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Thompson R, Stephenson D, Sykes HE, Perry JD, Stanforth SP, Dean JR. Detection of β-alanyl aminopeptidase as a biomarker for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis using exogenous volatile organic compound evolution. RSC Adv 2020; 10:10634-10645. [PMID: 35492910 PMCID: PMC9051645 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra08386c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
A novel, rapid and sensitive analytical method has been developed and applied to 105 sputum samples from patients with cystic fibrosis, including 5 samples from post-lung transplant patients. This new method is specifically targeted to measure β-alanyl aminopeptidase activity which is characteristic of some important Gram-negative pathogens. Of relevance to this study are Pseudomonas aeruginosa and pathogens of the Burkholderia cepacia complex both of which are commonly associated with respiratory infections as well as increased morbidity and mortality in adult cystic fibrosis patients. The analytical method involves the addition of a novel enzyme substrate (i.e. 3-amino-N-(3-fluorophenyl)propanamide) that interacts with β-alanyl aminopeptidase to generate an exogenous volatile organic compound 3-fluoroaniline (LOD 0.02 μg mL−1; LOQ 0.06 μg mL−1). 3-Fluoroaniline was determined at 20 times above its calculated limit of quantification in the sputum samples by HS-SPME-GC-MS and then the results compared with standard culture methods and bacterial identification using MALDI-TOF-MS. Detection of 3-fluoroaniline was possible after only 8 h incubation of the sputum samples with a 95% success rate; this increased to 100% at 24 h which was well within the typical routine timeframe of 48 h. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of detection of P. aeruginosa by use of a custom-designed substrate to liberate a detectable and unique VOC. The very high negative predictive value (100% in this study) means such an assay could be appropriate as a screening technique for patients who are not yet colonized by this pathogen. A novel, rapid and sensitive analytical method has been developed and applied to 105 sputum samples from patients with cystic fibrosis, including 5 samples from post-lung transplant patients.![]()
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- Ryan Thompson
- Department of Applied Sciences
- Northumbria University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences
- Northumbria University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- UK
- Department of Microbiology
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- Department of Applied Sciences
- Northumbria University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- UK
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- Department of Microbiology
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences
- Northumbria University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- UK
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Cellier-Rastit M, James AL, Orenga S, Perry JD, Robinson SN, Turnbull G, Stanforth SP. Fluorogenic l-alanylaminopeptidase substrates derived from 6-amino-2-hetarylquinolines and 7-amino-3-hetarylcoumarins and their potential applications in diagnostic microbiology. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2019; 29:1227-1231. [PMID: 30885679 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Six novel fluorogenic enzyme substrates for detecting l-alanylaminopeptidase activity in microorganisms have been prepared and evaluated in Columbia agar media. The substrates are l-alanyl derivatives of 6-amino-2-hetarylquinolines and 7-amino-3-hetarylcoumarins. Both the quinoline and coumarin series of substrates produced fluorescence in the presence of Gram-negative microorganisms. In contrast, fluorescence generation in the presence of the Gram-positive microorganisms and yeasts was limited or absent.
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- Marie Cellier-Rastit
- Research & Development Microbiology, BioMérieux SA, 3 route de Port Michaud, 38 390 La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- Research & Development Microbiology, BioMérieux SA, 3 route de Port Michaud, 38 390 La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
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- Teresa L. Mako
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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Cellier M, James AL, Orenga S, Perry JD, Rasul AK, Stanforth SP. Detection of l-alanylaminopeptidase activity in microorganisms using chromogenic self-immolative enzyme substrates. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:2102-2106. [PMID: 28389152 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.03.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Three potential chromogenic enzymatic probes, each possessing a self-immolative spacer unit, were synthesised for the purpose of detecting l-alanylaminopeptidase activity in microorganisms. An Alizarin-based probe was the most effective, allowing several species to generate strongly coloured colonies in the presence of metal ions.
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- Marie Cellier
- Research & Development Microbiology, bioMérieux SA, 3 route de Port Michaud, 38 390 La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- Research & Development Microbiology, bioMérieux SA, 3 route de Port Michaud, 38 390 La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK.
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Milyushkin AL, Laktyushina AA, Buryak AK. Identification of peptides with protected functional groups by chromatography, mass spectrometry, and molecular statistics. Russ Chem Bull 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-017-1699-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Detection of l-alanylaminopeptidase activity in microorganisms using fluorogenic self-immolative enzyme substrates. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:4066-4074. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cellier M, James AL, Orenga S, Perry JD, Turnbull G, Stanforth SP. The Synthesis of L-Alanyl and β-Alanyl Derivatives of 2-Aminoacridone and Their Application in the Detection of Clinically-Important Microorganisms. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158378. [PMID: 27391894 PMCID: PMC4938530 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
In clinical microbiology the speed with which pathogenic microorganisms may be detected has a direct impact on patient health. One important strategy used in the laboratory is the growth of cultures in the presence of an enzymatic substrate which, once transformed by the appropriate microbial enzyme, generates a detectable colour or fluorescence output. Such substrates have previously been prepared by our group and others and are available as commercial diagnostic kits, however they all suffer from some degree of diffusion when used in a solid growth medium. This diffusion complicates the detection and differentiation of species in polymicrobial cultures and so we sought to improve on our previous work. In this work we have prepared and evaluated a series of novel fluorogenic enzyme substrates based on N-substituted-2-aminoacridones. All of the prepared substrates were found to be suitable for the detection and differentiation of certain microorganisms, however those based on the 2-amino-10-benzylacridone core in particular showed no apparent diffusion when incorporated into solid growth media. On transformation these substrates generated brightly fluorescent colonies that are clearly contrasted with the background medium due to the difference in emission wavelength (λem 445–450 nm for the substrate, λem 550 nm for the product). Here we have shown that our L-alanyl aminopeptidase substrate, 2-(N-L-alanylamino)-10-benzylacridone, is particularly suited to the detection of Gram-negative bacteria, and our β-alanyl aminopeptidase substrate, 2-(N- β-alanylamino)-10-benzylacridone, to the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens when grown on solid media incorporating these substrates. The resulting fluorophore shows no apparent diffusion from the colonies of interest, and the enhanced sensitivity offered by fluorescent emission may allow for the detection of these organisms as microcolonies using automated fluorescence microscopy.
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- Marie Cellier
- Research & Development Microbiology, bioMérieux SA, La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Research & Development Microbiology, bioMérieux SA, La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Bedernjak AF, Zaytsev AV, Babolat M, Cellier M, James AL, Orenga S, Perry JD, Groundwater PW, Anderson RJ. Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel 7- and 8-Aminophenoxazinones for the Detection of β-Alanine Aminopeptidase Activity and the Reliable Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Clinical Samples. J Med Chem 2016; 59:4476-87. [PMID: 27094856 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A series of novel 8-aminophenoxazin-3-one and 7-aminophenoxazin-3-one chromogens and their corresponding β-alanine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their ability to detect β-alanyl aminopeptidase activity in bacteria known to hydrolyze β-alanine derivatized substrates. The results provided insight into the structural requirements for effective visualization of enzymatic activity and the mechanism of formation of phenoxazinon-3-ones. 8-Aminophenoxazin-3-one substrates 23c, 23d, and 23e were prepared in good to high overall yield and were selective for β-alanyl aminopeptidase activity in bacteria, producing a lighter agar background coloration facilitating visualization of colored colonies, with variable localization to the colonies, but had lower sensitivities for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in comparison to the analogous 7-aminophenoxazin-3-one substrates. The synthetic methodology employed here allows the preparation of a range of substrates for evaluation and the establishment of structure-activity relationships. For example, the 2-pentyl substituted aminophenoxazin-3-one 22b performed with analogous sensitivity to the corresponding 1-pentyl-7-aminophenoxazin-3-one substrate 1 used commercially, highlighting that the position of the pentyl substituent can be varied while maintaining detection sensitivity.
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- Department of Microbiology, bioMérieux , 38390 La Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, bioMérieux , 38390 La Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, bioMérieux , 38390 La Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- School of Life Sciences, Northumbria University , Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, U.K
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- Department of Microbiology, bioMérieux , 38390 La Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital , Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, U.K
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- Sunderland Pharmacy School, University of Sunderland , Sunderland SR1 3SD, U.K
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- Sunderland Pharmacy School, University of Sunderland , Sunderland SR1 3SD, U.K
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Cellier M, James AL, Orenga S, Perry JD, Rasul AK, Robinson SN, Stanforth SP. Novel chromogenic aminopeptidase substrates for the detection and identification of clinically important microorganisms. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:5249-69. [PMID: 25172150 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A series of amino acid derivatives 8-10, 42 and 43 have been prepared as chromogenic enzyme substrates in order to detect aminopeptidase activity in clinically important Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Enzymatic hydrolysis liberates the amino acid moiety and either a 4-aminophenol or a 4-dialkylaminoaniline derivative which undergoes oxidative coupling with 1-naphthol or a substituted 1-naphthol giving an indophenol dye. Substrates and 1-naphthols were incorporated into an agar-based culture medium and this allowed growth of intensely coloured bacterial colonies based on hydrolysis by specific enzymes. Red/pink coloured colonies were produced by the substrates 8-10 and blue coloured colonies were formed by the substrates 42 and 43. The L-alanyl aminopeptidase substrates 8 targeted L-alanyl aminopeptidase activity and gave coloured colonies with a range of Gram-negative bacteria. Substrates 9 targeted β-alanyl aminopeptidase activity and generated coloured colonies with selected Gram-negative species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Three substrates for L-pyroglutamyl acid aminopeptidase (10a, 10c and 43) were hydrolysed by enterococci and Streptococcus pyogenes to generate coloured colonies. Two yeasts were also included in the study, but they did not produce coloured colonies with any of the substrates examined.
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- Marie Cellier
- Research & Development Microbiology, bioMérieux SA, 3 route de Port Michaud, 38 390 La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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- Research & Development Microbiology, bioMérieux SA, 3 route de Port Michaud, 38 390 La-Balme-les-Grottes, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK.
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Morioka R, Hirano K, Satoh T, Miura M. Unexpected Cyclization of Tritylamines Promoted by Copper Salt through CH and CN Bond Cleavages to Produce Acridine Derivatives. Chemistry 2014; 20:12720-4. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Seitkalieva MM, Grachev AA, Egorova KS, Ananikov VP. Nanoscale organization of ionic liquids and their interaction with peptides probed by 13C NMR spectroscopy. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Cellier M, Fazackerley E, James AL, Orenga S, Perry JD, Turnbull G, Stanforth SP. Synthesis of 2-arylbenzothiazole derivatives and their application in bacterial detection. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:1250-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Preparation of fused n-phenyl-substituted pyridinium derivatives by direct phenylation with nucleogenic phenyl cations. Chem Heterocycl Compd (N Y) 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10593-012-0990-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Synthesis, anti-inflammatory activity and molecular docking studies of 2,5-diarylfuran amino acid derivatives. Eur J Med Chem 2012; 47:52-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Orenga S, James AL, Manafi M, Perry JD, Pincus DH. Enzymatic substrates in microbiology. J Microbiol Methods 2009; 79:139-55. [PMID: 19679151 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Enzymatic substrates are powerful tools in biochemistry. They are widely used in microbiology to study metabolic pathways, to monitor metabolism and to detect, enumerate and identify microorganisms. Synthetic enzymatic substrates have been customized for various microbial assays, to detect an expanding range of both new enzymatic activities and target microorganisms. Recent developments in synthetic enzymatic substrates with new spectral, chemical and biochemical properties allow improved detection, enumeration and identification of food-borne microorganisms, clinical pathogens and multi-resistant bacteria in various sample types. In the past 20 years, the range of synthetic enzymatic substrates used in microbiology has been markedly extended supporting the development of new multi-test systems (e.g., Microscan, Vitek 2, Phoenix) and chromogenic culture media. The use of such substrates enables an improvement in time to detection and specificity over conventional tests that employ natural substrates. In the era of intense developments in molecular biology, phenotypic tests involving enzymatic substrates remain useful to analyse both simple and complex samples. Such tests are applicable to diagnostic and research laboratories all over the world.
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- Sylvain Orenga
- Research & Development Microbiology, bioMérieux, 3 route de Port Michaud, La Balme-les-Grottes, France.
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