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Pheromone Activity after Stimulation with Ampicillin in a Plasmid-Free Enterococcus faecalis Strain. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10112294. [DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10112294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Enterococci exhibit clumping under the selective pressure of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of supernatants from a plasmid-free clone (C29) of Enterococcus faecalis subjected to 0.25×, 0.5×, and 0.75× of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ampicillin on the expression of an aggregation substance (AS) by a donor plasmid clone (1390R). A clumping assay was performed. The relative expression of prgB (gene that encodes AS) was determined and semiquantified in 1390R, and iad1 expression was determined and semiquantified in C29. AS expression was analyzed in the stimulated 1390R cells by confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and ELISA. Adherence was also measured. Maximal clumping was observed with the pheromone medium 0.25×. Only the 1390R strain stimulated with the C29 supernatant without ampicillin and with 0.25× was able to express prgB. No expression of prgB was observed at 0.5× and 0.75×. The difference in relative expression (RE) of 1390R without ampicillin and with 0.25× was 0.5-fold. AS expression in 1390R showed the greatest increase upon stimulation with 0.25×. When 1390R was stimulated with 0.5× and 0.75×, AS expression was also observed but was significantly lower. Ampicillin stimulated C29 switch-off pheromone expression in recipient cells, which in turn switched off AS expression in donor cells. We observed that although prgB was switched off after 0.5× stimulation in C29, the supernatants induced expression in certain 1390R strains. In conclusion, ampicillin was able to modulate pheromone expression in free plasmid clones which, in turn, modulated AS expression in plasmid donor cells. The fact that PrgB gene expression was switched off after the ampicillin stimulus at 0.5× MIC, whereas AS proteins were present on the surface of the bacteria, suggested that a mechanism of rescue associated with mechanism pheromone sensing may be involved.
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Mescola A, Dauvin M, Amoroso A, Duwez AS, Joris B. Single-molecule force spectroscopy to decipher the early signalling step in membrane-bound penicillin receptors embedded into a lipid bilayer. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:12275-12284. [PMID: 31211302 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02466b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Understanding the molecular mechanism by which the signal of the presence of an antibiotic is transduced from outside to inside the bacterial cell is of fundamental interest for the β-lactam antibiotic resistance problem, but remains difficult to accomplish. No approach has ever addressed entire penicillin receptors in a membrane environment. Here we describe a method to investigate the purified Bacillus licheniformis BlaR1 receptor -a membrane-bound penicillin receptor involved in β-lactam resistance- embedded into a lipid bilayer in absence or presence of penicillin. By selecting a mutated receptor blocked in its signal transduction pathway just after its activation by penicillin, we revealed the very first step of receptor signalling by unfolding the receptor from its C-terminal end by AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy. We showed that the presence of the antibiotic entails significant conformational changes within the receptor. Our approach opens an avenue to study signal-transduction pathways mediated by membrane-bound proteins in a membrane environment.
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- Andrea Mescola
- Molecular Systems, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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- Bacterial physiology and genetics - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines-Integrative Biological Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Bacterial physiology and genetics - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines-Integrative Biological Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Molecular Systems, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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- Bacterial physiology and genetics - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines-Integrative Biological Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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Di Gregorio S, Fernandez S, Cuirolo A, Verlaine O, Amoroso A, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Famiglietti A, Joris B, Mollerach M. Different Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Phenotypes Selected from the Same ST100-hVISA Parental Strain. Microb Drug Resist 2016; 23:44-50. [PMID: 27991847 PMCID: PMC5206683 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The aim of this study is to characterize the factors related to peptidoglycan metabolism in isogenic hVISA/VISA ST100 strains. Recently, we reported the increase in IS256 transposition in invasive hVISA ST100 clinical strains isolated from the same patient (D1 and D2) before and after vancomycin treatment and two laboratory VISA mutants (D23C9 and D2P11) selected from D2 in independent experiments. High performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) analysis of peptidoglycan muropeptides showed increased proportion of monomeric muropeptides and a concomitant decrease in the proportion of tetrameric muropeptide in D2 and derived mutants when compared to the original strain D1. In addition, strain D2 and its derived mutants showed an increase in cell wall thickness with increased pbp2 gene expression. The VISA phenotype was not stable in D2P11 and showed a reduced autolysis profile. On the other hand, the mutant D23C9 differentiates from D2 and D2P11 in the autolysis profile, and pbp4 transcription profile. D2-derived mutants exhibited differences in the susceptibility to other antimicrobials. Our results highlight the possibility of selection of different VISA phenotypes from a single hVISA-ST100 genetic background.
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- Sabrina Di Gregorio
- 1 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología, Cátedra de Microbiología, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- 1 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología, Cátedra de Microbiología, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- 2 Unité de Physiologie et génétique bactériennes, Département de Sciences de la vie, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège , Liège, Belgique
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- 2 Unité de Physiologie et génétique bactériennes, Département de Sciences de la vie, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège , Liège, Belgique
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- 2 Unité de Physiologie et génétique bactériennes, Département de Sciences de la vie, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège , Liège, Belgique
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- 3 Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- 4 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Laboratorio de Bacteriología Clínica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- 2 Unité de Physiologie et génétique bactériennes, Département de Sciences de la vie, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège , Liège, Belgique
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- 1 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología, Cátedra de Microbiología, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Shapiro AB. Investigation of β-lactam antibacterial drugs, β-lactamases, and penicillin-binding proteins with fluorescence polarization and anisotropy: a review. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2016; 4:024002. [DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/4/2/024002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) are membrane-associated proteins involved in the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan (PG), the main component of bacterial cell walls. These proteins were discovered and named for their affinity to bind the β-lactam antibiotic penicillin. The importance of the PBPs has long been appreciated; however, the apparent functional redundancy of the ~5 to 15 proteins that most bacteria possess makes determination of their individual roles difficult. Existing techniques to study PBPs are not ideal because they do not directly visualize protein activity and can suffer from artifacts. Therefore, development of new methods for studying the roles of distinct PBPs in cell wall synthesis was compulsory. Due to penicillin's covalent mode of inhibition, fluorophore-conjugated analogs can be utilized to visualize PBP activity. Herein, we describe a general protocol to label and detect subsets of active PBPs in live, Gram-positive bacteria using fluorescent β-lactams.
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- Ozden Kocaoglu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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Böttcher T, Sieber SA. β-Lactams and β-lactones as activity-based probes in chemical biology. MEDCHEMCOMM 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2md00275b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Phichith D, Bun S, Padiolleau-Lefevre S, Guellier A, Banh S, Galleni M, Frere JM, Thomas D, Friboulet A, Avalle B. Novel peptide inhibiting both TEM-1 β-lactamase and penicillin-binding proteins. FEBS J 2010; 277:4965-72. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Benito-Peña E, Moreno-Bondi MC, Aparicio S, Orellana G, Cederfur J, Kempe M. Molecular Engineering of Fluorescent Penicillins for Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Assays. Anal Chem 2006; 78:2019-27. [PMID: 16536441 DOI: 10.1021/ac051939b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The interaction of seven novel fluorescent labeled beta-lactams with a library of six polymer materials molecularly imprinted (MI) with penicillin G (PenG) has been evaluated using both radioactive and fluorescence competitive assays. The highly fluorescent competitors (emission quantum yields of 0.4-0.95) have been molecularly engineered to contain pyrene or dansyl labels while keeping intact the 6-aminopenicillanic acid moiety for efficient recognition by the cross-linked polymers. Pyrenemethylacetamidopenicillanic acid (PAAP) is the tagged antibiotic that provides the highest selectivity when competing with PenG for the specific binding sites in a MI polymer prepared with methacrylic acid and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (10:15 molar ratio) in acetonitrile in the presence of PenG. Molecular modeling shows that recognition of the fluorescent analogues of PenG by the MI material is due to a combination of size and shape selectivity and demonstrates how critical the choice of label and tether chain is. PAAP has been applied to the development of a fluorescence competitive assay for PenG analysis with a dynamic range of 3-890 muM in 99:1 acetonitrile-water solution. Competitive binding studies demonstrate various degrees of cross-reactivity for some antibiotics derived from 6-aminopenicillanic acid, particularly amoxicillin, ampicillin, and penicillin V (but not oxacillin, cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, or nafcillin). Other antibiotics, such as chloramphenicol, tetracycline, or cephapirin, do not compete with PAAP for binding to the imprinted polymer. The MI assay has successfully been tested for PenG analysis in a pharmaceutical formulation.
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- Elena Benito-Peña
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Delmarcelle M, Boursoit MC, Filée P, Baurin SL, Frère JM, Joris B. Specificity inversion of Ochrobactrum anthropi D-aminopeptidase to a D,D-carboxypeptidase with new penicillin binding activity by directed mutagenesis. Protein Sci 2006; 14:2296-303. [PMID: 16131658 PMCID: PMC2253486 DOI: 10.1110/ps.051475305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The serine penicillin-recognizing proteins have been extensively studied. They show a wide range of substrate specificities accompanied by multidomain features. Their adaptation capacity has resulted in the emergence of pathogenic bacteria resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. The most divergent enzymatic activities in this protein family are those of the Ochrobactrum anthropi D-aminopeptidase and of the Streptomyces R61 D,D-carboxypeptidase/transpeptidase. With the help of structural data, we have attempted to identify the factors responsible for this opposite specificity. A loop deletion mutant of the Ochrobactrum anthropi D-aminopeptidase lost its original activity in favor of a new penicillin-binding activity. D-aminopeptidase activity of the deletion mutant can be restored by complementation with another deletion mutant corresponding to the noncatalytic domain of the wild-type enzyme. By a second step site-directed mutagenesis, the specificity of the Ochrobactrum anthropi D-aminopeptidase was inverted to a D,D-carboxypeptidase specificity. These results imply a core enzyme with high diversity potential surrounded by specificity modulators. It is the first example of drastic specificity change in the serine penicillin-recognizing proteins. These results open new perspectives in the conception of new enzymes with nonnatural specificities. The structure/specificity relationship in the serine penicillin-recognizing proteins are discussed.
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- Michaël Delmarcelle
- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Institut de Chimie, B6a, Universitéde Liège, Sart-Tilman, B- 4000 Liège, Belgium
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Cañadas O, Sáenz A, Orellana G, Casals C. Equilibrium studies of a fluorescent tacrolimus binding to surfactant protein A. Anal Biochem 2005; 340:57-65. [PMID: 15802130 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2004] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Tacrolimus (FK506) is a hydrophobic immunosuppressive agent used in kidney, liver, and lung transplantation. The objective of this study was to characterize the binding of FK506 to surfactant protein A (SP-A), an abundant lipoprotein found in the alveolar fluid that functions as part of the innate immune system in the lung. We have synthesized a novel derivative of FK506 in which a dansyl moiety was covalently bound via cadaverine to the C22 position of the FK506 molecule (DNS-FK). Using the fluorescence and anisotropy properties of DNS-FK, we demonstrated that tacrolimus avidly binds to SP-A with an apparent equilibrium association constant (K(app)) of 10(7)M(-1) and a Gibbs binding free energy of -40 kJ mol(-1)K(-1). Derivatization of FK506 at the C22 position did not block FK506 binding to the cytosolic immunophilin FK506-binding protein (FK-BP) or human serum albumin (HSA), both used as controls of tacrolimus-binding proteins. K(app) for FK-BP/DNS-FK and HSA/DNS-FK complexes were 1.5 x 10(7) and 10(7)M(-1), respectively. The high sensitivity of this analytical technique makes it suitable for binding analysis of FK506 to proteins.
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- Olga Cañadas
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Zervosen A, Lu WP, Chen Z, White RE, Demuth TP, Frère JM. Interactions between penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and two novel classes of PBP inhibitors, arylalkylidene rhodanines and arylalkylidene iminothiazolidin-4-ones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:961-9. [PMID: 14982790 PMCID: PMC353079 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.3.961-969.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several non-beta-lactam compounds were active against various gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains. The MICs of arylalkylidene rhodanines and arylalkylidene iminothiazolidin-4-ones were lower than those of ampicillin and cefotaxime for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MI339 and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium EF12. Several compounds were found to inhibit the cell wall synthesis of S. aureus and the last two steps of peptidoglycan biosynthesis catalyzed by ether-treated cells of Escherichia coli or cell wall membrane preparations of Bacillus megaterium. The effects of the arylalkylidene rhodanines and arylalkylidene iminothiazolidin-4-one derivatives on E. coli PBP 3 and PBP 5, Streptococcus pneumoniae PBP 2xS (PBP 2x from a penicillin-sensitive strain) and PBP 2xR (PBP 2x from a penicillin-resistant strain), low-affinity PBP 2a of S. aureus, and the Actinomadura sp. strain R39 and Streptomyces sp. strain R61 DD-peptidases were studied. Some of the compounds exhibited inhibitory activities in the 10 to 100 microM concentration range. The inhibition of PBP 2xS by several of them appeared to be noncompetitive. The dissociation constant for the best inhibitor (Ki = 10 microM) was not influenced by the presence of the substrate.
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- Astrid Zervosen
- Centre for Protein Engineering, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Chalut C, Charpentier X, Remy MH, Masson JM. Differential responses of Escherichia coli cells expressing cytoplasmic domain mutants of penicillin-binding protein 1b after impairment of penicillin-binding proteins 1a and 3. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:200-6. [PMID: 11114917 PMCID: PMC94866 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.1.200-206.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2000] [Accepted: 10/09/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Penicillin-binding protein 1b (PBP1b) is the major high-molecular-weight PBP in Escherichia coli. Although it is coded by a single gene, it is usually found as a mixture of three isoforms which vary with regard to the length of their N-terminal cytoplasmic tail. We show here that although the cytoplasmic tail seems to play no role in the dimerization of PBP1b, as was originally suspected, only the full-length protein is able to protect the cells against lysis when both PBP1a and PBP3 are inhibited by antibiotics. This suggests a specific role for the full-length PBP1b in the multienzyme peptidoglycan-synthesizing complex that cannot be fulfilled by either PBP1a or the shorter PBP1b proteins. Moreover, we have shown by alanine-stretch-scanning mutagenesis that (i) residues R(11) to G(13) are major determinants for correct translocation and folding of PBP1b and that (ii) the specific interactions involving the full-length PBP1b can be ascribed to the first six residues at the N-terminal end of the cytoplasmic domain. These results are discussed in terms of the interactions with other components of the murein-synthesizing complex.
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- C Chalut
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, UMR 5089 du CNRS, Toulouse, France
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DeLoney CR, Schiller NL. Competition of various beta-lactam antibiotics for the major penicillin-binding proteins of Helicobacter pylori: antibacterial activity and effects on bacterial morphology. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:2702-9. [PMID: 10543750 PMCID: PMC89546 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.11.2702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of helical (log-phase) Helicobacter pylori ATCC 43579 were identified by using biotinylated ampicillin. The major PBPs had apparent molecular masses of 47, 60, 63, and 66 kDa; an additional minor PBP of 95 to 100 kDa was also detected. The relative affinities of various beta-lactams for these PBPs were tested by competitive-binding assays. Only PBP63 appeared to be significantly bound to each of the competing antibiotics, whereas PBP66 strongly bound mezlocillin, oxacillin, amoxicillin, and ceftriaxone. Whereas most of the beta-lactams significantly bound two or more PBPs, aztreonam specifically targeted PBP63. The influence of sub-MICs of these beta-lactams on the morphologies of log-phase H. pylori was observed at both the phase-contrast and transmission electron microscopy levels. Each of the eight beta-lactams examined induced blebbing and sphere formation, whereas aztreonam was the only antibiotic studied which induced pronounced filamentation in H. pylori. Finally, studies comparing the PBPs of helical (log-phase) cultures with those of coccoid (7-, 14-, and 21-day-old) cultures of H. pylori revealed that the major PBPs at 60 and 63 kDa seen in the helical form were almost undetectable in the coccoid forms, whereas PBP66 remained the major PBP in the coccoid forms, although somewhat reduced in level compared to the helical form. PBP47 was present in both forms at approximately equal concentrations. These studies thus identified the major PBPs in both helical and coccoid forms of H. pylori and compared the relative affinities of seven different beta-lactams for the PBPs in the helical forms and their effects on bacterial morphology.
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- C R DeLoney
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Krishnamurthy P, Parlow MH, Schneider J, Burroughs S, Wickland C, Vakil NB, Dunn BE, Phadnis SH. Identification of a novel penicillin-binding protein from Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:5107-10. [PMID: 10438788 PMCID: PMC94005 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.5107-5110.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Helicobacter pylori genome encodes four penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). PBPs 1, 2, and 3 exhibit similarities to known PBPs. The sequence of PBP 4 is unique in that it displays a novel combination of two highly conserved PBP motifs and an absence of a third motif. Expression of PBP 4, but not PBP 1, 2, or 3, is significantly increased during mid- to late-log-phase growth.
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- P Krishnamurthy
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Zhao G, Meier TI, Kahl SD, Gee KR, Blaszczak LC. BOCILLIN FL, a sensitive and commercially available reagent for detection of penicillin-binding proteins. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:1124-8. [PMID: 10223924 PMCID: PMC89121 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.5.1124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We describe a new, sensitive, rapid, and nonradioactive method involving the use of the commercially available BOCILLIN FL, a fluorescent penicillin, as a labeling reagent for the detection and study of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). This method allowed rapid detection of 30 ng of a purified PBP protein under UV light and of 2 to 4 ng of the protein with the aid of a FluorImager. This method also allowed rapid determination of the PBP profiles of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The PBP profiles obtained are virtually identical to those reported previously with 3H-, 14C-, or 125I-labeled penicillin. Using this method enabled us to determine the 50% inhibitory concentrations of the penicillin-sensitive and -resistant PBP2x proteins of S. pneumoniae for penicillin G, thereby allowing a direct evaluation of their relative affinities for penicillin G. Finally, this method also allowed us to compare relative affinities of a PBP2x protein for different beta-lactam antibiotics with the aid of fluorescence polarization technology and to monitor a PBP2x protein during purification.
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- G Zhao
- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285-0438, USA.
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Lakaye B, Dubus A, Lepage S, Groslambert S, Frère JM. When drug inactivation renders the target irrelevant to antibiotic resistance: a case story with beta-lactams. Mol Microbiol 1999; 31:89-101. [PMID: 9987113 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01150.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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By challenging the efficiency of some of our most useful antimicrobial weapons, bacterial antibiotic resistance is becoming an increasingly worrying clinical problem. A good antibiotic is expected to exhibit a high affinity for its target and to reach it rapidly, while escaping chemical modification by inactivating enzymes and elimination by efflux mechanisms. A study of the behaviour of a beta-lactamase-overproducing mutant of Enterobacter cloacae in the presence of several penicillins and cephalosporins showed that the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for several compounds were practically independent of the sensitivity of the target penicillin binding protein (PBP), even for poor beta-lactamase substrates. This apparent paradox was explained by analysing the equation that relates the antibiotic concentration in the periplasm to that in the external medium. Indeed, under conditions that are encountered frequently in clinical isolates, the factor characterizing the PBP sensitivity became negligible. The conclusions can be extended to all antibiotics that are sensitive to enzymatic inactivation and efflux mechanisms and must overcome permeability barriers. It would be a grave mistake to neglect these considerations in the design of future antibacterial chemotherapeutic agents.
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- B Lakaye
- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Belgium
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Hao J, Kendrick KE. Visualization of penicillin-binding proteins during sporulation of Streptomyces griseus. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:2125-32. [PMID: 9555895 PMCID: PMC107139 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2125-2132.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We used fluorescein-tagged beta-lactam antibiotics to visualize penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) in sporulating cultures of Streptomyces griseus. Six PBPs were identified in membranes prepared from growing and sporulating cultures. The binding activity of an 85-kDa PBP increased fourfold by 10 to 12 h of sporulation, at which time the sporulation septa were formed. Cefoxitin inhibited the interaction of the fluorescein-tagged antibiotics with the 85-kDa PBP and also prevented septum formation during sporulation but not during vegetative growth. The 85-kDa PBP, which was the predominant PBP in membranes of cells that were undergoing septation, preferentially bound fluorescein-6-aminopenicillanic acid (Flu-APA). Fluorescence microscopy showed that the sporulation septa were specifically labeled by Flu-APA; this interaction was blocked by prior exposure of the cells to cefoxitin at a concentration that interfered with septation. We hypothesize that the 85-kDa PBP is involved in septum formation during sporulation of S. griseus.
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- J Hao
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
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Toney JH, Hammond GG, Leiting B, Pryor KD, Wu JK, Cuca GC, Pompliano DL. Soluble penicillin-binding protein 2a: beta-lactam binding and inhibition by non-beta-lactams using a 96-well format. Anal Biochem 1998; 255:113-9. [PMID: 9448849 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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High level methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is dependent upon the acquisition of the mecA gene encoding penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a). PBP2a is a member of a family of peptidoglycan biosynthetic enzymes involved in assembly of the cell wall in bacteria and is poorly inactivated by beta-lactam antibiotics. We describe a 96-well-filter binding assay using recombinant, soluble PBP2a which allows for kinetic measurement of penicillin binding. The deacylation rate constant for the PBP2a-penicillin G covalent complex was found to be 5.7 +/- 1.0 x 10(-5) s-1 at 30 degrees C (half-life of approximately 200 min). For the PBP2a acylation reaction, the value of K(m) (penicillin G) = 0.5 +/- 0.1 mM and kcat = 1 x 10(-3) s-1, which yields a second-order rate constant (kcat/K(m)) for inactivation of 2.0 M-1 s-1. Using this assay, several non-beta-lactam inhibitors including Cibacron blue have been found which exhibit IC50 values between 10 and 30 microM. The binding affinities of several carbapenems and beta-lactams correlated well between the filter binding assay described in this report and an electrophoretic assay for PBP2a using membranes prepared form methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
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- J H Toney
- Department of Biochemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065-0900, USA.
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Zhao GH, Duez C, Lepage S, Forceille C, Rhazi N, Klein D, Ghuysen JM, Frère JM. Site-directed mutagenesis of the Actinomadura R39 DD-peptidase. Biochem J 1997; 327 ( Pt 2):377-81. [PMID: 9359404 PMCID: PMC1218804 DOI: 10.1042/bj3270377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The role of various residues in the conserved structural elements of the Actinomadura R39 penicillin-sensitive dd-peptidase has been studied by site-directed mutagenesis. Replacement of Ser-298 of the 'SDN loop' by Ala or Gly significantly decreased the kcat/Km value for the peptide substrate, but only by a factor of 15 and had little effect on the other catalytic properties. Mutations of Asn-300 of the same loop and of Lys-410 of the KTG triad yielded very unstable proteins. However, the N300S mutant could be purified as a fusion protein with thioredoxin that exhibited decreased rates of acylation by the peptide substrate and various cephalosporins. Similar fusion proteins obtained with the N300A, K410H and K410N mutants were unstable and their catalytic and penicillin-binding properties were very strongly affected. In transpeptidation reactions, the presence of the acceptor influenced the kcat/Km values, which suggested a catalytic pathway more complex than a simple partition of the acyl-enzyme between hydrolysis and aminolysis. These results are compared with those obtained with two other penicillin-sensitive enzymes, the Streptomyces R61 dd-peptidase and Escherichia coli penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 5.
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- G H Zhao
- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines and Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, Université de Liège, Institut de Chimie, B6, B-4000 Sart Tilman (Liège), Belgium
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Lefèvre F, Rémy MH, Masson JM. Topographical and functional investigation of Escherichia coli penicillin-binding protein 1b by alanine stretch scanning mutagenesis. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:4761-7. [PMID: 9244263 PMCID: PMC179322 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4761-4767.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) are the targets of beta-lactam antibiotics. We have used a systematic five-alanine substitution method (called ASS [alanine stretch scanning] mutagenesis) to investigate the functional or structural role of various stretches of amino acids in the PBP1b of Escherichia coli. To probe the specific activity of each variant, the antibiotic discs assay was used with strain QCB1 (delta ponB) in the presence of cefaloridine, which totally inhibits the complementing action of PBP1a. This in vivo test has been combined with a quick and efficient in vitro test of the penicillin-binding activity of each of these variants with fluorescent penicillin. This approach has enabled us to show an unexpected role of the N-terminal and C-terminal tails of PBP1b. Moreover, we have established the correct position in PBP1b of the SMN motif that, with the SXXK and the KTG motifs, constitutes the signature of the penicilloyl serine transferases family. Finally, we have shown that the transglycosylase and the transpeptidase domains are separated by an inert linker region, where substitutions and insertions can be made without hindering the in vivo and in vitro activity of the protein.
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- F Lefèvre
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, UPR 9062 du CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Guillaume G, Vanhove M, Lamotte-Brasseur J, Ledent P, Jamin M, Joris B, Frère JM. Site-directed mutagenesis of glutamate 166 in two beta-lactamases. Kinetic and molecular modeling studies. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:5438-44. [PMID: 9038144 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.9.5438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The catalytic pathway of class A beta-lactamases involves an acyl-enzyme intermediate where the substrate is ester-linked to the Ser-70 residue. Glu-166 and Lys-73 have been proposed as candidates for the role of general base in the activation of the serine OH group. The replacement of Glu-166 by an asparagine in the TEM-1 and by a histidine in the Streptomyces albus G beta-lactamases yielded enzymes forming stable acyl-enzymes with beta-lactam antibiotics. Although acylation of the modified proteins by benzylpenicillin remained relatively fast, it was significantly impaired when compared to that observed with the wild-type enzyme. Moreover, the E166N substitution resulted in a spectacular modification of the substrate profile much larger than that described for other mutations of Omega-loop residues. Molecular modeling studies indicate that the displacement of the catalytic water molecule can be related to this observation. These results confirm the crucial roles of Glu-166 and of the "catalytic" water molecule in both the acylation and the deacylation processes.
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- G Guillaume
- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines and Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, Université de Liège, Institut de Chimie B6, Sart-Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Popham DL, Setlow P. Phenotypes of Bacillus subtilis mutants lacking multiple class A high-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:2079-85. [PMID: 8606187 PMCID: PMC177908 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2079-2085.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Examination of Bacillus subtilis strains containing multiple mutations affecting the class A high-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) 1, 2c, and 4 revealed a significant degree of redundancy in the functions of these three proteins. In rich media, loss of PBPs 2c and 4 resulted in no obvious phenotype. The slight growth and cell morphology defects associated with loss of PBP 1 were exacerbated by the additional loss of PBP 4 but not PBP 2c. Loss of all three of these PBPs slowed growth even further. In minimal medium, loss of PBPs 2c and 4 resulted in a slight growth defect. The decrease in growth rate caused by loss of PBP 1 was accentuated slightly by loss of PBP 2c and greatly by loss of PBP 4. Again, a lack of all three of these PBPs resulted in the slowest growth. Loss of PBP 1 resulted in a 22% reduction in the cell radius. Cultures of a strain lacking PBP 1 also contained some cells that were significantly longer than those produced by the wild type, and some of the rod-shaped cells appeared slightly bent. The additional loss of PBP 4 increased the number of longer cells in the culture. Slow growth caused by a mutation in prfA, a gene found in an operon with the gene encoding PBP 1, was unaffected by the additional loss of PBPs 2c and 4, whereas loss of both prfA and PBP 1 resulted in extremely slow growth and the production of highly bent cells.
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- D L Popham
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3305, USA
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Lepage S, Galleni M, Lakaye B, Joris B, Thamm I, Frere JM. Kinetic properties of the Bacillus licheniformis penicillin-binding proteins. Biochem J 1995; 309 ( Pt 1):49-53. [PMID: 7619081 PMCID: PMC1135798 DOI: 10.1042/bj3090049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the analysis of the interactions between beta-lactam antibiotics and their target enzymes, it is often difficult to estimate the kinetic properties of the molecules which react rapidly with their targets and in consequence behave as the most efficient antibiotics. The combined utilization of fluorescein-labelled penicillins and of a new competition method has allowed an accurate determination of the high second-order rate constants characterizing the acylation of Bacillus licheniformis penicillin-binding protein 1 (PBP1) by penicillins and cephalosporins. Strategies were devised for measuring high acylation rates while avoiding titration effects. The method was also suitable for measuring the PBP kinetic parameters in intact cells. These results also confirmed that PBP1 is probably the main target of most beta-lactam antibiotics. Cephalexin, however, reacted faster with PBP3.
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- S Lepage
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, Université de Liège, Belgium
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Lepage S, Lakaye B, Galleni M, Thamm I, Crine M, Groslambert S, Frère JM. Saturation of penicillin-binding protein 1 by beta-lactam antibiotics in growing cells of Bacillus licheniformis. Mol Microbiol 1995; 16:365-72. [PMID: 7565098 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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With the help of a new highly sensitive method allowing the quantification of free penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and of an integrated mathematical model, the progressive saturation of PBP1 by various beta-lactam antibiotics in growing cells of Bacillus licheniformis was studied. Although the results confirmed PBP1 as a major lethal target for these compounds, they also underlined several weaknesses in our present understanding of this phenomenon. In growing cells, but not in resting cells, the penicillin target(s) appeared to be somewhat protected from the action of the inactivators. In vitro experiments indicated that amino acids, peptides and depsipeptides mimicking the peptide moiety of the nascent peptidoglycan significantly interfered with the acylation of PBP1 by the antibiotics. In addition, the level of PBP1 saturation at antibiotic concentrations corresponding to the minimum inhibitory concentrations was not constant, suggesting that additional, presently undiscovered, factors might be necessary to account for the experimental observations.
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- S Lepage
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, Belgium
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Lakaye B, Damblon C, Jamin M, Galleni M, Lepage S, Joris B, Marchand-Brynaert J, Frydrych C, Frere JM. Synthesis, purification and kinetic properties of fluorescein-labelled penicillins. Biochem J 1994; 300 ( Pt 1):141-5. [PMID: 8198525 PMCID: PMC1138135 DOI: 10.1042/bj3000141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The synthesis and properties of six fluorescein-labelled penicillins are reported. The two isomers of fluoresceyl-glycyl-6-amino-penicillanic acid are probably the best compounds to use for detection of all the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) present in a bacterial membrane preparation. However, the derivatives of ampicillin were much more efficient against Enterobacter aerogenes PBP3. The two isomers obtained when a commercial mixture of the two isomers of carboxyfluorescein was used most often exhibited similar properties, but the Streptomyces R61 extracellular DD-peptidase was only efficiently acylated by the 5'-carboxyfluorescein derivative of glycyl-6-aminopenicillanic acid.
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- B Lakaye
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie and Centre d'ingénierie des protéines, Université de Liège, Sart-Tilman, Belgium
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Dargis M, Malouin F. Use of biotinylated beta-lactams and chemiluminescence for study and purification of penicillin-binding proteins in bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1994; 38:973-80. [PMID: 8067779 PMCID: PMC188136 DOI: 10.1128/aac.38.5.973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A new reagent for the detection of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) was developed. An N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of biotin was used to tag beta-lactam antibiotics with free side chain amino groups such as ampicillin (BIO-AMP), 6-aminopenicillanic acid (BIO-APA), and 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (BIO-ACA). Bacterial PBPs from cells or isolated cytoplasmic membranes of Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae were labeled with BIO-AMP, subjected to electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gels, and transferred onto nitrocellulose membranes. Electrophoretic PBP profiles were detected on blots, using colorimetric or chemiluminescence systems, on the basis of the interaction of BIO-AMP-PBP complexes and a streptavidin-peroxidase conjugate. The chemiluminescent reaction permitted a high sensitivity of detection, and PBP profiles could be determined within seconds. All PBP profiles were similar to those obtained with a traditional PBP labeling technique with 125I-labeled penicillin V, except that an additional unidentified PBP (approximately 55,000 Da) was labeled with BIO-AMP in E. coli and H. influenzae. Differences in the intensities of labeling for specific PBPs were observed between the chemiluminescent and radioactive labeling agents and were attributed to the differences in their affinities for PBPs. Similarly, BIO-AMP, BIO-APA, and BIO-ACA produced different PBP profiles. We also investigated the use of BIO-AMP in PBP purification. BIO-AMP-PBP complexes from a mixture of H. influenzae proteins were allowed to bind to avidin immobilized on an agarose support in a microcentrifuge tube. After several washes in the presence of salts, PBPs were eluted by boiling and treatment with SDS. The eluted proteins were separated by electrophoresis on SDS-polyacrylamide gels, and biotinylated proteins were identified on blots by a chemiluminescence reaction. Biotinylation of beta-lactams is rapid, safe, and inexpensive. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of using biotinylated beta-lactams as nonradioactive reagents for the study of PBPs and for the purification of these proteins.
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- M Dargis
- Département de Microbiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Weigel LM, Belisle JT, Radolf JD, Norgard MV. Digoxigenin-ampicillin conjugate for detection of penicillin-binding proteins by chemiluminescence. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1994; 38:330-6. [PMID: 8192459 PMCID: PMC284449 DOI: 10.1128/aac.38.2.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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This paper describes a highly sensitive new method for the identification of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) that is based on the use of an ampicillin-digoxigenin conjugate (DIG-AMP conjugate) which is detected by immunoblotting and chemiluminescence. The sensitivity of chemiluminescence permitted X-ray film exposure times to be decreased to minutes, as opposed to the days or weeks which are requisite when conventionally radiolabeled beta-lactams are used. Coupling of ampicillin to digoxigenin yielded a product containing digoxigenin (detected by chemiluminescence) which also was inhibitory for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Unconjugated digoxigenin at concentrations of up to 100 micrograms/ml was not inhibitory for either organism. For S. aureus the MICs of DIG-AMP (0.7 microgram of conjugated ampicillin per ml) and of free ampicillin (0.5 microgram/ml) were comparable, indicating that ampicillin retained its bioactivity when coupled to digoxigenin. However, for E. coli the MICs of DIG-AMP (70 micrograms of conjugated ampicillin per ml) and of free ampicillin (8 micrograms/ml) were widely disparate, suggesting that the DIG-AMP conjugate was too large and/or hydrophobic to traverse the E. coli outer membrane via porins. DIG-AMP binding assays with E. coli and S. aureus cell envelopes revealed profiles of PBPs similar to those detected with 125I-ampicillin or [3H]penicillin. DIG-AMP binding to PBPs was completely inhibited in competition experiments with free ampicillin or penicillin, supporting the specificity of the DIG-AMP conjugate for PBPs. DIG-AMP thus represents an advantageous alternative to radioactive beta-lactams for the identification and analysis of PBPs.
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- L M Weigel
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235
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Granier B, Jamin M, Adam M, Galleni M, Lakaye B, Zorzi W, Grandchamps J, Wilkin JM, Fraipont C, Joris B. Serine-type D-Ala-D-Ala peptidases and penicillin-binding proteins. Methods Enzymol 1994; 244:249-66. [PMID: 7845213 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(94)44021-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- B Granier
- Centre d'Ingénierie de Protéines, Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, Belgium
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