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Traverssi MG, Manzano VE, Varela O, Colomer JP. Synthesis of N-glycosyl amides: conformational analysis and evaluation as inhibitors of β-galactosidase from E. coli. RSC Adv 2024; 14:2659-2672. [PMID: 38229710 PMCID: PMC10790283 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra07763b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
Abstract
The synthesis of N-glycosyl amides typically involves the use of glycosyl amines as direct precursors, resulting in low yields due to hydrolysis and the loss of stereocontrol through anomerization processes. In this study, a sequential synthesis of N-glycosyl amides is proposed, employing glycosyl amines as intermediates obtained from glycosyl azides. Derivatives with gluco, galacto, or xylo configurations were synthesized. Hexose derivatives were obtained under stereocontrol to give only the β anomer, while the xylo derivatives provided a mixture of α and β anomers. Conformational analysis revealed that all β anomers adopted the 4C1 conformation, while α anomers were found in the 1C4 chair as the major conformer. After de-O-acetylation, the derivatives containing a galactose unit were evaluated as inhibitors of β-galactosidase from E. coli and were found to be moderate inhibitors.
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- Miqueas G Traverssi
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Ciudad Universitaria Edificio de Ciencias II Córdoba Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Fisico-Química de Córdoba (INFIQC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) UNC Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria Pab. 2 C1428EHA Buenos Aires Argentina
- Centro de Investigación en Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) UBA Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria Pab. 2 C1428EHA Buenos Aires Argentina
- Centro de Investigación en Hidratos de Carbono (CIHIDECAR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) UBA Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Ciudad Universitaria Edificio de Ciencias II Córdoba Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Fisico-Química de Córdoba (INFIQC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) UNC Argentina
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St-Gelais J, Denavit V, Giguère D. Efficient synthesis of a galectin inhibitor clinical candidate (TD139) using a Payne rearrangement/azidation reaction cascade. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 18:3903-3907. [PMID: 32400847 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00910e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Selective galectin inhibitors are valuable research tools and could also be used as drug candidates. In that context, TD139, a thiodigalactoside galectin-3 inhibitor, is currently being evaluated clinically for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Herein, we describe a new strategy for the preparation of TD139. Starting from inexpensive levoglucosan, we used a rarely employed reaction cascade: Payne rearrangement/azidation process leading to 3-azido-galactopyranose. The latter intermediate was efficiently converted into TD139 in a few simple and practical steps.
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- Jacob St-Gelais
- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, GlycoNet, Québec City, Qc, Canada G1V 0A6.
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- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, GlycoNet, Québec City, Qc, Canada G1V 0A6.
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- Département de Chimie, 1045 av. De la Médecine, Université Laval, GlycoNet, Québec City, Qc, Canada G1V 0A6.
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Haksar D, Asadpoor M, Heise T, Shi J, Braber S, Folkerts G, Ballell L, Rodrigues J, Pieters RJ. Fighting Shigella by Blocking Its Disease-Causing Toxin. J Med Chem 2021; 64:6059-6069. [PMID: 33909975 PMCID: PMC8154557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Shiga toxin is an
AB5 toxin produced by Shigella species, while related toxins are produced
by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Infection by Shigella can lead to bloody diarrhea followed
by the often fatal hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). In the present
paper, we aimed for a simple and effective toxin inhibitor by comparing
three classes of carbohydrate-based inhibitors: glycodendrimers, glycopolymers,
and oligosaccharides. We observed a clear enhancement in potency for
multivalent inhibitors, with the divalent and tetravalent compounds
inhibiting in the millimolar and micromolar range, respectively. However,
the polymeric inhibitor based on galabiose was the most potent in
the series exhibiting nanomolar inhibition. Alginate and chitosan
oligosaccharides also inhibit Shiga toxin and may be used as a prophylactic
drug during shigella outbreaks.
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- Diksha Haksar
- Department of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Diseases of the Developing World (DDW), Global Health R&D, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Diseases of the Developing World (DDW), Global Health R&D, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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- Diseases of the Developing World (DDW), Global Health R&D, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Tsvetkov YE, Yudina ON, Nifantiev NE. 3-Amino-3-deoxy- and 4-amino-4-deoxyhexoses in the synthesis of natural carbohydrate compounds and their analogues. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Madar Johansson M, Bélurier E, Papageorgiou AC, Sundin AP, Rahkila J, Kallonen T, Nilsson UJ, Maatsola S, Nyholm TKM, Käpylä J, Corander J, Leino R, Finne J, Teneberg S, Haataja S. The binding mechanism of the virulence factor Streptococcus suis adhesin P subtype to globotetraosylceramide is associated with systemic disease. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:14305-14324. [PMID: 32796033 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Streptococcus suis is part of the pig commensal microbiome but strains can also be pathogenic, causing pneumonia and meningitis in pigs as well as zoonotic meningitis. According to genomic analysis, S. suis is divided into asymptomatic carriage, respiratory and systemic strains with distinct genomic signatures. Because the strategies to target pathogenic S. suis are limited, new therapeutic approaches are needed. The virulence factor S. suis adhesin P (SadP) recognizes the galabiose Galα1-4Gal-oligosaccharide. Based on its oligosaccharide fine specificity, SadP can be divided into subtypes PN and PO We show here that subtype PN is distributed in the systemic strains causing meningitis, whereas type PO is found in asymptomatic carriage and respiratory strains. Both types of SadP are shown to predominantly bind to pig lung globotriaosylceramide (Gb3). However, SadP adhesin from systemic subtype PN strains also binds to globotetraosylceramide (Gb4). Mutagenesis studies of the galabiose-binding domain of type PN SadP adhesin showed that the amino acid asparagine 285, which is replaced by an aspartate residue in type PO SadP, was required for binding to Gb4 and, strikingly, was also required for interaction with the glycomimetic inhibitor phenylurea-galabiose. Molecular dynamics simulations provided insight into the role of Asn-285 for Gb4 and phenylurea-galabiose binding, suggesting additional hydrogen bonding to terminal GalNAc of Gb4 and the urea group. Thus, the Asn-285-mediated molecular mechanism of type PN SadP binding to Gb4 could be used to selectively target S. suis in systemic disease without interfering with commensal strains, opening up new avenues for interventional strategies against this pathogen.
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- Miralda Madar Johansson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Research Center for Cancer, Infections and Immunity, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Instrument Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Norway.,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.,Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Research Center for Cancer, Infections and Immunity, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Biochemistry Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Norway.,Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Science and Technology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Research Center for Cancer, Infections and Immunity, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Legros N, Ptascheck S, Pohlentz G, Karch H, Dobrindt U, Müthing J. PapG subtype-specific binding characteristics of Escherichia coli towards globo-series glycosphingolipids of human kidney and bladder uroepithelial cells. Glycobiology 2020; 29:789-802. [PMID: 31361021 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwz059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the primary cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. P-fimbriae are key players for bacterial adherence to the uroepithelium through the Galα1-4Gal-binding PapG adhesin. The three identified classes I, II and III of PapG are supposed to adhere differently to host cell glycosphingolipids (GSLs) of the uroepithelial tract harboring a distal or internal Galα1-4Gal sequence. In this study, GSL binding characteristics were obtained in a nonradioactive adhesion assay using biotinylated E. coli UTI and urine isolates combined with enzyme-linked NeutrAvidin for detection. Initial experiments with reference globotriaosylceramide (Gb3Cer, Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glcβ1-1Cer), globotetraosylceramide (Gb4Cer, GalNAcβ1-3Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glcβ1-1Cer) and Forssman GSL (GalNAcα1-3GalNAcβ1-3Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glcβ1-1Cer) revealed balanced adhesion toward the three GSLs for PapG I-mediated attachment. In contrast, E. coli carrying PapG II or PapG III increasingly adhered to growing oligosaccharide chain lengths of Gb3Cer, Gb4Cer and Forssman GSL. Binding studies with GSLs from human A498 kidney and human T24 bladder epithelial cells, both being negative for the Forssman GSL, revealed the less abundant Gb4Cer vs. Gb3Cer as the prevalent receptor in A498 cells of E. coli expressing PapG II or PapG III. On the other hand, T24 cells exhibited a higher relative content of Gb4Cer vs. Gb3Cer alongside dominant binding of PapG II- or PapG III-harboring E. coli toward Gb4Cer and vastly lowered attachment to minor Gb3Cer. Further studies on PapG-mediated interaction with cell surface-exposed GSLs will improve our knowledge on the molecular mechanisms of P-fimbriae-mediated adhesion and may contribute to the development of antiadhesion therapeutics to combat UTIs.
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- Nadine Legros
- Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 41, D-48149 Münster, Germany.,Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Haataja S, Verma P, Fu O, Papageorgiou AC, Pöysti S, Pieters RJ, Nilsson UJ, Finne J. Rationally Designed Chemically Modified Glycodendrimer InhibitsStreptococcus suisAdhesin SadP at Picomolar Concentrations. Chemistry 2018; 24:1905-1912. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Sauli Haataja
- Institute of Biomedicine; University of Turku; Kiinamyllynkatu 10 20520 Turku Finland
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis; Department of Chemistry; Lund University; POB 124 221 00 Lund Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences; Utrecht University; P.O. Box 80082 3508 TB Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology; University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University; Tykistökatu 6 20520 Turku Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine; University of Turku; Kiinamyllynkatu 10 20520 Turku Finland
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- Department of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences; Utrecht University; P.O. Box 80082 3508 TB Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis; Department of Chemistry; Lund University; POB 124 221 00 Lund Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; University of Helsinki; P.O.B. 56 00014 Helsinki Finland
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Innovative Solutions to Sticky Situations: Antiadhesive Strategies for Treating Bacterial Infections. Microbiol Spectr 2017; 4. [PMID: 27227305 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.vmbf-0023-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial adherence to host tissue is an essential process in pathogenesis, necessary for invasion and colonization and often required for the efficient delivery of toxins and other bacterial effectors. As existing treatment options for common bacterial infections dwindle, we find ourselves rapidly approaching a tipping point in our confrontation with antibiotic-resistant strains and in desperate need of new treatment options. Bacterial strains defective in adherence are typically avirulent and unable to cause infection in animal models. The importance of this initial binding event in the pathogenic cascade highlights its potential as a novel therapeutic target. This article seeks to highlight a variety of strategies being employed to treat and prevent infection by targeting the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion. Advancements in this area include the development of novel antivirulence therapies using small molecules, vaccines, and peptides to target a variety of bacterial infections. These therapies target bacterial adhesion through a number of mechanisms, including inhibition of pathogen receptor biogenesis, competition-based strategies with receptor and adhesin analogs, and the inhibition of binding through neutralizing antibodies. While this article is not an exhaustive description of every advancement in the field, we hope it will highlight several promising examples of the therapeutic potential of antiadhesive strategies.
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Kong D, Chen Z, Wang J, Lv Q, Jiang H, Zheng Y, Xu M, Zhou X, Hao H, Jiang Y. Interaction of factor H-binding protein of Streptococcus suis with globotriaosylceramide promotes the development of meningitis. Virulence 2017; 8:1290-1302. [PMID: 28402705 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1317426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Streptococcus suis is an important emerging zoonotic agent that causes acute bacterial meningitis in humans with high mortality and morbidity. Our previous work showed that factor H-binding protein (Fhb) contributed to virulence of S. suis, but the role of Fhb in the development of S. suis meningitis remained unclear. In this study, we demonstrated for the first time that Fhb contributed to the traversal of S. suis across the human blood-brain barrier by allelic-exchange mutagenesis, complementation and specific antibody blocking studies. We also showed that globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), the receptor of Fhb, was involved in this process and affected S. suis infection-induced activation of myosin light chain 2 through Rho/ROCK signaling in hCMEC/D3 cells. Using a murine model of S. suis meningitis, we further demonstrated that Gb3-deficiency prevented the mice from developing severe brain inflammation or injury. Our results demonstrate that the Fhb-Gb3 interaction plays an important role in the development of S. suis meningitis and might be a potential therapeutic target against S. suis infection.
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- Decong Kong
- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China.,b College of Biological Science & Technology , Shenyang Agricultural University , Shenyang , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China.,d Urumqi Ethnic Cadres' College , Urumqi , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China
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- c CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology , Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , China
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- c CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology , Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity , Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences , Beijing , China
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Navarra G, Zihlmann P, Jakob RP, Stangier K, Preston RC, Rabbani S, Smiesko M, Wagner B, Maier T, Ernst B. Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions: An Unexpected Contribution to Affinity. Chembiochem 2017; 18:539-544. [PMID: 28076665 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Uropathogenic E. coli exploit PapG-II adhesin for infecting host cells of the kidney; the expression of PapG-II at the tip of bacterial pili correlates with the onset of pyelonephritis in humans, a potentially life-threatening condition. It was envisaged that blocking PapG-II (and thus bacterial adhesion) would provide a viable therapeutic alternative to conventional antibiotic treatment. In our search for potent PapG-II antagonists, we observed an increase in affinity when tetrasaccharide 1, the natural ligand of PapG-II in human kidneys, was elongated to hexasaccharide 2, even though the additional Siaα(2-3)Gal extension is not in direct contact with the lectin. ITC studies suggest that the increased affinity results from partial desolvation of nonbinding regions of the hexasaccharide; this is ultimately responsible for perturbation of the outer hydration layers. Our results are in agreement with previous observations and suggest a general mechanism for modulating carbohydrate-protein interactions based on nonbinding regions of the ligand.
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- Giulio Navarra
- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, Focal Area Structural Biology, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, Focal Area Structural Biology, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacy, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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Abstract
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most common bacterial infections in humans, affecting millions of people every year. UTI cause significant morbidity in women throughout their lifespan, in infant boys, in older men, in individuals with underlying urinary tract abnormalities, and in those that require long-term urethral catheterization, such as patients with spinal cord injuries or incapacitated individuals living in nursing homes. Serious sequelae include frequent recurrences, pyelonephritis with sepsis, renal damage in young children, pre-term birth, and complications of frequent antimicrobial use including high-level antibiotic resistance and Clostridium difficile colitis. Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) cause the vast majority of UTI, but less common pathogens such as Enterococcus faecalis and other enterococci frequently take advantage of an abnormal or catheterized urinary tract to cause opportunistic infections. While antibiotic therapy has historically been very successful in controlling UTI, the high rate of recurrence remains a major problem, and many individuals suffer from chronically recurring UTI, requiring long-term prophylactic antibiotic regimens to prevent recurrent UTI. Furthermore, the global emergence of multi-drug resistant UPEC in the past ten years spotlights the need for alternative therapeutic and preventative strategies to combat UTI, including anti-infective drug therapies and vaccines. In this chapter, we review recent advances in the field of UTI pathogenesis, with an emphasis on the identification of promising drug and vaccine targets. We then discuss the development of new UTI drugs and vaccines, highlighting the challenges these approaches face and the need for a greater understanding of urinary tract mucosal immunity.
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Cascioferro S, Cusimano MG, Schillaci D. Antiadhesion agents against Gram-positive pathogens. Future Microbiol 2014; 9:1209-20. [DOI: 10.2217/fmb.14.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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ABSTRACT A fundamental step of Gram-positive pathogenesis is the bacterial adhesion to the host tissue involving interaction between bacterial surface molecules and host ligands. This review is focused on antivirulence compounds that target Gram-positive adhesins and on their potential development as therapeutic agents alternative or complementary to conventional antibiotics in the contrast of pathogens. In particular, compounds that target the sortase A, wall theicoic acid inhibitors, carbohydrates able to bind bacterial proteins and proteins capable of influencing the bacterial adhesion, were described. We further discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy in the development of novel antimicrobials and the future perspective of this research field still at its first steps.
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- Stella Cascioferro
- Department of Biological, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Science & Technology (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Science & Technology (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Science & Technology (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, Palermo, Italy
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Pera NP, Pieters RJ. Towards bacterial adhesion-based therapeutics and detection methods. MEDCHEMCOMM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3md00346a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bacterial adhesion is an important first step towards bacterial infection and plays a role in colonization, invasion and biofilm formation.
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- Núria Parera Pera
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Utrecht University
- 3508 TB Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Utrecht University
- 3508 TB Utrecht
- The Netherlands
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Kouki A, Pieters RJ, Nilsson UJ, Loimaranta V, Finne J, Haataja S. Bacterial Adhesion of Streptococcus suis to Host Cells and Its Inhibition by Carbohydrate Ligands. BIOLOGY 2013; 2:918-35. [PMID: 24833053 PMCID: PMC3960878 DOI: 10.3390/biology2030918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Streptococcus suis is a Gram-positive bacterium, which causes sepsis and meningitis in pigs and humans. This review examines the role of known S. suis virulence factors in adhesion and S. suis carbohydrate-based adhesion mechanisms, as well as the inhibition of S. suis adhesion by anti-adhesion compounds in in vitro assays. Carbohydrate-binding specificities of S. suis have been identified, and these studies have shown that many strains recognize Galα1-4Gal-containing oligosaccharides present in host glycolipids. In the era of increasing antibiotic resistance, new means to treat infections are needed. Since microbial adhesion to carbohydrates is important to establish disease, compounds blocking adhesion could be an alternative to antibiotics. The use of oligosaccharides as drugs is generally hampered by their relatively low affinity (micromolar) to compete with multivalent binding to host receptors. However, screening of a library of chemically modified Galα1-4Gal derivatives has identified compounds that inhibit S. suis adhesion in nanomolar range. Also, design of multivalent Galα1-4Gal-containing dendrimers has resulted in a significant increase of the inhibitory potency of the disaccharide. The S. suis adhesin binding to Galα1-4Gal-oligosaccharides, Streptococcal adhesin P (SadP), was recently identified. It has a Galα1-4Gal-binding N-terminal domain and a C-terminal LPNTG-motif for cell wall anchoring. The carbohydrate-binding domain has no homology to E. coli P fimbrial adhesin, which suggests that these Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial adhesins recognizing the same receptor have evolved by convergent evolution. SadP adhesin may represent a promising target for the design of anti-adhesion ligands for the prevention and treatment of S. suis infections.
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- Annika Kouki
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku FI-20520, Finland.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80082, Utrecht 3508 TB, The Netherlands.
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, POB 124, Lund SE-22100, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku FI-20520, Finland.
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, P.O.B. 56, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku FI-20520, Finland.
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Bernardi A, Jiménez-Barbero J, Casnati A, De Castro C, Darbre T, Fieschi F, Finne J, Funken H, Jaeger KE, Lahmann M, Lindhorst TK, Marradi M, Messner P, Molinaro A, Murphy PV, Nativi C, Oscarson S, Penadés S, Peri F, Pieters RJ, Renaudet O, Reymond JL, Richichi B, Rojo J, Sansone F, Schäffer C, Turnbull WB, Velasco-Torrijos T, Vidal S, Vincent S, Wennekes T, Zuilhof H, Imberty A. Multivalent glycoconjugates as anti-pathogenic agents. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42:4709-27. [PMID: 23254759 PMCID: PMC4399576 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35408j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 421] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Multivalency plays a major role in biological processes and particularly in the relationship between pathogenic microorganisms and their host that involves protein-glycan recognition. These interactions occur during the first steps of infection, for specific recognition between host and bacteria, but also at different stages of the immune response. The search for high-affinity ligands for studying such interactions involves the combination of carbohydrate head groups with different scaffolds and linkers generating multivalent glycocompounds with controlled spatial and topology parameters. By interfering with pathogen adhesion, such glycocompounds including glycopolymers, glycoclusters, glycodendrimers and glyconanoparticles have the potential to improve or replace antibiotic treatments that are now subverted by resistance. Multivalent glycoconjugates have also been used for stimulating the innate and adaptive immune systems, for example with carbohydrate-based vaccines. Bacteria present on their surfaces natural multivalent glycoconjugates such as lipopolysaccharides and S-layers that can also be exploited or targeted in anti-infectious strategies.
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- Anna Bernardi
- Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale and Centro di Eccellenza CISI, via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Parma, Dipartimento di Chimica, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/a, 43100 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte Santangelo, Via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Berne, Switzerland
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 56, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-42425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-42425 Jülich, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Bangor University, Deiniol Road Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK
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- Otto Diels Institute of Organic Chemistry, Christiana Albertina University of Kiel, Otto-Hahn-Platz 3-4, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Laboratory of GlycoNanotechnology, CIC biomaGUNE and CIBER-BBN, P1 de Miramón 182, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of NanoBiotechnology, NanoGlycobiology Unit, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 11, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte Santangelo, Via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia, 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino – Firenze, Italy
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Laboratory of GlycoNanotechnology, CIC biomaGUNE and CIBER-BBN, P1 de Miramón 182, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80082, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Département de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR-CNRS 5250 & ICMG FR 2607, Université Joseph Fourier, BP53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012, Berne, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia, 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino – Firenze, Italy
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- Glycosystems Laboratory, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC – Universidad de Sevilla, Av. Américo Vespucio, 49, Seville 41092, Spain
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- Università degli Studi di Parma, Dipartimento di Chimica, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/a, 43100 Parma, Italy
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- Department of NanoBiotechnology, NanoGlycobiology Unit, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 11, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires UMR 5246, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- University of Namur (FUNDP), Département de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV – CNRS), affiliated with Grenoble-Université and ICMG, F-38041 Grenoble, France
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Use of tetravalent galabiose for inhibition of streptococcus suis serotype 2 infection in a mouse model. BIOLOGY 2013; 2:702-18. [PMID: 24832804 PMCID: PMC3960886 DOI: 10.3390/biology2020702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Streptococcus suis is an important swine pathogen associated with a variety of infections such as meningitis, arthritis and septicemia. The bacterium is zoonotic and has been found to cause meningitis especially in humans occupationally exposed to infected pigs. Since adhesion is a prerequisite for colonization and subsequent infection, anti-adhesion treatment seems a natural alternative to traditional treatment with antibiotics. In order to optimize the inhibitory potency a multivalency approach was taken in the inhibitor design. A synthetic tetravalent galabiose compound was chosen which had previously shown promising anti-adhesion effects with S. suis in vitro. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vivo effects of the compound using an infection peritonitis mouse model. As such S. suis serotype 2 infection and treatment were tested in vivo and the effects were compared to the effect of treatment with penicillin.
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Kouki A, Haataja S, Loimaranta V, Pulliainen AT, Nilsson UJ, Finne J. Identification of a novel streptococcal adhesin P (SadP) protein recognizing galactosyl-α1-4-galactose-containing glycoconjugates: convergent evolution of bacterial pathogens to binding of the same host receptor. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:38854-64. [PMID: 21908601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.260992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacterial adhesion is often a prerequisite for infection, and host cell surface carbohydrates play a major role as adhesion receptors. Streptococci are a leading cause of infectious diseases. However, only few carbohydrate-specific streptococcal adhesins are known. Streptococcus suis is an important pig pathogen and a zoonotic agent causing meningitis in pigs and humans. In this study, we have identified an adhesin that mediates the binding of S. suis to galactosyl-α1-4-galactose (Galα1-4Gal)-containing host receptors. A functionally unknown S. suis cell wall protein (SSU0253), designated here as SadP (streptococcal adhesin P), was identified using a Galα1-4Gal-containing affinity matrix and LC-ESI mass spectrometry. Although the function of the protein was not previously known, it was recently identified as an immunogenic cell wall protein in a proteomic study. Insertional inactivation of the sadP gene abolished S. suis Galα1-4Gal-dependent binding. The adhesin gene sadP was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Characterization of its binding specificity showed that SadP recognizes Galα1-4Gal-oligosaccharides and binds its natural glycolipid receptor, GbO(3) (CD77). The N terminus of SadP was shown to contain a Galα1-Gal-binding site and not to have apparent sequence similarity to other bacterial adhesins, including the E. coli P fimbrial adhesins, or to E. coli verotoxin or Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin I also recognizing the same Galα1-4Gal disaccharide. The SadP and E. coli P adhesins represent a unique example of convergent evolution toward binding to the same host receptor structure.
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- Annika Kouki
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku FI-20520, Finland
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Pettigrew DM, Roversi P, Davies SG, Russell AJ, Lea SM. A structural study of the interaction between the Dr haemagglutinin DraE and derivatives of chloramphenicol. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2009; 65:513-22. [PMID: 19465765 PMCID: PMC2685729 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444909005113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2008] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Dr adhesins are expressed on the surface of uropathogenic and diffusely adherent strains of Escherichia coli. The major adhesin subunit (DraE/AfaE) of these organelles mediates attachment of the bacterium to the surface of the host cell and possibly intracellular invasion through its recognition of the complement regulator decay-accelerating factor (DAF) and/or members of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family. The adhesin subunit of the Dr haemagglutinin, a Dr-family member, additionally binds type IV collagen and is inhibited in all its receptor interactions by the antibiotic chloramphenicol (CLM). In this study, previous structural work is built upon by reporting the X-ray structures of DraE bound to two chloramphenicol derivatives: chloramphenicol succinate (CLS) and bromamphenicol (BRM). The CLS structure demonstrates that acylation of the 3-hydroxyl group of CLM with succinyl does not significantly perturb the mode of binding, while the BRM structure implies that the binding pocket is able to accommodate bulkier substituents on the N-acyl group. It is concluded that modifications of the 3-hydroxyl group would generate a potent Dr haemagglutinin inhibitor that would not cause the toxic side effects that are associated with the normal bacteriostatic activity of CLM.
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- David M. Pettigrew
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, England
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, England
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, England
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, England
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, England
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Bacterial adhesion is often a prelude to infection. In many cases, this process is governed by protein-carbohydrate interactions. Intervention at this early stage of infection is a conceptually highly attractive alternative to conventional antibiotics that are increasingly prone to resistance. The lack of high-affinity inhibitors of adhesion has proven to be a hurdle for further exploitation of this concept; however, new developments indicate a positive change. Structure-based design at the monovalent level and also evaluation of glycodendrimers and glycopolymers have yielded structures of high affinity. In addition to the development of inhibitors, topics of this review include available structural information of adhesion proteins, carbohydrate specificities of the various pathogens and their adhesion proteins. Other new developments aimed at affecting bacterial adhesion and the use of the adhesins for bacterial detection are also discussed.
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- Roland J Pieters
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, NL-3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Grabarkiewicz T, Grobelny P, Hoffmann M, Mielcarek J. DFT study on hydroxy acid-lactone interconversion of statins: The case of fluvastatin. Org Biomol Chem 2006; 4:4299-306. [PMID: 17102875 DOI: 10.1039/b612999b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fluvastatin is a member of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor family of drugs, commonly referred to as statins. It is generally known that, under physiological conditions, statins are susceptible to pH-dependent interconversion between their active (hydroxy acid) and inactive (lactone) forms. The mechanism of this interconversion, under both acidic and basic conditions, was investigated theoretically using the density functional theory (DFT) method. Regardless of the conditions, the lactone form was always higher in energy by 6-19 kcal mol(-1). However, under basic conditions, the activation barrier for the hydrolysis was significantly lower (9 kcal mol(-1)) than for the reverse reaction (28 kcal mol(-1)), making the lactone form unstable. The activation barriers under acidic conditions were of comparable height in both directions (22 and 28 kcal mol(-1)), making the occurrence of both forms equally probable. Due to the high activation barrier (>40 kcal mol(-1)), a one-step, direct interconversion between the two forms turned out to be unfavourable. Moreover, the potential energy surface of fluvastatin was briefly inspected, revealing relatively small energetic differences (<5 kcal mol(-1)) between the key conformers.
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- Tomasz Grabarkiewicz
- Quantum Chemistry Group, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780, Poznan, Poland.
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Uhrig ML, Manzano VE, Varela O. Stereoselective Synthesis of 3-Deoxy-4-S-(1→4)-Thiodisaccharides and Their Inhibitory Activities Towards β-Glycoside Hydrolases. European J Org Chem 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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