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Moreno Cardenas C, Çiçek SS. Structure-dependent activity of plant natural products against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1234115. [PMID: 37649631 PMCID: PMC10463185 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1234115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the major causes for nosocomial infections and has been classified as "high priority pathogen" by the World Health Organization. Its ability to develop resistances has been a challenge for the last decades and is still a threat to health care systems, as strains with resistances to the so-called drugs of last resort have been discovered. Therefore, new antibiotics are urgently needed. Natural products are an important source for the development of new drugs, thereby mostly serving as lead compounds for further modification. In this review, the data on plant natural products with reported anti-MRSA activity until the end of 2022 is discussed, highlighting the most effective drugs with respect to their inhibitory concentrations as well as with regard to eventual synergistic effects with existing antibiotics. In the latter sense, the class of alkaloids must be mentioned, exhibiting additive or synergistic effects by inhibiting bacterial efflux pumps. With regard to the antibiotic activity, phloroglucinol derivatives certainly belong to the most promising compounds, revealing several candidates with remarkable effects, e.g., lupulone, ivesinol, rhodomyrtone, aspidinol, or hyperforin. Also, the class of terpenoids yielded noteworthy compounds, such as the sesquiterpene lactones parthenolide and lactopicrin as well as acetophenone sesquiterpenes and sphaerodiene type diterpenoids, respectively. In addition, pronounced effects were observed for the macrolide neurymenolide A and three flavonol dicoumaroylrhamnosides.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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Davison JR, Rajwani R, Zhao G, Bewley CA. The genome of antibiotic-producing colonies of the Pelagophyte alga Chrysophaeum taylorii reveals a diverse and non-canonical capacity for secondary metabolism. Sci Rep 2023; 13:11944. [PMID: 37488207 PMCID: PMC10366177 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38042-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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Chrysophaeum taylorii is a member of an understudied clade of marine algae that can be responsible for harmful coastal blooms and is known to accumulate bioactive natural products including antibiotics of the chrysophaentin class. Whole genome sequencing of laboratory-cultivated samples revealed an extensive and diverse complement of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes in C. taylorii, alongside a small microbiome with a more limited biosynthetic potential. 16S microbiome analysis of laboratory cultured alongside wild-collected samples revealed several common taxa; however, analysis of biosynthetic genes suggested an algal origin for the chrysophaentins, possibly via one of several non-canonical polyketide synthase genes encoded within the genome.
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- Jack R Davison
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Mailstop 0820, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
- LifeMine Therapeutics, 30 Acorn Park Dr., Cambridge, MA, 02140, USA.
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Mailstop 0820, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Mailstop 0820, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Mailstop 0820, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Models versus pathogens: how conserved is the FtsZ in bacteria? Biosci Rep 2023; 43:232502. [PMID: 36695643 PMCID: PMC9939409 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20221664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Combating anti-microbial resistance by developing alternative strategies is the need of the hour. Cell division, particularly FtsZ, is being extensively studied for its potential as an alternative target for anti-bacterial therapy. Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli are the two well-studied models for research on FtsZ, the leader protein of the cell division machinery. As representatives of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, respectively, these organisms have provided an extensive outlook into the process of cell division in rod-shaped bacteria. However, research on other shapes of bacteria, like cocci and ovococci, lags behind that of model rods. Even though most regions of FtsZ show sequence and structural conservation throughout bacteria, the differences in FtsZ functioning and interacting partners establish several different modes of division in different bacteria. In this review, we compare the features of FtsZ and cell division in the model rods B. subtilis and E. coli and the four pathogens: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reviewing several recent articles on these pathogenic bacteria, we have highlighted the functioning of FtsZ, the unique roles of FtsZ-associated proteins, and the cell division processes in them. Further, we provide a detailed look at the anti-FtsZ compounds discovered and their target bacteria, emphasizing the need for elucidation of the anti-FtsZ mechanism of action in different bacteria. Current challenges and opportunities in the ongoing journey of identifying potent anti-FtsZ drugs have also been described.
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Bewley CA, Sulikowski GA, Yang ZJ, Bifulco G, Cho HM, Fullenkamp CR. Properties of Configurationally Stable Atropoenantiomers in Macrocyclic Natural Products and the Chrysophaentin Family. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:414-424. [PMID: 36731116 PMCID: PMC11416723 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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development of antibiotics, antineoplastics, and therapeutics for other diseases. Natural products are unique among all other small molecules in that they are produced by dedicated enzymatic assembly lines that are the protein products of biosynthetic gene clusters. As the products of chiral macromolecules, natural products have distinct three-dimensional shapes and stereochemistry is often encoded in their structures through the presence of stereocenters, or in the case of molecules that lack a stereocenter, the presence of an axis or plane of chirality. In the latter forms of chirality, if the barrier to rotation about the chiral axis or chiral plane is sufficiently high, stable conformers may exist allowing for isolation of discrete conformers, also known as atropisomers. Importantly, the diverse functions and biological activities of natural products are contingent upon their structures, stereochemistry and molecular shape. With continued innovation in methods for natural products discovery, synthetic chemistry, and analytical and computational tools, new insights into atropisomerism in natural products and related scaffolds are being made. As molecular complexity increases, more than one form of stereoisomerism may exist in a single compound (for example, point chirality, chiral axes, and chiral planes), sometimes creating atypical or noncanonical atropisomers, a term used to distinguish physically noninterconvertable atropisomers from typical atropisomers.Here we provide an account of the discovery and unusual structural and stereochemical features of the chrysophaentins, algal derived inhibitors of the bacterial cytoskeletal protein FtsZ and its associated protein partners. Eleven members of the chrysophaentin family have been discovered to date; seven of these are macrocyclic bis-bibenzyl ethers wherein the site of the ether linkage yields either a symmetrical or asymmetrical macrocyclic ring system. The asymmetrical ring system is highly strained and corresponds to the compounds having the most potent antimicrobial activity among the family. We review the structure elucidation and NMR properties that indicate restricted rotation between axes of two biaryl ethers, and the plane represented by the substituted 2-Z-butene bridge common to all of the macrocycles. Computational studies that corroborate high barriers to rotation about one representative plane, on the order of 20+ kcal/mol are presented. These barriers to rotation fix the conformation of the macrocycle into a bowl-like structure and suggest that an atropisomer should exist. Experimental evidence for atropisomerism is presented, consistent with computational predictions. These properties are discussed in the context of the total synthesis of 9-dechlorochrysophaenin A and its ring C isomers. Last, we discuss the implications for the presence of enantiomers in the biological activity and macrocyclization of the natural product.
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- Carole A Bewley
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, 8 Center Drive, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 2213 Garland Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, 7330 Stevenson Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 2213 Garland Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
- Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, 7330 Stevenson Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, 8 Center Drive, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 2213 Garland Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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Gribble GW. Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds-A Comprehensive Review. PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023; 121:1-546. [PMID: 37488466 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26629-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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The present volume is the third in a trilogy that documents naturally occurring organohalogen compounds, bringing the total number-from fewer than 25 in 1968-to approximately 8000 compounds to date. Nearly all of these natural products contain chlorine or bromine, with a few containing iodine and, fewer still, fluorine. Produced by ubiquitous marine (algae, sponges, corals, bryozoa, nudibranchs, fungi, bacteria) and terrestrial organisms (plants, fungi, bacteria, insects, higher animals) and universal abiotic processes (volcanos, forest fires, geothermal events), organohalogens pervade the global ecosystem. Newly identified extraterrestrial sources are also documented. In addition to chemical structures, biological activity, biohalogenation, biodegradation, natural function, and future outlook are presented.
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- Gordon W Gribble
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.
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Fullenkamp CR, Hsu YP, Quardokus EM, Zhao G, Bewley CA, VanNieuwenhze M, Sulikowski GA. Synthesis of 9-Dechlorochrysophaentin A Enables Studies Revealing Bacterial Cell Wall Biosynthesis Inhibition Phenotype in B. subtilis. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:16161-16166. [PMID: 32866011 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chrysophaentin A is an antimicrobial natural product isolated from the marine alga C. taylori in milligram quantity. Structurally, chrysophaentin A features a macrocyclic biaryl ether core incorporating two trisubstituted chloroalkenes at its periphery. A concise synthesis of iso- and 9-dechlorochrysophaentin A enabled by a Z-selective ring-closing metathesis (RCM) cyclization followed by an oxygen to carbon ring contraction is described. Fluorescent microscopy studies revealed 9-dechlorochrysophaentins leads to inhibition of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis by disassembly of key divisome proteins, the cornerstone to bacterial cell wall biosynthesis and division.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.,Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.,Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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Multiple ways to kill bacteria via inhibiting novel cell wall or membrane targets. Future Med Chem 2020; 12:1253-1279. [PMID: 32538147 DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2020-0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The rise of antibiotic-resistant infections has been well documented and the need for novel antibiotics cannot be overemphasized. US FDA approved antibiotics target only a small fraction of bacterial cell wall or membrane components, well-validated antimicrobial targets. In this review, we highlight small molecules that inhibit relatively unexplored cell wall and membrane targets. Some of these targets include teichoic acids-related proteins (DltA, LtaS, TarG and TarO), lipid II, Mur family enzymes, components of LPS assembly (MsbA, LptA, LptB and LptD), penicillin-binding protein 2a in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, outer membrane protein transport (such as LepB and BamA) and lipoprotein transport components (LspA, LolC, LolD and LolE). Inhibitors of SecA, cell division protein, FtsZ and compounds that kill persister cells via membrane targeting are also covered.
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Casiraghi A, Suigo L, Valoti E, Straniero V. Targeting Bacterial Cell Division: A Binding Site-Centered Approach to the Most Promising Inhibitors of the Essential Protein FtsZ. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:E69. [PMID: 32046082 PMCID: PMC7167804 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9020069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Binary fission is the most common mode of bacterial cell division and is mediated by a multiprotein complex denominated the divisome. The constriction of the Z-ring splits the mother bacterial cell into two daughter cells of the same size. The Z-ring is formed by the polymerization of FtsZ, a bacterial protein homologue of eukaryotic tubulin, and it represents the first step of bacterial cytokinesis. The high grade of conservation of FtsZ in most prokaryotic organisms and its relevance in orchestrating the whole division system make this protein a fascinating target in antibiotic research. Indeed, FtsZ inhibition results in the complete blockage of the division system and, consequently, in a bacteriostatic or a bactericidal effect. Since many papers and reviews already discussed the physiology of FtsZ and its auxiliary proteins, as well as the molecular mechanisms in which they are involved, here, we focus on the discussion of the most compelling FtsZ inhibitors, classified by their main protein binding sites and following a medicinal chemistry approach.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli, 25, 20133 Milano, Italy; (A.C.); (L.S.); (E.V.)
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Kusuma KD, Payne M, Ung AT, Bottomley AL, Harry EJ. FtsZ as an Antibacterial Target: Status and Guidelines for Progressing This Avenue. ACS Infect Dis 2019; 5:1279-1294. [PMID: 31268666 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The disturbing increase in the number of bacterial pathogens that are resistant to multiple, or sometimes all, current antibiotics highlights the desperate need to pursue the discovery and development of novel classes of antibacterials. The wealth of knowledge available about the bacterial cell division machinery has aided target-driven approaches to identify new inhibitor compounds. The main division target being pursued is the highly conserved and essential protein FtsZ. Despite very active research on FtsZ inhibitors for several years, this protein is not yet targeted by any commercial antibiotic. Here, we discuss the suitability of FtsZ as an antibacterial target for drug development and review progress achieved in this area. We use hindsight to highlight the gaps that have slowed progress in FtsZ inhibitor development and to suggest guidelines for concluding that FtsZ is actually the target of these molecules, a key missing link in several studies. In moving forward, a multidisciplinary, communicative, and collaborative process, with sharing of research expertise, is critical if we are to succeed.
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Davison JR, Bewley CA. Antimicrobial Chrysophaentin Analogs Identified from Laboratory Cultures of the Marine Microalga Chrysophaeum taylorii. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2019; 82:148-153. [PMID: 30623657 PMCID: PMC8414558 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A laboratory culture of the colonial marine alga Chrysophaeum taylorii NIES-1699 yielded a set of new bioactive chrysophaentin analogs, and their structures were determined by HRESIMS and NMR spectroscopy. Differences in the metabolites identified between cultured C. taylorii NIES-1699 and field-collected strains from the U.S. Virgin Islands revealed additional structure-activity relationships for the Gram-positive antibiotic activity of the chrysophaentins. The presence of new hemichrysophaentins and a C-C linked biphenyl analog suggest novel features of their biosynthetic pathway. Bayesian analysis of the alignment of the 18S rRNA gene places the microalga C. taylorii in the pelagophyte clade.
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- Jack R. Davison
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Vendeville JB, Matters RF, Chen A, Light ME, Tizzard GJ, Chai CLL, Harrowven DC. A synthetic approach to chrysophaentin F. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:4837-4840. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc01666j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A synthetic approach to chrysophaentin F is described featuring an array of metal catalysed coupling reactions (Cu, Ni, Pd, W, Mo).
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- Jean-Baptiste Vendeville
- Chemistry, University of Southampton
- Highfield
- Southampton
- UK
- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences
- Agency for Science
- Technology and Research (A*STAR)
- Singapore
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton
- Highfield
- Southampton
- UK
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences
- Agency for Science
- Technology and Research (A*STAR)
- Singapore
- Department of Pharmacy
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Brockway AJ, Grove CI, Mahoney ME, Shaw JT. Synthesis of the diaryl ether cores common to chrysophaentins A, E and F. Tetrahedron Lett 2015; 56:3396-3401. [PMID: 26034333 PMCID: PMC4448730 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The synthesis of the diaryl ether subunits of the marine natural products chrysophaentin A, E and F is described. These natural prodcuts feature tetrasubstituted benzene rings with complex substitution patterns. The central strategy involves an SNAr reaction between a complex phenol and a polysubstituted fluoronitrobenzene. Subseqent attempts to construct the unusual E-chloroalkene linkage through several different approaches are also disclosed.
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- Anthony J. Brockway
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
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Li X, Ma S. Advances in the discovery of novel antimicrobials targeting the assembly of bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 95:1-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Bacterial cell division proteins as antibiotic targets. Bioorg Chem 2014; 55:27-38. [PMID: 24755375 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2014.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Proteins involved in bacterial cell division often do not have a counterpart in eukaryotic cells and they are essential for the survival of the bacteria. The genetic accessibility of many bacterial species in combination with the Green Fluorescence Protein revolution to study localization of proteins and the availability of crystal structures has increased our knowledge on bacterial cell division considerably in this century. Consequently, bacterial cell division proteins are more and more recognized as potential new antibiotic targets. An international effort to find small molecules that inhibit the cell division initiating protein FtsZ has yielded many compounds of which some are promising as leads for preclinical use. The essential transglycosylase activity of peptidoglycan synthases has recently become accessible to inhibitor screening. Enzymatic assays for and structural information on essential integral membrane proteins such as MraY and FtsW involved in lipid II (the peptidoglycan building block precursor) biosynthesis have put these proteins on the list of potential new targets. This review summarises and discusses the results and approaches to the development of lead compounds that inhibit bacterial cell division.
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Ruiz-Avila LB, Huecas S, Artola M, Vergoñós A, Ramírez-Aportela E, Cercenado E, Barasoain I, Vázquez-Villa H, Martín-Fontecha M, Chacón P, López-Rodrı́guez ML, Andreu JM. Synthetic inhibitors of bacterial cell division targeting the GTP-binding site of FtsZ. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:2072-83. [PMID: 23855511 DOI: 10.1021/cb400208z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cell division protein FtsZ is the organizer of the cytokinetic Z-ring in most bacteria and a target for new antibiotics. FtsZ assembles with GTP into filaments that hydrolyze the nucleotide at the association interface between monomers and then disassemble. We have replaced FtsZ's GTP with non-nucleotide synthetic inhibitors of bacterial division. We searched for these small molecules among compounds from the literature, from virtual screening (VS), and from our in-house synthetic library (UCM), employing a fluorescence anisotropy primary assay. From these screens we have identified the polyhydroxy aromatic compound UCM05 and its simplified analogue UCM44 that specifically bind to Bacillus subtilis FtsZ monomers with micromolar affinities and perturb normal assembly, as examined with light scattering, polymer sedimentation, and negative stain electron microscopy. On the other hand, these ligands induce the cooperative assembly of nucleotide-devoid archaeal FtsZ into distinct well-ordered polymers, different from GTP-induced filaments. These FtsZ inhibitors impair localization of FtsZ into the Z-ring and inhibit bacterial cell division. The chlorinated analogue UCM53 inhibits the growth of clinical isolates of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. We suggest that these interfacial inhibitors recapitulate binding and some assembly-inducing effects of GTP but impair the correct structural dynamics of FtsZ filaments and thus inhibit bacterial division, possibly by binding to a small fraction of the FtsZ molecules in a bacterial cell, which opens a new approach to FtsZ-based antibacterial drug discovery.
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- Laura B. Ruiz-Avila
- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, ‡Dpto. Química Orgánica
I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, §Instituto de Química-Física
Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, and ∥Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital
General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Keffer JL, Huecas S, Hammill JT, Wipf P, Andreu JM, Bewley CA. Chrysophaentins are competitive inhibitors of FtsZ and inhibit Z-ring formation in live bacteria. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:5673-8. [PMID: 23932448 PMCID: PMC3768135 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2013] [Revised: 07/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The bacterial cell division protein FtsZ polymerizes in a GTP-dependent manner to form a Z-ring that marks the plane of division. As a validated antimicrobial target, considerable efforts have been devoted to identify small molecule FtsZ inhibitors. We recently discovered the chrysophaentins, a novel suite of marine natural products that inhibit FtsZ activity in vitro. These natural products along with a synthetic hemi-chrysophaentin exhibit strong antimicrobial activity toward a broad spectrum of Gram-positive pathogens. To define their mechanisms of FtsZ inhibition and determine their in vivo effects in live bacteria, we used GTPase assays and fluorescence anisotropy to show that hemi-chrysophaentin competitively inhibits FtsZ activity. Furthermore, we developed a model system using a permeable Escherichia coli strain, envA1, together with an inducible FtsZ-yellow fluorescent protein construct to show by fluorescence microscopy that both chrysophaentin A and hemi-chrysophaentin disrupt Z-rings in live bacteria. We tested the E. coli system further by reproducing phenotypes observed for zantrins Z1 and Z3, and demonstrate that the alkaloid berberine, a reported FtsZ inhibitor, exhibits auto-fluorescence, making it incompatible with systems that employ GFP or YFP tagged FtsZ. These studies describe unique examples of nonnucleotide, competitive FtsZ inhibitors that disrupt FtsZ in vivo, together with a model system that should be useful for in vivo testing of FtsZ inhibitor leads that have been identified through in vitro screens but are unable to penetrate the Gram-negative outer membrane.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jessica L. Keffer
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
| | - Sonia Huecas
- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Chemical Methodologies and Library Development, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| | - Peter Wipf
- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
| | - Carole A. Bewley
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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