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Wilson C, Gardner JMF, Gray DW, Baragana B, Wyatt PG, Cookson A, Thompson S, Mendoza-Martinez C, Bodkin MJ, Gilbert IH, Tarver GJ. Design of the Global Health chemical diversity library v2 for screening against infectious diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023; 17:e0011799. [PMID: 38150490 PMCID: PMC10752525 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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There is a need for novel chemical matter for phenotypic and target-based screens to find starting points for drug discovery programmes in neglected infectious diseases and non-hormonal contraceptives that disproportionately affect Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). In some disease areas multiple screens of corporate and other libraries have been carried out, giving rise to some valuable starting points and leading to preclinical candidates. Whilst in other disease areas, little screening has been carried out. Much screening against pathogens has been conducted phenotypically as there are few robustly validated protein targets. However, many of the active compound series identified share the same molecular targets. To address the need for new chemical material, in this article we describe the design of a new library, designed for screening in drug discovery programmes for neglected infectious diseases. The compounds have been selected from the Enamine REAL (REadily AccessibLe) library, a virtual library which contains approximately 4.5 billion molecules. The molecules theoretically can be synthesized quickly using commercially available intermediates and building blocks. The vast majority of these have not been prepared before, so this is a source of novel compounds. In this paper we describe the design of a diverse library of 30,000 compounds from this collection (graphical abstract). The new library will be made available to laboratories working in neglected infectious diseases, subject to a review process. The project has been supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust (Wellcome).
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- Caroline Wilson
- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- AMG Consultants Ltd, Discovery Park House, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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Singh V, Dziwornu GA, Chibale K. The implication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-mediated metabolism of targeted xenobiotics. Nat Rev Chem 2023; 7:340-354. [PMID: 37117810 PMCID: PMC10026799 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-023-00472-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Drug metabolism is generally associated with liver enzymes. However, in the case of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), Mtb-mediated drug metabolism plays a significant role in treatment outcomes. Mtb is equipped with enzymes that catalyse biotransformation reactions on xenobiotics with consequences either in its favour or as a hindrance by deactivating or activating chemical entities, respectively. Considering the range of chemical reactions involved in the biosynthetic pathways of Mtb, information related to the biotransformation of antitubercular compounds would provide opportunities for the development of new chemical tools to study successful TB infections while also highlighting potential areas for drug discovery, host-directed therapy, dose optimization and elucidation of mechanisms of action. In this Review, we discuss Mtb-mediated biotransformations and propose a holistic approach to address drug metabolism in TB drug discovery and related areas. ![]()
Mycobacterium tuberculosis-mediated metabolism of xenobiotics poses an important research question for antitubercular drug discovery. Identification of the metabolic fate of compounds can inform requisite structure–activity relationship strategies early on in a drug discovery programme towards improving the properties of the compound.
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- Vinayak Singh
- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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Bonnett S, Jee JA, Chettiar S, Ovechkina Y, Korkegian A, Greve E, Odingo J, Parish T. Identification of 2-Amino Benzothiazoles with Bactericidal Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0497422. [PMID: 36688635 PMCID: PMC9927457 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04974-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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We identified an amino-benzothiazole scaffold from a whole-cell screen against recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis under expressing the essential signal peptidase LepB. The seed molecule had 2-fold higher activity against the LepB hypomorph. Through a combination of purchase and chemical synthesis, we explored the structure-activity relationship for this series; 34 analogs were tested for antitubercular activity and for cytotoxicity against eukaryotic cells. We identified molecules with improved potency and reduced cytotoxicity. However, molecules did not appear to target LepB directly and did not inhibit protein secretion. Key compounds showed good permeability, low protein binding, and lack of CYP inhibition, but metabolic stability was poor with short half-lives. The seed molecule showed good bactericidal activity against both replicating and nonreplicating bacteria, as well as potency against intracellular M. tuberculosis in murine macrophages. Overall, the microbiological properties of the series are attractive if metabolic stability can be improved, and identification of the target could assist in the development of this series. IMPORTANCE Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, is a serious global health problem requiring the development of new therapeutics. We previously ran a high-throughput screen and identified a series of compounds with antitubercular activity. In this paper, we test analogs of our hit molecules for activity against M. tuberculosis, as well as for activity against eukaryotic cells. We identified molecules with improved selectivity. Our molecules killed both replicating and nonreplicating bacteria but did not work by targeting protein secretion.
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- Shilah Bonnett
- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Simple to Complex Amide Derivatives as Potent Anti‐Tuberculosis Agents: A Literature Survey of the Past Decade. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Paz JD, Denise de Moura Sperotto N, Ramos AS, Pissinate K, da Silva Rodrigues Junior V, Abbadi BL, Borsoi AF, Rambo RS, Corso Minotto AC, da Silva Dadda A, Galina L, Macchi Hopf FS, Muniz MN, Borges Martinelli LK, Roth CD, Madeira Silva RB, Perelló MA, de Matos Czeczot A, Neves CE, Duarte LS, Leyser M, Dias de Oliveira S, Bizarro CV, Machado P, Basso LA. Novel 4-aminoquinolines: Synthesis, inhibition of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase, antitubercular activity, SAR, and preclinical evaluation. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 245:114908. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tsui CKM, Sorrentino F, Narula G, Mendoza-Losana A, del Rio RG, Herrán EP, Lopez A, Bojang A, Zheng X, Remuiñán-Blanco MJ, Av-Gay Y. Hit Compounds and Associated Targets in Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27144446. [PMID: 35889319 PMCID: PMC9324642 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27144446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the etiological agent of tuberculosis, is one of the most devastating infectious agents in the world. Chemical-genetic characterization through in vitro evolution combined with whole genome sequencing analysis was used identify novel drug targets and drug resistance genes in Mtb associated with its intracellular growth in human macrophages. We performed a genome analysis of 53 Mtb mutants resistant to 15 different hit compounds. We found nonsynonymous mutations/indels in 30 genes that may be associated with drug resistance acquisitions. Beyond confirming previously identified drug resistance mechanisms such as rpoB and lead targets reported in novel anti-tuberculosis drug screenings such as mmpL3, ethA, and mbtA, we have discovered several unrecognized candidate drug targets including prrB. The exploration of the Mtb chemical mutant genomes could help novel drug discovery and the structural biology of compounds and associated mechanisms of action relevant to tuberculosis treatment.
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- Clement K. M. Tsui
- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; (C.K.M.T.); (F.S.); (G.N.); (A.L.); (A.B.); (X.Z.)
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308442, Singapore
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- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; (C.K.M.T.); (F.S.); (G.N.); (A.L.); (A.B.); (X.Z.)
- GSK, Global Health Medicines R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain; (A.M.-L.); (R.G.d.R.); (E.P.H.); (M.J.R.-B.)
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- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; (C.K.M.T.); (F.S.); (G.N.); (A.L.); (A.B.); (X.Z.)
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- GSK, Global Health Medicines R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain; (A.M.-L.); (R.G.d.R.); (E.P.H.); (M.J.R.-B.)
- Department of Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering, Carlos III University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- GSK, Global Health Medicines R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain; (A.M.-L.); (R.G.d.R.); (E.P.H.); (M.J.R.-B.)
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- GSK, Global Health Medicines R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain; (A.M.-L.); (R.G.d.R.); (E.P.H.); (M.J.R.-B.)
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- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; (C.K.M.T.); (F.S.); (G.N.); (A.L.); (A.B.); (X.Z.)
- GSK, Global Health Medicines R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain; (A.M.-L.); (R.G.d.R.); (E.P.H.); (M.J.R.-B.)
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- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; (C.K.M.T.); (F.S.); (G.N.); (A.L.); (A.B.); (X.Z.)
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- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; (C.K.M.T.); (F.S.); (G.N.); (A.L.); (A.B.); (X.Z.)
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- GSK, Global Health Medicines R&D, PTM, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain; (A.M.-L.); (R.G.d.R.); (E.P.H.); (M.J.R.-B.)
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- Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada; (C.K.M.T.); (F.S.); (G.N.); (A.L.); (A.B.); (X.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-604-822-3432
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Kumar Sahoo S, Maddipatla S, Nageswara Rao Gajula S, Naiyaz Ahmad M, Kaul G, Nanduri S, Sonti R, Dasgupta A, Chopra S, Madhavi Yaddanapudi V. Identification of nitrofuranylchalcone tethered benzoxazole-2-amines as potent inhibitors of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis demonstrating bactericidal efficacy. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 64:116777. [PMID: 35487101 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Ever increasing drug resistance has become an impeding threat that continues to hamper effective tackling of otherwise treatable tuberculosis (TB). Such dismal situation necessitates identification and exploration of multitarget acting newer chemotypes with bactericidal efficacy as a priority, that could efficiently hinder uncontrolled spread of TB. In this context, herein we present design, synthesis and bio-evaluation of chalcone tethered bezoxazole-2-amines as promising anti-TB chemotypes. Preliminary screening of 24 compounds revealed initial hits 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl and 5-nitrofuran-2-yl derivative exhibiting selective inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) H37Rv. Further, structural optimization of hit compounds generated 12 analogues, amongst which 5-nitrofuran-2-yl derivatives displayed potent inhibition of not only drug-susceptible (DS) Mtb but also clinical isolates of drug-resistant (DR) Mtb strains equipotently. Moreover, cell viability test against Vero cells found these compounds with favourable selectivity. Time kill analysis led to the identification of the lead compound (E)-1-(4-((5-chlorobenzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)amino)phenyl)-3-(5-nitrofuran-2-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, that demonstrated bactericidal killing of Mtb bacilli. Together with acceptable microsomal stability, the lead compound of the series manifested all desirable traits of a promising antitubercular agent.
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- Santosh Kumar Sahoo
- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad 500037, Telangana, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad 500037, Telangana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER),Balanagar, Hyderabad 500037, Telangana, India
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, UP, India; AcSIR: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, UP, India; AcSIR: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad 500037, Telangana, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER),Balanagar, Hyderabad 500037, Telangana, India.
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, UP, India; AcSIR: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, UP, India; AcSIR: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad 500037, Telangana, India.
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Bioinformatic Mining and Structure-Activity Profiling of Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenases from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mSphere 2022; 7:e0048221. [PMID: 35296143 PMCID: PMC9044951 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00482-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), one of the deadliest infectious diseases. The alarming health context coupled with the emergence of resistant M. tuberculosis strains highlights the urgent need to expand the range of anti-TB antibiotics. A subset of anti-TB drugs in use are prodrugs that require bioactivation by a class of M. tuberculosis enzymes called Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs), which remain understudied. To examine the prevalence and the molecular function of BVMOs in mycobacteria, we applied a comprehensive bioinformatic analysis that identified six BVMOs in M. tuberculosis, including Rv3083 (MymA), Rv3854c (EthA), Rv0565c, and Rv0892, which were selected for further characterization. Homology modeling and substrate docking analysis, performed on this subset, suggested that Rv0892 is closer to the cyclohexanone BVMO, while Rv0565c and EthA are structurally and functionally similar to MymA, which is by far the most prominent type I BVMO enzyme. Thanks to an unprecedented purification and assay optimization, biochemical studies confirmed that all four BVMOs display BV-oxygenation activity. We also showed that MymA displays a distinctive substrate preference that we further investigated by kinetic parameter determination and that correlates with in silico modeling. We provide insights into distribution of BVMOs and the structural basis of their substrate profiling, and we discuss their possible redundancy in M. tuberculosis, raising questions about their versatility in prodrug activation and their role in physiology and infection. IMPORTANCE Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The rise in drug resistance highlights the urgent need for innovation in anti-TB drug development. Many anti-TB drugs require bioactivation by Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs). Despite their emerging importance, BVMO structural and functional features remain enigmatic. We applied a comprehensive bioinformatic analysis and confirmed the presence of six BVMOs in M. tuberculosis, including MymA, EthA, and Rv0565c—activators of the second-line prodrug ethionamide—and the novel BVMO Rv0892. Combining in silico characterization with in vitro validation, we outlined their structural framework and substrate preference. Markedly, MymA displayed an enhanced capacity and a distinct selectivity profile toward ligands, in agreement with its catalytic site topology. These features ground the molecular basis for structure-function comprehension of the specificity in these enzymes and expand the repertoire of BVMOs with selective and/or overlapping activity for application in the context of improving anti-TB therapy.
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Tang KC, Maddox SM, Backus KM, Raj M. Tunable heteroaromatic azoline thioethers (HATs) for cysteine profiling. Chem Sci 2022; 13:763-774. [PMID: 35173941 PMCID: PMC8768877 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04139h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Here we report a new series of hydrolytically stable chemotype heteroaromatic azoline thioethers (HATs) to achieve highly selective, rapid, and efficient covalent labeling of cysteine under physiological conditions. Although the resulting cysteine-azoline conjugate is stable, we highlight traceless decoupling of the conjugate to afford unmodified starting components in response to reducing conditions. We demonstrated that HAT probes reverse the reactivity of nucleophilic cysteine to electrophilic dehydroalanine (Dha) under mild basic conditions. We demonstrated the umpolung capability of HAT probes for the modification of cysteine on peptides and proteins with various nucleophiles. We demonstrated that HAT probes increase the mass sensitivity of the modified peptides and proteins by 100 fold as compared to the classical methods. Finally, we extended the application of HAT probes for specific modification of cysteines in a complex cell lysate mixture.
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- Kuei C Tang
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University Atlanta GA 30322 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Los Angeles CA 90095 USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, UCLA Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Los Angeles CA 90095 USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, UCLA Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University Atlanta GA 30322 USA
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Perveen S, Sharma R. Screening approaches and therapeutic targets: The two driving wheels of tuberculosis drug discovery. Biochem Pharmacol 2022; 197:114906. [PMID: 34990594 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease, infecting a quarter of world's population. Drug resistant TB further exacerbates the grim scenario of the drying TB drug discovery pipeline. The limited arsenal to fight TB presses the need for thorough efforts for identifying promising hits to combat the disease. The review highlights the efforts in the field of tuberculosis drug discovery, with an emphasis on massive drug screening campaigns for identifying novel hits against Mtb in both industry and academia. As an intracellular pathogen, mycobacteria reside in a complicated intracellular environment with multiple factors at play. Here, we outline various strategies employed in an effort to mimic the intracellular milieu for bringing the screening models closer to the actual settings. The review also focuses on the novel targets and pathways that could aid in target-based drug discovery in TB. The recent high throughput screening efforts resulting in the identification of potent hits against Mtb has been summarized in this article. There is a pressing need for effective screening strategies and approaches employing innovative tools and recent technologies; including nanotechnology, gene-editing tools such as CRISPR-cas system, host-directed bacterial killing and high content screening to augment the TB drug discovery pipeline with safer and shorter drug regimens.
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- Summaya Perveen
- Infectious Diseases Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu 180001, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Infectious Diseases Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu 180001, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
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Reis RAG, Li H, Johnson M, Sobrado P. New frontiers in flavin-dependent monooxygenases. Arch Biochem Biophys 2021; 699:108765. [PMID: 33460580 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2021.108765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Flavin-dependent monooxygenases catalyze a wide variety of redox reactions in important biological processes and are responsible for the synthesis of highly complex natural products. Although much has been learned about FMO chemistry in the last ~80 years of research, several aspects of the reactions catalyzed by these enzymes remain unknown. In this review, we summarize recent advancements in the flavin-dependent monooxygenase field including aspects of flavin dynamics, formation and stabilization of reactive species, and the hydroxylation mechanism. Novel catalysis of flavin-dependent N-oxidases involving consecutive oxidations of amines to generate oximes or nitrones is presented and the biological relevance of the products is discussed. In addition, the activity of some FMOs have been shown to be essential for the virulence of several human pathogens. We also discuss the biomedical relevance of FMOs in antibiotic resistance and the efforts to identify inhibitors against some members of this important and growing family enzymes.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA; Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
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