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Pirrone MG, Ande C, Haldimann K, Hobbie SN, Vasella A, Böttger EC, Crich D. Importance of Co-operative Hydrogen Bonding in the Apramycin-Ribosomal Decoding A-Site Interaction. ChemMedChem 2023; 18:e202200486. [PMID: 36198651 PMCID: PMC10092258 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
An intramolecular hydrogen bond between the protonated equatorial 7'-methylamino group of apramycin and the vicinal axial 6'-hydroxy group acidifies the 6'-hydroxy group leading to a strong hydrogen bond to A1408 in the ribosomal drug binding pocket in the decoding A site of the small ribosomal subunit. In 6'-epiapramycin, the trans-nature of the 6'-hydroxy group and the 7'-methylamino group results in a much weaker intramolecular hydrogen bond, and a consequently weaker cooperative hydrogen bonding network with A1408, resulting overall in reduced inhibition of protein synthesis and antibacterial activity.
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- Michael G Pirrone
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, 250 West Green Street, 30602, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, 250 West Green Street, 30602, Athens, GA, USA
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 28, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 28, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Organic Chemistry Institute, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastrasse 28, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 250 West Green Street, 30602, Athens, GA, USA
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Hipólito A, García-Pastor L, Blanco P, Trigo da Roza F, Kieffer N, Vergara E, Jové T, Álvarez J, Escudero J. The expression of aminoglycoside resistance genes in integron cassettes is not controlled by riboswitches. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:8566-8579. [PMID: 35947699 PMCID: PMC9410878 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Regulation of gene expression is a key factor influencing the success of antimicrobial resistance determinants. A variety of determinants conferring resistance against aminoglycosides (Ag) are commonly found in clinically relevant bacteria, but whether their expression is regulated or not is controversial. The expression of several Ag resistance genes has been reported to be controlled by a riboswitch mechanism encoded in a conserved sequence. Yet this sequence corresponds to the integration site of an integron, a genetic platform that recruits genes of different functions, making the presence of such a riboswitch counterintuitive. We provide, for the first time, experimental evidence against the existence of such Ag-sensing riboswitch. We first tried to reproduce the induction of the well characterized aacA5 gene using its native genetic environment, but were unsuccessful. We then broadened our approach and analyzed the inducibility of all AgR genes encoded in integrons against a variety of antibiotics. We could not observe biologically relevant induction rates for any gene in the presence of several aminoglycosides. Instead, unrelated antibiotics produced mild but consistently higher increases in expression, that were the result of pleiotropic effects. Our findings rule out the riboswitch control of aminoglycoside resistance genes in integrons.
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- Alberto Hipólito
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain,VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain,VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain,VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain,VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- INSERM, CHU Limoges, RESINFIT, University of Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain,VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Investigation of the New Inhibitors by Sulfadiazine and Modified Derivatives of α-D-glucopyranoside for White Spot Syndrome Virus Disease of Shrimp by In Silico: Quantum Calculations, Molecular Docking, ADMET and Molecular Dynamics Study. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27123694. [PMID: 35744817 PMCID: PMC9228161 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
Abstract
The α-D-glucopyranoside and its derivatives were as the cardinal investigation for developing an effective medication to treat the highest deadly white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) diseases in Shrimp. In our forthcoming work, both computational tools, such as molecular docking, quantum calculations, pharmaceutical kinetics, ADMET, and their molecular dynamics, as well as the experimental trial against WSSV, were executed to develop novel inhibitors. In the beginning, molecular docking was carried out to determine inhibitors of the four targeted proteins of WSSV (PDB ID: 2ED6, 2GJ2, 2GJI, and 2EDM), and to determine the binding energies and interactions of ligands and proteins after docking. The range of binding affinity was found to be between −5.40 and −7.00 kcal/mol for the protein 2DEM, from −5.10 to 6.90 kcal/mol for the protein 2GJ2, from −4.70 to −6.2 kcal/mol against 2GJI, and from −5.5 kcal/mol to −6.6 kcal/mol for the evolved protein 2ED6 whereas the L01 and L03 display the highest binding energy in the protein 2EDM. After that, the top-ranked compounds (L01, L02, L03, L04, and L05), based on their high binding energies, were tested for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of 100 ns to verify the docking validation and stability of the docked complex by calculating the root mean square deviation (RMSD) and root mean square fluctuation (RMSF). The molecules with the highest binding energy were then picked and compared to the standard drugs that were been applied to fish experimentally to evaluate the treatment at various doses. Consequently, approximately 40–45% cure rate was obtained by applying the dose of oxytetracycline (OTC) 50% with vitamin C with the 10.0 g/kg feed for 10 days. These drugs (L09 to L12) have also been executed for molecular docking to compare with α-D-glucopyranoside and its derivatives (L01 to L08). Next, the evaluation of pharmacokinetic parameters, such as drug-likeness and Lipinski’s principles; absorption; distribution; metabolism; excretion; and toxicity (ADMET) factors, were employed gradually to further evaluate their suitability as inhibitors. It was discovered that all ligands (L01 to L12) were devoid of hepatotoxicity, and the AMES toxicity excluded L05. Additionally, all of the compounds convey a significant aqueous solubility and cannot permeate the blood-brain barrier. Moreover, quantum calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) provide the most solid evidence and testimony regarding their chemical stability, chemical reactivity, biological relevance, reactive nature and specific part of reactivity. The computational and virtual screenings for in silico study reveals that these chosen compounds (L01 to L08) have conducted the inhibitory effect to convey as a possible medication against the WSSV than existing drugs (L09, L10, L11 and L12) in the market. Next the drugs (L09, L10, L11 and L12) have been used in trials.
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Kelly ML, Chu CC, Shi H, Ganser LR, Bogerd HP, Huynh K, Hou Y, Cullen BR, Al-Hashimi HM. Understanding the characteristics of nonspecific binding of drug-like compounds to canonical stem-loop RNAs and their implications for functional cellular assays. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 27:12-26. [PMID: 33028652 PMCID: PMC7749633 DOI: 10.1261/rna.076257.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
Identifying small molecules that selectively bind an RNA target while discriminating against all other cellular RNAs is an important challenge in RNA-targeted drug discovery. Much effort has been directed toward identifying drug-like small molecules that minimize electrostatic and stacking interactions that lead to nonspecific binding of aminoglycosides and intercalators to many stem-loop RNAs. Many such compounds have been reported to bind RNAs and inhibit their cellular activities. However, target engagement and cellular selectivity assays are not routinely performed, and it is often unclear whether functional activity directly results from specific binding to the target RNA. Here, we examined the propensities of three drug-like compounds, previously shown to bind and inhibit the cellular activities of distinct stem-loop RNAs, to bind and inhibit the cellular activities of two unrelated HIV-1 stem-loop RNAs: the transactivation response element (TAR) and the rev response element stem IIB (RREIIB). All compounds bound TAR and RREIIB in vitro, and two inhibited TAR-dependent transactivation and RRE-dependent viral export in cell-based assays while also exhibiting off-target interactions consistent with nonspecific activity. A survey of X-ray and NMR structures of RNA-small molecule complexes revealed that aminoglycosides and drug-like molecules form hydrogen bonds with functional groups commonly accessible in canonical stem-loop RNA motifs, in contrast to ligands that specifically bind riboswitches. Our results demonstrate that drug-like molecules can nonspecifically bind stem-loop RNAs most likely through hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions and reinforce the importance of assaying for off-target interactions and RNA selectivity in vitro and in cells when assessing novel RNA-binders.
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- Megan L Kelly
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Virology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Slipski CJ, Jamieson TR, Zhanel GG, Bay DC. Riboswitch-Associated Guanidinium-Selective Efflux Pumps Frequently Transmitted on Proteobacterial Plasmids Increase Escherichia coli Biofilm Tolerance to Disinfectants. J Bacteriol 2020; 202:e00104-20. [PMID: 32928929 PMCID: PMC7648145 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00104-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Members of the small multidrug resistance (SMR) efflux pump family known as SugE (recently renamed Gdx) are known for their narrow substrate selectivity to small guanidinium (Gdm+) compounds and disinfectant quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs). Gdx members have been identified on multidrug resistance plasmids in Gram-negative bacilli, but their functional role remains unclear, as few have been characterized. Here, we conducted a survey of sequenced proteobacterial plasmids that encoded one or more SugE/Gdx sequences in an effort to (i) identify the most frequently represented Gdx member(s) on these plasmids and their sequence diversity, (ii) verify if Gdx sequences possess a Gdm+ riboswitch that regulates their translation similarly to chromosomally encoded Gdx members, and (iii) determine the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the most predominate Gdx member to various QACs and antibiotics in Escherichia coli strains BW25113 and KAM32. The results of this study determined 14 unique SugE sequences, but only one Gdx sequence, annotated as "SugE(p)," predominated among the >140 plasmids we surveyed. Enterobacterales plasmids carrying sugE(p) possessed a guanidine II riboswitch similar to the upstream region of E. coligdx Cloning and expression of sugE(p), gdx, and emrE sequences into a low-copy-number expression vector (pMS119EH) revealed significant increases in QAC resistance to a limited range of detergent-like QACs only when gdx and sugE(p) transformants were grown as biofilms. These findings suggest that sugE(p) presence on proteobacterial plasmids may be driven by species that frequently encounter Gdm+ and QAC exposure.IMPORTANCE This study characterized the function of antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes attributed to plasmid-encoded guanidinium-selective small multidrug resistance (Gdm/SugE) efflux pumps. These sequences are frequently monitored as biocide resistance markers in antimicrobial resistance surveillance studies. Our findings reveal that enterobacterial gdm sequences transmitted on plasmids possess a guanidine II riboswitch, which restricts transcript translation in the presence of guanidinium. Cloning and overexpression of this gdm sequence revealed that it confers higher resistance to quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) disinfectants (which possess guanidium moieties) when grown as biofilms. Since biofilms are commonly eradicated with QAC-containing compounds, the presence of this gene on plasmids and its biofilm-specific resistance are a growing concern for clinical and food safety prevention measures.
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- Carmine J Slipski
- University of Manitoba, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Quirke JCK, Rajasekaran P, Sarpe VA, Sonousi A, Osinnii I, Gysin M, Haldimann K, Fang QJ, Shcherbakov D, Hobbie SN, Sha SH, Schacht J, Vasella A, Böttger EC, Crich D. Apralogs: Apramycin 5- O-Glycosides and Ethers with Improved Antibacterial Activity and Ribosomal Selectivity and Reduced Susceptibility to the Aminoacyltranserferase (3)-IV Resistance Determinant. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 142:530-544. [PMID: 31790244 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Apramycin is a structurally unique member of the 2-deoxystreptamine class of aminoglycoside antibiotics characterized by a monosubstituted 2-deoxystreptamine ring that carries an unusual bicyclic eight-carbon dialdose moiety. Because of its unusual structure, apramycin is not susceptible to the most prevalent mechanisms of aminoglycoside resistance including the aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes and the ribosomal methyltransferases whose widespread presence severely compromises all aminoglycosides in current clinical practice. These attributes coupled with minimal ototoxocity in animal models combine to make apramycin an excellent starting point for the development of next-generation aminoglycoside antibiotics for the treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, particularly the ESKAPE pathogens. With this in mind, we describe the design, synthesis, and evaluation of three series of apramycin derivatives, all functionalized at the 5-position, with the goals of increasing the antibacterial potency without sacrificing selectivity between bacterial and eukaryotic ribosomes and of overcoming the rare aminoglycoside acetyltransferase (3)-IV class of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes that constitutes the only documented mechanism of antimicrobial resistance to apramycin. We show that several apramycin-5-O-β-d-ribofuranosides, 5-O-β-d-eryrthofuranosides, and even simple 5-O-aminoalkyl ethers are effective in this respect through the use of cell-free translation assays with wild-type bacterial and humanized bacterial ribosomes and of extensive antibacterial assays with wild-type and resistant Gram negative bacteria carrying either single or multiple resistance determinants. Ex vivo studies with mouse cochlear explants confirm the low levels of ototoxicity predicted on the basis of selectivity at the target level, while the mouse thigh infection model was used to demonstrate the superiority of an apramycin-5-O-glycoside in reducing the bacterial burden in vivo.
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- Jonathan C K Quirke
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences , University of Georgia , 250 West Green Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , University of Georgia , 140 Cedar Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Complex Carbohydrate Research Center , University of Georgia , 315 Riverbend Road , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences , University of Georgia , 250 West Green Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Complex Carbohydrate Research Center , University of Georgia , 315 Riverbend Road , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences , University of Georgia , 250 West Green Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Complex Carbohydrate Research Center , University of Georgia , 315 Riverbend Road , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology , University of Zurich , Gloriastrasse 28 , 8006 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology , University of Zurich , Gloriastrasse 28 , 8006 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology , University of Zurich , Gloriastrasse 28 , 8006 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Medical University of South Carolina , Walton Research Building, Room 403-E, 39 Sabin Street , Charleston , South Carolina 29425 , United States
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology , University of Zurich , Gloriastrasse 28 , 8006 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology , University of Zurich , Gloriastrasse 28 , 8006 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , Medical University of South Carolina , Walton Research Building, Room 403-E, 39 Sabin Street , Charleston , South Carolina 29425 , United States
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology , University of Michigan , 1150 West Medical Center Drive , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , United States
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- Organic Chemistry Laboratory , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology , University of Zurich , Gloriastrasse 28 , 8006 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences , University of Georgia , 250 West Green Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , University of Georgia , 140 Cedar Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Complex Carbohydrate Research Center , University of Georgia , 315 Riverbend Road , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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Sati GC, Sarpe VA, Furukawa T, Mondal S, Mantovani M, Hobbie SN, Vasella A, Böttger EC, Crich D. Modification at the 2'-Position of the 4,5-Series of 2-Deoxystreptamine Aminoglycoside Antibiotics To Resist Aminoglycoside Modifying Enzymes and Increase Ribosomal Target Selectivity. ACS Infect Dis 2019; 5:1718-1730. [PMID: 31436080 PMCID: PMC6788953 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
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A series
of derivatives of the 4,5-disubstituted class of 2-deoxystreptamine
aminoglycoside antibiotics neomycin, paromomycin, and ribostamycin
was prepared and assayed for (i) their ability to inhibit protein
synthesis by bacterial ribosomes and by engineered bacterial ribosomes
carrying eukaryotic decoding A sites, (ii) antibacterial activity
against wild type Gram negative and positive pathogens, and (iii)
overcoming resistance due to the presence of aminoacyl transferases
acting at the 2′-position. The presence of five suitably positioned
residual basic amino groups was found to be necessary for activity
to be retained upon removal or alkylation of the 2′-position
amine. As alkylation of the 2′-amino group overcomes the action
of resistance determinants acting at that position and in addition
results in increased selectivity for the prokaryotic over eukaryotic
ribosomes, it constitutes an attractive modification for introduction
into next generation aminoglycosides. In the neomycin series, the
installation of small (formamide) or basic (glycinamide) amido groups
on the 2′-amino group is tolerated.
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- Girish C. Sati
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, 28 Gloriastrasse, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, 28 Gloriastrasse, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Organic Chemistry Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, 28 Gloriastrasse, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Challenges and current status of computational methods for docking small molecules to nucleic acids. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 168:414-425. [PMID: 30831409 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Since the development of the first docking program in 1982, the use of docking-based in silico screening for potentially bioactive molecule discovery has become a common strategy in academia and pharmaceutical industry. Up until recently, application of docking programs has largely focused on drugs binding to proteins. However, with the discovery of promising drug targets in nucleic acids, including RNA riboswitches, DNA G-quadruplexes, and extended repeats in RNA, there has been greater interests in developing drugs for nucleic acids. However, due to major biochemical and physical differences in charges, binding pockets, and solvation, existing docking programs, developed for proteins, face difficulties when adopted directly for nucleic acids. In this review, we cover the current field of in silico docking to nucleic acids, available programs, as well as challenges faced in the field.
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Yan S, Lu Y, He L, Zhao X, Wu L, Zhu H, Jiang M, Su Y, Cao W, Tian W, Xing Q. Dynamic Editome of Zebrafish under Aminoglycosides Treatment and Its Potential Involvement in Ototoxicity. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8:854. [PMID: 29213239 PMCID: PMC5702851 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
RNA editing is an important co- and post-transcriptional event that generates RNA and protein diversity. Aminoglycosides are a group of bactericidal antibiotics and a mainstay of antimicrobial therapy for several life-threatening infections. However, aminoglycosides can induce ototoxicity, resulting in damage to the organs responsible for hearing and balance. At low concentrations, aminoglycosides can bind to many RNA sequences and critically influence RNA editing. We used a bioinformatics approach to investigate the effect of aminoglycosides on global mRNA editing events to gain insight into the interactions between mRNA editing and aminoglycoside ototoxicity. We identified 6,850 mRNA editing sites in protein coding genes in embryonic zebrafish, and in about 10% of these, the degree of RNA editing changed more than 15% under aminoglycosides treatment. Twelve ear-development or ototoxicity related genes, including plekhm1, fgfr1a, sox9a, and calrl2, exhibited remarkable changes in mRNA editing levels in zebrafish treated with aminoglycosides. Our results indicate that aminoglycosides may have a widespread and complicated influence on the progress of mRNA editing and expression. Furthermore, these results highlight the potential importance of mRNA editing in the pathogenesis and etiology of aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity.
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- Sijia Yan
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Zhengzhou People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Zhengzhou Central Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Meanwell NA. Drug-target interactions that involve the replacement or displacement of magnesium ions. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:5355-5372. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Sati GC, Shcherbakov D, Hobbie SN, Vasella A, Böttger EC, Crich D. N6', N6''', and O4' Modifications to Neomycin Affect Ribosomal Selectivity without Compromising Antibacterial Activity. ACS Infect Dis 2017; 3:368-377. [PMID: 28343384 PMCID: PMC5526222 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The synthesis of a series of neomycin derivatives carrying the 2-hydroxyethyl substituent on N6' and/or N6‴ both alone and in combination with a 4'-O-ethyl group is described. By means of cell-free translation assays with wild-type bacterial ribosomes and their hybrids with eukaryotic decoding A sites, we investigate how individual substituents and their combinations affect activity and selectivity at the target level. In principle, and as shown by cell-free translation assays, modifications of the N6' and N6‴ positions allow enhancement of target selectivity without compromising antibacterial activity. As with the 6'OH aminoglycoside paromomycin, the 4'-O-ethyl modification affects the ribosomal activity, selectivity, and antibacterial profile of neomycin and its 6'-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) derivatives. The modified aminoglycosides show good antibacterial activity against model Gram-positive and Gram-negative microbes including the ESKAPE pathogens Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, and Acinetobacter baumannii.
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- Girish C Sati
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University , Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich , 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich , 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Organic Chemistry Laboratory, ETH Zurich , 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich , 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University , Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Isanga J, Mukunzi D, Chen Y, Suryoprabowo S, Liu L, Kuang H, Xu C. Development of a monoclonal antibody assay and a lateral flow strip test for the detection of paromomycin residues in food matrices. FOOD AGR IMMUNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09540105.2016.1272551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Joel Isanga
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, and School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People's Republic of China
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Nelson JW, Atilho RM, Sherlock ME, Stockbridge RB, Breaker RR. Metabolism of Free Guanidine in Bacteria Is Regulated by a Widespread Riboswitch Class. Mol Cell 2016; 65:220-230. [PMID: 27989440 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The guanidyl moiety is a component of fundamental metabolites, including the amino acid arginine, the energy carrier creatine, and the nucleobase guanine. Curiously, reports regarding the importance of free guanidine in biology are sparse, and no biological receptors that specifically recognize this compound have been previously identified. We report that many members of the ykkC motif RNA, the longest unresolved riboswitch candidate, naturally sense and respond to guanidine. This RNA is found throughout much of the bacterial domain of life, where it commonly controls the expression of proteins annotated as urea carboxylases and multidrug efflux pumps. Our analyses reveal that these proteins likely function as guanidine carboxylases and guanidine transporters, respectively. Furthermore, we demonstrate that bacteria are capable of endogenously producing guanidine. These and related findings demonstrate that free guanidine is a biologically relevant compound, and several gene families that can alleviate guanidine toxicity exist.
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- James W Nelson
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Li R, Zhao C, Yao B, Li D, Yan S, O'Shea KE, Song W. Photochemical Transformation of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in Simulated Natural Waters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:2921-2930. [PMID: 26886506 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Aminoglycoside antibiotics are widely used in human therapy and veterinary medicine. We report herein a detailed study on the natural-organic-matter- (NOM-) photosensitized degradation of aminoglycosides in aqueous media under simulated solar irradiation. It appears that the direct reaction of the excited states of NOM ((3)NOM*) with aminoglycosides is minor. The contributions of reactive oxygen species (ROSs) in the bulk solutions are also unimportant, as determined by an assessment based on steady-state concentrations and bimolecular reaction rate constants in a homogeneous reaction model. The inhibition of the photodegradation by isopropamide is rationalized through competitive sorption with aminoglycosides on the NOM surface, whereas the addition of isopropanol negligibly affects degradation because it quenches HO(•) in the bulk solution but not HO(•) localized on the NOM surface where aminoglycosides reside. Therefore, a sorption-enhanced phototransformation mechanism is proposed. The sorption of aminoglycosides on NOM follows a dual-mode model involving Langmuir and linear isotherms. The steady-state concentration of HO(•) on the surface of NOM was calculated as 10(-14) M, 2 orders of magnitude higher than that in the bulk solution. This fundamental information is important in the assessment of the fate and transport of aminoglycosides in aqueous environments.
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- Rui Li
- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University , Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University , Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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Torabi R, Bagherzadeh K, Ghourchian H, Amanlou M. An investigation on the interaction modes of a single-strand DNA aptamer and RBP4 protein: a molecular dynamic simulations approach. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:8141-53. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01094f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Monitoring and evaluating structural and functional alternations in RBP4 induced by its specific aptamer binding to design new aptamers for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes with reduced insulin resistance.
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- Raheleh Torabi
- Laboratory of Microanalysis
- Institute of Biochemistry & Biophysics
- University of Tehran
- Tehran
- Iran
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- Razi Drug Research Center
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Tehran
- Iran
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry
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- Laboratory of Microanalysis
- Institute of Biochemistry & Biophysics
- University of Tehran
- Tehran
- Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Drug Design and Development Research Center
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Tehran
- Iran
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Kato T, Yang G, Teo Y, Juskeviciene R, Perez-Fernandez D, Shinde HM, Salian S, Bernet B, Vasella A, Böttger EC, Crich D. Synthesis and Antiribosomal Activities of 4'-O-, 6'-O-, 4″-O-, 4',6'-O- and 4″,6″-O-Derivatives in the Kanamycin Series Indicate Differing Target Selectivity Patterns between the 4,5- and 4,6-Series of Disubstituted 2-Deoxystreptamine Aminoglycoside Antibiotics. ACS Infect Dis 2015; 1:479-86. [PMID: 27623314 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5b00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Chemistry for the efficient modification of the kanamycin class of 4,6-aminoglycosides at the 4'-position is presented. In all kanamycins but kanamycin B, 4'-O-alkylation is strongly detrimental to antiribosomal and antibacterial activity. Ethylation of kanamycin B at the 4″-position entails little loss of antiribosomal and antibacterial activity, but no increase of ribosomal selectivity. These results are contrasted with those for the 4,5-aminoglycosides, where 4'-O-alkylation of paromomycin causes only a minimal loss of activity but results in a significant increase in selectivity with a concomitant loss of ototoxicity.
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- Takayuki Kato
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Stefaniak F, Chudyk EI, Bodkin M, Dawson WK, Bujnicki JM. Modeling of ribonucleic acid-ligand interactions. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Filip Stefaniak
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering; International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology; Warsaw Poland
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- Research Informatics; Evotec (UK) Ltd; Milton Park UK
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering; International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology; Warsaw Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering; International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology; Warsaw Poland
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology; Adam Mickiewicz University; Poznan Poland
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Bourassa P, Thomas TJ, Bariyanga J, Tajmir-Riahi HA. Breast anticancer drug tamoxifen and its metabolites bind tRNA at multiple sites. Int J Biol Macromol 2014; 72:692-8. [PMID: 25263468 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The binding sites of breast anticancer drug tamoxifen and its metabolites with tRNA were located by FTIR, CD, UV-visible, and fluorescence spectroscopic methods and molecular modeling. Structural analysis showed that tamoxifen and its metabolites bind tRNA at several binding sites with overall binding constants of K(tam-tRNA) = 5.2 (± 0.6) × 10(4) M(-1), K(4-hydroxytam-tRNA) = 6.5 ( ± 0.5) × 10(4) M(-1) and K(endox-tRNA) = 1.3 (± 0.2) × 10(4) M(-1). The number of binding sites occupied by drug molecules on tRNA were 1 (tamoxifen), 0.8 (4-hydroxitamoxifen) and 1.2 (endoxifen). Docking showed the participation of several nucleobases in drug-tRNA complexes with the free binding energy of -4.31 (tamoxifen), -4.45 (4-hydroxtamoxifen) and -4.38 kcal/mol (endoxifen). The order of binding is 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen > tamoxifen > endoxifen. Drug binding did not alter tRNA conformation from A-family structure, while biopolymer aggregation occurred at high drug concentration.
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- P Bourassa
- Department of Chemistry-Physics, University of Québec in Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Division of Humanities: Math/Sciences, University of Hawaii-West O'ahu, 91-1001 Farrington Highway, Kapolei, HI 96707, USA
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- Department of Chemistry-Physics, University of Québec in Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 5H7, Canada.
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Chen D, Murchie AIH. An aminoglycoside sensing riboswitch controls the expression of aminoglycoside resistance acetyltransferase and adenyltransferases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1839:951-8. [PMID: 24631585 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The emergence of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens is an increasing threat to public health. The fundamental mechanisms that control the high levels of expression of antibiotic resistance genes are not yet completely understood. The aminoglycosides are one of the earliest classes of antibiotics that were introduced in the 1940s. In the clinic aminoglycoside resistance is conferred most commonly through enzymatic modification of the drug although resistance through enzymatic modification of the target rRNA through methylation or the overexpression of efflux pumps is also appearing. An aminoglycoside sensing riboswitch has been identified that controls expression of the aminoglycoside resistance genes that encode the aminoglycoside acetyltransferase (AAC) and aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase (ANT) (adenyltransferase (AAD)) enzymes. AAC and ANT cause resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics through modification of the drugs. Expression of the AAC and ANT resistance genes is regulated by aminoglycoside binding to the 5' leader RNA of the aac/aad genes. The aminoglycoside sensing RNA is also associated with the integron cassette system that captures antibiotic resistance genes. Specific aminoglycoside binding to the leader RNA induces a structural transition in the leader RNA, and consequently induction of resistance protein expression. Reporter gene expression, direct measurements of drug RNA binding, chemical probing and UV cross-linking combined with mutational analysis demonstrated that the leader RNA functioned as an aminoglycoside sensing riboswitch in which drug binding to the leader RNA leads to the induction of aminoglycoside antibiotic resistance. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Riboswitches.
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- Dongrong Chen
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200032, PR China; Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200032, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200032, PR China; Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200032, PR China; School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Zhang Heng Road 826, Pudong 201203, Shanghai, PR China.
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He W, Zhang X, Zhang J, Jia X, Zhang J, Sun W, Jiang H, Chen D, Murchie AIH. Riboswitch control of induction of aminoglycoside resistance acetyl and adenyl-transferases. RNA Biol 2013; 10:1266-73. [PMID: 23880830 DOI: 10.4161/rna.25757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The acquisition of antibiotic resistance by human pathogens poses a significant threat to public health. The mechanisms that control the proliferation and expression of antibiotic resistance genes are not yet completely understood. The aminoglycosides are a historically important class of antibiotics that were introduced in the 1940s. Aminoglycoside resistance is conferred most commonly through enzymatic modification of the drug or enzymatic modification of the target rRNA through methylation or through the overexpression of efflux pumps. In our recent paper, we reported that expression of the aminoglycoside resistance genes encoding the aminoglycoside acetyl transferase (AAC) and aminoglycoside adenyl transferase (AAD) enzymes was controlled by an aminoglycoside-sensing riboswitch RNA. This riboswitch is embedded in the leader RNA of the aac/aad genes and is associated with the integron cassette system. The leader RNA can sense and bind specific aminoglycosides such that the binding causes a structural transition in the leader RNA, which leads to the induction of aminoglycoside antibiotic resistance. Specific aminoglycosides induce reporter gene expression mediated by the leader RNA. Aminoglycoside RNA binding was measured directly and, aminoglycoside-induced changes in RNA structure monitored by chemical probing. UV cross-linking and mutational analysis identified potential aminoglycoside binding sites on the RNA.
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- Weizhi He
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine; the Ministry of Education; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Fudan University Shanghai Medical College; Shanghai, PR China; Institutes of Biomedical Sciences; Fudan University Shanghai Medical College; Shanghai, PR China; School of Pharmacy; Fudan University; Pudong, Shanghai, China
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Jia X, Zhang J, Sun W, He W, Jiang H, Chen D, Murchie AIH. Riboswitch control of aminoglycoside antibiotic resistance. Cell 2013; 152:68-81. [PMID: 23332747 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2012] [Revised: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The majority of riboswitches are regulatory RNAs that regulate gene expression by binding small-molecule metabolites. Here we report the discovery of an aminoglycoside-binding riboswitch that is widely distributed among antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens. This riboswitch is present in the leader RNA of the resistance genes that encode the aminoglycoside acetyl transferase (AAC) and aminoglycoside adenyl transferase (AAD) enzymes that confer resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics through modification of the drugs. We show that expression of the AAC and AAD resistance genes is regulated by aminoglycoside binding to a secondary structure in their 5' leader RNA. Reporter gene expression, direct measurements of drug RNA binding, chemical probing, and UV crosslinking combined with mutational analysis demonstrate that the leader RNA functions as an aminoglycoside-sensing riboswitch in which drug binding to the leader RNA leads to the induction of aminoglycosides antibiotic resistance.
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- Xu Jia
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, the Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200032, China
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Paromomycin and neomycin B derived cationic lipids: Synthesis and transfection studies. J Control Release 2012; 158:461-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Revised: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Smith AL, Kassman J, Srour KJ, Soto AM. Effect of salt concentration on the conformation of TAR RNA and its association with aminoglycoside antibiotics. Biochemistry 2011; 50:9434-45. [PMID: 21916409 DOI: 10.1021/bi200835t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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RNA is an important biological target because it plays essential roles in many pathogenic and normal cellular processes. The design of inhibitors that target RNA involves optimization of noncovalent interactions, including van der Waals, hydrogen bond, and electrostatic interactions. Although sometimes regarded as nonspecific, electrostatic interactions are important in this optimization because the specific position of the phosphates may allow for specific charge-charge interactions with bound ligands. In this work, we have investigated the contribution of electrostatic interactions to the binding affinity of aminoglycoside antibiotics for TAR RNA. Because the charges in aminoglycoside antibiotics are provided by protonated amino groups, it is difficult to separate the contribution of hydrogen bonds and electrostatics to their binding specificity. Hence, we have investigated the dependence of the binding affinity on salt concentration, which should affect only the electrostatic contributions. Our results show that four aminoglycoside antibiotics (paromomycin, kanamycin-B, gentamycin, and tobramycin) bind TAR RNA with different affinities. Furthermore, the dependence of the binding affinity on salt concentration is different for kanamycin-B and paromomycin, with kanamycin-B showing a stronger dependence. Because all these antibiotics contain five positive charges, the results suggest that each antibiotic orients its charges in different ways when bound to TAR RNA. Our overall results support the idea that charge-charge interactions can contribute significantly to the specific binding of antibiotics to TAR RNA. Hence, the exact position of the charges should be considered in the design of any inhibitor of the interactions of TAR RNA.
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- Amy L Smith
- Department of Chemistry, Towson University, Towson, Maryland 21252, United States
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Krüger DM, Bergs J, Kazemi S, Gohlke H. Target Flexibility in RNA-Ligand Docking Modeled by Elastic Potential Grids. ACS Med Chem Lett 2011; 2:489-93. [PMID: 24900336 DOI: 10.1021/ml100217h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The highly flexible nature of RNA provides a formidable challenge for structure-based drug design approaches that target RNA. We introduce an approach for modeling target conformational changes in RNA-ligand docking based on potential grids that are represented as elastic bodies using Navier's equation. This representation provides an accurate and efficient description of RNA-ligand interactions even in the case of a moving RNA structure. When applied to a data set of 17 RNA-ligand complexes, filtered out of the largest validation data set used for RNA-ligand docking so far, the approach is twice as successful as docking into an apo structure and still half as successful as redocking to the holo structure. The approach allows considering RNA movements of up to 6 Å rmsd and is based on a uniform and robust parametrization of the properties of the elastic potential grids, so that the approach is applicable to different RNA-ligand complex classes.
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- Dennis M. Krüger
- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Lu J, Kadakkuzha BM, Zhao L, Fan M, Qi X, Xia T. Dynamic ensemble view of the conformational landscape of HIV-1 TAR RNA and allosteric recognition. Biochemistry 2011; 50:5042-57. [PMID: 21553929 DOI: 10.1021/bi200495d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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RNA conformational dynamics and the resulting structural heterogeneity play an important role in RNA functions, e.g., recognition. Recognition of HIV-1 TAR RNA has been proposed to occur via a conformational capture mechanism. Here, using ultrafast time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, we have probed the complexity of the conformational landscape of HIV-1 TAR RNA and monitored the position-dependent changes in the landscape upon binding of a Tat protein-derived peptide and neomycin B. In the ligand-free state, the TAR RNA samples multiple families of conformations with various degrees of base stacking around the three-nucleotide bulge region. Some subpopulations partially resemble those ligand-bound states, but the coaxially stacked state is below the detection limit. When Tat or neomycin B binds, the bulge region as an ensemble undergoes a conformational transition in a position-dependent manner. Tat and neomycin B induce mutually exclusive changes in the TAR RNA underlying the mechanism of allosteric inhibition at an ensemble level with residue-specific details. Time-resolved anisotropy decay measurements revealed picosecond motions of bases in both ligand-free and ligand-bound states. Mutation of a base pair at the bulge--stem junction has differential effects on the conformational distributions of the bulge bases. A dynamic model of the ensemble view of the conformational landscape for HIV-1 TAR RNA is proposed, and the implication of the general mechanism of RNA recognition and its impact on RNA-based therapeutics are discussed.
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- Jia Lu
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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RNA molecules are involved in a wide range of biological processes and have been recognized as very important therapeutic targets. Mainly owing to the scarcity of information and experimental studies, the application of computational approaches and, in particular, of docking methodologies in the RNA field has developed slowly. However, in recent years the docking of RNA-binding ligands has experienced significant expansion. This article focuses attention on the docking of RNA-binding ligands, analyzing the development of RNA-docking approaches, the reliability of the docking methods and, finally, evaluating the results of docking-based virtual screening studies reported in the literature.
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Dieterich JM, Gerstel U, Schröder JM, Hartke B. Aggregation of Kanamycin A: dimer formation with physiological cations. J Mol Model 2011; 17:3195-207. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-011-0983-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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McCoy LS, Xie Y, Tor Y. Antibiotics that target protein synthesis. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2010; 2:209-32. [DOI: 10.1002/wrna.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fulle S, Gohlke H. Molecular recognition of RNA: challenges for modelling interactions and plasticity. J Mol Recognit 2010; 23:220-31. [PMID: 19941322 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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There is growing interest in molecular recognition processes of RNA because of RNA's widespread involvement in biological processes. Computational approaches are increasingly used for analysing and predicting binding to RNA, fuelled by encouraging progress in developing simulation, free energy and docking methods for nucleic acids. These developments take into account challenges regarding the energetics of RNA-ligand binding, RNA plasticity, and the presence of water molecules and ions in the binding interface. Accordingly, we will detail advances in force field and scoring function development for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, free energy computations and docking calculations of nucleic acid complexes. Furthermore, we present methods that can detect moving parts within RNA structures based on graph-theoretical approaches or normal mode analysis (NMA). As an example of the successful use of these developments, we will discuss recent structure-based drug design approaches that focus on the bacterial ribosomal A-site RNA as a drug target.
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- Simone Fulle
- Department of Biological Sciences, Molecular Bioinformatics Group, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Długosz M, Trylska J. Aminoglycoside Association Pathways with the 30S Ribosomal Subunit. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:7322-30. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8112914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Maciej Długosz
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Romanowska J, Setny P, Trylska J. Molecular dynamics study of the ribosomal A-site. J Phys Chem B 2009; 112:15227-43. [PMID: 18973356 DOI: 10.1021/jp806814s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Many aminoglycosidic antibiotics target the A-site of 16S RNA in the small ribosomal subunit and affect the fidelity of protein translation in bacteria. Upon binding, aminoglycosides displace two adenines (A1492 and A1493 for E. coli numbering) that are involved in tRNA anticodon loop recognition. The major difference in the aminoglycosidic binding site between the prokaryota and eukaryota is an adenine into guanine substitution in the position 1408. This mutation likely affects the dynamics of near A1492 and A1493 and hinders the binding of aminoglycosides to eukaryotic ribosomes. With multiple 20 ns long all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, we study the flexibility of a 22 nucleotide RNA fragment which mimics the aminoglycosidic binding site. Simulations are carried out for both native and A1408G mutated RNA as well as for their complexes with aminoglycosidic representative paromomycin. We observe intra- and extrahelical configurations of A1492 and A1493, which differ between the prokaryotic and the mutated structure. We obtain configurations of the A-site that are also observed in the NMR and crystal structures. Our studies show the differences in the internal mobility of the A-site, as well as that in ion and water density distributions inside of the binding cleft, between the prokaryotic and mutated RNA. We also compare the performance of two force field parameters for RNA, Amber and Charmm.
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- Julia Romanowska
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland
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Guilbert C, James TL. Docking to RNA via root-mean-square-deviation-driven energy minimization with flexible ligands and flexible targets. J Chem Inf Model 2008; 48:1257-68. [PMID: 18510306 DOI: 10.1021/ci8000327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Structure-based drug design is now well-established for proteins as a key first step in the lengthy process of developing new drugs. In many ways, RNA may be a better target to treat disease than a protein because it is upstream in the translation pathway, so inhibiting a single mRNA molecule could prevent the production of thousands of protein gene products. Virtual screening is often the starting point for structure-based drug design. However, computational docking of a small molecule to RNA seems to be more challenging than that to protein due to the higher intrinsic flexibility and highly charged structure of RNA. Previous attempts at docking to RNA showed the need for a new approach. We present here a novel algorithm using molecular simulation techniques to account for both nucleic acid and ligand flexibility. In this approach, with both the ligand and the receptor permitted some flexibility, they can bind one another via an induced fit, as the flexible ligand probes the surface of the receptor. A possible ligand can explore a low-energy path at the surface of the receptor by carrying out energy minimization with root-mean-square-distance constraints. Our procedure was tested on 57 RNA complexes (33 crystal and 24 NMR structures); this is the largest data set to date to reproduce experimental RNA binding poses. With our procedure, the lowest-energy conformations reproduced the experimental binding poses within an atomic root-mean-square deviation of 2.5 A for 74% of tested complexes.
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- Christophe Guilbert
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158-2517, USA
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Długosz M, Antosiewicz JM, Trylska J. Association of aminoglycosidic antibiotics with the ribosomal A-site studied with Brownian dynamics. J Chem Theory Comput 2008; 4:549-559. [PMID: 19343095 DOI: 10.1021/ct700210n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Brownian dynamics methodology was applied to simulate the encounter of aminoglycosidic antibiotics with the ribosomal A-site RNA. Studied antibiotics included neamine, neomycin, ribostamycin and paromomycin which differ in chemical structure, the number of pseudo-sugar rings and the net charge. The influence of structural, electrostatic and hydrodynamic properties of antibiotics on the kinetics of their association with the ribosomal A-site was analyzed. The computed diffusion limited rates of association are of the order of 10(10)[Formula: see text] and they weakly depend on ionic strength. Prior to binding antibiotics often slide along the RNA groove with the time scale of approximately 10 ns per base pair in case of neamine. We observed that upon forming the encounter complex aminoglycosides displace from the binding pocket up to two Mg(2+) ions.
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- Maciej Długosz
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, Warsaw University, Żwirki i Wigury 93, Warsaw 02-089, Poland
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Barbault F, Ren B, Rebehmed J, Teixeira C, Luo Y, Smila-Castro O, Maurel F, Fan B, Zhang L, Zhang L. Flexible computational docking studies of new aminoglycosides targeting RNA 16S bacterial ribosome site. Eur J Med Chem 2007; 43:1648-56. [PMID: 18096272 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2007.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2007] [Revised: 10/08/2007] [Accepted: 10/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) have only recently been viewed as a target for small-molecules drug discovery. Aminoglycoside compounds are antibiotics which bind the ribosomal A site (16S fragment) and cause misreading of the bacterial genetic code and inhibit translocation. In this work, a complete molecular modeling study is done for 16 newly derived aminoglycoside compounds where diverse nucleoside fragments are linked. Docking calculations are applied to 16S RNA target and a weak linear correlation, between experimental and calculated data, is obtained. However, one particularity of RNA is its high flexibility. To mimic this behavior, all docking calculations are followed by small molecular dynamic simulations. This last computational step improves significantly the correlation with experimental data and allowed us to establish structure-activity relationships. The overall results showed that the consideration of the RNA dynamic behavior is of great interest.
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- Florent Barbault
- ITODYS, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS UMR 7086, 1 rue Guy de la Brosse, 75005 Paris, France.
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Stampfl S, Lempradl A, Koehler G, Schroeder R. Monovalent ion dependence of neomycin B binding to an RNA aptamer characterized by spectroscopic methods. Chembiochem 2007; 8:1137-45. [PMID: 17539031 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Understanding the interactions of small molecules like antibiotics with RNA is a prerequisite for the development of novel drugs. In this study we address structural and thermodynamic features of such interactions by using a simple model system: the binding of the highly charged antibiotic neomycin B to a short hairpin RNA molecule. Nucleotide A16, which acts as a flap over the neomycin B binding pocket, was substituted by the fluorescent adenine analogue 2-aminopurine (2-AP). Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements were complemented by UV-melting and circular dichroism studies. The binding of neomycin B at three sites was found to have a strong inverse correlation with Na(+) concentration. For the highest-affinity site, both fluorescence and UV absorption experiments were consistent with a model assuming at least three neomycin NH(3) (+) groups participating in addition to hydrogen bonds in electrostatic interactions with the RNA. The variation of fluorescence intensity and lifetime upon neomycin B binding indicated unstacking of 2-AP16 from neighbouring bases as it flipped over the binding pocket. RNA conformational changes upon binding of the antibiotic were confirmed by circular dichroism. The two weaker binding sites were characterized as unspecific binding to the aptamer, while the high-affinity binding event was shown to be highly specific even at high ionic concentration. In addition, 2-AP was confirmed to be a noninvasive fluorescent probe; it serves as a sensitive spectroscopic tool to investigate details of the interactions between small molecules and RNA.
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- Sabine Stampfl
- Department of Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Campus Vienna Biocenter 5/1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Pfeffer P, Gohlke H. DrugScoreRNA--knowledge-based scoring function to predict RNA-ligand interactions. J Chem Inf Model 2007; 47:1868-76. [PMID: 17705464 DOI: 10.1021/ci700134p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is growing interest in RNA as a drug target due to its widespread involvement in biological processes. To exploit the power of structure-based drug-design approaches, novel scoring and docking tools need to be developed that can efficiently and reliably predict binding modes and binding affinities of RNA ligands. We report for the first time the development of a knowledge-based scoring function to predict RNA-ligand interactions (DrugScoreRNA). Based on the formalism of the DrugScore approach, distance-dependent pair potentials are derived from 670 crystallographically determined nucleic acid-ligand and -protein complexes. These potentials display quantitative differences compared to those of DrugScore (derived from protein-ligand complexes) and DrugScoreCSD (derived from small-molecule crystal data). When used as an objective function for docking 31 RNA-ligand complexes, DrugScoreRNA generates "good" binding geometries (rmsd (root mean-square deviation) < 2 A) in 42% of all cases on the first scoring rank. This is an improvement of 44% to 120% when compared to DrugScore, DrugScoreCSD, and an RNA-adapted AutoDock scoring function. Encouragingly, good docking results are also obtained for a subset of 20 NMR structures not contained in the knowledge-base to derive the potentials. This clearly demonstrates the robustness of the potentials. Binding free energy landscapes generated by DrugScoreRNA show a pronounced funnel shape in almost 3/4 of all cases, indicating the reduced steepness of the knowledge-based potentials. Docking with DrugScoreRNA can thus be expected to converge fast to the global minimum. Finally, binding affinities were predicted for 15 RNA-ligand complexes with DrugScoreRNA. A fair correlation between experimental and computed values is found (RS = 0.61), which suffices to distinguish weak from strong binders, as is required in virtual screening applications. DrugScoreRNA again shows superior predictive power when compared to DrugScore, DrugScoreCSD, and an RNA-adapted AutoDock scoring function.
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- Patrick Pfeffer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Molecular Bioinformatics Group, J.W. Goethe-University, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
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Hanessian S, Szychowski J, Adhikari SS, Vasquez G, Kandasamy P, Swayze EE, Migawa MT, Ranken R, François B, Wirmer-Bartoschek J, Kondo J, Westhof E. Structure-based design, synthesis, and A-site rRNA cocrystal complexes of functionally novel aminoglycoside antibiotics: C2" ether analogues of paromomycin. J Med Chem 2007; 50:2352-69. [PMID: 17458946 DOI: 10.1021/jm061200+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of 2"-O-substituted ether analogues of paromomycin were prepared based on new site-selective functionalizations. X-ray cocrystal complexes of several such analogues revealed a new mode of binding in the A-site rRNA, whereby rings I and II adopted the familiar orientation and position previously observed with paromomycin, but rings III and IV were oriented differently. With few exceptions, all of the new analogues showed potent inhibitory activity equal or better than paromomycin against a sensitive strain of S. aureus. Single digit microM MIC values were obtained against E. coli, with some of the ether appendages containing polar or basic end groups. Two analogues showed excellent survival rate in a mouse septicemia protection assay. Preliminary histopathological analysis of the kidney showed no overt signs of toxicity, while controls with neomycin and kanamycin were toxic at lower doses.
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- Stephen Hanessian
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C. P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, P. Q., Canada.
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Corzana F, Cuesta I, Freire F, Revuelta J, Torrado M, Bastida A, Jiménez-Barbero J, Asensio JL. The Pattern of Distribution of Amino Groups Modulates the Structure and Dynamics of Natural Aminoglycosides: Implications for RNA Recognition. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:2849-65. [PMID: 17298063 DOI: 10.1021/ja066348x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aminoglycosides are clinically relevant antibiotics that participate in a large variety of molecular recognition processes involving different RNA and protein receptors. The 3-D structures of these policationic oligosaccharides play a key role in RNA binding and therefore determine their biological activity. Herein, we show that the particular NH2/NH3(+)/OH distribution within the antibiotic scaffold modulates the oligosaccharide conformation and flexibility. In particular, those polar groups flanking the glycosidic linkages have a significant influence on the antibiotic structure. A careful NMR/theoretical analysis of different natural aminoglycosides, their fragments, and synthetic derivatives proves that both hydrogen bonding and charge-charge repulsive interactions are at the origin of this effect. Current strategies to obtain new aminoglycoside derivatives are mainly focused on the optimization of the direct ligand/receptor contacts. Our results strongly suggest that the particular location of the NH2/NH3(+)/OH groups within the antibiotics can also modulate their RNA binding properties by affecting the conformational preferences and inherent flexibility of these drugs. This fact should also be carefully considered in the design of new antibiotics with improved activity.
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- Francisco Corzana
- Contribution from the Instituto de Química OrgAnica General and Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Anderson PC, Mecozzi S. Minimum sequence requirements for the binding of paromomycin to the rRNA decoding site A. Biopolymers 2007; 86:95-111. [PMID: 17323326 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We have recently introduced a computational methodology that combines molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, free-energy calculations, and in vitro binding assays to predict the minimum RNA structural requirements for selective, high-affinity RNA binding to small-molecule ligands. Here, we show that this methodology can be applied to the conformationally flexible aminoglycoside antibiotic paromomycin. A RNA consisting of an 11-mer:10-mer duplex that contains one 16S ribosome RNA decoding A-site bound to paromomycin was simulated for 4 ns. The methodology predicts that the 11-mer:10-mer duplex binds to paromomycin with high affinity, whereas smaller RNA duplexes lose complex stability and the ability to bind paromomycin. The predicted high-affinity binding to paromomycin of the 11-mer:10-mer duplex was confirmed experimentally (EC(50) = 0.28 microM), as well as the inability of smaller complexes to bind. Our simulations show good agreement with experiment for dynamic and structural properties of the isolated A-site, including hydrogen-bonding networks and RNA structural rearrangements upon ligand binding. The results suggest that MD simulations can supplement in vitro methods as a tool for predicting minimum RNA-binding motifs for both small, rigid ligands, and large, flexible ligands when structural information is available.
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- Peter C Anderson
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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Hanessian S, Adhikari S, Szychowski J, Pachamuthu K, Wang X, Migawa MT, Griffey RH, Swayze EE. Probing the ribosomal RNA A-site with functionally diverse analogues of paromomycin—synthesis of ring I mimetics. Tetrahedron 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2006.10.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yang G, Trylska J, Tor Y, McCammon JA. Binding of aminoglycosidic antibiotics to the oligonucleotide A-site model and 30S ribosomal subunit: Poisson-Boltzmann model, thermal denaturation, and fluorescence studies. J Med Chem 2006; 49:5478-90. [PMID: 16942021 DOI: 10.1021/jm060288o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The binding of paromomycin and similar antibiotics to the oligonucleotide A-site model and the small (30S) ribosomal subunit has been studied using continuum electrostatics methods. Crystallographic information from complexes of paromomycin, tobramycin, and Geneticin bound to an A-site oligonucleotide, and paromomycin and streptomycin complexed to the 30S subunit was used as a foundation to develop structures of similar antibiotics in the same ribosomal binding site. Relative binding free energies were calculated by combining the electrostatic contribution, which was obtained by solving the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, with a surface-area-dependent apolar term and contributions from conformational changes. These computed results showed good correlation with the experimental data resulting from fluorescence binding assays and thermal denaturation studies, demonstrating the ability of the Poisson-Boltzmann model to provide insight into the electrostatic mechanisms for aminoglycoside binding and direction for designing more effective antibiotics.
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- Grace Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Raghunathan D, Sánchez-Pedregal VM, Junker J, Schwiegk C, Kalesse M, Kirschning A, Carlomagno T. TAR-RNA recognition by a novel cyclic aminoglycoside analogue. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:3599-608. [PMID: 16855296 PMCID: PMC1524922 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The formation of the Tat-protein/TAR-RNA complex is a crucial step in the regulation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-gene expression. To obtain full-length viral transcripts the Tat/TAR complex has to recruit the positive transcription elongation factor complex (P-EFTb), which interacts with TAR through its cyclin T1 (CycT1) component. Mutational studies identified the TAR hexanucleotide loop as a crucial region for contacting CycT1. Interfering with the interaction between the Tat/CycT1 complex and the TAR-RNA is an attractive strategy for the design of anti-HIV drugs. Positively charged molecules, like aminoglycosides or peptidomimetics, bind the TAR-RNA, disrupting the Tat/TAR complex. Here, we investigate the complex between the HIV-2 TAR-RNA and a neooligoaminodeoxysaccharide by NMR spectroscopy. In contrast to other aminoglycosides, this novel aminoglycoside analogue contacts simultaneously the bulge residues required for Tat binding and the A35 residue of the hexanucleotide loop. Upon complex formation, the loop region undergoes profound conformational changes. The novel binding mode, together with the easy accessibility of derivatives for the neooligoaminodeoxysaccharide, could open the way to the design of a new class of TAR-RNA binders, which simultaneously inhibit the formation of both the Tat/TAR binary complex and the Tat/TAR/CycT1 ternary complex by obstructing both the bulge and loop regions of the RNA.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of HannoverSchneiderberg 1B, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of HannoverSchneiderberg 1B, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +49 551 201 2214; Fax: +49 551 201 2202;
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Means J, Katz S, Nayek A, Anupam R, Hines JV, Bergmeier SC. Structure–activity studies of oxazolidinone analogs as RNA-binding agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2006; 16:3600-4. [PMID: 16603349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.03.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2006] [Revised: 03/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have synthesized and tested a series of novel 3,4,5-tri- and 4,5-disubstituted oxazolidinones for their ability to bind two structurally related T box antiterminator model RNAs. We have found that optimal binding selectivity is found in a small group of 4,5-disubstituted oxazolidinones.
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- John Means
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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Hobbie SN, Pfister P, Bruell C, Sander P, François B, Westhof E, Böttger EC. Binding of neomycin-class aminoglycoside antibiotics to mutant ribosomes with alterations in the A site of 16S rRNA. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50:1489-96. [PMID: 16569869 PMCID: PMC1426975 DOI: 10.1128/aac.50.4.1489-1496.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aminoglycoside antibiotics that bind to the aminoacyl-tRNA site (A site) of the ribosome are composed of a common neamine core in which a glycopyranosyl ring is attached to position 4 of a 2-deoxystreptamine moiety. The core is further substituted by one (ribostamycin), two (neomycin and paromomycin), or three (lividomycin A) additional sugars attached to position 5 of the 2-deoxystreptamine. To study the role of rings III, IV, and V in aminoglycoside binding, we used isogenic Mycobacterium smegmatis DeltarrnB mutants carrying homogeneous populations of mutant ribosomes with alterations in the 16S rRNA A site. MICs were determined to investigate drug-ribosome interactions, and the results were compared with that of the previously published crystal structure of paromomycin bound to the ribosomal A site. Our analysis demonstrates that the stacking interaction between ring I and G1491 is largely sequence independent, that rings III and IV each increase the strength of drug binding to the ribosome, that ring IV of the 6'-NH3+ aminoglycosides compensates for loss of interactions between ring II and U1495 and between ring III and G1491, that the aminoglycosides rely on pseudo-base pairing between ring I and A1408 for binding independently of the number of sugar rings attached to the neamine core, that addition of ring V to the 6'-OH 4,5-aminoglycoside paromomycin does not alter the mode of binding, and that alteration of the U1406.U1495 wobble base pair to the Watson-Crick interaction pair 1406C-1495G yields ribosomal drug susceptibilities to 4,5-aminoglycosides comparable to those seen with the wild-type A site.
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- Sven N Hobbie
- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, Gloriastr. 30/32, CH-8006 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Moitessier N, Westhof E, Hanessian S. Docking of aminoglycosides to hydrated and flexible RNA. J Med Chem 2006; 49:1023-33. [PMID: 16451068 DOI: 10.1021/jm0508437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although much effort has been devoted to the development of programs suited for the docking of ligands to proteins, much less progress has been achieved in the nucleic acid field. We have developed a unique approach for docking aminoglycosides to RNA considering the flexibility of these macromolecules using conformational ensembles and accounting for the role of the first hydration shell. This concept, successfully implemented in AutoDock, relies on the computation of the intermolecular interaction energy that accounts for the presence of dynamically bound water molecules to the RNA. As an application, a set of 11 aminoglycosides was docked with an average root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) of 1.41 A to be compared with an average RMSD of 3.25 A when the original AutoDock protocol was used.
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- Nicolas Moitessier
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street W, Montréal, Québec H3A 2K6, Canada.
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Franceschi F, Duffy EM. Structure-based drug design meets the ribosome. Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 71:1016-25. [PMID: 16443192 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2005] [Revised: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
The high-resolution structures of the bacterial ribosomal subunits and those of their complexes with antibiotics have advanced significantly our understanding of small-molecule interactions with RNA. The wealth of RNA structural data generated by these structures has allowed computational chemists to employ a drug discovery paradigm focused on RNA-based targets. The structures also show how target-based resistance affects antibiotics acting at the level of the ribosome. Not only are the sites pinpointed where different classes of antibiotics inhibit protein synthesis, but their orientations, relative dispositions, and unique mechanisms of action are also revealed at the atomic level. Both the 30S and the 50S ribosomal subunits have been shown to be "targets of targets", offering several adjacent, functionally relevant binding pockets for antibiotics. It is the detailed knowledge of these validated locations, or ribofunctional loci, plus the mapping of the resistance hot-spots that allow the rational design of next-generation antibacterials. When the structural information is combined with a data-driven computational toolkit able to describe and predict molecular properties appropriate for bacterial cell penetration and drug-likeness, a structure-based drug design approach for novel antibacterials shows great promise.
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Affiliation(s)
- François Franceschi
- Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 300 George Street, Suite 301, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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