• Bacterial extracellular vesicles: towards realistic models for bacterial membranes in molecular interaction studies by surface plasmon resonance 

      Brilkov, Maxim; Stenbakk, Victoria; Jakubec, Martin; Vasskog, Terje; Kristoffersen, Tone; Cavanagh, Jorunn Pauline; Ericson, Johanna Ulrica; Isaksson, Johan Mattias; Flaten, Gøril Eide (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-13)
      One way to mitigate the ongoing antimicrobial resistance crisis is to discover and develop new classes of antibiotics. As all antibiotics at some point need to either cross or just interact with the bacterial membrane, there is a need for representative models of bacterial membranes and efficient methods to characterize the interactions with novel molecules -both to generate new knowledge and to ...
    • Bioassay-Guided Fractionation Leads to the Detection of Cholic Acid Generated by the Rare Thalassomonas sp. 

      Pheiffer, Fazlin; Schneider, Yannik Karl Heinz; Hansen, Espen Holst; Andersen, Jeanette Hammer; Isaksson, Johan Mattias; Busche, Tobias; Rückert, Christian; Kalinowski, Jörn; van Zyl, Leonardo; Trindade, Marla (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-20)
      Bacterial symbionts of marine invertebrates are rich sources of novel, pharmaceutically relevant natural products that could become leads in combatting multidrug-resistant pathogens and treating disease. In this study, the bioactive potential of the marine invertebrate symbiont Thalassomonas actiniarum was investigated. Bioactivity screening of the strain revealed Gram-positive specific antibacterial ...
    • Four new suomilides isolated from the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. KVJ20 and proposal of their biosynthetic origin 

      Schneider, Yannik Karl Heinz; Liaimer, Anton; Isaksson, Johan Mattias; Wilhelmsen, Oda Sofie Bye; Andersen, Jeanette Hammer; Østnes Hansen, Kine; Hansen, Espen Holst (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-20)
      The suomilide and the banyasides are highly modified and functionalized non-ribosomal peptides produced by cyanobacteria of the order Nostocales. These compound classes share several substructures, including a complex azabicyclononane core, which was previously assumed to be derived from the amino acid tyrosine. In our study we were able to isolate and determine the structures of four suomilides, ...
    • Identification of New Purpuroine Analogues from the Arctic Echinodermata Pteraster militaris That Inhibit FLT3-ITD+ AML Cell Lines 

      Østnes Hansen, Kine; Hansen, Ida Kristine Østnes; Ullsten-Wahlund, Sara; Jenssen, Marte; Isaksson, Johan Mattias; Li, Chun; Schneider, Yannik K.-H. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-13)
      Isolation of bioactive products from the marine environment is considered a very promising approach to identify new compounds that can be used for further drug development. In this work we have isolated three new compounds from the purpuroine family by mass-guided preparative HPLC; purpuroine K-M. These compounds where screened for antibacterial- and antifungal activity, antibiofilm formation ...
    • Identification of New Purpuroine Analogues from the Arctic Echinodermata Pteraster militaris That Inhibit FLT3-ITD+ AML Cell Lines 

      Ullsten-Wahlund, Sara; Petit, Guillaume; Isaksson, Johan Mattias; Hansen, Ida Kristine Østnes; Schneider, Yannik Karl Heinz; Jenssen, Marte; Li, Chun; Østnes Hansen, Kine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-13)
      Isolation of bioactive products from the marine environment is considered a very promising approach to identify new compounds that can be used for further drug development. In this work we have isolated three new compounds from the purpuroine family by mass-guided preparative HPLC; purpuroine K-M. These compounds where screened for antibacterial- and antifungal activity, antibiofilm formation and ...
    • Label-free measurement of antimicrobial peptide interactions with lipid vesicles and nanodiscs using microscale thermophoresis 

      Rainsford, Philip; Rylandsholm, Fredrik G.; Jakubec, Martin; Silk, Mitchell; Juskewitz, Eric; Ericson, Johanna U; Svendsen, John Sigurd Mjøen; Engh, Richard Alan; Isaksson, Johan Mattias (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-03)
      One strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance is the discovery of new classes of antibiotics. Most antibiotics will at some point interact with the bacterial membrane to either interfere with its integrity or to cross it. Reliable and efficient tools for determining the dissociation constant for membrane binding (K<sub>D</sub>) and the partitioning coefficient between the aqueous- and membrane ...
    • Label-free measurement of antimicrobial peptide interactions with lipid vesicles and nanodiscs using microscale thermophoresis 

      Rainsford, Philip Ben; Rylandsholm, Fredrik G.; Jakubec, Martin; Silk, Mitchell; Juskewitz, Eric; Ericson, Johanna Ulrica; Svendsen, John Sigurd Mjøen; Engh, Richard Alan; Isaksson, Johan Mattias (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-03)
      One strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance is the discovery of new classes of antibiotics. Most antibiotics will at some point interact with the bacterial membrane to either interfere with its integrity or to cross it. Reliable and efficient tools for determining the dissociation constant for membrane binding (K<sub><i>D</sub></i>) and the partitioning coefficient between the aqueous- and ...
    • Lulworthinone: In Vitro Mode of Action Investigation of an Antibacterial Dimeric Naphthopyrone Isolated from a Marine Fungus 

      Juskewitz, Eric; Mishchenko, Ekaterina; Dubey, Vishesh Kumar; Jenssen, Marte; Jakubec, Martin; Rainsford, Philip; Isaksson, Johan Mattias; Andersen, Jeanette Hammer; Ericson, Johanna U (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-21)
      Treatment options for infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are rendered ineffective, and drug alternatives are needed—either from new chemical classes or drugs with new modes of action. Historically, natural products have been important contributors to drug discovery. In a recent study, the dimeric naphthopyrone lulworthinone produced by an obligate marine fungus in the family ...
    • WIND-PVPA: Water/Ion NMR Detected PVPA to assess lipid barrier integrity in vitro through quantification of passive water- and ion transport 

      Rainsford, Philip Ben; Sarre, Birta R.; Falavigna, Margherita; Brandsdal, Bjørn Olav; Flaten, Gøril Eide; Jakubec, Martin; Isaksson, Johan Mattias (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-22)
      Water/Ion NMR Detected – Phospholipid Vesicle Permeability Assay (WIND-PVPA), is presented as a novel, straightforward and automatable method to assess lipid barrier integrity in vitro. The apparent permeability constants of water- and ions across the PVPA barriers are determined in a one-pot experiment under the influence of membrane-active guest molecules. NMR spectroscopy is used to quantify ...