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Pieren M, Abáigar Gutiérrez-Solana A, Antonijoan Arbós RM, Boyle GW, Davila M, Davy M, Gitzinger M, Husband L, Martínez-Martínez MS, Mazarro DO, Pefani E, Penman SL, Remuiñán MJ, Vlasakakis G, Zeitlinger M, Dale GE. First-in-human study of alpibectir (BVL-GSK098), a novel potent anti-TB drug. J Antimicrob Chemother 2024:dkae107. [PMID: 38656557 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkae107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The clinical candidate alpibectir augments the activity of, and overcomes resistance to, the anti-TB drug ethionamide in vitro and in vivo. OBJECTIVES A Phase 1, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and food effect of alpibectir administered as single and multiple oral doses in healthy volunteers (NCT04654143). METHODS Eighty participants were randomized. In single ascending dose (SAD), a total of six dose levels of alpibectir (0.5 to 40 mg) were tested under fasted and fed (10 mg) conditions as single daily doses in sequential cohorts. In multiple ascending dose (MAD), repeat doses (5 to 30 mg) were administered once daily for 7 days in three sequential cohorts. RESULTS No serious adverse event was reported. Thirteen participants across groups experienced a total of 13 mild or moderate treatment-emergent adverse events. Alpibectir showed rapid absorption after single dose (mean Tmax range of 0.88 to 1.53 h). Food affected the PK of alpibectir, characterized by a slower absorption (mean Tmax 3.87 h), a lower Cmax (-17.7%) and increased AUC0-t (+19.6%) compared with the fasted condition. Following repeat dosing, dose proportionality was shown for both Cmax and AUC0-tau. Accumulation of alpibectir was observed across all doses, with a more profound effect on AUC during a dosing interval (AUC0-tau) compared with Cmax (1.8- and 1.3-fold on average), respectively. Steady state was considered to have been achieved by Day 7 of dosing. CONCLUSIONS Alpibectir was generally well tolerated, and no clinically relevant safety findings were identified in the participants treated during SAD or MAD. The PK is dose-proportional and affected by food.
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- BioVersys AG, Basel, Switzerland
- BioVersys SAS, Lille, France
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- Clinical Trials Unit, Clinical Pharmacology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Princesa (IP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Vienna University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- BioVersys AG, Basel, Switzerland
- BioVersys SAS, Lille, France
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Maingot M, Bourotte M, Vetter AC, Schellhorn B, Antraygues K, Scherer H, Gitzinger M, Kemmer C, Dale GE, Defert O, Lociuro S, Brönstrup M, Willand N, Trebosc V. Structure-activity relationships of actively FhuE transported rifabutin derivatives with potent activity against Acinetobacter baumannii. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 252:115257. [PMID: 36948128 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Hospital-acquired infections are on the rise and represent both, a clinical and financial burden. With resistance emerging and an ever-dwindling armamentarium at hand, infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii are particularly problematic, since these bacteria have a high level of resistance and resilience to traditional and even last-resort antibiotics. The antibiotic rifabutin was recently found to show potent in vitro and in vivo activity against extensively drug resistant A. baumannii. Building on this discovery, we report on the synthesis and activity of rifabutin analogs, with a focus on N-functionalization of the piperidine ring. The antimicrobial testing uncovered structure activity relationships (SAR) for A. baumannii that were not reflected in Staphylococcus aureus. The cellular activity did not correlate with cell-free transcription inhibition, but with bacterial intracellular compound accumulation. Mass spectrometry-based accumulation studies confirmed the involvement of the siderophore receptor FhuE in active compound translocation at low concentrations, and they showed a strong impact of the culture medium on the accumulation of rifabutin. Overall, the study underlines the structural feature required for strong accumulation of rifabutin in A. baumannii and identifies analogs as or more potent than rifabutin against A. baumannii.
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- M Maingot
- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, 59000, Lille, France
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- BioVersys SAS, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette, 59000, Lille, France
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- BioVersys AG, 60C Hochbergerstrasse, 4057, Basel, Switzerland
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, 59000, Lille, France
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- BioVersys AG, 60C Hochbergerstrasse, 4057, Basel, Switzerland
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- BioVersys AG, 60C Hochbergerstrasse, 4057, Basel, Switzerland
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- BioVersys AG, 60C Hochbergerstrasse, 4057, Basel, Switzerland
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- BioVersys SAS, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette, 59000, Lille, France
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- BioVersys AG, 60C Hochbergerstrasse, 4057, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, 59000, Lille, France.
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- BioVersys AG, 60C Hochbergerstrasse, 4057, Basel, Switzerland.
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Trebosc V, Lucchini V, Narwal M, Wicki B, Gartenmann S, Schellhorn B, Schill J, Bourotte M, Frey D, Grünberg J, Trauner A, Ferrari L, Felici A, Champion OL, Gitzinger M, Lociuro S, Kammerer RA, Kemmer C, Pieren M. Targeting virulence regulation to disarm Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis. Virulence 2022; 13:1868-1883. [PMID: 36261919 PMCID: PMC9586577 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2022.2135273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The development of anti-virulence drug therapy against Acinetobacter baumannii infections would provide an alternative to traditional antibacterial therapy that are increasingly failing. Here, we demonstrate that the OmpR transcriptional regulator plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of diverse A. baumannii clinical strains in multiple murine and G. mellonella invertebrate infection models. We identified OmpR-regulated genes using RNA sequencing and further validated two genes whose expression can be used as robust biomarker to quantify OmpR inhibition in A. baumannii. Moreover, the determination of the structure of the OmpR DNA binding domain of A. baumannii and the development of in vitro protein-DNA binding assays enabled the identification of an OmpR small molecule inhibitor. We conclude that OmpR is a valid and unexplored target to fight A. baumannii infections and we believe that the described platform combining in silico methods, in vitro OmpR inhibitory assays and in vivo G. mellonella surrogate infection model will facilitate future drug discovery programs.
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- BioVersys AG, Basel, Switzerland.,Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences ETH-PSI-USZ, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Microbiology Discovery, Aptuit Srl, an Evotec Company, Verona, Italy
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- Microbiology Discovery, Aptuit Srl, an Evotec Company, Verona, Italy
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Flipo M, Frita R, Bourotte M, Martínez-Martínez MS, Boesche M, Boyle GW, Derimanov G, Drewes G, Gamallo P, Ghidelli-Disse S, Gresham S, Jiménez E, de Mercado J, Pérez-Herrán E, Porras-De Francisco E, Rullas J, Casado P, Leroux F, Piveteau C, Kiass M, Mathys V, Soetaert K, Megalizzi V, Tanina A, Wintjens R, Antoine R, Brodin P, Delorme V, Moune M, Djaout K, Slupek S, Kemmer C, Gitzinger M, Ballell L, Mendoza-Losana A, Lociuro S, Deprez B, Barros-Aguirre D, Remuiñán MJ, Willand N, Baulard AR. The small-molecule SMARt751 reverses Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to ethionamide in acute and chronic mouse models of tuberculosis. Sci Transl Med 2022; 14:eaaz6280. [PMID: 35507672 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz6280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB), to antibiotic prodrugs is dependent on the efficacy of the activation process that transforms the prodrugs into their active antibacterial moieties. Various oxidases of M. tuberculosis have the potential to activate the prodrug ethionamide. Here, we used medicinal chemistry coupled with a phenotypic assay to select the N-acylated 4-phenylpiperidine compound series. The lead compound, SMARt751, interacted with the transcriptional regulator VirS of M. tuberculosis, which regulates the mymA operon encoding a monooxygenase that activates ethionamide. SMARt751 boosted the efficacy of ethionamide in vitro and in mouse models of acute and chronic TB. SMARt751 also restored full efficacy of ethionamide in mice infected with M. tuberculosis strains carrying mutations in the ethA gene, which cause ethionamide resistance in the clinic. SMARt751 was shown to be safe in tests conducted in vitro and in vivo. A model extrapolating animal pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters to humans predicted that as little as 25 mg of SMARt751 daily would allow a fourfold reduction in the dose of ethionamide administered while retaining the same efficacy and reducing side effects.
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- Marion Flipo
- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France.,BioVersys SAS, Lille, France
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- Cellzome GmbH . A GSK Company, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- GSK, David Jack Centre for R&D, Park Road, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 ODP, UK
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- GSK, Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine, 1250 South Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA
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- Cellzome GmbH . A GSK Company, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- GSK, Tres Cantos R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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- GSK, David Jack Centre for R&D, Park Road, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 ODP, UK
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- GSK, Tres Cantos R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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- GSK, Tres Cantos R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France.,Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, US 41 - UAR 2014 - PLBS, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France
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- National Reference Center for Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
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- National Reference Center for Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
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- National Reference Center for Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
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- Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Facult. de Pharmacie, Universit. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Facult. de Pharmacie, Universit. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Microbiology, Bioorganic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Facult. de Pharmacie, Universit. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France.,Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, US 41 - UAR 2014 - PLBS, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- GSK, Tres Cantos R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France.,Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, US 41 - UAR 2014 - PLBS, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France.,Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, US 41 - UAR 2014 - PLBS, F-59000 Lille, France
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Lucchini V, Sivignon A, Pieren M, Gitzinger M, Lociuro S, Barnich N, Kemmer C, Trebosc V. The Role of OmpR in Bile Tolerance and Pathogenesis of Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:684473. [PMID: 34262546 PMCID: PMC8273539 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.684473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Gut microbiota dysbiosis toward adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) plays an important role in Crohn’s disease (CD). The OmpR transcriptional regulator is required for the AIEC LF82 prototype strain to adhere and invade intestinal epithelial cells. In this study, we explored the role of OmpR in AIEC pathogenesis using a panel of eight Escherichia coli strains isolated from CD patients and identified as AIEC. The deletion of ompR together with the implementation of two cell-based assays revealed that the role of OmpR in adhesion in vitro was not conserved in AIEC clinical strains. Nevertheless, we showed that OmpR was required for robust gut colonization of transgenic mice expressing human CEACAM receptors, suggesting that OmpR is involved in alternative virulence mechanisms in AIEC strains. We found that deletion of ompR compromised the ability of AIEC strains to cope with the stress induced by bile salts, which may be key for AIEC pathogenesis. More specifically, we demonstrated that OmpR was involved in a tolerance mechanism toward sodium deoxycholate (DOC), one of bile salts main component. We showed that the misregulation of OmpF or the loss of outer membrane integrity are not the drivers of OmpR-mediated DOC tolerance, suggesting that OmpR regulates a specific mechanism enhancing AIEC survival in the presence of DOC. In conclusion, the newly discovered role of OmpR in AIEC bile tolerance suggests that OmpR inhibition would interfere with different aspects of AIEC virulence arsenal and could be an alternative strategy for CD-treatment.
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- Valentina Lucchini
- BioVersys AG, Basel, Switzerland.,Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, Inserm U1071, USC-INRAE 2018, Microbes, Intestin, Inflammation et Susceptibilité de l'Hôte (M2iSH), Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, Inserm U1071, USC-INRAE 2018, Microbes, Intestin, Inflammation et Susceptibilité de l'Hôte (M2iSH), Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Trebosc V, Schellhorn B, Schill J, Lucchini V, Bühler J, Bourotte M, Butcher JJ, Gitzinger M, Lociuro S, Kemmer C, Dale GE. In vitro activity of rifabutin against 293 contemporary carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates and characterization of rifabutin mode of action and resistance mechanisms. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 75:3552-3562. [PMID: 32869081 PMCID: PMC7662187 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Rifabutin, an oral drug approved to treat Mycobacterium avium infections, demonstrated potent activity against Acinetobacter baumannii in nutrient-limited medium enabled by rifabutin cellular uptake through the siderophore receptor FhuE. OBJECTIVES To determine rifabutin in vitro activity and resistance mechanisms in a large panel of A. baumannii isolates. METHODS Two hundred and ninety-three carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii clinical isolates collected from Europe, the USA and Asia during 2017-19 were used for MIC determination. Sequencing/genotyping of fhuE, rpoB and arr-2 genes in isolates with elevated rifabutin MIC combined with genetic engineering and gene expression quantification was used to characterize rifabutin's mode of action and resistance mechanisms. RESULTS Rifabutin showed excellent activity on the strain panel, with an MIC50/90 of 0.008/1 mg/L, and was superior to all other antibiotics tested, including colistin, tigecycline and cefiderocol (MIC90 of 8 mg/L). Rifabutin remained active on resistant subpopulations, including strains resistant to the siderophore-drug conjugate cefiderocol (MIC90 of 2 mg/L, n = 23). At least two independent resistance mechanisms were required to abolish rifabutin activity, which is in line with the dose-dependent mutational resistance frequency reaching 10-9 at rifabutin concentrations at or above 2 mg/L. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the potent activity of rifabutin against carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii. We propose that FhuE-mediated active uptake of rifabutin enables activity against rifampicin-resistant isolates. To achieve clinically meaningful strain coverage and to avoid rapid resistance development, rifabutin concentrations ≥2 mg/L are required, something rifabutin oral formulations cannot deliver.
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- BioVersys AG, Basel, Switzerland.,Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Prevet H, Moune M, Tanina A, Kemmer C, Herledan A, Frita R, Wohlkönig A, Bourotte M, Villemagne B, Leroux F, Gitzinger M, Baulard AR, Déprez B, Wintjens R, Willand N, Flipo M. A fragment-based approach towards the discovery of N-substituted tropinones as inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional regulator EthR2. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 167:426-438. [PMID: 30784877 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, represents one of the most challenging threat to public health worldwide, and with the increasing resistance to approved TB drugs, it is needed to develop new strategies to address this issue. Ethionamide is one of the most widely used drugs for the treatment of multidrug-resistant TB. It is a prodrug that requires activation by mycobacterial monooxygenases to inhibit the enoyl-ACP reductase InhA, which is involved in mycolic acid biosynthesis. Very recently, we identified that inhibition of a transcriptional repressor, termed EthR2, derepresses a new bioactivation pathway that results in the boosting of ethionamide activation. Herein, we describe the identification of potent EthR2 inhibitors using fragment-based screening and structure-based optimization. A target-based screening of a fragment library using thermal shift assay followed by X-ray crystallography identified 5 hits. Rapid optimization of the tropinone chemical series led to compounds with improved in vitro potency.
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- Hugues Prevet
- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Unité Microbiologie, Bioorganique et Macromoléculaire (CP206/04), département R3D, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnology (VIB), B-1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Bioversys AG, Hochbergerstrasse 60C, 4057, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Unité Microbiologie, Bioorganique et Macromoléculaire (CP206/04), département R3D, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000, Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177 - Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000, Lille, France
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Blondiaux N, Moune M, Desroses M, Frita R, Flipo M, Mathys V, Soetaert K, Kiass M, Delorme V, Djaout K, Trebosc V, Kemmer C, Wintjens R, Wohlkönig A, Antoine R, Huot L, Hot D, Coscolla M, Feldmann J, Gagneux S, Locht C, Brodin P, Gitzinger M, Déprez B, Willand N, Baulard AR. Reversion of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by spiroisoxazoline SMARt-420. Science 2017; 355:1206-1211. [PMID: 28302858 DOI: 10.1126/science.aag1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to human health globally. Alarmingly, multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis have now spread worldwide. Some key antituberculosis antibiotics are prodrugs, for which resistance mechanisms are mainly driven by mutations in the bacterial enzymatic pathway required for their bioactivation. We have developed drug-like molecules that activate a cryptic alternative bioactivation pathway of ethionamide in M. tuberculosis, circumventing the classic activation pathway in which resistance mutations have now been observed. The first-of-its-kind molecule, named SMARt-420 (Small Molecule Aborting Resistance), not only fully reverses ethionamide-acquired resistance and clears ethionamide-resistant infection in mice, it also increases the basal sensitivity of bacteria to ethionamide.
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- Nicolas Blondiaux
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Université Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177-Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France.,Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Université Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177-Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France
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- National Reference Center for Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Bacterial Diseases Service, Operational Direction Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium
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- National Reference Center for Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Bacterial Diseases Service, Operational Direction Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium
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- National Reference Center for Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Bacterial Diseases Service, Operational Direction Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France.,Tuberculosis Research Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Korea, South Korea
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Bioversys AG, Hochbergerstrasse 60C, 4057 Basel, Switzerland.,Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire des Biopolymères et des Nanomatériaux Supramoléculaires, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Bioversys AG, Hochbergerstrasse 60C, 4057 Basel, Switzerland
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- Université Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177-Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Université Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1177-Drugs and Molecules for Living Systems, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR8204-CIIL-Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Tigges M, Gitzinger M. BioVersys Works to Bring Antibiotic Resistance to an End. Chimia (Aarau) 2015; 68:888-90. [PMID: 26508613 DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2014.888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BioVersys, founded in 2008, is working on bringing a technology for screening and for the development of 'transcriptional regulator inhibiting compounds' (TRICs) to patients in order to overcome antibiotic resistance. The co-founders share their view on what makes successful scientists pursue a career as start-up entrepreneurs rather than a classic academic career. They describe the history and milestones of their company, and how their everyday work differs from that of peers in an academic or industrial research setting.
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- Marcel Tigges
- BioVersys AG, Hochbergerstrasse 60c, c/o Technologiepark, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland.
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- BioVersys AG, Hochbergerstrasse 60c, c/o Technologiepark, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
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Gitzinger M, Kemmer C, Fluri DA, El-Baba MD, Weber W, Fussenegger M. The food additive vanillic acid controls transgene expression in mammalian cells and mice. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:e37. [PMID: 22187155 PMCID: PMC3300003 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Trigger-inducible transcription-control devices that reversibly fine-tune transgene expression in response to molecular cues have significantly advanced the rational reprogramming of mammalian cells. When designed for use in future gene- and cell-based therapies the trigger molecules have to be carefully chosen in order to provide maximum specificity, minimal side-effects and optimal pharmacokinetics in a mammalian organism. Capitalizing on control components that enable Caulobacter crescentus to metabolize vanillic acid originating from lignin degradation that occurs in its oligotrophic freshwater habitat, we have designed synthetic devices that specifically adjust transgene expression in mammalian cells when exposed to vanillic acid. Even in mice transgene expression was robust, precise and tunable in response to vanillic acid. As a licensed food additive that is regularly consumed by humans via flavoured convenience food and specific fresh vegetable and fruits, vanillic acid can be considered as a safe trigger molecule that could be used for diet-controlled transgene expression in future gene- and cell-based therapies.
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- Marc Gitzinger
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Gitzinger M, Parsons J, Reski R, Fussenegger M. Functional cross-kingdom conservation of mammalian and moss (Physcomitrella patens) transcription, translation and secretion machineries. Plant Biotechnol J 2009; 7:73-86. [PMID: 19021876 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00376.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plants and mammals are separated by a huge evolutionary distance. Consequently, biotechnology and genetics have traditionally been divided into 'green' and 'red'. Here, we provide comprehensive evidence that key components of the mammalian transcription, translation and secretion machineries are functional in the model plant Physcomitrella patens. Cross-kingdom compatibility of different expression modalities originally designed for mammalian cells, such as native and synthetic promoters and polyadenylation sites, viral and cellular internal ribosome entry sites, secretion signal peptides and secreted product proteins, and synthetic transactivators and transrepressors, was established. This mammalian expression portfolio enabled constitutive, conditional and autoregulated expression of different product genes in a multicistronic expression format, optionally adjusted by various trigger molecules, such as butyrolactones, macrolide antibiotics and ethanol. Capitalizing on a cross-kingdom-compatible expression platform, we pioneered a prototype biopharmaceutical manufacturing scenario using microencapsulated transgenic P. patens protoplasts cultivated in a Wave Bioreactor. Vascular endothelial growth factor 121 (VEGF(121)) titres matched those typically achieved by standard protonema populations grown in stirred-tank bioreactors. The full compatibility of mammalian expression systems in P. patens further promotes the use of moss as a cost-effective alternative for the manufacture of complex biopharmaceuticals, and as a valuable host system to advance synthetic biology in plants.
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- Marc Gitzinger
- Department for Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, HCI F115, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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