r s ( a s p a r t a m e ) t o t h e herbicide glyphosate. Doubtless, w i t h a l l the possible p e r m u t a t i o n s f o r amino a c i d d e r i v a t i v e s , many more w i l l f i n d t h e i r way t o t h e m a r k e t p l a c e . The a c t i o n o f L - a l a n o s i n e appears t o be q u i t e s p e c i f i c on e c d y s i s and r a t e s as low as 5 ppm i n d i e t s c a u s e d i n h i b i t i o n o f head c a p s u l e removal i n 50% of l a r v a e . W i t h 40 ppm, not o n l y was head c a p s u l e removal t o t a l l y i n h i b i t e d , b u t c u t i c l e shed d i d n o t t a k e p l a c e . I f the m e t a b o l i t e was f e d to the i n s e c t i m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g e c d y s i s , t h e n l a r v a l g r o w t h was slightly delayed. T h e same e f f e c t s w e r e a l s o o b s e r v e d i n t h e c a b b a g e armyworm, Mamestra b r a s s i c a e . L - A l a n o s i n e was o r i g i n a l l y i s o l a t e d i n 1966 by M u r t h y and c o w o r k e r s as an a n t i v i r a l and a n t i t u m o r m e t a b o l i t e from Streptomyces alanosinicus (25.26). It also i n h i b i t e d r e p r o d u c t i o n i n the h o u s e f l y , Musca d o m e s t i c a ( 2 7 ) . Its m e c h a n i s m o f a c t i o n may i n v o l v e b l o c k i n g RNA adenine s y n t h e s i s , thereby i n h i b i t i n g p r o d u c t i o n o f t h e c u t i c u l a r p r o t e i n t h a t i s e s s e n t i a l f o r s c l e r o t i z a t i o n i n the m o l t i n g p r o c e s s ( 2 4 ) . Again, L - a l a n o s i n e i s an e x c e l l e n t example o f how p r e v i o u s l y d i s c o v e r e d n a t u r a l p r o d u c t s have been r e - i s o l a t e d by Japanese r e s e a r c h e r s and t e s t e d i n systems t h a t have p r a c t i c a l , n a t i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n . In a d d i t i o n to c o n t r o l l i n g p l a n t g r o w t h and d e v e l o p m e n t and c e r t a i n i n s e c t p e s t s there i s great i n t e r e s t i n e l i m i n a t i n g plant pathogens. One o f t h e s e i s V a l s a c e r a t o s p e r m a , a f u n g u s that p r o d u c e s a p p l e c a n k e r and ranks among the most s e v e r e problems i n a p p l e c u l t i v a t i o n . M e c h a n i c a l l y i n j u r e d p a r t s of t r e e s are r e a d i l y a t t a c k e d by t h e f u n g u s , as a r e n e c r o t i c a r e a s , and i n v a s i o n proceeds m e t h o d i c a l l y u n t i l the t r u n k i s damaged. Infected parts become cankered by the fungus and e v e n t u a l l y d i e . In an attempt to c o n t r o l V . c e r a t o s p e r m a s e v e r a l a n t i b i o t i c s w e r e e v a l u a t e d and m i c r o b i a l products t e s t e d . Micromonospora c h a l c e a produced a n o v e l a n t i b i o t i c , d e s i g n a t e d p r o p a n o s i n e ( K - 7 6 ) , w h i c h had s p e c i f i c a c t i v i t y a g a i n s t V . c e r a t o s p e r m a (28) ( F i g u r e 1 0 ) . The compound w h i c h was l i k e L - a l a n o s i n e i n UV s p e c t r a l p r o p e r t i e s , was o f relatively simple s t r u c t u r e . D i s k a s s a y s i n p e t r i d i s h e s were conducted a g a i n s t s e v e r a l microorganisms. G r e a t e r t h a n 800 jigfmL were n e c e s s a r y to c o n t r o l C o l l e t o t r i c h u m l a g e n a r i u m . F u s a r i u m oxvsporum. f. l y c o p e r s i c i . G i b b e r e l l a f u i i k u r o i , P e l l i c u l a r i a f i l a m e n t o s a , and S a p r o l e g n i a p a r a s i t i c a . But 200 jig/mL c o n t r o l l e d A . k i k u c h i a n a , B o t r y t i s c i n e r e a . C o c h l i o b o l u s miyabeanus, D i a p o r t h e c i t r i , G r o m e r e l l a c i n g u l a t a , P y r i c u l a r i a o r v z a e . and R h i z o c t o n i a solani. In excess o f 100 jig/mL were needed to c o n t r o l J i . s u b t i l i s , A T C C 6 6 3 3 , J3. s t e a r o t h e r m o p h i l u s , M y c o b a c t e r i u m p h l e i 607 , S t a p h y l o c o c c u s a u r e u s 2 0 9 P , E . c o l i NIHJ, Pseudomonas a e r u g i n o s a M8152, S e r r a t i a m a r c e s c e n s , V i b r i o p e r c o l e n s ATCC 8461, and C a n d i d a a l b i c a n s M9001. O n l y 25 yg/mL were n e c e s s a r y to i n h i b i t S a c c h a r o m v c e s c e r e v i s i a e Y 2 1 - 1 , b u t most i m p o r t a n t l y , o n l y 1.0 μg/mL o f t h e a n t i b i o t i c was needed to c o n t r o l V a l s a c e r a t o s p e r m a . S i n c e o n l y 45 mg of the Na s a l t were i s o l a t e d i n i t i a l l y , t h e r e was insufficient material for f i e l d t r i a l s . S y n t h e t i c m a t e r i a l was
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o b t a i n e d (.28) b u t i t was a r a c e m i c m i x t u r e and had o n l y h a l f the a c t i v i t y o f the n a t u r a l p r o d u c t . The c a t a l o g o f n a t u r a l p r o d u c t s t h a t c o n t r o l m i c r o o r g a n i s m s i s extensive. That i s , a f t e r a l l , one of the e a r l y a r e a s o f m e d i c i n a l r e s e a r c h and r e a l l y marks the b e g i n n i n g of a n t i b i o t i c s d e r i v e d from microbes. But l e s s common are n a t u r a l p r o d u c t s from m i c r o o r g a n i s m s t h a t a r e s e l f - i n h i b i t o r s a t low l e v e l s o f a p p l i c a t i o n . While h i g h e r p l a n t s c o n t a i n a p p a r e n t s e l f - i n h i b i t o r s and p l a n t growth regulators, s p e c i f i c a l l y a b s c i s i c a c i d , t h e r o l e of these m e t a b o l i t e s i n the p r o d u c e r o r g a n i s m i s n o t c l e a r l y u n d e r s t o o d . Aspermutarubrol, bis(5-methy1-2,3-dihydroxypheny1) e t h e r , from A s p e r g i l l u s svdowi i s such a compound ( F i g u r e 1 1 ) . The p r e s e n c e o f t h e o r g a n i s m on t h e s u r f a c e o f o l d shoe p o l i s h i s something o f a m y s t e r y b u t t h e c u r i o s i t y o f S a t o m u r a i s t o be commended I The f i r s t r e a c t i o n on d i s c o v e r i n g a fungus on any household i t e m i s to discard i t with a l a c r i t y . D u r i n g the c u l t u r i n g of the o r g a n i s m i t was o b s e r v e d t h a t p i g m e n t p r o d u c t i o n c o u l d be c o r r e l a t e d w i t h m y c e l i a l i n h i b i t i o n and t h a t a d d i t i o n o f s o d i u m a c e t a t e increased both responses. E v e n t u a l l y , a s p e r m u t a r u b r o l was i s o l a t e d as c o l o r l e s s c r y s t a l s f r o m c h l o r o f o r m (1 mg/L) (29) but i n aqueous s o l u t i o n the m e t a b o l i t e o x i d i z e d q u i t e r e a d i l y to give red products. T h e m e t a b o l i t e p r o v e d t o be i n e f f e c t i v e against S a c c h a r o m y c e 8 c e r e v i s i a e . P é n i c i l l i u m no t a turn, A s p e r g i l l u s n i g e r , A . o r v z a e . M u c o r m u ç e d o , R h i z o p u s i a p o n i c u s . and v e r y s l i g h t l y a c t i v e a g a i n s t JS. c o l i . but i t was v e r y a c t i v e a t 50, 100, and 200 ppm a g a i n s t t h e g r a m - p o s i t i v e jB. s u b t i l i s . S t a p h y l o c o c c u s a u r e u s , and M i c r o c o c c u s l y s o d e i k t i c u s . A t 1 2 . 5 , 2 5 , 50, and 100 ppm i t m o d e r a t e l y i n h i b i t e d A . svdowi and c o m p l e t e l y i n h i b i t e d at 200 ppm (.29.) · The a u t h o r s o f t h i s w o r k were q u i c k to p o i n t out t h a t the s e c r e t i o n o f a n t i b i o t i c s u b s t a n c e s as a c o m p e t i t i v e mechanism f o r the s u r v i v a l and b e n e f i t of the p r o d u c e r o r g a n i s m i s well e s t a b l i s h e d , but the p u z z l e posed by a s p e r m u t a r u b r o l remains to be explained. D u r i n g t h e c o u r s e o f t r y i n g t o i s o l a t e a s e l f - i n h i b i t o r from b e n o m y l - r e s i s t a n t s t r a i n s o f the c h e r r y brown r o t f u n g u s , M o n i l i n i a f r u e t i c o l a . two new m e t a b o l i t e s t h a t h a d a n t i m i c r o b i a l and p h y t o t o x i c p r o p e r t i e s , though not s e l f - i n h i b i t o r y c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , were i s o l a t e d . These were m o n i l i d i o l and d e c h l o r o m o n i l i d i o l ( 3 0 ) , " e a l i c y l a l d e h y d e t y p e o c t a k e t i d e s (30.)", which are s t r u c t u r a l l y r e l a t e d t o t h e p h y t o t o x i n s p y r i c u l o l (31.) and p y r i c u l a r i o l (32) from P y r i c u l a r i a o r y z a e (Figure 12). M o n i l i d i o l , when a p p l i e d to c h e r r y l e a v e s a t 2 - 5 ^ g , f o l l o w e d by p i n p r i c k s , i n d u c e d d a r k necrotic spots. It a l s o i n h i b i t e d the growth of r i c e seedlings though h a r d d a t a a r e not a v a i l a b l e (30). D e c h l o r o m o n i l i d i o l was n o t as a c t i v e as t h e c h l o r i n a t e d compound i n e i t h e r c h e r r y or r i c e plants. O t h e r t e s t s were c a r r i e d o u t w i t h m o n i l i d i o l a g a i n s t s e l e c t e d o r g a n i s m s b u t g r e a t e r t h a n 100 ppm w e r e n e c e s s a r y t o i n h i b i t p l a n t p a t h o g e n s ( u n n a m e d ) , i n c l u d i n g M. f r u c t i c o l a . The compounds w e r e s y n t h e s i z e d a n d t h e p r o c e d u r e s were p u b l i s h e d i n 1983 ( 3 3 ) . No s y s t e m i s p e r f e c t and sometimes events become q u i t e t a n g l e d in research. What a p p e a r s t o be a p l a c i d a r e a o f e n d e a v o r is s u d d e n l y e n t e r e d b y s e v e r a l w o r k e r s who a r e , unknowingly, i n d e p e n d e n t l y p u r s u i n g common g o a l s . Such was t h e case w i t h the j > - t e r p h e n y l s , a c u r i o u s group o f compounds t h a t a r e expected to be
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p r o d u c t s of a chemical r e a c t i o n i n v i t r o r a t h e r than n a t u r a l products. I n 1 9 7 5 , T a k a h a s h i was i n the p r o c e s s o f i s o l a t i n g and i d e n t i f y i n g t e r p h e n y l l i n ( F i g u r e 13) from A . c a n d i d u s when, as he states, " A t t h i s s t a g e o f t h e work M a r c h e l l i and V i n i n g ( 3 4 ) r e p o r t e d t h e i s o l a t i o n o f t h e t e r p h e n y l assumed to be i d e n t i c a l w i t h compound A . . . " ( 3 5 ) . The compounds were i d e n t i c a l . Takahashi h a d n o t e d t h e e f f e c t o f t e r p h e n y l l i n a g a i n s t HeLa c e l l s , where 3 . 2 ppm p r o d u c e d s l i g h t c e l l u l a r damage and h i g h e r c o n c e n t r a t i o n s i n d u c e d g r e a t e r c h a n g e s so t h a t a t 100 ppm t h e r e was c o m p l e t e cytolysis. C e l l s a l s o had v a r y i n g d e g r e e s o f R t y p e changes, s l i g h t l y e n l a r g e d c e l l s , e v e n l y d i s t r i b u t e d c h r o m a t i n , and s m a l l n u c l e o l i (.35). In 1 9 7 8 , C u t l e r , et a l . , d i s c o v e r e d h y d r o x y t e r p h e n y l l i n , a l s o f r o m A . c a n d i d u s . u s i n g t h e e t i o l a t e d wheat c o l e o p t i l e b i o a s s a y and showed t h a t i t had p l a n t growth r e g u l a t o r y a c t i v i t y (36) (Figure 1 4 ) . Furthermore, t e r p h e n y l l i n s i g n i f i c a n t l y i n h i b i t e d c o l e o p t i l e s 35% a t 1 0 " 3 , w h i l e h y d r o x y t e r p h e n y 1 1 i n i n h i b i t e d 1 0 0 , 4 2 , and 8%, a t 1 0 - 3 , i o ~ 4 IQ-5 . Peracetylt i o n of the m o l e c u l e r e n d e r e d i t b i o l o g i c a l l y i n a c t i v e and so t h e a c t i v i t y a p p e a r e d t o be r e l a t e d t o t h e number o f the OH g r o u p s . Four years l a t e r , Kobayashi et a l . , p u b l i s h e d t h e s t r u c t u r e s for c a n d i d u e i n s A a n d Β f r o m A . c a n d i d u s ( F i g u r e s 15 and 1 6 ) . Both were a n a l o g s o f t e r p h e n y l l i n and h y d r o x y t e r p h e n y 1 1 i n , r e s p e c t i v e l y . Each b l o c k e d i n i t i a l c l e a v a g e i n s e a u r c h i n e m b r y o s when a d d e d 5 m i n a f t e r f e r t i l i z a t i o n a t 1 χ 1 0 " ^ and 5 χ 10""* M, and i n h i b i t e d ! · 8 u b t i l i s a t 50 yg/mL (37). F u r t h e r experiments were conducted w i t h c a n d i d u s i n Β t o determine i t s e f f e c t s on DNA, RNA and p r o t e i n s y n t h e s i s i n t h e e a s t r u l a s t a g e o f sea u r c h i n embryos, uptake of [^H]-thymidine, [ ^ H ] - u r i d i n e , and [ 3 R ] - L - l e u c i n e was o b s e r v e d and percent i n h i b i t i o n noted. A t 0 pg/mL o f c a n d i d u s i n Β t h e r e was 0 i n h i b i t i o n o f u p t a k e o f these r a d i o i s o t o p e s , but a t 1 Mg/mL t h e r e was 8 3 , 5 8 , and 0% i n h i b i t i o n o f uptake o f r a d i o l a b e l e d t h y m i d i n e , u r i d i n e and L - l e u c i n e , r e s p e c t i v e l y . A t 10 jug/mL these f i g u r e s were 9 6 , 86 and 0%, r e s p e c t i v e l y . T h e r e f o r e , c a n d i d u s i n Β was n o t c o n s i d e r e d t o be a r e s p i r a t o r y i n h i b i t o r b e c a u s e i t h a d b e e n determined, i n sea u r c h i n embryos, t h a t r e s p i r a t o r y i n h i b i t o r s s u p p r e s s p r o t e i n s y n t h e s i s , and a l s o DNA and RNA s y n t h e s i s ( 3 7 ) . I n 1 9 8 5 , d i h y d r o x y t e r p h e n y l l i n was i s o l a t e d from A . c a n d i d u s and was f o u n d t o be a p p r o x i m a t e l y t w i c e a s a c t i v e as h y d r o x y t e r p h e n y l l i n i n b l o c k i n g f i r s t c l e a v a g e and i n d u c i n g i r r e g u l a r l y s h a p e d o r o d d - n u m b e r e d c e l l s i n s e a u r c h i n e m b r y o s (.38) . The laboratory synthesis of these terphenyl d e r i v a t i v e s is e x c e p t i o n a l l y d i f f i c u l t and has n o t y e t been a c c o m p l i s h e d , but m i c r o o r g a n i s m s appear t o make them w i t h r e l a t i v e e a s e . J
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These few examples o f r e s e a r c h i n d i c a t e , at l e a s t i n p a r t , the i n t e n s i t y and p e r s e v e r a n c e w i t h w h i c h Japanese s c i e n t i s t s approach t h e i r work w i t h m i c r o b i a l m e t a b o l i t e s . We have seen t h a t , i n many i n s t a n c e s , e f f o r t s a r e made t o d u p l i c a t e , by s y n t h e s i s , these s u b s t a n c e s a n d i t may o n l y b e a q u e s t i o n o f t i m e b e f o r e a m a r k e t a b l e product i s developed. D o u b t l e s s , what we are s e e i n g i n the l i t e r a t u r e i s o n l y a s m a l l p o r t i o n of the energy b e i n g expended to s u c c e s s f u l l y produce biodegradable a g r o c h e m i c a l s b a s e d on n a t u r a l product templates. Japan i s c o m m i t t e d to p r o d u c i n g abundant crops on s m a l l p a r c e l s o f l a n d and to h a v i n g an u n p o l l u t e d environment.
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ASPERMUTARUBROL ( Aspergillus sydowi ) Figure
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