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Rox K, Kühne A, Herrmann J, Jansen R, Hüttel S, Bernecker S, Hagos Y, Brönstrup M, Stadler M, Hesterkamp T, Müller R. Interaction of the Atypical Tetracyclines Chelocardin and Amidochelocardin with Renal Drug Transporters. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2024; 7:2093-2109. [PMID: 39022358 PMCID: PMC11249637 DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance is expected to increase mortality rates by up to several million deaths per year by 2050 without new treatment options at hand. Recently, we characterized the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic properties of two atypical tetracyclines, chelocardin (CHD) and amidochelocardin (CDCHD) that exhibit no cross-resistance with clinically used antibacterials. Both compounds were preferentially renally cleared and demonstrated pronounced effects in an ascending urinary tract infection model against E. coli. Renal drug transporters are known to influence clearance into the urine. In particular, inhibition of apical transporters in renal tubular epithelial cells can lead to intracellular accumulation and potential cell toxicity, whereas inhibition of basolateral transporters can cause a higher systemic exposure. Here, selected murine and human organic cation (Oct), organic anion (Oat), and efflux transporters were studied to elucidate interactions with CHD and CDCHD underlying their PK behavior. CHD exhibited stronger inhibitory effects on mOat1 and mOat3 and their human homologues hOAT1 and hOAT3 compared to CDCHD. While CHD was a substrate of mOat3 and mOct1, CDCHD was not. By contrast, no inhibitory effect was observed on Octs. CDCHD rather appeared to foster enhanced substrate transport on mOct1. CHD and CDCHD inhibited the efflux transporter hMRP2 on the apical side. In summary, the substrate nature of CHD in conjunction with its autoinhibition toward mOat3 rationalizes the distinct urine concentration profile compared to CDCHD that was previously observed in vivo. Further studies are needed to investigate the accumulation in renal tubular cells and the nephrotoxicity risk.
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- Katharina Rox
- Department
of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- German
Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- PortaCellTec
Biosciences GmbH, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
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- German
Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Department
of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz
Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre
for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland
University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department
of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German
Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Department
of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department
of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- German
Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German
Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Department
of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German
Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Translational
Product Management Office, German Center
for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German
Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Braunschweig-Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Department
of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz
Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre
for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland
University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Vijeata A, Chaudhary GR, Chaudhary S. Lateral flow assemblies and allied application of carbon quantum dots derived from cigarette tobacco in biosensing, anticounterfeiting and fluorescent films: Theoretical and experimental overview. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 355:141812. [PMID: 38554865 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
Abstract
The bio-sensing activity of fluorescence based nanoprobes is one of the most significant aspects to scrutinize the analytical pursuance in modern security and lateral flow assays. Herein, potent transmogrification of waste cigarette tobacco into fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) has been achieved by calcination approach. The waste transformation to CQDs holds diverse benefits, comprising high quantum yield, low toxicity and scale up synthesis. The developed CQDs were able to identify tetracycline with phenomenal selectivity and sensitivity through fluorescence based method. The sensing mechanism was fully explored using Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Molecular docking studies. Governing features comprising tetracycline concentration, interfering studies, and real water analysis on the identification of tetracycline were also investigated. Along with, the prepared CQDs act as colorimetric probe, facilitating the detection of tetracycline with the naked eye. The lateral flow device was constructed for the on-site detection of tetracycline in real water samples. To the best of our knowledge, the present work represents a novel approach to designing CQDs and demonstrates their significant potential for application in anticounterfeiting measures and lateral flow devices. This work holds significant prospective as the prepared CQDs was fully utilized to its maximum usage in developing films and fluorescent anti-counterfeiting applications. Concisely, current work opens up distinctive opportunities for rapid on-site, real-time and visualized surveillance of tetracycline using CQDs prepared with a quite simple green approach.
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- Anjali Vijeata
- Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
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Cain BN, Hergenrother PJ. Using permeation guidelines to design new antibiotics-A PASsagE into Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clin Transl Med 2024; 14:e1600. [PMID: 38426413 PMCID: PMC10905542 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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- Brett N. Cain
- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of IllinoisUrbanaIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of IllinoisUrbanaIllinoisUSA
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Rox K, Jansen R, Lukežič T, Greweling-Pils M, Herrmann J, Miethke M, Hüttel S, Hennessen F, Abou Fayad A, Holzhausen C, Lundberg CV, Teague J, Sudarman E, Bülter L, Hesterkamp T, Stadler M, Brönstrup M, Müller R. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation of the atypical tetracyclines chelocardin and amidochelocardin in murine infection models. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0128923. [PMID: 38047701 PMCID: PMC10783034 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01289-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE There is a strong need to find novel treatment options against urinary tract infections associated with antimicrobial resistance. This study evaluates two atypical tetracyclines, namely chelocardin (CHD) and amidochelocardin (CDCHD), with respect to their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. We show CHD and CDCHD are cleared at high concentrations in mouse urine. Especially, CDCHD is highly effective in an ascending urinary tract infection model, suggesting further preclinical evaluation.
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- Katharina Rox
- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Mouse Pathology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Mouse Pathology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Translational Product Development Office, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Translational Product Development Office, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Braunschweig-Hannover, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Geddes EJ, Gugger MK, Garcia A, Chavez MG, Lee MR, Perlmutter SJ, Bieniossek C, Guasch L, Hergenrother PJ. Porin-independent accumulation in Pseudomonas enables antibiotic discovery. Nature 2023; 624:145-153. [PMID: 37993720 PMCID: PMC11254092 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06760-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
Abstract
Gram-negative antibiotic development has been hindered by a poor understanding of the types of compounds that can accumulate within these bacteria1,2. The presence of efflux pumps and substrate-specific outer-membrane porins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa renders this pathogen particularly challenging3. As a result, there are few antibiotic options for P. aeruginosa infections4 and its many porins have made the prospect of discovering general accumulation guidelines seem unlikely5. Here we assess the whole-cell accumulation of 345 diverse compounds in P. aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. Although certain positively charged compounds permeate both bacterial species, P. aeruginosa is more restrictive compared to E. coli. Computational analysis identified distinct physicochemical properties of small molecules that specifically correlate with P. aeruginosa accumulation, such as formal charge, positive polar surface area and hydrogen bond donor surface area. Mode of uptake studies revealed that most small molecules permeate P. aeruginosa using a porin-independent pathway, thus enabling discovery of general P. aeruginosa accumulation trends with important implications for future antibiotic development. Retrospective antibiotic examples confirmed these trends and these discoveries were then applied to expand the spectrum of activity of a gram-positive-only antibiotic, fusidic acid, into a version that demonstrates a dramatic improvement in antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa. We anticipate that these discoveries will facilitate the design and development of high-permeating antipseudomonals.
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- Emily J Geddes
- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Sikandar A, Popoff A, Jumde RP, Mándi A, Kaur A, Elgaher WAM, Rosenberger L, Hüttel S, Jansen R, Hunter M, Köhnke J, Hirsch AKH, Kurtán T, Müller R. Revision of the Absolute Configurations of Chelocardin and Amidochelocardin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306437. [PMID: 37466921 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
Abstract
Even with the aid of the available methods, the configurational assignment of natural products can be a challenging task that is prone to errors, and it sometimes needs to be corrected after total synthesis or single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Herein, the absolute configuration of amidochelocardin is revised using a combination of XRD, NMR spectroscopy, experimental ECD spectra, and time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT)-ECD calculations. As amidochelocardin was obtained via biosynthetic engineering of chelocardin, we propose the same absolute configuration for chelocardin based on the similar biosynthetic origins of the two compounds and result of TDDFT-ECD calculations. The evaluation of spectral data of two closely related analogues, 6-desmethyl-chelocardin and its semisynthetic derivative 1, also supports this conclusion.
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- Asfandyar Sikandar
- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Debrecen, P. O. Box 400, 4002, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Discovery and Development Technologies (DDTech), Merck KGaA, Frankfurter Strasse 250, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-infectives, Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Debrecen, P. O. Box 400, 4002, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) -, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-infectives, Campus Building E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Rima M, Pfennigwerth N, Cremanns M, Cirnski K, Oueslati S, Gatermann SG, d’Amélio N, Herrmann J, Müller R, Naas T. In Vitro Activity of Two Novel Antimicrobial Compounds on MDR-Resistant Clinical Isolates. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 12:1265. [PMID: 37627685 PMCID: PMC10451163 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12081265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The development of novel antibiotics is mandatory to curb the growing antibiotic resistance problem resulting in difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. Here, we have determined the spectrum of activity of cystobactamids and chelocardins, two novel and promising classes of molecules with different modes of action. A panel of 297 clinically relevant Gram-negative and Gram-positive isolates with different antibiotic susceptibility profiles, going from wild type to multi- or even extremely drug resistant (MDR, XDR) and including carbapenem-resistant isolates, were tested using broth microdilution assays to determine the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs), MIC50s and MIC90s of two cystobactamids derivatives (CN-861-2 and CN-DM-861) and two chelocardin derivatives (CHD and CDCHD). Cystobactamids revealed potent activities on the majority of tested Enterobacterales (MIC50s ranging from 0.25 to 4 µg/mL), except for Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates (MIC50s is 128 µg/mL). Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii showed slightly higher MIC50s (4 µg/mL and 8 µg/mL, respectively) for cystobactamids. Chelocardins inhibited the growth of Enterobacterales and Stenotrophomas maltophilia at low to moderate MICs (0.25-16 µg/mL) and the chemically modified CDCHD was active at lower MICs. A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa were less susceptible to these molecules with MICs ranging from 0.5 to 32 µg/mL. These molecules show also interesting in vitro efficacies on clinically relevant Gram-positive bacteria with MICs of 0.125-8 µg/mL for cystobactamids and 0.5-8 µg/mL for chelocardins. Taken together, the cystobactamid CN-DM-861 and chelocardin CDCHD showed interesting antibiotic activities on MDR or XDR bacteria, without cross-resistance to clinically relevant antibiotics such as carbapenems, fluoroquinolones, and colistin.
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- Mariam Rima
- Team “Resist”, UMR1184 “Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial Diseases (IMVA-HB)”, INSERM, Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.R.); (S.O.)
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruhr-University, 44801 Bochum, Germany; (N.P.); (M.C.); (S.G.G.)
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruhr-University, 44801 Bochum, Germany; (N.P.); (M.C.); (S.G.G.)
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (K.C.); (J.H.); (R.M.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Team “Resist”, UMR1184 “Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial Diseases (IMVA-HB)”, INSERM, Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.R.); (S.O.)
- Bacteriology-Hygiene Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP Paris-Saclay, Bicêtre Hospital, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruhr-University, 44801 Bochum, Germany; (N.P.); (M.C.); (S.G.G.)
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- Unité de Génie Enzymatique et Cellulaire UMR 7025 CNRS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 80039 Amiens, France;
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (K.C.); (J.H.); (R.M.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (K.C.); (J.H.); (R.M.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Team “Resist”, UMR1184 “Immunology of Viral, Auto-Immune, Hematological and Bacterial Diseases (IMVA-HB)”, INSERM, Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LabEx LERMIT, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; (M.R.); (S.O.)
- Bacteriology-Hygiene Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP Paris-Saclay, Bicêtre Hospital, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Hu Z, Leus IV, Chandar B, Sherborne BS, Avila QP, Rybenkov VV, Zgurskaya HI, Duerfeldt AS. Structure-Uptake Relationship Studies of Oxazolidinones in Gram-Negative ESKAPE Pathogens. J Med Chem 2022; 65:14144-14179. [PMID: 36257060 PMCID: PMC9942527 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
The clinical success of linezolid for treating Gram-positive infections paired with the high conservation of bacterial ribosomes predicts that if oxazolidinones were engineered to accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria, then this pharmacological class would find broad utility in eradicating infections. Here, we report an investigative study of a strategically designed library of oxazolidinones to determine the effects of molecular structure on accumulation and biological activity. Escherichia coli, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains with varying degrees of compromise (in efflux and outer membrane) were used to identify motifs that hinder permeation across the outer membrane and/or enhance efflux susceptibility broadly and specifically between species. The results illustrate that small changes in molecular structure are enough to overcome the efflux and/or permeation issues of this scaffold. Three oxazolidinone analogues (3e, 8d, and 8o) were identified that exhibit activity against all three pathogens assessed, a biological profile not observed for linezolid.
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- Ziwei Hu
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, United States
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WANG H, WANG L, FAN K, PAN G. Tetracycline natural products: discovery, biosynthesis and engineering. Chin J Nat Med 2022; 20:773-794. [DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(22)60224-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Baldera-Aguayo PA, Lee A, Cornish VW. High-Titer Production of the Fungal Anhydrotetracycline, TAN-1612, in Engineered Yeasts. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:2429-2444. [PMID: 35699947 PMCID: PMC9480237 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat, demanding urgent responses. Tetracyclines, a widely used antibiotic class, are increasingly succumbing to antibiotic resistance; generating novel analogues is therefore a top priority for public health. Fungal tetracyclines provide structural and enzymatic diversity for novel tetracycline analogue production in tractable heterologous hosts, like yeasts, to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Here, we successfully engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) and Saccharomyces boulardii (probiotic yeast) to produce the nonantibiotic fungal anhydrotetracycline, TAN-1612, in synthetic defined media─necessary for clean purifications─through heterologously expressing TAN-1612 genes mined from the fungus, Aspergillus niger ATCC 1015. This was accomplished via (i) a promoter library-based combinatorial pathway optimization of the biosynthetic TAN-1612 genes coexpressed with a putative TAN-1612 efflux pump, reducing TAN-1612 toxicity in yeasts while simultaneously increasing supernatant titers and (ii) the development of a medium-throughput UV-visible spectrophotometric assay that facilitates TAN-1612 combinatorial library screening. Through this multipronged approach, we optimized TAN-1612 production, yielding an over 450-fold increase compared to previously reported S. cerevisiae yields. TAN-1612 is an important tetracycline analogue precursor, and we thus present the first step toward generating novel tetracycline analogue therapeutics to combat current and emerging antibiotic resistance. We also report the first heterologous production of a fungal polyketide, like TAN-1612, in the probiotic S. boulardii. This highlights that engineered S. boulardii can biosynthesize complex natural products like tetracyclines, setting the stage to equip probiotic yeasts with synthetic therapeutic functionalities to generate living therapeutics or biocontrol agents for clinical and agricultural applications.
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- Pedro A Baldera-Aguayo
- Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Studies, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 550 W 120th Street, Northwest Corner Building 1206, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 550 W 120th Street, Northwest Corner Building 1206, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 550 W 120th Street, Northwest Corner Building 1206, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Cancer Research Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, New York 10032, United States
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Haloi N, Vasan AK, Geddes EJ, Prasanna A, Wen PC, Metcalf WW, Hergenrother PJ, Tajkhorshid E. Rationalizing the generation of broad spectrum antibiotics with the addition of a positive charge. Chem Sci 2021; 12:15028-15044. [PMID: 34909143 PMCID: PMC8612397 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04445a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Antibiotic resistance of Gram-negative bacteria is largely attributed to the low permeability of their outer membrane (OM). Recently, we disclosed the eNTRy rules, a key lesson of which is that the introduction of a primary amine enhances OM permeation in certain contexts. To understand the molecular basis for this finding, we perform an extensive set of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and free energy calculations comparing the permeation of aminated and amine-free antibiotic derivatives through the most abundant OM porin of E. coli, OmpF. To improve sampling of conformationally flexible drugs in MD simulations, we developed a novel, Monte Carlo and graph theory based algorithm to probe more efficiently the rotational and translational degrees of freedom visited during the permeation of the antibiotic molecule through OmpF. The resulting pathways were then used for free-energy calculations, revealing a lower barrier against the permeation of the aminated compound, substantiating its greater OM permeability. Further analysis revealed that the amine facilitates permeation by enabling the antibiotic to align its dipole to the luminal electric field of the porin and form favorable electrostatic interactions with specific, highly-conserved charged residues. The importance of these interactions in permeation was further validated with experimental mutagenesis and whole cell accumulation assays. Overall, this study provides insights on the importance of the primary amine for antibiotic permeation into Gram-negative pathogens that could help the design of future antibiotics. We also offer a new computational approach for calculating free-energy of processes where relevant molecular conformations cannot be efficiently captured.
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- Nandan Haloi
- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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Looking Back to Amycolatopsis: History of the Antibiotic Discovery and Future Prospects. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10101254. [PMID: 34680834 PMCID: PMC8532670 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10101254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria in recent decades leads us to an urgent need for the development of new antibacterial agents. The species of the genus Amycolatopsis are known as producers of secondary metabolites that are used in medicine and agriculture. The complete genome sequences of the Amycolatopsis demonstrate a wide variety of biosynthetic gene clusters, which highlights the potential ability of actinomycetes of this genus to produce new antibiotics. In this review, we summarize information about antibiotics produced by Amycolatopsis species. This knowledge demonstrates the prospects for further study of this genus as an enormous source of antibiotics.
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Geddes EJ, Li Z, Hergenrother PJ. An LC-MS/MS assay and complementary web-based tool to quantify and predict compound accumulation in E. coli. Nat Protoc 2021; 16:4833-4854. [PMID: 34480129 PMCID: PMC8715754 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-021-00598-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Novel classes of broad-spectrum antibiotics have been extremely difficult to discover, largely due to the impermeability of the Gram-negative membranes coupled with a poor understanding of the physicochemical properties a compound should possess to promote its accumulation inside the cell. To address this challenge, numerous methodologies for assessing intracellular compound accumulation in Gram-negative bacteria have been established, including classic radiometric and fluorescence-based methods. The recent development of accumulation assays that utilize liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) have circumvented the requirement for labeled compounds, enabling assessment of a substantially broader range of small molecules. Our unbiased study of accumulation trends in Escherichia coli using an LC-MS/MS-based assay led to the development of the eNTRy rules, which stipulate that a compound is most likely to accumulate in E. coli if it has an ionizable Nitrogen, has low Three-dimensionality and is relatively Rigid. To aid in the implementation of the eNTRy rules, we developed a complementary web tool, eNTRyway, which calculates relevant properties and predicts compound accumulation. Here we provide a comprehensive protocol for analysis and prediction of intracellular accumulation of small molecules in E. coli using an LC-MS/MS-based assay (which takes ~2 d) and eNTRyway, a workflow that is readily adoptable by any microbiology, biochemistry or chemical biology laboratory.
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- Emily J Geddes
- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Metabolomics Lab, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Miethke M, Pieroni M, Weber T, Brönstrup M, Hammann P, Halby L, Arimondo PB, Glaser P, Aigle B, Bode HB, Moreira R, Li Y, Luzhetskyy A, Medema MH, Pernodet JL, Stadler M, Tormo JR, Genilloud O, Truman AW, Weissman KJ, Takano E, Sabatini S, Stegmann E, Brötz-Oesterhelt H, Wohlleben W, Seemann M, Empting M, Hirsch AKH, Loretz B, Lehr CM, Titz A, Herrmann J, Jaeger T, Alt S, Hesterkamp T, Winterhalter M, Schiefer A, Pfarr K, Hoerauf A, Graz H, Graz M, Lindvall M, Ramurthy S, Karlén A, van Dongen M, Petkovic H, Keller A, Peyrane F, Donadio S, Fraisse L, Piddock LJV, Gilbert IH, Moser HE, Müller R. Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics. Nat Rev Chem 2021; 5:726-749. [PMID: 34426795 PMCID: PMC8374425 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-021-00313-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 404] [Impact Index Per Article: 134.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
An ever-increasing demand for novel antimicrobials to treat life-threatening infections caused by the global spread of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens stands in stark contrast to the current level of investment in their development, particularly in the fields of natural-product-derived and synthetic small molecules. New agents displaying innovative chemistry and modes of action are desperately needed worldwide to tackle the public health menace posed by antimicrobial resistance. Here, our consortium presents a strategic blueprint to substantially improve our ability to discover and develop new antibiotics. We propose both short-term and long-term solutions to overcome the most urgent limitations in the various sectors of research and funding, aiming to bridge the gap between academic, industrial and political stakeholders, and to unite interdisciplinary expertise in order to efficiently fuel the translational pipeline for the benefit of future generations.
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- Marcus Miethke
- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Chemical Biology (CBIO), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Infectious Diseases & Natural Product Research at EVOTEC, and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Epigenetic Chemical Biology, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, UMR n°3523, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Epigenetic Chemical Biology, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, UMR n°3523, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Ecology and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Microbiology Department, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3525, Paris, France
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- Department of Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Department of Natural Products in Organismic Interactions, Marburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Unit MCAM, CNRS, National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), Paris, France
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) & Microbiology Department, University of Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Microbial Drugs (MWIS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Molecular and Structural Enzymology Group, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, Nancy, France
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry UMR 7177, University of Strasbourg/CNRS, ITI InnoVec, Strasbourg, France
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Biophys Ltd., Usk, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
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- School of Law, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, University Hospital, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland
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- The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Emeryville, CA USA
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- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, Saarbrücken, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Braunschweig, Germany
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Li J, Zhao L, Zhang R, Teng HH, Padhye LP, Sun P. Transformation of tetracycline antibiotics with goethite: Mechanism, kinetic modeling and toxicity evaluation. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 199:117196. [PMID: 33975086 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) are a group of the top selling and widely used antibiotics that have been frequently detected in various environments. The interaction between TCs and goethite (α-FeOOH), one of the most common crystalline oxide minerals in aqueous environment and soil, is unclear. Apart from adsorption, this study firstly demonstrated that transformation of tetracycline (TTC) occurred in the presence of goethite. The transformation kinetics and mechanism of TTC with goethite were investigated to gain a better understanding of the fate of TCs in the natural environment. The results showed that the transformation of TCs by goethite explicitly exhibited two-stage kinetics, wherein an initial period of fast transformation was followed by a continuous slow transformation. Hydroxyl groups on goethite were identified as major reactive sites, among which singly coordinated hydroxyls (FeOH) were more reactive than doubly coordinated hydroxyls (Fe2OH) towards the transformation of TTC. On the basis of transformation rates, speciation of TTC and functional groups on goethite surface, a kinetic model was established successfully describing the transformation of TTC by goethite under conditions of varying reactant concentration and pH. The transformation of TTC by goethite mainly resulted in a N,N-dedimethylation product that did not show antimicrobial properties towards Escherichia coli. This study indicates that Fe(III)-(hydro)oxides in soils and sediments may play an important role in the natural attenuation of tetracycline antibiotics and their bioactivity.
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- Jingchen Li
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 999030, New Zealand
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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Breitling R, Avbelj M, Bilyk O, Carratore F, Filisetti A, Hanko EKR, Iorio M, Redondo RP, Reyes F, Rudden M, Severi E, Slemc L, Schmidt K, Whittall DR, Donadio S, García AR, Genilloud O, Kosec G, De Lucrezia D, Petković H, Thomas G, Takano E. Synthetic biology approaches to actinomycete strain improvement. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2021; 368:6289918. [PMID: 34057181 PMCID: PMC8195692 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnab060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Their biochemical versatility and biotechnological importance make actinomycete bacteria attractive targets for ambitious genetic engineering using the toolkit of synthetic biology. But their complex biology also poses unique challenges. This mini review discusses some of the recent advances in synthetic biology approaches from an actinomycete perspective and presents examples of their application to the rational improvement of industrially relevant strains.
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- Rainer Breitling
- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Avenida del Conocimiento 34, Parque Tecnologico de Ciencias de la Salud, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Avenida del Conocimiento 34, Parque Tecnologico de Ciencias de la Salud, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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- Acies Bio d.o.o., Tehnološki Park 21, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Explora Biotech Srl, Doulix business unit, Via Torino 107, 30133 Venice, Italy
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Corresponding author: Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre SYNBIOCHEM, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK. E-mail:
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Muñoz KA, Hergenrother PJ. Facilitating Compound Entry as a Means to Discover Antibiotics for Gram-Negative Bacteria. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:1322-1333. [PMID: 33635073 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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It has been over half a century since the last class of antibiotics active against the most problematic Gram-negative bacteria was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The major challenge with developing antibiotics to treat these infections is not drug-target engagement but rather the inability of most small molecules to traverse the Gram-negative membranes, be retained, and accumulate within the cell. Despite an abundance of lead compounds, limited understanding of the physicochemical properties needed for compound accumulation (or avoidance of efflux) in Gram-negative bacteria has precluded a generalizable approach for developing Gram-negative antibiotics. Indeed, in many instances, despite years of intensive derivatization efforts and the synthesis of hundreds of compounds aimed at building in Gram-negative activity, little or no progress has been made in expanding the spectrum of activity for many Gram-positive-only antibiotics. In this Account, we describe the discovery and successful applications of a promising strategy for enhancing the accumulation of Gram-positive-only antibiotics as a means of imbuing compounds with broad-spectrum activity.Utilizing a prospective approach examining the accumulation in Escherichia coli for more than 180 diverse compounds, we found that small molecules have an increased likelihood to accumulate in E. coli when they contain an ionizable Nitrogen, have low Three-dimensionality, and are Rigid. Implementing these guidelines, codified as the "eNTRy rules" and assisted by web application www.entry-way.org, we have facilitated compound entry and systematically built Gram-negative activity into Gram-positive-only antibiotics. Though each antibiotic will have case-specific considerations, we describe a set of important criteria to consider when selecting candidate Gram-positive-only antibiotics for conversion to Gram-negative-active versions via the eNTRy rules. As detailed herein, using this blueprint the spectrum of activity was expanded for three antibiotic classes that engage three different biological targets: DNA gyrase inhibitor 6DNM, FabI inhibitor Debio-1452, and FMN riboswitch inhibitor Ribocil C. In each scenario, the eNTRy rules guided the synthesis of key analogues predisposed to accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria leading to compounds that display antibiotic activity (minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ≤8 μg mL-1) against E. coli and other Gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens. While the eNTRy rules will continue to be refined and enhanced as more accumulation data is gathered, on the basis of these collective results and on other examples not covered herein it is clear that the eNTRy rules are actionable for the development of novel broad-spectrum antibiotics from Gram-positive-only compounds. By enabling the prediction of compound accumulation, the eNTRy rules should facilitate the process of discovering and developing novel antibiotics active against Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Kristen A. Muñoz
- Department of Chemistry Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Perlmutter SJ, Geddes EJ, Drown BS, Motika SE, Lee MR, Hergenrother PJ. Compound Uptake into E. coli Can Be Facilitated by N-Alkyl Guanidiniums and Pyridiniums. ACS Infect Dis 2021; 7:162-173. [PMID: 33228356 PMCID: PMC7796962 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections are on the rise, and with no FDA approvals for new classes of broad-spectrum antibiotics in over 50 years, these infections constitute a major threat to human health. A significant challenge is the inability of most compounds to accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria. Recently developed predictive guidelines show that appending a primary amine to an appropriately shaped compound can enhance Gram-negative accumulation. Here, we report that other positively charged nitrogen functional groups, namely, N-alkyl guanidiniums and pyridiniums, can also facilitate compound uptake into Gram-negative bacteria. The accumulation of a set of 60 nonantibiotic compounds, consisting of 20 primary amines and their corresponding guanidiniums and pyridiniums, was assessed in Escherichia coli. We also installed these alternate functional groups onto antibiotic scaffolds and assessed their accumulation and antibacterial activity in Gram-negative bacteria. The results suggest that other positively-charged, nitrogen-containing functional groups should be considered when designing antibiotics with Gram-negative activity.
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- Sarah J Perlmutter
- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Lukežič T, Pikl Š, Zaburannyi N, Remškar M, Petković H, Müller R. Heterologous expression of the atypical tetracycline chelocardin reveals the full set of genes required for its biosynthesis. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:230. [PMID: 33341113 PMCID: PMC7749508 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01495-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Chelocardin (CHD) exhibits a broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and showed promising results in a small phase II clinical study conducted on patients with urinary tract infections. Importantly, CHD was shown to be active also against tetracycline-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, which is gaining even more importance in today’s antibiotic crisis. We have demonstrated that modifications of CHD through genetic engineering of its producer, the actinomycete Amycolatopsis sulphurea, are not only possible but yielded even more potent antibiotics than CHD itself, like 2-carboxamido-2-deacetyl-chelocardin (CD-CHD), which is currently in preclinical evaluation. A. sulphurea is difficult to genetically manipulate and therefore manipulation of the chd biosynthetic gene cluster in a genetically amenable heterologous host would be of high importance for further drug-discovery efforts. Results We report heterologous expression of the CHD biosynthetic gene cluster in the model organism Streptomyces albus del14 strain. Unexpectedly, we found that the originally defined CHD gene cluster fails to provide all genes required for CHD formation, including an additional cyclase and two regulatory genes. Overexpression of the putative pathway-specific streptomyces antibiotic regulatory protein chdB in A. sulphurea resulted in an increase of both, CHD and CD-CHD production. Applying a metabolic-engineering approach, it was also possible to generate the potent CHD analogue, CD-CHD in S. albus. Finally, an additional yield increase was achieved in S. albus del14 by in-trans overexpression of the chdR exporter gene, which provides resistance to CHD and CDCHD. Conclusions We identified previously unknown genes in the CHD cluster, which were shown to be essential for chelocardin biosynthesis by expression of the full biosynthetic gene cluster in S. albus as heterologous host. When comparing to oxytetracycline biosynthesis, we observed that the CHD gene cluster contains additional enzymes not found in gene clusters encoding the biosynthesis of typical tetracyclines (such as oxytetracycline). This finding probably explains the different chemistries and modes of action, which make CHD/CD-CHD valuable lead structures for clinical candidates. Even though the CHD genes are derived from a rare actinomycete A. sulphurea, the yield of CHD in the heterologous host was very good. The corrected nucleotide sequence of the CHD gene cluster now contains all gene products required for the production of CHD in a genetically amenable heterologous host, thus opening new possibilities towards production of novel and potent tetracycline analogues with a new mode of action.
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- Tadeja Lukežič
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.,National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus, Campus E8.1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany. .,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Comparison of Proteomic Responses as Global Approach to Antibiotic Mechanism of Action Elucidation. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2020; 65:AAC.01373-20. [PMID: 33046497 PMCID: PMC7927858 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01373-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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New antibiotics are urgently needed to address the mounting resistance challenge. In early drug discovery, one of the bottlenecks is the elucidation of targets and mechanisms. To accelerate antibiotic research, we provide a proteomic approach for the rapid classification of compounds into those with precedented and unprecedented modes of action. We established a proteomic response library of Bacillus subtilis covering 91 antibiotics and comparator compounds, and a mathematical approach was developed to aid data analysis. New antibiotics are urgently needed to address the mounting resistance challenge. In early drug discovery, one of the bottlenecks is the elucidation of targets and mechanisms. To accelerate antibiotic research, we provide a proteomic approach for the rapid classification of compounds into those with precedented and unprecedented modes of action. We established a proteomic response library of Bacillus subtilis covering 91 antibiotics and comparator compounds, and a mathematical approach was developed to aid data analysis. Comparison of proteomic responses (CoPR) allows the rapid identification of antibiotics with dual mechanisms of action as shown for atypical tetracyclines. It also aids in generating hypotheses on mechanisms of action as presented for salvarsan (arsphenamine) and the antirheumatic agent auranofin, which is under consideration for repurposing. Proteomic profiling also provides insights into the impact of antibiotics on bacterial physiology through analysis of marker proteins indicative of the impairment of cellular processes and structures. As demonstrated for trans-translation, a promising target not yet exploited clinically, proteomic profiling supports chemical biology approaches to investigating bacterial physiology.
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Hennessen F, Miethke M, Zaburannyi N, Loose M, Lukežič T, Bernecker S, Hüttel S, Jansen R, Schmiedel J, Fritzenwanker M, Imirzalioglu C, Vogel J, Westermann AJ, Hesterkamp T, Stadler M, Wagenlehner F, Petković H, Herrmann J, Müller R. Amidochelocardin Overcomes Resistance Mechanisms Exerted on Tetracyclines and Natural Chelocardin. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9090619. [PMID: 32962088 PMCID: PMC7559539 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9090619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The reassessment of known but neglected natural compounds is a vital strategy for providing novel lead structures urgently needed to overcome antimicrobial resistance. Scaffolds with resistance-breaking properties represent the most promising candidates for a successful translation into future therapeutics. Our study focuses on chelocardin, a member of the atypical tetracyclines, and its bioengineered derivative amidochelocardin, both showing broad-spectrum antibacterial activity within the ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) panel. Further lead development of chelocardins requires extensive biological and chemical profiling to achieve favorable pharmaceutical properties and efficacy. This study shows that both molecules possess resistance-breaking properties enabling the escape from most common tetracycline resistance mechanisms. Further, we show that these compounds are potent candidates for treatment of urinary tract infections due to their in vitro activity against a large panel of multidrug-resistant uropathogenic clinical isolates. In addition, the mechanism of resistance to natural chelocardin was identified as relying on efflux processes, both in the chelocardin producer Amycolatopsis sulphurea and in the pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae. Resistance development in Klebsiella led primarily to mutations in ramR, causing increased expression of the acrAB-tolC efflux pump. Most importantly, amidochelocardin overcomes this resistance mechanism, revealing not only the improved activity profile but also superior resistance-breaking properties of this novel antibacterial compound.
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- Fabienne Hennessen
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (F.H.); (M.M.); (N.Z.); (T.L.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (F.H.); (M.M.); (N.Z.); (T.L.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (F.H.); (M.M.); (N.Z.); (T.L.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
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- Clinic for Urology, Paediatric Urology & Andrology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, 35392 Gießen, Germany; (M.L.); (F.W.)
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (F.H.); (M.M.); (N.Z.); (T.L.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
- National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, 35390 Gießen, Germany; (J.S.); (M.F.); (C.I.)
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, 35390 Gießen, Germany; (J.S.); (M.F.); (C.I.)
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, 35390 Gießen, Germany; (J.S.); (M.F.); (C.I.)
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- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Institute of Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB), University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany; (J.V.); (A.J.W.)
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- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Institute of Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB), University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany; (J.V.); (A.J.W.)
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Clinic for Urology, Paediatric Urology & Andrology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, 35392 Gießen, Germany; (M.L.); (F.W.)
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (F.H.); (M.M.); (N.Z.); (T.L.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: (J.H.); (R.M.); Tel.: +49-681-98806-3101 (J.H.); +49-681-98806-3000 (R.M.)
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; (F.H.); (M.M.); (N.Z.); (T.L.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (S.B.); (S.H.); (R.J.); (T.H.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: (J.H.); (R.M.); Tel.: +49-681-98806-3101 (J.H.); +49-681-98806-3000 (R.M.)
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Motika SE, Ulrich RJ, Geddes EJ, Lee HY, Lau GW, Hergenrother PJ. Gram-Negative Antibiotic Active Through Inhibition of an Essential Riboswitch. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10856-10862. [PMID: 32432858 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative (GN) infections for which there are few available treatment options are increasingly common. The development of new antibiotics for these pathogens is challenging because of the inability of most small molecules to accumulate inside GN bacteria. Using recently developed predictive guidelines for compound accumulation in Escherichia coli, we have converted the antibiotic Ribocil C, which targets the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) riboswitch, from a compound lacking whole-cell activity against wild-type GN pathogens into a compound that accumulates to a high level in E. coli, is effective against Gram-negative clinical isolates, and has efficacy in mouse models of GN infections. This compound allows for the first assessment of the translational potential of FMN riboswitch binders against wild-type Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61802, United States
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Wang J, Zhang R, Chen X, Sun X, Yan Y, Shen X, Yuan Q. Biosynthesis of aromatic polyketides in microorganisms using type II polyketide synthases. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:110. [PMID: 32448179 PMCID: PMC7247197 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01367-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Aromatic polyketides have attractive biological activities and pharmacological properties. Different from other polyketides, aromatic polyketides are characterized by their polycyclic aromatic structure. The biosynthesis of aromatic polyketides is usually accomplished by the type II polyketide synthases (PKSs), which produce highly diverse polyketide chains by sequential condensation of the starter units with extender units, followed by reduction, cyclization, aromatization and tailoring reactions. Recently, significant progress has been made in characterization and engineering of type II PKSs to produce novel products and improve product titers. In this review, we briefly summarize the architectural organizations and genetic contributions of PKS genes to provide insight into the biosynthetic process. We then review the most recent progress in engineered biosynthesis of aromatic polyketides, with emphasis on generating novel molecular structures. We also discuss the current challenges and future perspectives in the rational engineering of type II PKSs for large scale production of aromatic polyketides.
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- Jia Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Semisynthesis and biological evaluation of amidochelocardin derivatives as broad-spectrum antibiotics. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 188:112005. [PMID: 31911294 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.112005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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To address the global challenge of emerging antimicrobial resistance, the hitherto most successful strategy to new antibiotics has been the optimization of validated natural products; most of these efforts rely on semisynthesis. Herein, we report the semisynthetic modification of amidochelocardin, an atypical tetracycline obtained via genetic engineering of the chelocardin producer strain. We report modifications at C4, C7, C10 and C11 by the application of methylation, acylation, electrophilic substitution, and oxidative C-C coupling reactions. The antibacterial activity of the reaction products was tested against a panel of Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens. The emerging structure-activity relationships (SARs) revealed that positions C7 and C10 are favorable anchor points for the semisynthesis of optimized derivatives. The observed SAR was different from that known for tetracyclines, which underlines the pronounced differences between the two compound classes.
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