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Kaul M, Parhi AK, Zhang Y, LaVoie EJ, Tuske S, Arnold E, Kerrigan JE, Pilch DS. A bactericidal guanidinomethyl biaryl that alters the dynamics of bacterial FtsZ polymerization. J Med Chem 2012; 55:10160-76. [PMID: 23050700 DOI: 10.1021/jm3012728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The prevalence of multidrug resistance among clinically significant bacterial pathogens underscores a critical need for the development of new classes of antibiotics with novel mechanisms of action. Here we describe the synthesis and evaluation of a guanidinomethyl biaryl compound {1-((4'-(tert-butyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl)methyl)guanidine} that targets the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. In vitro studies with various bacterial FtsZ proteins reveal that the compound alters the dynamics of FtsZ self-polymerization via a stimulatory mechanism, while minimally impacting the polymerization of tubulin, the closest mammalian homologue of FtsZ. The FtsZ binding site of the compound is identified through a combination of computational and mutational approaches. The compound exhibits a broad spectrum of bactericidal activity, including activity against the multidrug-resistant pathogens methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), while also exhibiting a minimal potential to induce resistance. Taken together, our results highlight the compound as a promising new FtsZ-targeting bactericidal agent.
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- Malvika Kaul
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635, USA
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Ma S, Ma S. The Development of FtsZ Inhibitors as Potential Antibacterial Agents. ChemMedChem 2012; 7:1161-72. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201200156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Revised: 05/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Dichosa AEK, Fitzsimons MS, Lo CC, Weston LL, Preteska LG, Snook JP, Zhang X, Gu W, McMurry K, Green LD, Chain PS, Detter JC, Han CS. Artificial polyploidy improves bacterial single cell genome recovery. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37387. [PMID: 22666352 PMCID: PMC3359284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Single cell genomics (SCG) is a combination of methods whose goal is to decipher the complete genomic sequence from a single cell and has been applied mostly to organisms with smaller genomes, such as bacteria and archaea. Prior single cell studies showed that a significant portion of a genome could be obtained. However, breakages of genomic DNA and amplification bias have made it very challenging to acquire a complete genome with single cells. We investigated an artificial method to induce polyploidy in Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 by blocking cell division and have shown that we can significantly improve the performance of genomic sequencing from a single cell. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We inhibited the bacterial cytoskeleton protein FtsZ in B.subtilis with an FtsZ-inhibiting compound, PC190723, resulting in larger undivided single cells with multiple copies of its genome. qPCR assays of these larger, sorted cells showed higher DNA content, have less amplification bias, and greater genomic recovery than untreated cells. SIGNIFICANCE The method presented here shows the potential to obtain a nearly complete genome sequence from a single bacterial cell. With millions of uncultured bacterial species in nature, this method holds tremendous promise to provide insight into the genomic novelty of yet-to-be discovered species, and given the temporary effects of artificial polyploidy coupled with the ability to sort and distinguish differences in cell size and genomic DNA content, may allow recovery of specific organisms in addition to their genomes.
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- Armand E. K. Dichosa
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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Pan L, Matthew S, Lantvit DD, Zhang X, Ninh TN, Chai H, Carcache de Blanco EJ, Soejarto DD, Swanson SM, Kinghorn AD. Bioassay-guided isolation of constituents of Piper sarmentosum using a mitochondrial transmembrane potential assay. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2011; 74:2193-9. [PMID: 21973101 PMCID: PMC3206604 DOI: 10.1021/np200557e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Bioassay-guided fractionation was conducted on a chloroform-soluble extract of the aerial parts of Piper sarmentosum collected in Vietnam, monitored by a mitochondrial transmembrane potential assay using HT-29 human colon cancer cells. This led to the isolation of four new C-benzylated dihydroflavones, sarmentosumins A-D (1-4), as well as 14 known compounds. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data interpretation. Among these compounds, 1-4 as well as five known C-benzylated dihydroflavones (5-9) and a piperamide, pipercallosine (11), were found to induce apoptosis in HT-29 cells by moderately reducing the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (ΔΨm), with ED50 values ranging from 1.6 to 13.6 μM. Furthermore, 7-methoxydichamanetin (8) and pinocembrin (10) exhibited proteasome inhibitory activities in a human 20S proteasome bioassay with IC50 values of 3.45±0.18 and 2.87±0.26 μM, respectively. This is the first time that C-benzylated dihydroflavones have been reported to demonstrate an apoptotic effect associated with disruption of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential.
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- Li Pan
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Mathew B, Srivastava S, Ross LJ, Suling WJ, White EL, Woolhiser LK, Lenaerts AJ, Reynolds RC. Novel pyridopyrazine and pyrimidothiazine derivatives as FtsZ inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:7120-8. [PMID: 22024272 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.09.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 09/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A series of pyridopyrazine and pyrimidothiazine derivatives have been synthesized and their activity against FtsZ from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and in vitro antibacterial activity against Mtb H(37)Ra and Mtb H(37)Rv are reported. Certain analogs described herein showed moderate to good inhibitory activity.
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- Bini Mathew
- Drug Discovery Division, Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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Hemaiswarya S, Soudaminikkutty R, Narasumani ML, Doble M. Phenylpropanoids inhibit protofilament formation of Escherichia coli cell division protein FtsZ. J Med Microbiol 2011; 60:1317-1325. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.030536-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Shanmugam Hemaiswarya
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
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Foss MH, Eun YJ, Weibel DB. Chemical-biological studies of subcellular organization in bacteria. Biochemistry 2011; 50:7719-34. [PMID: 21823588 DOI: 10.1021/bi200940d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The subcellular organization of biological molecules is a critical determinant of many bacterial processes, including growth, replication of the genome, and division, yet the details of many mechanisms that control intracellular organization remain unknown. Decoding this information will impact the field of bacterial physiology and can provide insight into eukaryotic biology, including related processes in mitochondria and chloroplasts. Small molecule probes provide unique advantages in studying these mechanisms and manipulating the organization of biomolecules in live bacterial cells. In this review, we describe small molecules that are available for investigating subcellular organization in bacteria, specifically targeting FtsZ, MreB, peptidoglycan, and lipid bilayers. We discuss how these probes have been used to study microbiological questions and conclude by providing suggestions about important areas in which chemical-biological approaches will have a revolutionary impact on the study of bacterial physiology.
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- Marie H Foss
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Cheng P, Zhu L, Guo W, Liu W, Yao J, Dong G, Zhang Y, Zhuang C, Sheng C, Miao Z, Zhang W. Synthesis of novel benzoxanthone analogues as non-Camptothecin topoisomerase I inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2011; 27:437-42. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2011.595712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Pengfei Cheng
- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University,
325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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The emergence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has made many of the currently available anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs ineffective. Accordingly, there is a pressing need to identify new drug targets. Filamentous temperature-sensitive protein Z (FtsZ), a bacterial tubulin homologue, is an essential cell-division protein that polymerizes in a GTP-dependent manner, forming a highly dynamic cytokinetic ring, designated as the Z ring, at the septum site. Other cell-division proteins are recruited to the Z ring and, upon resolution of the septum, two daughter cells are produced. Since inactivation of FtsZ or alteration of FtsZ assembly results in the inhibition of Z-ring and septum formation, FtsZ is a very promising target for novel antimicrobial drug development. This review describes the function and dynamic behaviors of FtsZ and the recent development of FtsZ inhibitors as potential anti-TB agents.
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Park YS, Grove CI, González-López M, Urgaonkar S, Fettinger JC, Shaw JT. Synthesis of (-)-viriditoxin: a 6,6'-binaphthopyran-2-one that targets the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:3730-3. [PMID: 21413107 PMCID: PMC3325170 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201007298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Dr. Y. S. Park, C. I. Grove, Dr. M. Gonzaléz-López, Dr. S. Urgaonkar, Dr. J. Fettinger, Prof. J. T. Shaw Department of Chemistry, University of California One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 (USA)
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Awasthi D, Kumar K, Ojima I. Therapeutic potential of FtsZ inhibition: a patent perspective. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2011; 21:657-79. [PMID: 21413908 DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2011.568483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Filamentous temperature sensitive mutant Z (FtsZ), an essential protein for bacterial cell division, has emerged as an attractive therapeutic target for the development of efficacious antibacterial agents active against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant bacterial strains. Recently, FtsZ has garnered special attention in the antibacterial research field, which is evident by the amount of research papers and patents disclosed in the public domain. Because of the significance of FtsZ as a highly promising target for the development of novel antibacterial agents, it is timely to review the patents on this subject so far published to date. AREAS COVERED This review article covers the patent literature on FtsZ-targeting potential antibacterial agents up to November 2010, including their pharmacological findings. EXPERT OPINION Since FtsZ is well preserved in various bacteria, the FtsZ-targeting agents would act as novel broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs in addition to their use against particular bacteria, especially drug-resistant strains. Based on the increasing interest and advancement in this field of research, it looks almost certain that a good number of clinical candidates targeting FtsZ will emerge in the near future.
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- Divya Awasthi
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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Park YS, Grove CI, González-López M, Urgaonkar S, Fettinger JC, Shaw JT. Synthesis of (−)-Viriditoxin: A 6,6′-Binaphthopyran-2-one that Targets the Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201007298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The discovery of novel small-molecule antibacterial drugs has been stalled for many years. The purpose of this review is to underscore and illustrate those scientific problems unique to the discovery and optimization of novel antibacterial agents that have adversely affected the output of the effort. The major challenges fall into two areas: (i) proper target selection, particularly the necessity of pursuing molecular targets that are not prone to rapid resistance development, and (ii) improvement of chemical libraries to overcome limitations of diversity, especially that which is necessary to overcome barriers to bacterial entry and proclivity to be effluxed, especially in Gram-negative organisms. Failure to address these problems has led to a great deal of misdirected effort.
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- Lynn L Silver
- LL Silver Consulting, LLC, 955 S. Springfield Ave., Unit C403, Springfield, NJ 07081, USA.
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Kumar K, Awasthi D, Lee SY, Zanardi I, Ruzsicska B, Knudson S, Tonge PJ, Slayden RA, Ojima I. Novel trisubstituted benzimidazoles, targeting Mtb FtsZ, as a new class of antitubercular agents. J Med Chem 2010; 54:374-81. [PMID: 21126020 DOI: 10.1021/jm1012006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Libraries of novel trisubstituted benzimidazoles were created through rational drug design. A good number of these benzimidazoles exhibited promising MIC values in the range of 0.5-6 μg/mL (2-15 μM) for their antibacterial activity against Mtb H37Rv strain. Moreover, five of the lead compounds also exhibited excellent activity against clinical Mtb strains with different drug-resistance profiles. All lead compounds did not show appreciable cytotoxicity (IC(50) > 200 μM) against Vero cells, which inhibited Mtb FtsZ assembly in a dose dependent manner. The two lead compounds unexpectedly showed enhancement of the GTPase activity of Mtb FtsZ. The result strongly suggests that the increased GTPase activity destabilizes FtsZ assembly, leading to efficient inhibition of FtsZ polymerization and filament formation. The TEM and SEM analyses of Mtb FtsZ and Mtb cells, respectively, treated with a lead compound strongly suggest that lead benzimidazoles have a novel mechanism of action on the inhibition of Mtb FtsZ assembly and Z-ring formation.
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- Kunal Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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Sorto NA, Olmstead MM, Shaw JT. Practical synthesis of PC190723, an inhibitor of the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. J Org Chem 2010; 75:7946-9. [PMID: 21033691 PMCID: PMC3068231 DOI: 10.1021/jo101720y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A high-yielding and practical synthesis of the bacterial cell division inhibitor PC190723 is described. The synthesis is completed in a longest linear sequence of five steps from commercially available starting materials and can be readily executed on a multigram scale.
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- Nohemy A. Sorto
- Department of Chemistry, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Chemistry, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Chemistry, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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Kim MB, Shaw JT. Synthesis of antimicrobial natural products targeting FtsZ: (+)-totarol and related totarane diterpenes. Org Lett 2010; 12:3324-7. [PMID: 20597470 PMCID: PMC2927847 DOI: 10.1021/ol100929z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An efficient, convergent synthesis of totarol by a diastereoselective epoxide/alkene/arene bicyclization is described. The reported synthesis enables the preparation of related diterpenes totaradiol and totarolone as well as previously unavailable derivatives that exhibit comparable inhibition of the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ.
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- Michelle B. Kim
- Department of Chemistry, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Chemistry, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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Chemler JA, Lim CG, Daiss JL, Koffas MAG. A versatile microbial system for biosynthesis of novel polyphenols with altered estrogen receptor binding activity. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2010; 17:392-401. [PMID: 20416510 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Revised: 03/20/2010] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Isoflavonoids possess enormous potential for human health with potential impact on heart disease and cancer, and some display striking affinities for steroid receptors. Synthesized primarily by legumes, isoflavonoids are present in low and variable abundance within complex mixtures, complicating efforts to assess their clinical potential. To satisfy the need for controlled, efficient, and flexible biosynthesis of isoflavonoids, a three-enzyme system has been constructed in yeast that can convert natural and synthetic flavanones into their corresponding isoflavones in practical quantities. Based on the determination of the substrate requirements of isoflavone synthase, a series of natural and nonnatural isoflavones were prepared and their binding affinities for the human estrogen receptors (ER alpha and ER beta) were determined. Structure activity relationships are suggested based on changes to binding affinities related to small variations on the isoflavone structure.
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- Joseph A Chemler
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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Duffield M, Cooper I, McAlister E, Bayliss M, Ford D, Oyston P. Predicting conserved essential genes in bacteria: in silico identification of putative drug targets. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 6:2482-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00001a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Promoting assembly and bundling of FtsZ as a strategy to inhibit bacterial cell division: a new approach for developing novel antibacterial drugs. Biochem J 2009; 423:61-9. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20090817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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FtsZ plays an essential role in bacterial cell division. We have used the assembly of FtsZ as a screen to find antibacterial agents with a novel mechanism of action. The effects of 81 compounds of 29 different structural scaffolds on FtsZ assembly in vitro were examined using a sedimentation assay. Out of these 81 compounds, OTBA (3-{5-[4-oxo-2-thioxo-3-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-thiazolidin-5-ylidenemethyl]-furan-2-yl}-benzoic acid) was found to promote FtsZ assembly in vitro. OTBA increased the assembly of FtsZ, caused bundling of FtsZ protofilaments, prevented dilution-induced disassembly of FtsZ protofilaments and decreased the GTPase activity in vitro. It bound to FtsZ with an apparent dissociation constant of 15±1.5 μM. Furthermore, OTBA inhibited the proliferation of Bacillus subtilis 168 cells with an MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) of 2 μM, whereas it exerted minimal effects on mammalian cell proliferation, indicating that it might have a potential use as an antibacterial drug. In the effective proliferation inhibitory concentration range, OTBA induced filamentation in bacteria and also perturbed the formation of the cytokinetic Z-rings in bacteria. However, the agent neither perturbed the membrane structures nor affected the nucleoid segregation in B. subtilis cells. The results suggested that the OTBA inhibited bacterial cytokinesis by perturbing the formation and functioning of the Z-ring via altering FtsZ assembly dynamics. The antibacterial mechanism of action of OTBA is similar to that of the widely used anticancer drug paclitaxel, which inhibits cancer cell proliferation by promoting the assembly of tubulin, a eukaryotic homologue of FtsZ.
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Kapoor S, Panda D. Targeting FtsZ for antibacterial therapy: a promising avenue. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2009; 13:1037-51. [DOI: 10.1517/14728220903173257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The growing problem of antibiotic resistance has been exacerbated by the use of new drugs that are merely variants of older overused antibiotics. While it is naive to expect to restrain the spread of resistance without controlling antibacterial usage, the desperate need for drugs with novel targets has been recognized by health organizations, industry and academia alike. The wealth of knowledge available about the bacterial cell-division pathway has aided target-driven approaches to identify novel inhibitors. Here, we discuss the therapeutic potential of inhibiting bacterial cell division, and review the progress made in this exciting new area of antibacterial discovery.
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Domadia PN, Bhunia A, Sivaraman J, Swarup S, Dasgupta D. Berberine targets assembly of Escherichia coli cell division protein FtsZ. Biochemistry 2008; 47:3225-34. [PMID: 18275156 DOI: 10.1021/bi7018546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ever increasing problem of antibiotic resistance necessitates a search for new drug molecules that would target novel proteins in the prokaryotic system. FtsZ is one such target protein involved in the bacterial cell division machinery. In this study, we have shown that berberine, a natural plant alkaloid, targets Escherichia coli FtsZ, inhibits the assembly kinetics of the Z-ring, and perturbs cytokinesis. It also destabilizes FtsZ protofilaments and inhibits the FtsZ GTPase activity. Saturation transfer difference NMR spectroscopy of the FtsZ-berberine complex revealed that the dimethoxy groups, isoquinoline nucleus, and benzodioxolo ring of berberine are intimately involved in the interaction with FtsZ. Berberine perturbs the Z-ring morphology by disturbing its typical midcell localization and reduces the frequency of Z-rings per unit cell length to half. Berberine binds FtsZ with high affinity ( K D approximately 0.023 microM) and displaces bis-ANS, suggesting that it may bind FtsZ in a hydrophobic pocket. Isothermal titration calorimetry suggests that the FtsZ-berberine interaction occurs spontaneously and is enthalpy/entropy-driven. In silico molecular modeling suggests that the rearrangement of the side chains of the hydrophobic residues in the GTP binding pocket may facilitate the binding of the berberine to FtsZ and lead to inhibition of the association between FtsZ monomers. Together, these results clearly indicate the inhibitory role of berberine on the assembly function of FtsZ, establishing it as a novel FtsZ inhibitor that halts the first stage in bacterial cell division.
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- Prerna N Domadia
- Department of Biochemistry, The Institute of Science, Mumbai 400 032, India
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Curcumin inhibits FtsZ assembly: an attractive mechanism for its antibacterial activity. Biochem J 2008; 410:147-55. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20070891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The assembly and stability of FtsZ protofilaments have been shown to play critical roles in bacterial cytokinesis. Recent evidence suggests that FtsZ may be considered as an important antibacterial drug target. Curcumin, a dietary polyphenolic compound, has been shown to have a potent antibacterial activity against a number of pathogenic bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Enterococcus. We found that curcumin induced filamentation in the Bacillus subtilis 168, suggesting that it inhibits bacterial cytokinesis. Further, curcumin strongly inhibited the formation of the cytokinetic Z-ring in B. subtilis 168 without detectably affecting the segregation and organization of the nucleoids. Since the assembly dynamics of FtsZ protofilaments plays a major role in the formation and functioning of the Z-ring, we analysed the effects of curcumin on the assembly of FtsZ protofilaments. Curcumin inhibited the assembly of FtsZ protofilaments and also increased the GTPase activity of FtsZ. Electron microscopic analysis showed that curcumin reduced the bundling of FtsZ protofilaments in vitro. Further, curcumin was found to bind to FtsZ in vitro with a dissociation constant of 7.3±1.8 μM and the agent also perturbed the secondary structure of FtsZ. The results indicate that the perturbation of the GTPase activity of FtsZ assembly is lethal to bacteria and suggest that curcumin inhibits bacterial cell proliferation by inhibiting the assembly dynamics of FtsZ in the Z-ring.
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Huecas S, Schaffner-Barbero C, García W, Yébenes H, Palacios JM, Díaz JF, Menéndez M, Andreu JM. The interactions of cell division protein FtsZ with guanine nucleotides. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:37515-28. [PMID: 17977836 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706399200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Prokaryotic cell division protein FtsZ, an assembling GTPase, directs the formation of the septosome between daughter cells. FtsZ is an attractive target for the development of new antibiotics. Assembly dynamics of FtsZ is regulated by the binding, hydrolysis, and exchange of GTP. We have determined the energetics of nucleotide binding to model apoFtsZ from Methanococcus jannaschii and studied the kinetics of 2'/3'-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl) (mant)-nucleotide binding and dissociation from FtsZ polymers, employing calorimetric, fluorescence, and stopped-flow methods. FtsZ binds GTP and GDP with K(b) values ranging from 20 to 300 microm(-1) under various conditions. GTP.Mg(2+) and GDP.Mg(2+) bind with slightly reduced affinity. Bound GTP and the coordinated Mg(2+) ion play a minor structural role in FtsZ monomers, but Mg(2+)-assisted GTP hydrolysis triggers polymer disassembly. Mant-GTP binds and dissociates quickly from FtsZ monomers, with approximately 10-fold lower affinity than GTP. Mant-GTP displacement measured by fluorescence anisotropy provides a method to test the binding of any competing molecules to the FtsZ nucleotide site. Mant-GTP is very slowly hydrolyzed and remains exchangeable in FtsZ polymers, but it becomes kinetically stabilized, with a 30-fold slower k(+) and approximately 500-fold slower k(-) than in monomers. The mant-GTP dissociation rate from FtsZ polymers is comparable with the GTP hydrolysis turnover and with the reported subunit turnover in Escherichia coli FtsZ polymers. Although FtsZ polymers can exchange nucleotide, unlike its eukaryotic structural homologue tubulin, GDP dissociation may be slow enough for polymer disassembly to take place first, resulting in FtsZ polymers cycling with GTP hydrolysis similarly to microtubules.
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- Sonia Huecas
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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N-Benzyl-3-sulfonamidopyrrolidines as novel inhibitors of cell division in E. coli. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007; 17:6651-5. [PMID: 17923406 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2007] [Revised: 08/29/2007] [Accepted: 09/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A new small molecule inhibitor of bacterial cell division has been discovered using a high-throughput screen in Escherichia coli. Although the lead screening hit (534F6) exhibited modest inhibition of the GTPase activity of FtsZ (20+/-5% at 100microM of compound), a primary target for bacterial cell division inhibitors, several analogs caused potent bacterial growth inhibition with negligible antagonism of FtsZ GTPase activity. A library of analogs has been prepared and several alkyne-tagged photoaffinity probes have been synthesized for use in experiments to elucidate the primary target of this compound.
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Oliva MA, Trambaiolo D, Löwe J. Structural insights into the conformational variability of FtsZ. J Mol Biol 2007; 373:1229-42. [PMID: 17900614 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Revised: 08/22/2007] [Accepted: 08/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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FtsZ is a prokaryotic homologue of the eukaryotic cytoskeletal protein tubulin and plays a central role in prokaryotic cell division. Both FtsZ and tubulin are known to pass through cycles of polymerization and depolymerization, but the structural mechanisms underlying this cycle remain to be determined. Comparison of tubulin structures obtained in different states has led to a model in which the tubulin monomer undergoes a conformational switch between a "straight" form found in the walls of microtubules and a "curved" form associated with depolymerization, and it was proposed recently that this model may apply also to FtsZ. Here, we present new structures of FtsZ from47 Aquifex aeolicus,47 Bacillus subtilis, Methanococcus jannaschii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa that provide strong constraints on any proposed role for a conformational switch in the FtsZ monomer. By comparing the full range of FtsZ structures determined in different crystal forms and nucleotide states, and in the presence or in the absence of regulatory proteins, we find no evidence of a conformational change involving domain movement. Our new structural data make it clear that the previously proposed straight and curved conformations of FtsZ were related to inter-species differences in domain orientation rather than two interconvertible conformations. We propose a new model in which lateral interactions help determine the curvature of protofilaments.
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- María A Oliva
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
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Domadia P, Swarup S, Bhunia A, Sivaraman J, Dasgupta D. Inhibition of bacterial cell division protein FtsZ by cinnamaldehyde. Biochem Pharmacol 2007; 74:831-40. [PMID: 17662960 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2007] [Revised: 06/07/2007] [Accepted: 06/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cinnamaldehyde is a natural product from spices that inhibits cell separation in Bacillus cereus. Cell division is regulated by FtsZ, a prokaryotic homolog of tubulin. FtsZ assembles into the Z-ring at the site of cell division. Here, we report the effect of cinnamaldehyde on FtsZ and hence on the cell division apparatus. Cinnamaldehyde decreases the in vitro assembly reaction and bundling of FtsZ. It is found that cinnamaldehyde perturbs the Z-ring morphology in vivo and reduces the frequency of the Z ring per unit cell length of Escherichia coli. In addition, GTP dependent FtsZ polymerization is inhibited by cinnamaldehyde. Cinnamaldehyde inhibits the rate of GTP hydrolysis and binds FtsZ with an affinity constant of 1.0+/-0.2 microM(-1). Isothermal titration calorimetry reveals that binding of cinnamaldehyde to FtsZ is driven by favorable enthalpic interactions. Further, we map the cinnamaldehyde binding region of FtsZ, using the saturation transfer difference-nuclear magnetic resonance and an in silico docking model. Both predict the cinnamaldehyde binding pocket at the C terminal region involving the T7 loop of FtsZ. Our results show that cinnamaldehyde binds FtsZ, perturbs the cytokinetic Z-ring formation and inhibits its assembly dynamics. This suggests that cinnamaldehyde, a small molecule of plant origin, is a potential lead compound that can be developed as an anti-FtsZ agent towards drug design.
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- Prerna Domadia
- Department of Biochemistry, The Institute of Science, Mumbai 400032, India
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Vollmer W. The prokaryotic cytoskeleton: a putative target for inhibitors and antibiotics? Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 73:37-47. [PMID: 17024474 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0586-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Revised: 07/11/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In the recent decade, our view on the organization of the bacterial cell has been revolutionized by the identification of cytoskeletal elements. Most bacterial species have structural homologs of actin and tubulin that assemble into dynamic, filamentous structures at precisely defined sub-cellular locations. The essential cell division protein FtsZ forms a dynamic ring at mid-cell and is similar in its structure to tubulin. Proteins of the MreB family, which are structural homologs of actin, assemble into helical or straight filaments in the bacterial cytoplasm. As in eukaryotic cells, the bacterial cytoskeleton drives essential cellular processes such as cell division, cell wall growth, DNA movement, protein targeting, and alignment of organelles. Different high-throughput assays have been developed to search for inhibitors of components of the bacterial cytoskeleton. Cell-based assays for the detection of cell division inhibitors as well as FtsZ GTPase assays led to the identification of several compounds that inhibit the polymerization of FtsZ, by this blocking bacterial cell division. Such inhibitors might not only be valuable tools for basic research, but might also lead to novel therapeutic agents against pathogenic bacteria. For example, the polyphenol dichamanetin, the 2-alkoxycarbonylaminopyridine SRI-3072, and the benzophenanthridine alkaloid sanguinarine inhibit the GTPase activity of FtsZ and exhibit antimicrobial activity.
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- Waldemar Vollmer
- Mikrobielle Genetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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