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Lei E, Tao H, Jiao S, Yang A, Zhou Y, Wang M, Wen K, Wang Y, Chen Z, Chen X, Song J, Zhou C, Huang W, Xu L, Guan D, Tan C, Liu H, Cai Q, Zhou K, Modica J, Huang SY, Huang W, Feng X. Potentiation of Vancomycin: Creating Cooperative Membrane Lysis through a "Derivatization-for-Sensitization" Approach. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:10622-10639. [PMID: 35657057 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Gram-negative bacteria, especially the ones with multidrug resistance, post dire challenges to antibiotic treatments due to the presence of the outer membrane (OM), which blocks the entry of many antibiotics. Current solutions for such permeability issues, namely lipophilic-cationic derivatization of antibiotics and sensitization with membrane-active agents, cannot effectively potentiate the large, globular, and hydrophilic antibiotics such as vancomycin, due to ineffective disruption of the OM. Here, we present our solution for high-degree OM binding of vancomycin via a hybrid "derivatization-for-sensitization" approach, which features a combination of LPS-targeting lipo-cationic modifications on vancomycin and OM disruption activity from a sensitizing adjuvant. 106- to 107-fold potentiation of vancomycin and 20-fold increase of the sensitizer's effectiveness were achieved with a combination of a vancomycin derivative and its sensitizer. Such potentiation is the result of direct membrane lysis through cooperative membrane binding for the sensitizer-antibiotic complex, which strongly promotes the uptake of vancomycin and adds to the extensive antiresistance effectiveness. The potential of such derivatization-for-sensitization approach was also supported by the combination's potent in vivo antimicrobial efficacy in mouse model studies, and the expanded application of such strategy on other antibiotics and sensitizer structures.
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- E Lei
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Center for Biotherapeutics Discovery Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.,School of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.,School of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Center for Biotherapeutics Discovery Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Center for Biotherapeutics Discovery Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519000, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology (Shenzhen People's Hospital), Shenzhen, Guangdong 518020, China
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Center for Biotherapeutics Discovery Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China
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Richter MF, Drown BS, Riley AP, Garcia A, Shirai T, Svec RL, Hergenrother PJ. Predictive compound accumulation rules yield a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Nature 2017; 545:299-304. [PMID: 28489819 DOI: 10.1038/nature22308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 482] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Most small molecules are unable to rapidly traverse the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria and accumulate inside these cells, making the discovery of much-needed drugs against these pathogens challenging. Current understanding of the physicochemical properties that dictate small-molecule accumulation in Gram-negative bacteria is largely based on retrospective analyses of antibacterial agents, which suggest that polarity and molecular weight are key factors. Here we assess the ability of over 180 diverse compounds to accumulate in Escherichia coli. Computational analysis of the results reveals major differences from the retrospective studies, namely that the small molecules that are most likely to accumulate contain an amine, are amphiphilic and rigid, and have low globularity. These guidelines were then applied to convert deoxynybomycin, a natural product that is active only against Gram-positive organisms, into an antibiotic with activity against a diverse panel of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. We anticipate that these findings will aid in the discovery and development of antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Michelle F Richter
- University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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