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Nonarath HJT, Jackson MA, Penoske RM, Zahrt TC, Price NPJ, Link BA. The tunicamycin derivative TunR2 exhibits potent antibiotic properties with low toxicity in an in vivo Mycobacterium marinum-zebrafish TB infection model. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2024; 77:245-256. [PMID: 38238588 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-023-00694-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Tunicamycins (TUN) are well-defined, Streptomyces-derived natural products that inhibit protein N-glycosylation in eukaryotes, and by a conserved mechanism also block bacterial cell wall biosynthesis. TUN inhibits the polyprenylphosphate-N-acetyl-hexosamine-1-phospho-transferases (PNPT), an essential family of enzymes found in both bacteria and eukaryotes. We have previously published the development of chemically modified TUN, called TunR1 and TunR2, that have considerably reduced activity on eukaryotes but that retain the potent antibacterial properties. A mechanism for this reduced toxicity has also been reported. TunR1 and TunR2 have been tested against mammalian cell lines in culture and against live insect cells but, until now, no in vivo evaluation has been undertaken for vertebrates. In the current work, TUN, TunR1, and TunR2 are investigated for their relative toxicity and antimycobacterial activity in zebrafish using a well-established Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) infection system, a model for studying human Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. We also report the relative ability to activate the unfolded protein response (UPR), the known mechanism for the eukaryotic toxicity observed with TUN treatment. Importantly, TunR1 and TunR2 retained their antimicrobial properties, as evidenced by a reduction in M. marinum bacterial burden, compared to DMSO-treated zebrafish. In summary, findings from this study highlight the characteristics of recently developed TUN derivatives, mainly TunR2, and its potential for use as a novel anti-bacterial agent for veterinary and potential medical purposes.
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- Hannah J T Nonarath
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Renewable Products Technology Research, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Renewable Products Technology Research, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Banerjee S, Ansari AA, Upadhyay SP, Mettman DJ, Hibdon JR, Quadir M, Ghosh P, Kambhampati A, Banerjee SK. Benefits and Pitfalls of a Glycosylation Inhibitor Tunicamycin in the Therapeutic Implication of Cancers. Cells 2024; 13:395. [PMID: 38474359 PMCID: PMC10930662 DOI: 10.3390/cells13050395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The aberrant glycosylation is a hallmark of cancer progression and chemoresistance. It is also an immune therapeutic target for various cancers. Tunicamycin (TM) is one of the potent nucleoside antibiotics and an inhibitor of aberrant glycosylation in various cancer cells, including breast cancer, gastric cancer, and pancreatic cancer, parallel with the inhibition of cancer cell growth and progression of tumors. Like chemotherapies such as doxorubicin (DOX), 5'fluorouracil, etoposide, and cisplatin, TM induces the unfolded protein response (UPR) by blocking aberrant glycosylation. Consequently, stress is induced in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that promotes apoptosis. TM can thus be considered a potent antitumor drug in various cancers and may promote chemosensitivity. However, its lack of cell-type-specific cytotoxicity impedes its anticancer efficacy. In this review, we focus on recent advances in our understanding of the benefits and pitfalls of TM therapies in various cancers, including breast, colon, and pancreatic cancers, and discuss the mechanisms identified by which TM functions. Finally, we discuss the potential use of nano-based drug delivery systems to overcome non-specific toxicity and enhance the therapeutic efficacy of TM as a targeted therapy.
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- Snigdha Banerjee
- Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.A.A.); (S.P.U.); (D.J.M.); (J.R.H.); (A.K.)
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.A.A.); (S.P.U.); (D.J.M.); (J.R.H.); (A.K.)
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- Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.A.A.); (S.P.U.); (D.J.M.); (J.R.H.); (A.K.)
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- Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.A.A.); (S.P.U.); (D.J.M.); (J.R.H.); (A.K.)
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
- Pathology Department, City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA
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- Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.A.A.); (S.P.U.); (D.J.M.); (J.R.H.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (M.Q.); (P.G.)
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- Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (M.Q.); (P.G.)
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- Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.A.A.); (S.P.U.); (D.J.M.); (J.R.H.); (A.K.)
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- Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.A.A.); (S.P.U.); (D.J.M.); (J.R.H.); (A.K.)
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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Price NPJ, Jackson MA, Hartman TM, Bannantine JP, Naumann TA, Vermillion KE, Koch AA, Kennedy PD. Precursor-Directed Biosynthesis and Biological Testing of omega-Alicyclic- and neo-Branched Tunicamycin N-Acyl Variants. ACS Chem Biol 2023; 18:2267-2280. [PMID: 37788216 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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Tunicamycins (TUNs) are Streptomyces-derived natural products, widely used to block protein N-glycosylation in eukaryotes or cell wall biosynthesis in bacteria. Modified or synthetic TUN analogues that uncouple these activities have considerable potential as novel mode-of-action antibacterial agents. Chemically modified TUNs reported previously with attenuated activity on yeast have pinpointed eukaryotic-specific chemophores in the uridyl group and the N-acyl chain length and terminal branching pattern. A small molecule screen of fatty acid biosynthetic primers identified several novel alicyclic- and neo-branched TUN N-acyl variants, with primer incorporation at the terminal omega-acyl position. TUNs with unique 5- and 6-carbon ω-cycloalkane and ω-cycloalkene acyl chains are produced under fermentation and in yields comparable with the native TUN. The purification, structural assignments, and the comparable antimicrobial properties of 15 of these compounds are reported, greatly extending the structural diversity of this class of compounds for potential medicinal and agricultural applications.
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- Neil P J Price
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames, Iowa 50010, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- Cayman Chemical, 1180 E. Ellsworth Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States
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- Cayman Chemical, 1180 E. Ellsworth Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States
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Chu X, Jiang D, Yu L, Li M, Wu S, Zhang F, Hu X. Heterologous Expression and Bioactivity Determination of Monochamus alternatus Antibacterial Peptide Gene in Komagataella phaffii (Pichia pastoris). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065421. [PMID: 36982491 PMCID: PMC10049621 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Insects have evolved to form a variety of complex natural compounds to prevent pathogen infection in the process of a long-term attack and defense game with various pathogens in nature. Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) are important effector molecules of the insect immune response to the pathogen invasion involved in bacteria, fungi, viruses and nematodes. The discovery and creation of new nematicides from these natural compounds is a key path to pest control. A total of 11 AMPs from Monochamus alternatus were classified into 3 categories, including Attacin, Cecropin and Defensin. Four AMP genes were successfully expressed by Komagataella phaffii KM71. The bioassay results showed that the exogenous expressed AMPs represented antimicrobial activity against Serratia (G−), Bacillus thuringiensis (G+) and Beauveria bassiana and high nematicide activity against Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. All four purified AMPs’ protein against B. xylophilus reached LC50 at 3 h (LC50 = 0.19 mg·mL−1 of MaltAtt-1, LC50 = 0.20 mg·mL−1 of MaltAtt-2 and MaltCec-2, LC50 = 0.25 mg·mL−1 of MaltDef-1). Furthermore, the AMPs could cause significant reduction of the thrashing frequency and egg hatching rate, and the deformation or fracture of the body wall of B. xylophilus. Therefore, this study is a foundation for further study of insect biological control and provides a theoretical basis for the research and development of new insecticidal pesticides.
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- Xu Chu
- Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- International Joint Laboratory of Forest Symbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- International Joint Laboratory of Forest Symbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- International Joint Laboratory of Forest Symbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-18350068276
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Cereijido M, Jimenez L, Hinojosa L, Castillo A, Martínez-Rendon J, Ponce A. Ouabain-Induced Changes in the Expression of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels in Epithelial Cells Depend on Cell-Cell Contacts. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13257. [PMID: 36362049 PMCID: PMC9655981 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2023] Open
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Ouabain is a cardiac glycoside, initially isolated from plants, and currently thought to be a hormone since some mammals synthesize it endogenously. It has been shown that in epithelial cells, it induces changes in properties and components related to apical-basolateral polarity and cell-cell contacts. In this work, we used a whole-cell patch clamp to test whether ouabain affects the properties of the voltage-gated potassium currents (Ik) of epithelial cells (MDCK). We found that: (1) in cells arranged as mature monolayers, ouabain induced changes in the properties of Ik; (2) it also accelerated the recovery of Ik in cells previously trypsinized and re-seeded at confluence; (3) in cell-cell contact-lacking cells, ouabain did not produce a significant change; (4) Na+/K+ ATPase might be the receptor that mediates the effect of ouabain on Ik; (5) the ouabain-induced changes in Ik required the synthesis of new nucleotides and proteins, as well as Golgi processing and exocytosis, as evidenced by treatment with drugs inhibiting those processes; and (5) the signaling cascade included the participation of cSrC, PI3K, Erk1/2, NF-κB and β-catenin. These results reveal a new role for ouabain as a modulator of the expression of voltage-gated potassium channels, which require cells to be in contact with themselves.
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- Marcelino Cereijido
- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
- Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Unidad Academica de Medicina Humana y C.S, Campus UAZ Siglo XXI-L1, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas 98160, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV-IPN, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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Mitachi K, Mingle D, Effah W, Sánchez‐Ruiz A, Hevener KE, Narayanan R, Clemons WM, Sarabia F, Kurosu M. Concise Synthesis of Tunicamycin V and Discovery of a Cytostatic DPAGT1 Inhibitor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203225. [PMID: 35594368 PMCID: PMC9329268 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A short total synthesis of tunicamycin V (1), a non-selective phosphotransferase inhibitor, is achieved via a Büchner-Curtius-Schlotterbeck type reaction. Tunicamycin V can be synthesized in 15 chemical steps from D-galactal with 21 % overall yield. The established synthetic scheme is operationally very simple and flexible to introduce building blocks of interest. The inhibitory activity of one of the designed analogues 28 against human dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase 1 (DPAGT1) is 12.5 times greater than 1. While tunicamycins are cytotoxic molecules with a low selectivity, the novel analogue 28 displays selective cytostatic activity against breast cancer cell lines including a triple-negative breast cancer.
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- Katsuhiko Mitachi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University of Tennessee Health Science Center 881 Madison Avenue Memphis TN 38163 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University of Tennessee Health Science Center 881 Madison Avenue Memphis TN 38163 USA
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- Department of Medicine University of Tennessee Health Science Center 19 S. Manassas, Room 120 Memphis TN 38103 USA
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- Faculty of Pharmacy Campus de Albacete Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Avda. Dr. José María Sánchez Ibáñez S/N 02008 Albacete Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University of Tennessee Health Science Center 881 Madison Avenue Memphis TN 38163 USA
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- Department of Medicine University of Tennessee Health Science Center 19 S. Manassas, Room 120 Memphis TN 38103 USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- Department of Organic Chemistry Faculty of Sciences Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos 29071 Málaga Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University of Tennessee Health Science Center 881 Madison Avenue Memphis TN 38163 USA
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Mitachi K, Mingle D, Effah W, Sánchez-Ruiz A, Hevener KE, Narayanan R, Clemons WM, Sarabia F, Kurosu M. Concise Synthesis of Tunicamycin V and Discovery of a Cytostatic DPAGT1 Inhibitor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Katsuhiko Mitachi
- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Pharmacy 881 Madison AvenueROOM 557 38163 MEMPHS UNITED STATES
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- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Pharmacy 881 MADISON AVE 38163 MEMPHS UNITED STATES
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- University of Tennessee College of Medicine: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Medicine UNITED STATES
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- UTHSC College of Pharmacy Memphis: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Pharmacy UNITED STATES
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- University of Tennessee College of Medicine: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Medicine 19, S. Manassas 38013 Memphis UNITED STATES
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- Caltech: California Institute of Technology Chemistry and Chemical Engineering UNITED STATES
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- University of Malaga: Universidad de Malaga Organic Chemistry UNITED STATES
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- UTHSC College of Pharmacy Memphis: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy 881 MADISON AVEROOM 557 38163 Memphis UNITED STATES
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Shao X, Zheng C, Xu P, Shiraishi T, Kuzuyama T, Molinaro A, Silipo A, Yu B. Total Synthesis and Stereochemistry Assignment of Nucleoside Antibiotic A‐94964. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200818. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xiaofei Shao
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Napoli Italy
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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Shao X, Zheng C, Xu P, Shiraishi T, Kuzuyama T, Molinaro A, Silipo A, Yu B. Total Synthesis and Stereochemistry Assignment of Nucleoside Antibiotic A‐94964. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xiaofei Shao
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Napoli Italy
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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Kubra KT, Uddin MA, Barabutis N. Tunicamycin Protects against LPS-Induced Lung Injury. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15020134. [PMID: 35215247 PMCID: PMC8876572 DOI: 10.3390/ph15020134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The pulmonary endothelium is a dynamic semipermeable barrier that orchestrates tissue-fluid homeostasis; regulating physiological and immunological responses. Endothelial abnormalities are caused by inflammatory stimuli interacting with intracellular messengers to remodel cytoskeletal junctions and adhesion proteins. Those phenomena are associated with sepsis, acute lung injury, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. The molecular processes beyond those responses are the main interest of our group. Unfolded protein response (UPR) is a highly conserved molecular pathway resolving protein-folding defects to counteract cellular threats. An emerging body of evidence suggests that UPR is a promising target against lung and cardiovascular disease. In the present study, we reveal that Tunicamycin (TM) (UPR inducer) protects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced injury. The barrier function of the inflamed endothelium was evaluated in vitro (transendothelial and paracellular permeability); as well as in mice exposed to TM after LPS. Our study demonstrates that TM supports vascular barrier function by modulating actomyosin remodeling. Moreover, it reduces the internalization of vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin), enhancing endothelial integrity. We suggest that UPR activation may deliver novel therapeutic opportunities in diseases related to endothelial dysregulation.
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Fisher JF, Mobashery S. β-Lactams against the Fortress of the Gram-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Bacterium. Chem Rev 2021; 121:3412-3463. [PMID: 33373523 PMCID: PMC8653850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The biological diversity of the unicellular bacteria-whether assessed by shape, food, metabolism, or ecological niche-surely rivals (if not exceeds) that of the multicellular eukaryotes. The relationship between bacteria whose ecological niche is the eukaryote, and the eukaryote, is often symbiosis or stasis. Some bacteria, however, seek advantage in this relationship. One of the most successful-to the disadvantage of the eukaryote-is the small (less than 1 μm diameter) and nearly spherical Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. For decades, successful clinical control of its infection has been accomplished using β-lactam antibiotics such as the penicillins and the cephalosporins. Over these same decades S. aureus has perfected resistance mechanisms against these antibiotics, which are then countered by new generations of β-lactam structure. This review addresses the current breadth of biochemical and microbiological efforts to preserve the future of the β-lactam antibiotics through a better understanding of how S. aureus protects the enzyme targets of the β-lactams, the penicillin-binding proteins. The penicillin-binding proteins are essential enzyme catalysts for the biosynthesis of the cell wall, and understanding how this cell wall is integrated into the protective cell envelope of the bacterium may identify new antibacterials and new adjuvants that preserve the efficacy of the β-lactams.
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- Jed F Fisher
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Indiana 46556, United States
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Price NPJ, Jackson MA, Hartman TM, Brändén G, Ek M, Koch AA, Kennedy PD. Branched Chain Lipid Metabolism As a Determinant of the N-Acyl Variation of Streptomyces Natural Products. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:116-124. [PMID: 33411499 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Branched-chain fatty acids (BCFA) are encountered in Gram-positive bacteria, but less so in other organisms. The bacterial BCFA in membranes are typically saturated, with both odd- and even-numbered carbon chain lengths, and with methyl branches at either the ω-1 (iso) or ω-2 (anteiso) positions. The acylation with BCFA also contributes to the structural diversity of microbial natural products and potentially modulates biological activity. For the tunicamycin (TUN) family of natural products, the toxicity toward eukaryotes is highly dependent upon N-acylation with trans-2,3-unsaturated BCFA. The loss of the 2,3-unsaturation gives modified TUN with reduced eukaryotic toxicity but crucially with retention of the synergistic enhancement of the β-lactam group of antibiotics. Here, we infer from genomics, mass spectrometry, and deuterium labeling that the trans-2,3-unsaturated TUN variants and the saturated cellular lipids found in TUN-producing Streptomyces are derived from the same pool of BCFA metabolites. Moreover, non-natural primers of BCFA metabolism are selectively incorporated into the cellular lipids of TUN-producing Streptomyces and concomitantly produce structurally novel neo-branched TUN N-acyl variants.
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- Neil P. J. Price
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Structure, Biophysics & FBLG, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Cayman Chemical, 1180 E. Ellsworth Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States
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- Cayman Chemical, 1180 E. Ellsworth Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States
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Hering J, Dunevall E, Snijder A, Eriksson PO, Jackson MA, Hartman TM, Ting R, Chen H, Price NPJ, Brändén G, Ek M. Exploring the Active Site of the Antibacterial Target MraY by Modified Tunicamycins. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:2885-2895. [PMID: 33164499 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The alarming growth of antibiotic resistance that is currently ongoing is a serious threat to human health. One of the most promising novel antibiotic targets is MraY (phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide-transferase), an essential enzyme in bacterial cell wall synthesis. Through recent advances in biochemical research, there is now structural information available for MraY, and for its human homologue GPT (GlcNAc-1-P-transferase), that opens up exciting possibilities for structure-based drug design. The antibiotic compound tunicamycin is a natural product inhibitor of MraY that is also toxic to eukaryotes through its binding to GPT. In this work, we have used tunicamycin and modified versions of tunicamycin as tool compounds to explore the active site of MraY and to gain further insight into what determines inhibitor potency. We have investigated tunicamycin variants where the following motifs have been modified: the length and branching of the tunicamycin fatty acyl chain, the saturation of the fatty acyl chain, the 6″-hydroxyl group of the GlcNAc ring, and the ring structure of the uracil motif. The compounds are analyzed in terms of how potently they bind to MraY, inhibit the activity of the enzyme, and affect the protein thermal stability. Finally, we rationalize these results in the context of the protein structures of MraY and GPT.
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- Jenny Hering
- Structure, Biophysics and FBLG, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Discovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Structure, Biophysics and FBLG, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Centre, Bioland Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Centre, Bioland Laboratory, Guangzhou, China
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, Illinois 61604, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Structure, Biophysics and FBLG, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Mitachi K, Kansal RG, Hevener KE, Gillman CD, Hussain SM, Yun HG, Miranda-Carboni GA, Glazer ES, Clemons WM, Kurosu M. DPAGT1 Inhibitors of Capuramycin Analogues and Their Antimigratory Activities of Solid Tumors. J Med Chem 2020; 63:10855-10878. [PMID: 32886511 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Capuramycin displays a narrow spectrum of antibacterial activity by targeting bacterial translocase I (MraY). In our program of development of new N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase1 (DPAGT1) inhibitors, we have identified that a capuramycin phenoxypiperidinylbenzylamide analogue (CPPB) inhibits DPAGT1 enzyme with an IC50 value of 200 nM. Despite a strong DPAGT1 inhibitory activity, CPPB does not show cytotoxicity against normal cells and a series of cancer cell lines. However, CPPB inhibits migrations of several solid cancers including pancreatic cancers that require high DPAGT1 expression in order for tumor progression. DPAGT1 inhibition by CPPB leads to a reduced expression level of Snail but does not reduce E-cadherin expression level at the IC50 (DPAGT1) concentration. CPPB displays a strong synergistic effect with paclitaxel against growth-inhibitory action of a patient-derived pancreatic adenocarcinoma, PD002: paclitaxel (IC50: 1.25 μM) inhibits growth of PD002 at 0.0024-0.16 μM in combination with 0.10-2.0 μM CPPB (IC50: 35 μM).
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- Katsuhiko Mitachi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 881 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department of Surgery and Center for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison St., Suite 300, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 881 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Surgery and Center for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison St., Suite 300, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 19 S. Manassas Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department of Surgery and Center for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison St., Suite 300, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 881 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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Price NPJ, Jackson MA, Vermillion KE, Blackburn JA, Hartman TM. Rhodium-catalyzed reductive modification of pyrimidine nucleosides, nucleotide phosphates, and sugar nucleotides. Carbohydr Res 2019; 488:107893. [PMID: 31884235 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2019.107893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nucleosides and nucleotides are a group of small molecule effectors and substrates which include sugar nucleotides, purine and pyrimidine-based nucleotide phosphates, and diverse nucleotide antibiotics. We previously reported that hydrogenation of the nucleotide antibiotic tunicamycin leads to products with reduced toxicity on eukaryotic cells. We now report the hydrogenation of diverse sugar nucleosides, nucleotide phosphates, and pyrimidine nucleotides. UDP-sugars and other uridyl and thymidinyl nucleosides are quantitatively reduced to the corresponding 5,6-dihydro-nucleosides. Cytidyl pyrimidines are reduced, but the major products are the corresponding 5,6-dihydrouridyl nucleosides resulting from a deamination of the cytosine ring.
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- Neil P J Price
- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, USA.
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, USA
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Liposidomycin, the first reported nucleoside antibiotic inhibitor of peptidoglycan biosynthesis translocase I: The discovery of liposidomycin and related compounds with a perspective on their application to new antibiotics. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2019; 72:877-889. [DOI: 10.1038/s41429-019-0241-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Synergistic enhancement of beta-lactam antibiotics by modified tunicamycin analogs TunR1 and TunR2. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2019; 72:807-815. [DOI: 10.1038/s41429-019-0220-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Dong YY, Wang H, Pike ACW, Cochrane SA, Hamedzadeh S, Wyszyński FJ, Bushell SR, Royer SF, Widdick DA, Sajid A, Boshoff HI, Park Y, Lucas R, Liu WM, Lee SS, Machida T, Minall L, Mehmood S, Belaya K, Liu WW, Chu A, Shrestha L, Mukhopadhyay SMM, Strain-Damerell C, Chalk R, Burgess-Brown NA, Bibb MJ, Barry Iii CE, Robinson CV, Beeson D, Davis BG, Carpenter EP. Structures of DPAGT1 Explain Glycosylation Disease Mechanisms and Advance TB Antibiotic Design. Cell 2019; 175:1045-1058.e16. [PMID: 30388443 PMCID: PMC6218659 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Protein N-glycosylation is a widespread post-translational modification. The first committed step in this process is catalysed by dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosamine-phosphotransferase DPAGT1 (GPT/E.C. 2.7.8.15). Missense DPAGT1 variants cause congenital myasthenic syndrome and disorders of glycosylation. In addition, naturally-occurring bactericidal nucleoside analogues such as tunicamycin are toxic to eukaryotes due to DPAGT1 inhibition, preventing their clinical use. Our structures of DPAGT1 with the substrate UDP-GlcNAc and tunicamycin reveal substrate binding modes, suggest a mechanism of catalysis, provide an understanding of how mutations modulate activity (thus causing disease) and allow design of non-toxic “lipid-altered” tunicamycins. The structure-tuned activity of these analogues against several bacterial targets allowed the design of potent antibiotics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, enabling treatment in vitro, in cellulo and in vivo, providing a promising new class of antimicrobial drug. Structures of DPAGT1 with UDP-GlcNAc and tunicamycin reveal mechanisms of catalysis DPAGT1 mutations in patients with glycosylation disorders modulate DPAGT1 activity Structures, kinetics and biosynthesis reveal role of lipid in tunicamycin Lipid-altered, tunicamycin analogues give non-toxic antibiotics against TB
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- Yin Yao Dong
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Neurosciences Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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- Neurosciences Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Neurosciences Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK.
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Hering J, Dunevall E, Ek M, Brändén G. Structural basis for selective inhibition of antibacterial target MraY, a membrane-bound enzyme involved in peptidoglycan synthesis. Drug Discov Today 2018; 23:1426-1435. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Abstract
Naturally occurring glycans and glycoconjugates have extremely diverse structures and biological functions. Syntheses of these molecules and their artificial mimics, which have attracted the interest of those developing new therapeutic agents, rely on glycosylation methodologies to construct the various glycosidic linkages. In this regard, a wide array of glycosylation methods have been developed, and they mainly involve the substitution of a leaving group on the anomeric carbon of a glycosyl donor with an acceptor (a nucleophile) under the action of a particular promoter (usually a stoichiometric electrophile). However, glycosylations involving inherently unstable or unreactive donors/acceptors are still problematic. In those systems, reactions involving nucleophilic, electrophilic, or acidic species present on the leaving group and the promoter could become competitive and detrimental to the glycosylation. To address this problem, we applied the recently developed chemistry of alkynophilic gold(I) catalysts to the development of new glycosylation reactions that would avoid the use of the conventional leaving groups and promoters. Gratifyingly, glycosyl o-alkynylbenzoates (namely, glycosyl o-hexynyl- and o-cyclopropylethynylbenzoates) turned out to be privileged donors under gold(I) catalysis with Ph3PAuNTf2 and Ph3PAuOTf. The merits of this new glycosylation protocol include the following: (1) the donors are easily prepared and are generally shelf-stable; (2) the promotion is catalytic; (3) the substrate scope is extremely wide; (4) relatively few side reactions are observed; (5) the glycosylation conditions are orthogonal to those of conventional methods; and (6) the method is operationally simple. Indeed, this method has been successfully applied in the synthesis of a wide variety of complex glycans and glycoconjugates, including complex glycosides of epoxides, nucleobases, flavonoids, lignans, steroids, triterpenes, and peptides. The direct glycosylation of some sensitive aglycones, such as dammarane C20-ol and sugar oximes, and the glycosylation-initiated polymerization of tetrahydrofuran were achieved for the first time. The gold(I) catalytic cycle of the present glycosylation protocol has been fully elucidated. In particular, key intermediates, such as the 1-glycosyloxyisochromenylium-4-gold(I) and isochromen-4-ylgold(I) complexes, have been unambiguously characterized. Exploiting the former glycosyloxypyrylium intermediate, SN2-type glycosylations were realized in specific cases, such as β-mannosylation/rhamnosylation. The protodeauration of the latter vinylgold(I) intermediate has been reported to be critically important for the gold(I) catalytic cycle. Thus, the addition of a strong acid as a cocatalyst can dramatically reduce the required loading of the gold(I) catalyst (down to 0.001 equiv). C-Glycosylation with silyl nucleophiles can proceed catalytically when moisture, which is sequestered by molecular sieves, can serve as the H+ donor for the required protodeauration step. Indeed, the unique mechanism explains the merits and broad applicability of the present glycosylation method and provides a foundation for future developments in glycosylation methodologies that mainly involve improving the diastereoselectivity and catalytic efficiency of glycosylations.
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- Biao Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic
and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular
Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Li W, Yu B. Gold-catalyzed glycosylation in the synthesis of complex carbohydrate-containing natural products. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:7954-7984. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00209f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gold(i)- and gold(iii)-catalyzed glycosylation reactions and their application in the synthesis of natural glycoconjugates are reviewed.
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- Wei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Kazuki Yamamoto
- Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
- Center
for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
- Center
for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
- Center
for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Selective catalytic hydrogenation of the N-acyl and uridyl double bonds in the tunicamycin family of protein N-glycosylation inhibitors. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2017; 70:1122-1128. [DOI: 10.1038/ja.2017.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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