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Löckener I, Behrmann LV, Reuter J, Schiefer A, Klöckner A, Krannich S, Otten C, Mölleken K, Ichikawa S, Hoerauf A, Schneider T, Pfarr KM, Henrichfreise B. The MraY Inhibitor Muraymycin D2 and Its Derivatives Induce Enlarged Cells in Obligate Intracellular Chlamydia and Wolbachia and Break the Persistence Phenotype in Chlamydia. Antibiotics (Basel) 2024; 13:421. [PMID: 38786149 PMCID: PMC11117252 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13050421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Chlamydial infections and diseases caused by filarial nematodes are global health concerns. However, treatment presents challenges due to treatment failures potentially caused by persisting Chlamydia and long regimens against filarial infections accompanied by low compliance. A new treatment strategy could be the targeting of the reduced peptidoglycan structures involved in cell division in the obligate intracellular bacteria Chlamydia and Wolbachia, the latter being obligate endosymbionts supporting filarial development, growth, and survival. Here, cell culture experiments with C. trachomatis and Wolbachia showed that the nucleoside antibiotics muraymycin and carbacaprazamycin interfere with bacterial cell division and induce enlarged, aberrant cells resembling the penicillin-induced persistence phenotype in Chlamydia. Enzymatic inhibition experiments with purified C. pneumoniae MraY revealed that muraymycin derivatives abolish the synthesis of the peptidoglycan precursor lipid I. Comparative in silico analyses of chlamydial and wolbachial MraY with the corresponding well-characterized enzyme in Aquifex aeolicus revealed a high degree of conservation, providing evidence for a similar mode of inhibition. Muraymycin D2 treatment eradicated persisting non-dividing C. trachomatis cells from an established penicillin-induced persistent infection. This finding indicates that nucleoside antibiotics may have additional properties that can break bacterial persistence.
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- Iris Löckener
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology (IPM), University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany (C.O.); (B.H.)
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (L.V.B.)
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology (IPM), University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany (C.O.); (B.H.)
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (L.V.B.)
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology (IPM), University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany (C.O.); (B.H.)
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology (IPM), University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany (C.O.); (B.H.)
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology (IPM), University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany (C.O.); (B.H.)
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- Institute for Functional Microbial Genomics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (L.V.B.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology (IPM), University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany (C.O.); (B.H.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (L.V.B.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology (IPM), University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, 53115 Bonn, Germany (C.O.); (B.H.)
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Braun C, Wingen LM, Menche D. Strategies and tactics for the synthesis of lipid I and II and shortened analogues: functional building blocks of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2023; 40:1718-1734. [PMID: 37492928 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00018d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Covering: the literature up to 2022This study discusses various synthetic strategies for the synthesis of lipid II, the pivotal bacterial cell wall precursor. In detail, it examines different solution phase approaches, reviews various solid phase sequences, and evaluates enzymatic ventures. The underlying rationale, scope, limitations, and perspectives of these strategies are discussed. The focus is on the tactics and strategies towards the authentic peptidoglycan compound, as well as analogues thereof with shortened side chains, which are increasingly recognized as more beneficial surrogates with more favorable physicochemical properties.
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- Christina Braun
- Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
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- Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
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- Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Gil CS, Eom SH. Two different anti-algal control mechanisms in Microcystis aeruginosa induced by robinin or tannin rich plants. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 323:138202. [PMID: 36849021 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Phytochemical is considered an alternative method for cyanobacterial bloom control in aquatic environments. When cyanobacteria are treated with anti-algal materials produced from plant tissues, they tend to exhibit growth inhibition or necrosis of cells. These different anti-algal responses have not been well discussed, and thus, the modes of anti-algal action in cyanobacteria remain obscure. In this study, transcriptomic and biochemical researches were conducted to understand the mechanisms of cyanobacterial growth inhibition and necrosis in harmful cyanobacterial cells exposed to allelopathic materials. The cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa was treated with aqueous extracts of walnut husk, rose leaf, and kudzu leaf. Walnut husk and rose leaf extracts induced mortality of cyanobacterial population with cell necrosis, whereas kudzu leaf extract exhibited poorly grown cells with shrunk size. Through RNA sequencing, it was revealed that the necrotic extracts significantly downregulated critical genes in enzymatic chain reactions for carbohydrate assembly in the carbon fixation cycle and peptidoglycan synthesis. Compared to the necrotic extract treatment, expression of several genes related to DNA repair, carbon fixation, and cell reproduction was less interrupted by the kudzu leaf extract. Biochemical analysis of cyanobacterial regrowth was performed using gallotannin and robinin. Gallotannin was identified as the major anti-algal compound in walnut husk and rose leaf affecting cyanobacterial necrosis, whereas robinin, which is the typical chemical in kudzu leaf, was associated with growth inhibition of cyanobacterial cells. These combinational studies using RNA sequencing and regrowth assays provided evidence supporting the allelopathic effects of plant-derived materials on cyanobacterial control. Furthermore, our findings suggest novel algicidal scenarios with different responses in the cyanobacterial cells depending on the type of anti-algal compounds.
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- Chan Saem Gil
- Department of Smart Farm Science, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea.
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- Department of Smart Farm Science, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea.
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Galinier A, Delan-Forino C, Foulquier E, Lakhal H, Pompeo F. Recent Advances in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Regulation in Bacteria. Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13050720. [PMID: 37238589 DOI: 10.3390/biom13050720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Bacteria must synthesize their cell wall and membrane during their cell cycle, with peptidoglycan being the primary component of the cell wall in most bacteria. Peptidoglycan is a three-dimensional polymer that enables bacteria to resist cytoplasmic osmotic pressure, maintain their cell shape and protect themselves from environmental threats. Numerous antibiotics that are currently used target enzymes involved in the synthesis of the cell wall, particularly peptidoglycan synthases. In this review, we highlight recent progress in our understanding of peptidoglycan synthesis, remodeling, repair, and regulation in two model bacteria: the Gram-negative Escherichia coli and the Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis. By summarizing the latest findings in this field, we hope to provide a comprehensive overview of peptidoglycan biology, which is critical for our understanding of bacterial adaptation and antibiotic resistance.
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- Anne Galinier
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Univ, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Univ, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Univ, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Univ, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Univ, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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Rohrbacher C, Zscherp R, Weck SC, Klahn P, Ducho C. Synthesis of an Antimicrobial Enterobactin-Muraymycin Conjugate for Improved Activity Against Gram-Negative Bacteria. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202202408. [PMID: 36222466 PMCID: PMC10107792 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Overcoming increasing antibiotic resistance requires the development of novel antibacterial agents that address new targets in bacterial cells. Naturally occurring nucleoside antibiotics (such as muraymycins) inhibit the bacterial membrane protein MraY, a clinically unexploited essential enzyme in peptidoglycan (cell wall) biosynthesis. Even though a range of synthetic muraymycin analogues has already been reported, they generally suffer from limited cellular uptake and a lack of activity against Gram-negative bacteria. We herein report an approach to overcome these hurdles: a synthetic muraymycin analogue has been conjugated to a siderophore, i. e. the enterobactin derivative EntKL , to increase the cellular uptake into Gram-negative bacteria. The resultant conjugate showed significantly improved antibacterial activity against an efflux-deficient E. coli strain, thus providing a proof-of-concept of this novel approach and a starting point for the future optimisation of such conjugates towards potent agents against Gram-negative pathogens.
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- Christian Rohrbacher
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.,Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Nakaya T, Yabe M, Mashalidis EH, Sato T, Yamamoto K, Hikiji Y, Katsuyama A, Shinohara M, Minato Y, Takahashi S, Horiuchi M, Yokota SI, Lee SY, Ichikawa S. Synthesis of macrocyclic nucleoside antibacterials and their interactions with MraY. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7575. [PMID: 36539416 PMCID: PMC9768162 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35227-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The development of new antibacterial drugs with different mechanisms of action is urgently needed to address antimicrobial resistance. MraY is an essential membrane enzyme required for bacterial cell wall synthesis. Sphaerimicins are naturally occurring macrocyclic nucleoside inhibitors of MraY and are considered a promising target in antibacterial discovery. However, developing sphaerimicins as antibacterials has been challenging due to their complex macrocyclic structures. In this study, we construct their characteristic macrocyclic skeleton via two key reactions. Having then determined the structure of a sphaerimicin analogue bound to MraY, we use a structure-guided approach to design simplified sphaerimicin analogues. These analogues retain potency against MraY and exhibit potent antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including clinically isolated drug resistant strains of S. aureus and E. faecium. Our study combines synthetic chemistry, structural biology, and microbiology to provide a platform for the development of MraY inhibitors as antibacterials against drug-resistant bacteria.
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- Takeshi Nakaya
- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- grid.26009.3d0000 0004 1936 7961Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710 USA ,grid.410513.20000 0000 8800 7493Present Address: Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 USA
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- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, School/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-18, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0818 Japan ,grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818 Japan
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- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan ,grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan
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- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan ,grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan ,grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Sapporo, Japan
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- grid.256115.40000 0004 1761 798XDepartment of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192 Japan
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- grid.256115.40000 0004 1761 798XDepartment of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192 Japan
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- grid.470107.5Division of Laboratory Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, South-1, West-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543 Japan ,grid.263171.00000 0001 0691 0855Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1, West-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543 Japan
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- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, School/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-18, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0818 Japan ,grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818 Japan
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- grid.263171.00000 0001 0691 0855Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1, West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8556 Japan
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- grid.26009.3d0000 0004 1936 7961Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710 USA
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- grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan ,grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Japan ,grid.39158.360000 0001 2173 7691Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812 Sapporo, Japan
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New MraY AA Inhibitors with an Aminoribosyl Uridine Structure and an Oxadiazole. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11091189. [PMID: 36139968 PMCID: PMC9495235 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11091189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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New inhibitors of the bacterial transferase MraY from Aquifex aeolicus (MraYAA), based on the aminoribosyl uridine central core of known natural MraY inhibitors, have been designed to generate interaction of their oxadiazole linker with the key amino acids (H324 or H325) of the enzyme active site, as observed for the highly potent inhibitors carbacaprazamycin, muraymycin D2 and tunicamycin. A panel of ten compounds was synthetized notably thanks to a robust microwave-activated one-step sequence for the synthesis of the oxadiazole ring that involved the O-acylation of an amidoxime and subsequent cyclization. The synthetized compounds, with various hydrophobic substituents on the oxadiazole ring, were tested against the MraYAA transferase activity. Although with poor antibacterial activity, nine out of the ten compounds revealed the inhibition of the MraYAA activity in the range of 0.8 µM to 27.5 µM.
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Kusaka S, Yamamoto K, Shinohara M, Minato Y, Ichikawa S. Design, synthesis and conformation-activity relationship analysis of LNA/BNA-type 5'-O-aminoribosyluridine as MraY inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 65:116744. [PMID: 35500521 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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It is important to understand and control the biologically active conformation in medicinal chemistry. Muraymycins and caprazamycins, which are strong inhibitors of MraY, are promising antibacterial agents with a novel mode of action. Focusing on a sugar puckering and a dihedral angle ϕ of the uridine moiety of these natural products, LNA/BNA-type 5'-O-aminoribosyluridine analogues, whose puckering of the ribose moiety are completely restricted to the N-type, were designed and synthesized as simplified MraY inhibitors. Their conformation-activity relationship was further investigated in details. The conformation-activity relationship analysis investigated in this study could be a general guideline for simplification and rational drug design of MraY inhibitory nucleoside natural products.
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- Shintaro Kusaka
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan; Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan; Global Station for Biosurfaces and Drug Discovery, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.
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Okamoto K, Ishikawa A, Okawa R, Yamamoto K, Sato T, Yokota SI, Chiba K, Ichikawa S. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of simplified analogues of MraY inhibitory natural product with rigid scaffold. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 55:116556. [PMID: 35016115 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Muraymycins and caprazamycins are strong inhibitors of MraY, which is responsible for peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Although they are promising antibacterial agents with a novel mode of action, their chemical structures are rather complex. This study investigated the simplification of these natural products by structure-based drug design, synthesis, and biological evaluation. We developed a simplified rigid scaffold with an arylalkyne moiety, which shows sub-micromolar MraY inhibitory activity. The scaffold is suitable for further investigating the structure-activity relationship by virtue of our synthetic strategy, where the substituent of interest is installed in the last stage of synthesis. This scaffold shows the potential for further use in optimizing MraY inhibitory and antibacterial activities.
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- Kazuhiro Okamoto
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University, South-1, West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan; Laboratory of Veterinary Hygiene, School/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-18, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University, South-1, West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan; Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan; Global Station for Biosurfaces and Drug Discovery, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Liu J, Xing WY, Zhang JY, Zeng X, Yang Y, Zhang CC. Functions of the Essential Gene mraY in Cellular Morphogenesis and Development of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:765878. [PMID: 34745074 PMCID: PMC8566892 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.765878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacterial cell shape is determined by the peptidoglycan (PG) layer. The cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 (Anabaena) is a filamentous strain with ovoid-shaped cells connected together with incomplete cell constriction. When deprived of combined nitrogen in the growth medium, about 5–10% of the cells differentiate into heterocysts, cells devoted to nitrogen fixation. It has been shown that PG synthesis is modulated during heterocyst development and some penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) participating in PG synthesis are required for heterocyst morphogenesis or functioning. Anabaena has multiple PBPs with functional redundancy. In this study, in order to examine the function of PG synthesis and its relationship with heterocyst development, we created a conditional mutant of mraY, a gene necessary for the synthesis of the PG precursor, lipid I. We show that mraY is required for cell and filament integrity. Furthermore, when mraY expression was being limited, persistent septal PG synthetic activity was observed, resulting in increase in cell width. Under non-permissive conditions, filaments and cells were rapidly lysed, and no sign of heterocyst development within the time window allowed was detected after nitrogen starvation. When mraY expression was being limited, a high percentage of heterocyst doublets were found. These doublets are formed likely as a consequence of delayed cell division and persistent septal PG synthesis. MraY interacts with components of both the elongasome and the divisome, in particular those directly involved in PG synthesis, including HetF, which is required for both cell division and heterocyst formation.
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- Jing Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.,College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.,Institut WUT-AMU, Aix-Marseille University and Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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Oliver M, Le Corre L, Poinsot M, Corio A, Madegard L, Bosco M, Amoroso A, Joris B, Auger R, Touzé T, Bouhss A, Calvet-Vitale S, Gravier-Pelletier C. Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling of urea-containing MraY inhibitors. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:5844-5866. [PMID: 34115086 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00710f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
The straightforward synthesis of aminoribosyl uridines substituted by a 5'-methylene-urea is described. Their convergent synthesis involves the urea formation from various activated amides and an azidoribosyl uridine substituted at the 5' position by an aminomethyl group. This common intermediate resulted from the diastereoselective glycosylation of a phthalimido uridine derivative with a ribosyl fluoride as a ribosyl donor. The inhibition of the MraY transferase activity by the synthetized 11 urea-containing inhibitors was evaluated and 10 compounds revealed MraY inhibition with IC50 ranging from 1.9 μM to 16.7 μM. Their antibacterial activity was also evaluated on a panel of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Four compounds exhibited a good activity against Gram-positive bacterial pathogens with MIC ranging from 8 to 32 μg mL-1, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Enterococcus faecium. Interestingly, one compound also revealed antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa with MIC equal to 64 μg mL-1. Docking experiments predicted two modes of positioning of the active compounds urea chain in different hydrophobic areas (HS2 and HS4) within the MraY active site from Aquifex aeolicus. However, molecular dynamics simulations showed that the urea chain adopts a binding mode similar to that observed in structural model and targets the hydrophobic area HS2.
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- Martin Oliver
- Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences, UMR CNRS 8601, LCBPT, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences, UMR CNRS 8601, LCBPT, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences, UMR CNRS 8601, LCBPT, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences, UMR CNRS 8601, LCBPT, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences, UMR CNRS 8601, LCBPT, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Université de Paris, Faculté des Sciences, UMR CNRS 8601, LCBPT, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Unité de Physiologie et Génétique Bactériennes, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, B4000 Liège 1, Belgique
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- Unité de Physiologie et Génétique Bactériennes, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, B4000 Liège 1, Belgique
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, Université Paris Sud, CEA, F-91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, Université Paris Sud, CEA, F-91405, Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire Structure-Activité des Biomolécules Normales et Pathologiques (SABNP), Univ Evry, INSERM U1204, Université Paris-Saclay, 91025 Evry, France
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Fisher JF, Mobashery S. β-Lactams against the Fortress of the Gram-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Bacterium. Chem Rev 2021; 121:3412-3463. [PMID: 33373523 PMCID: PMC8653850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The biological diversity of the unicellular bacteria-whether assessed by shape, food, metabolism, or ecological niche-surely rivals (if not exceeds) that of the multicellular eukaryotes. The relationship between bacteria whose ecological niche is the eukaryote, and the eukaryote, is often symbiosis or stasis. Some bacteria, however, seek advantage in this relationship. One of the most successful-to the disadvantage of the eukaryote-is the small (less than 1 μm diameter) and nearly spherical Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. For decades, successful clinical control of its infection has been accomplished using β-lactam antibiotics such as the penicillins and the cephalosporins. Over these same decades S. aureus has perfected resistance mechanisms against these antibiotics, which are then countered by new generations of β-lactam structure. This review addresses the current breadth of biochemical and microbiological efforts to preserve the future of the β-lactam antibiotics through a better understanding of how S. aureus protects the enzyme targets of the β-lactams, the penicillin-binding proteins. The penicillin-binding proteins are essential enzyme catalysts for the biosynthesis of the cell wall, and understanding how this cell wall is integrated into the protective cell envelope of the bacterium may identify new antibacterials and new adjuvants that preserve the efficacy of the β-lactams.
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- Jed F Fisher
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Indiana 46556, United States
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Niro G, Weck SC, Ducho C. Merging Natural Products: Muraymycin-Sansanmycin Hybrid Structures as Novel Scaffolds for Potential Antibacterial Agents. Chemistry 2020; 26:16875-16887. [PMID: 32897546 PMCID: PMC7756498 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To overcome bacterial resistances, the need for novel antimicrobial agents is urgent. The class of so-called nucleoside antibiotics furnishes promising candidates for the development of new antibiotics, as these compounds block a clinically unexploited bacterial target: the integral membrane protein MraY, a key enzyme in cell wall (peptidoglycan) biosynthesis. Nucleoside antibiotics exhibit remarkable structural diversity besides their uridine-derived core motifs. Some sub-classes also show specific selectivities towards different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, which are poorly understood so far. Herein, the synthesis of a novel hybrid structure is reported, derived from the 5'-defunctionalized uridine core moiety of muraymycins and the peptide chain of sansanmycin B, as a new scaffold for the development of antimicrobial agents. The reported muraymycin-sansanmycin hybrid scaffold showed nanomolar activity against the bacterial target enzyme MraY, but displayed no significant antibacterial activity against S. aureus, E. coli, and P. aeruginosa.
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- Giuliana Niro
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistrySaarland UniversityCampus C2 366123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistrySaarland UniversityCampus C2 366123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistrySaarland UniversityCampus C2 366123SaarbrückenGermany
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Terasawa Y, Sataka C, Sato T, Yamamoto K, Fukushima Y, Nakajima C, Suzuki Y, Katsuyama A, Matsumaru T, Yakushiji F, Yokota SI, Ichikawa S. Elucidating the Structural Requirement of Uridylpeptide Antibiotics for Antibacterial Activity. J Med Chem 2020; 63:9803-9827. [PMID: 32787111 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The synthesis and biological evaluation of analogues of uridylpeptide antibiotics were described, and the molecular interaction between the 3'-hydroxy analogue of mureidomycin A (3'-hydroxymureidomycin A) and its target enzyme, phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide transferase (MraY), was analyzed in detail. The structure-activity relationship (SAR) involving MraY inhibition suggests that the side chain at the urea-dipeptide moiety does not affect the MraY inhibition. However, the anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa activity is in great contrast and the urea-dipeptide motif is a key contributor. It is also suggested that the nucleoside peptide permease NppA1A2BCD is responsible for the transport of 3'-hydroxymureidomycin A into the cytoplasm. A systematic SAR analysis of the urea-dipeptide moiety of 3'-hydroxymureidomycin A was further conducted and the antibacterial activity was determined. This study provides a guide for the rational design of analogues based on uridylpeptide antibiotics.
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- Yuma Terasawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1, West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.,Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Kita-20, Nishi-10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.,Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Kita-20, Nishi-10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1, West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.,Global Station for Biosurfaces and Drug Discovery, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Leyerer K, Koppermann S, Ducho C. Solid Phase‐Supported Synthesis of Muraymycin Analogues. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kristin Leyerer
- Department of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Saarland University Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Saarland University Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Saarland University Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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Yamamoto K, Sato T, Hikiji Y, Katsuyama A, Matsumaru T, Yakushiji F, Yokota SI, Ichikawa S. Synthesis and biological evaluation of a MraY selective analogue of tunicamycins. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2019; 39:349-364. [PMID: 31566068 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2019.1649696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tunicamycins, which are nucleoside natural products, inhibit both bacterial phospho-N-acetylmuraminic acid (MurNAc)-pentapeptide translocase (MraY) and human UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc): polyprenol phosphate translocase (GPT). The improved synthesis and detailed biological evaluation of an MraY-selective inhibitor, 2, where the GlcNAc moiety was modified to a MurNAc amide, has been described.
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- Kazuki Yamamoto
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Mechanism of action of nucleoside antibacterial natural product antibiotics. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2019; 72:865-876. [DOI: 10.1038/s41429-019-0227-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Linder R, Ducho C. Unified Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Amino Acid Building Blocks for the Preparation of Caprazamycin Nucleoside Antibiotics. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201801667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Ruth Linder
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry; Saarland University; Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry; Saarland University; Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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Natural products (NPs) are important sources of clinical drugs due to their structural diversity and biological prevalidation. However, the structural complexity of NPs leads to synthetic difficulties, unfavorable pharmacokinetic profiles, and poor drug-likeness. Structural simplification by truncating unnecessary substructures is a powerful strategy for overcoming these limitations and improving the efficiency and success rate of NP-based drug development. Herein, we will provide a comprehensive review of the structural simplification of NPs with a focus on design strategies, case studies, and new technologies. In particular, a number of successful examples leading to marketed drugs or drug candidates will be discussed in detail to illustrate how structural simplification is applied in lead optimization of NPs.
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- Shengzheng Wang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy , Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road , Shanghai , 200433 , P.R. China.,Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy , Fourth Military Medical University , 169 Changle West Road , Xi'an , 710032 , P.R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy , Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road , Shanghai , 200433 , P.R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy , Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road , Shanghai , 200433 , P.R. China
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Biosynthetic and Synthetic Strategies for Assembling Capuramycin-Type Antituberculosis Antibiotics. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24030433. [PMID: 30691073 PMCID: PMC6384614 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24030433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has recently surpassed HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death by a single infectious agent. The standard therapeutic regimen against tuberculosis (TB) remains a long, expensive process involving a multidrug regimen, and the prominence of multidrug-resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR), and totally drug-resistant (TDR) strains continues to impede treatment success. An underexplored class of natural products—the capuramycin-type nucleoside antibiotics—have been shown to have potent anti-TB activity by inhibiting bacterial translocase I, a ubiquitous and essential enzyme that functions in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. The present review discusses current literature concerning the biosynthesis and chemical synthesis of capuramycin and analogs, seeking to highlight the potential of the capuramycin scaffold as a favorable anti-TB therapeutic that warrants further development.
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Wiegmann D, Koppermann S, Ducho C. Aminoribosylated Analogues of Muraymycin Nucleoside Antibiotics. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23123085. [PMID: 30486316 PMCID: PMC6320880 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23123085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Nucleoside antibiotics are uridine-derived natural products that inhibit the bacterial membrane protein MraY. MraY is a key enzyme in the membrane-associated intracellular stages of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and therefore considered to be a promising, yet unexploited target for novel antibacterial agents. Muraymycins are one subclass of such naturally occurring MraY inhibitors. As part of structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on muraymycins and their analogues, we now report on novel derivatives with different attachment of one characteristic structural motif, i.e., the aminoribose moiety normally linked to the muraymycin glycyluridine core unit. Based on considerations derived from an X-ray co-crystal structure, we designed and synthesised muraymycin analogues having the aminoribose attached (via a linker) to either the glycyluridine amino group or to the uracil nucleobase. Reference compounds bearing the non-aminoribosylated linker units were also prepared. It was found that the novel aminoribosylated analogues were inactive as MraY inhibitors in vitro, but that the glycyluridine-modified reference compound retained most of the inhibitory potency relative to the unmodified parent muraymycin analogue. These results point to 6′-N-alkylated muraymycin analogues as a potential novel variation of the muraymycin scaffold for future SAR optimisation.
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- Daniel Wiegmann
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Analogues of Muraymycin Nucleoside Antibiotics with Epimeric Uridine-Derived Core Structures. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23112868. [PMID: 30400295 PMCID: PMC6278576 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23112868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Nucleoside analogues have found widespread application as antiviral and antitumor agents, but not yet as antibacterials. Naturally occurring uridine-derived ‘nucleoside antibiotics’ target the bacterial membrane protein MraY, an enzyme involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis and a promising target for the development of novel antibacterial agents. Muraymycins represent a nucleoside-peptide subgroup of such MraY-inhibiting natural products. As part of detailed structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on muraymycins and their analogues, we now report novel insights into the effects of stereochemical variations in the nucleoside core structure. Using a simplified version of the muraymycin scaffold, it was shown that some formal inversions of stereochemistry led to about one order of magnitude loss in inhibitory potency towards the target enzyme MraY. In contrast, epimers of the core motif with retained inhibitory activity were also identified. These 5′,6′-anti-configured analogues might serve as novel chemically tractable variations of the muraymycin scaffold for the future development of uridine-derived drug candidates.
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Liu X, Meiresonne NY, Bouhss A, den Blaauwen T. FtsW activity and lipid II synthesis are required for recruitment of MurJ to midcell during cell division in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2018; 109:855-884. [PMID: 30112777 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Peptidoglycan (PG) is the unique cell shape-determining component of the bacterial envelope, and is a key target for antibiotics. PG synthesis requires the transmembrane movement of the precursor lipid II, and MurJ has been shown to provide this activity in Escherichia coli. However, how MurJ functions in vivo has not been reported. Here we show that MurJ localizes both in the lateral membrane and at midcell, and is recruited to midcell simultaneously with late-localizing divisome proteins and proteins MraY and MurG. MurJ septal localization is dependent on the presence of a complete and active divisome, lipid II synthesis and PBP3/FtsW activities. Inactivation of MurJ, either directly by mutation or through binding with MTSES, did not affect the midcell localization of MurJ. Our study visualizes MurJ localization in vivo and reveals a possible mechanism of MurJ recruitment during cell division.
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- Xiaolong Liu
- Bacterial Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Bacterial Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Laboratoire Structure-Activité des Biomolécules Normales et Pathologiques (SABNP), Univ Evry, INSERM U1204, Université Paris-Saclay, 91025, Evry, France
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- Bacterial Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hering J, Dunevall E, Ek M, Brändén G. Structural basis for selective inhibition of antibacterial target MraY, a membrane-bound enzyme involved in peptidoglycan synthesis. Drug Discov Today 2018; 23:1426-1435. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Koppermann S, Cui Z, Fischer PD, Wang X, Ludwig J, Thorson JS, Van Lanen SG, Ducho C. Insights into the Target Interaction of Naturally Occurring Muraymycin Nucleoside Antibiotics. ChemMedChem 2018; 13:779-784. [PMID: 29438582 PMCID: PMC6019934 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Muraymycins are a subclass of antimicrobially active uridine-derived natural products. Biological data on several muraymycin analogues have been reported, including some inhibitory in vitro activities toward their target protein, the bacterial membrane enzyme MraY. However, a structure-activity relationship (SAR) study on naturally occurring muraymycins based on such in vitro data has been missing so far. In this work, we report a detailed SAR investigation on representatives of the four muraymycin subgroups A-D using a fluorescence-based in vitro MraY assay. For some muraymycins, inhibition of MraY with IC50 values in the low-picomolar range was observed. These inhibitory potencies were compared with antibacterial activities and were correlated to modelling data derived from a previously reported X-ray crystal structure of MraY in complex with a muraymycin inhibitor. Overall, these results will pave the way for the development of muraymycin analogues with optimized properties as antibacterial drug candidates.
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- Stefan Koppermann
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Functional Substance of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Jin Y, Fan S, Lv G, Meng H, Sun Z, Jiang W, Van Lanen SG, Yang Z. Computer-aided drug design of capuramycin analogues as anti-tuberculosis antibiotics by 3D-QSAR and molecular docking. OPEN CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/chem-2017-0039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AbstractCapuramycin and a few semisynthetic derivatives have shown potential as anti-tuberculosis antibiotics.To understand their mechanism of action and structureactivity relationships a 3D-QSAR and molecular docking studies were performed. A set of 52 capuramycin derivatives for the training set and 13 for the validation set was used. A highly predictive MFA model was obtained with crossvalidated q2 of 0.398, and non-cross validated partial least-squares (PLS) analysis showed a conventional r2 of 0.976 and r2pred of 0.839. The model has an excellent predictive ability. Combining the 3D-QSAR and molecular docking studies, a number of new capuramycin analogs with predicted improved activities were designed. Biological activity tests of one analog showed useful antibiotic activity against Mycobacterium smegmatis MC2 155 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Computer-aided molecular docking and 3D-QSAR can improve the design of new capuramycin antimycobacterial antibiotics.
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- Yuanyuan Jin
- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100050, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100050, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100050, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100050, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100050, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100050, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536(USA)
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing100050, People’s Republic of China
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Bugg TDH. Nucleoside Natural Product Antibiotics Targetting Microbial Cell Wall Biosynthesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/7355_2017_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Wohnig S, Spork AP, Koppermann S, Mieskes G, Gisch N, Jahn R, Ducho C. Total Synthesis of Dansylated Park's Nucleotide for High-Throughput MraY Assays. Chemistry 2016; 22:17813-17819. [PMID: 27791327 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The membrane protein translocase I (MraY) is a key enzyme in bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis. It is therefore frequently discussed as a target for the development of novel antibiotics. The screening of compound libraries for the identification of MraY inhibitors is enabled by an established fluorescence-based MraY assay. However, this assay requires a dansylated derivative of the bacterial biosynthetic intermediate Park's nucleotide as the MraY substrate. Isolation of Park's nucleotide from bacteria and subsequent dansylation only furnishes limited amounts of this substrate, thus hampering the high-throughput screening for MraY inhibitors. Accordingly, the efficient provision of dansylated Park's nucleotide is a major bottleneck in the exploration of this promising drug target. In this work, we present the first total synthesis of dansylated Park's nucleotide, affording an unprecedented amount of the target compound for high-throughput MraY assays.
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- Stephanie Wohnig
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Division of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Parkallee 1-40, 23845, Borstel, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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A Rapid and Efficient Luminescence-based Method for Assaying Phosphoglycosyltransferase Enzymes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33412. [PMID: 27624811 PMCID: PMC5022061 DOI: 10.1038/srep33412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Phosphoglycosyltransferases (PGTs) are families of integral membrane proteins with intriguingly diverse architectures. These enzymes function to initiate many important biosynthetic pathways including those leading to peptidoglycan, N-linked glycoproteins and lipopolysaccharide O-antigen. In spite of tremendous efforts, characterization of these enzymes remains a challenge not only due to the inherent difficulties associated with the purification of integral membrane proteins but also due to the limited availability of convenient assays. Current PGT assays include radioactivity-based methods, which rely on liquid-liquid or solid-liquid extractions, multienzyme systems linked to lactate dehydrogenase and NAD+ generation, and HPLC-based approaches, all of which may suffer from low sensitivity and low throughput. Herein, we present the validation of a new luminescence-based assay (UMP-Glo) for measuring activities of PGT enzymes. This assay measures UMP, the by-product of PGT reactions, in a sensitive and quantitative manner by measuring the luminescence output in a discontinuous coupled assay system. The assay is rapid and robust in nature, and also compatible with microtiter plate formats. Activity and kinetic parameters of PglC, a PGT from Campylobacter jejuni, were quickly established using this assay. The efficacy of the assay was further corroborated using two different PGTs; PglC from Helicobacter pullorum and WecA from Thermatoga maritima.
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The Membrane Steps of Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis as Antibiotic Targets. Antibiotics (Basel) 2016; 5:antibiotics5030028. [PMID: 27571111 PMCID: PMC5039524 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics5030028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Peptidoglycan is the major component of the cell envelope of virtually all bacteria. It has structural roles and acts as a selective sieve for molecules from the outer environment. Peptidoglycan synthesis is therefore one of the most important biogenesis pathways in bacteria and has been studied extensively over the last twenty years. The pathway starts in the cytoplasm, continues in the cytoplasmic membrane and finishes in the periplasmic space, where the precursor is polymerized into the peptidoglycan layer. A number of proteins involved in this pathway, such as the Mur enzymes and the penicillin binding proteins (PBPs), have been studied and regarded as good targets for antibiotics. The present review focuses on the membrane steps of peptidoglycan synthesis that involve two enzymes, MraY and MurG, the inhibitors of these enzymes and the inhibition mechanisms. We also discuss the challenges of targeting these two cytoplasmic membrane (associated) proteins in bacterial cells and the perspectives on how to overcome the issues.
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Koppermann S, Ducho C. Natural Products at Work: Structural Insights into Inhibition of the Bacterial Membrane Protein MraY. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:11722-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201606396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Stefan Koppermann
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry; Saarland University; Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry; Saarland University; Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Germany
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Koppermann S, Ducho C. Naturstoffe bei der Arbeit: strukturelle Einblicke in die Inhibition des bakteriellen Membranproteins MraY. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201606396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Stefan Koppermann
- Fachrichtung Pharmazie, Pharmazeutische und Medizinische, Chemie; Universität des Saarlandes; Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Deutschland
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- Fachrichtung Pharmazie, Pharmazeutische und Medizinische, Chemie; Universität des Saarlandes; Campus C2 3 66123 Saarbrücken Deutschland
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Liu Y, Rodrigues JPGLM, Bonvin AMJJ, Zaal EA, Berkers CR, Heger M, Gawarecka K, Swiezewska E, Breukink E, Egmond MR. New Insight into the Catalytic Mechanism of Bacterial MraY from Enzyme Kinetics and Docking Studies. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:15057-68. [PMID: 27226570 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.717884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide translocase (MraY) catalyzes the synthesis of Lipid I, a bacterial peptidoglycan precursor. As such, MraY is essential for bacterial survival and therefore is an ideal target for developing novel antibiotics. However, the understanding of its catalytic mechanism, despite the recently determined crystal structure, remains limited. In the present study, the kinetic properties of Bacillus subtilis MraY (BsMraY) were investigated by fluorescence enhancement using dansylated UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide and heptaprenyl phosphate (C35-P, short-chain homolog of undecaprenyl phosphate, the endogenous substrate of MraY) as second substrate. Varying the concentrations of both of these substrates and fitting the kinetics data to two-substrate models showed that the concomitant binding of both UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide-DNS and C35-P to the enzyme is required before the release of the two products, Lipid I and UMP. We built a model of BsMraY and performed docking studies with the substrate C35-P to further deepen our understanding of how MraY accommodates this lipid substrate. Based on these modeling studies, a novel catalytic role was put forward for a fully conserved histidine residue in MraY (His-289 in BsMraY), which has been experimentally confirmed to be essential for MraY activity. Using the current model of BsMraY, we propose that a small conformational change is necessary to relocate the His-289 residue, such that the translocase reaction can proceed via a nucleophilic attack of the phosphate moiety of C35-P on bound UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide.
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- Yao Liu
- From Institute of Biomembranes, Department of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- the Department of Experimental Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and
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- the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- From Institute of Biomembranes, Department of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands,
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- From Institute of Biomembranes, Department of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Wiegmann D, Koppermann S, Wirth M, Niro G, Leyerer K, Ducho C. Muraymycin nucleoside-peptide antibiotics: uridine-derived natural products as lead structures for the development of novel antibacterial agents. Beilstein J Org Chem 2016; 12:769-795. [PMID: 27340469 PMCID: PMC4902027 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.12.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Muraymycins are a promising class of antimicrobial natural products. These uridine-derived nucleoside-peptide antibiotics inhibit the bacterial membrane protein translocase I (MraY), a key enzyme in the intracellular part of peptidoglycan biosynthesis. This review describes the structures of naturally occurring muraymycins, their mode of action, synthetic access to muraymycins and their analogues, some structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies and first insights into muraymycin biosynthesis. It therefore provides an overview on the current state of research, as well as an outlook on possible future developments in this field.
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- Daniel Wiegmann
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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Ichikawa S. Function-Oriented Synthesis: How to Design Simplified Analogues of Antibacterial Nucleoside Natural Products? CHEM REC 2016; 16:1106-15. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201500247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Satoshi Ichikawa
- Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Hokkaido University; Kita-12 Nishi-6 Kita-ku Sapporo 060-0812 Japan
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Bugg TDH, Rodolis MT, Mihalyi A, Jamshidi S. Inhibition of phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide translocase (MraY) by nucleoside natural product antibiotics, bacteriophage ϕX174 lysis protein E, and cationic antibacterial peptides. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:6340-6347. [PMID: 27021004 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Revised: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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This review covers recent developments in the inhibition of translocase MraY and related phospho-GlcNAc transferases WecA and TagO, and insight into the inhibition and catalytic mechanism of this class of integral membrane proteins from the structure of Aquifex aeolicus MraY. Recent studies have also identified a protein-protein interaction site in Escherichia coli MraY, that is targeted by bacteriophage ϕX174 lysis protein E, and also by cationic antimicrobial peptides containing Arg-Trp close to their N- or C-termini.
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- Timothy D H Bugg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Walvoort MTC, Lukose V, Imperiali B. A Modular Approach to Phosphoglycosyltransferase Inhibitors Inspired by Nucleoside Antibiotics. Chemistry 2015; 22:3856-64. [PMID: 26662170 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Phosphoglycosyltransferases (PGTs) represent "gatekeeper" enzymes in complex glycan assembly pathways by catalyzing transfer of a phosphosugar from an activated nucleotide diphosphosugar to a membrane-resident polyprenol phosphate. The unique structures of selected nucleoside antibiotics, such as tunicamycin and mureidomycin A, which are known to inhibit comparable biochemical transformations, are exploited as the foundation for the development of modular synthetic inhibitors of PGTs. Herein we present the design, synthesis, and biochemical evaluation of two readily manipulatable modular scaffolds as inhibitors of monotopic bacterial PGTs. Selected compounds show IC50 values down to the 40 μm range, thereby serving as lead compounds for future development of selective and effective inhibitors of diverse PGTs of biological and medicinal interest.
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- Marthe T C Walvoort
- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Manat G, El Ghachi M, Auger R, Baouche K, Olatunji S, Kerff F, Touzé T, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Bouhss A. Membrane Topology and Biochemical Characterization of the Escherichia coli BacA Undecaprenyl-Pyrophosphate Phosphatase. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142870. [PMID: 26560897 PMCID: PMC4641660 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Several integral membrane proteins exhibiting undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate (C55-PP) phosphatase activity were previously identified in Escherichia coli that belonged to two distinct protein families: the BacA protein, which accounts for 75% of the C55-PP phosphatase activity detected in E. coli cell membranes, and three members of the PAP2 phosphatidic acid phosphatase family, namely PgpB, YbjG and LpxT. This dephosphorylation step is required to provide the C55-P carrier lipid which plays a central role in the biosynthesis of various cell wall polymers. We here report detailed investigations of the biochemical properties and membrane topology of the BacA protein. Optimal activity conditions were determined and a narrow-range substrate specificity with a clear preference for C55-PP was observed for this enzyme. Alignments of BacA protein sequences revealed two particularly well-conserved regions and several invariant residues whose role in enzyme activity was questioned by using a site-directed mutagenesis approach and complementary in vitro and in vivo activity assays. Three essential residues Glu21, Ser27, and Arg174 were identified, allowing us to propose a catalytic mechanism for this enzyme. The membrane topology of the BacA protein determined here experimentally did not validate previous program-based predicted models. It comprises seven transmembrane segments and contains in particular two large periplasmic loops carrying the highly-conserved active site residues. Our data thus provide evidence that all the different E. coli C55-PP phosphatases identified to date (BacA and PAP2) catalyze the dephosphorylation of C55-PP molecules on the same (outer) side of the plasma membrane.
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- Guillaume Manat
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 430, F-91400, Orsay, France
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- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Institut de Physique B5a et Institut de Chimie B6a, Sart-Tilman, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 430, F-91400, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 430, F-91400, Orsay, France
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- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Institut de Physique B5a et Institut de Chimie B6a, Sart-Tilman, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Institut de Physique B5a et Institut de Chimie B6a, Sart-Tilman, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 430, F-91400, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 430, F-91400, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 430, F-91400, Orsay, France
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Teo ACK, Roper DI. Core Steps of Membrane-Bound Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis: Recent Advances, Insight and Opportunities. Antibiotics (Basel) 2015; 4:495-520. [PMID: 27025638 PMCID: PMC4790310 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics4040495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 10/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We are entering an era where the efficacy of current antibiotics is declining, due to the development and widespread dispersion of antibiotic resistance mechanisms. These factors highlight the need for novel antimicrobial discovery. A large number of antimicrobial natural products elicit their effect by directly targeting discrete areas of peptidoglycan metabolism. Many such natural products bind directly to the essential cell wall precursor Lipid II and its metabolites, i.e., preventing the utlisation of vital substrates by direct binding rather than inhibiting the metabolising enzymes themselves. Concurrently, there has been an increase in the knowledge surrounding the proteins essential to the metabolism of Lipid II at and across the cytoplasmic membrane. In this review, we draw these elements together and look to future antimicrobial opportunities in this area.
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- Alvin C K Teo
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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- Monika Jankute
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom;
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom;
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom;
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom;
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Fer MJ, Bouhss A, Patrão M, Le Corre L, Pietrancosta N, Amoroso A, Joris B, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Calvet-Vitale S, Gravier-Pelletier C. 5'-Methylene-triazole-substituted-aminoribosyl uridines as MraY inhibitors: synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:7193-222. [PMID: 26008868 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00707k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The straightforward synthesis of 5'-methylene-[1,4]-triazole-substituted aminoribosyl uridines is described. Two families of compounds were synthesized from a unique epoxide which was regioselectively opened by acetylide ions (for compounds II) or azide ions (for compounds III). Sequential diastereoselective glycosylation with a ribosyl fluoride derivative, Cu(i)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) with various complementary azide and alkyne partners afforded the targeted compounds after final deprotection. The biological activity of the 16 resulting compounds together with that of 14 previously reported compounds I, lacking the 5' methylene group, was evaluated on the MraY transferase activity. Out of the 30 tested compounds, 18 compounds revealed MraY inhibition with IC50 ranging from 15 to 150 μM. A molecular modeling study was performed to rationalize the observed structure-activity relationships (SAR), which allowed us to correlate the activity of the most potent compounds with an interaction involving Leu191 of MraYAA. The antibacterial activity was also evaluated and seven compounds exhibited a good activity against Gram-positive bacterial pathogens with MIC ranging from 8 to 32 μg mL(-1), including the methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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- Mickaël J Fer
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, UMR 8601 CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CICB-Paris (Centre Interdisciplinaire Chimie Biologie-Paris), 45 rue des Saints Pères, 75270 Paris 06, France.
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Ichikawa S, Yamaguchi M, Hsuan LS, Kato Y, Matsuda A. Carbacaprazamycins: Chemically Stable Analogues of the Caprazamycin Nucleoside Antibiotics. ACS Infect Dis 2015; 1:151-6. [PMID: 27622529 DOI: 10.1021/id5000376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Carbacaprazamycins, which are chemically stable analogues of caprazamycins, were designed and synthesized. These analogues were active against drug-resistant bacterial pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and their activities were comparable to those of the parent caprazamycins. The effect of treatment with carbacaprazamycin on morphological changes in S. aureus indicated that the mode of action was completely different from those of existing peptidoglycan inhibitors.
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- Satoshi Ichikawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Center for Research
and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12,
Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Center for Research
and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12,
Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Center for Research
and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12,
Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Center for Research
and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12,
Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and ‡Center for Research
and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12,
Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Nakaya T, Matsuda A, Ichikawa S. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 5′-C-piperidinyl-5′-O-aminoribosyluridines as potential antibacterial agents. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:7720-35. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01037c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Caprazamycin analogues, which were designed and synthesized via an aza-Prins–Ritter reaction, exhibit a good MraY and antibacterial activity without cytotoxicity against human cells.
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- Takeshi Nakaya
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0812
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0812
- Japan
- Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0812
- Japan
- Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery
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Henrich E, Dötsch V, Bernhard F. Screening for Lipid Requirements of Membrane Proteins by Combining Cell-Free Expression with Nanodiscs. Methods Enzymol 2015; 556:351-69. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2014.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Yamaguchi M, Matsuda A, Ichikawa S. Synthesis of isoxazolidine-containing uridine derivatives as caprazamycin analogues. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:1187-97. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02142h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Simplification of caprazamycins was conducted by scaffold-hopping of the structurally complex diazepanone moiety to the isoxazolidine scaffold.
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- Mayumi Yamaguchi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0812
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0812
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0812
- Japan
- Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery
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Huang LY, Huang SH, Chang YC, Cheng WC, Cheng TJR, Wong CH. Enzymatic synthesis of lipid II and analogues. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:8060-5. [PMID: 24990652 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The emergence of antibiotic resistance has prompted active research in the development of antibiotics with new modes of action. Among all essential bacterial proteins, transglycosylase polymerizes lipid II into peptidoglycan and is one of the most favorable targets because of its vital role in peptidoglycan synthesis. Described in this study is a practical enzymatic method for the synthesis of lipid II, coupled with cofactor regeneration, to give the product in a 50-70% yield. This development depends on two key steps: the overexpression of MraY for the synthesis of lipid I and the use of undecaprenol kinase for the preparation of polyprenol phosphates. This method was further applied to the synthesis of lipid II analogues. It was found that MraY and undecaprenol kinase can accept a wide range of lipids containing various lengths and configurations. The activity of lipid II analogues for bacterial transglycolase was also evaluated.
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- Lin-Ya Huang
- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 115 (Taiwan); Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 115 (Taiwan); Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing, University, 250 Kuo Kuang Rd., Taichung 402 (Taiwan); Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Rd., Taichung 402 (Taiwan)
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Huang LY, Huang SH, Chang YC, Cheng WC, Cheng TJR, Wong CH. Enzymatic Synthesis of Lipid II and Analogues. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201402313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ouellette SP, Rueden KJ, Gauliard E, Persons L, de Boer PA, Ladant D. Analysis of MreB interactors in Chlamydia reveals a RodZ homolog but fails to detect an interaction with MraY. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:279. [PMID: 24936201 PMCID: PMC4047632 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Chlamydia is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen that has significantly reduced its genome in adapting to the intracellular environment. One class of genes for which the bacterium has few annotated examples is cell division, and Chlamydia lacks FtsZ, a central coordinator of the division apparatus. We have previously implicated MreB as a potential substitute for FtsZ in Chlamydia (Ouellette et al., 2012). Thus, to identify new chlamydial cell division components, we searched for proteins that interacted with MreB. We performed a small-scale screen using a Gateway® compatible version of the Bacterial Adenylate Cyclase Two Hybrid (BACTH) system, BACTHGW, to detect proteins interacting with chlamydial MreB and identified a RodZ (YfgA) homolog. The chlamydial RodZ aligns well with the cytoplasmic domain of E. coli RodZ but lacks the periplasmic domain that is dispensable for rod cell shape maintenance in E. coli. The expression pattern of yfgA/rodZ was similar to that of mreB and ftsI, suggesting that these genes may operate in a common functional pathway. The chlamydial RodZ correctly localized to the membrane of E. coli but was unable to complement an E. coli rodZ mutant strain, likely because of the inability of chlamydial RodZ to interact with the native E. coli MreB. Finally, we also tested whether chlamydial MreB could interact with MraY, as suggested by Gaballah et al. (2011). However, we did not detect an interaction between these proteins even when using an implementation of the BACTH system to allow native orientation of the N- and C-termini of MraY in the periplasm. Thus, further work will be needed to establish this proposed interaction. In sum, we have added to the repertoire of potential cell division proteins of Chlamydia.
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- Scot P Ouellette
- Unité de Biochimie des Interactions Macromoléculaires, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3528 Paris, France ; Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD, USA
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- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD, USA
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- Unité de Biochimie des Interactions Macromoléculaires, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3528 Paris, France ; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur Paris, France
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Unité de Biochimie des Interactions Macromoléculaires, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3528 Paris, France
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Ries O, Büschleb M, Granitzka M, Stalke D, Ducho C. Amino acid motifs in natural products: synthesis of O-acylated derivatives of (2S,3S)-3-hydroxyleucine. Beilstein J Org Chem 2014; 10:1135-42. [PMID: 24991264 PMCID: PMC4077382 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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(2S,3S)-3-Hydroxyleucine can be found in an increasing number of bioactive natural products. Within the context of our work regarding the total synthesis of muraymycin nucleoside antibiotics, we have developed a synthetic approach towards (2S,3S)-3-hydroxyleucine building blocks. Application of different protecting group patterns led to building blocks suitable for C- or N-terminal derivatization as well as for solid-phase peptide synthesis. With respect to according motifs occurring in natural products, we have converted these building blocks into 3-O-acylated structures. Utilizing an esterification and cross-metathesis protocol, (2S,3S)-3-hydroxyleucine derivatives were synthesized, thus opening up an excellent approach for the synthesis of bioactive natural products and derivatives thereof for structure activity relationship (SAR) studies.
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- Oliver Ries
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany ; Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C2 3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Takeoka Y, Tanino T, Sekiguchi M, Yonezawa S, Sakagami M, Takahashi F, Togame H, Tanaka Y, Takemoto H, Ichikawa S, Matsuda A. Expansion of Antibacterial Spectrum of Muraymycins toward Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACS Med Chem Lett 2014; 5:556-60. [PMID: 24900879 DOI: 10.1021/ml5000096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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It is urgent to develop novel anti-Pseudomonas agents that should also be active against multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa. Expanding the antibacterial spectrum of muraymycins toward P. aeruginosa was investigated by the systematic structure-activity relationship study. It was revealed that two functional groups, a lipophilic side chain and a guanidino group, at the accessory moiety of muraymycins were important for the anti-Pseudomonas activity, and analogue 29 exhibited antibacterial activity against a range of P. aeruginosa strains with the minimum inhibitory concentration values of 4-8 μg/mL.
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- Yusuke Takeoka
- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Shionogi Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, Shionogi & Co., LTD., Kita-21, Nishi-11 Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
- Center
for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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