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Sedghizadeh PP, Cherian P, Roshandel S, Tjokro N, Chen C, Junka AF, Hu E, Neighbors J, Pawlak J, Russell RGG, McKenna CE, Ebetino FH, Sun S, Sodagar E. Real-Time Impedance-Based Monitoring of the Growth and Inhibition of Osteomyelitis Biofilm Pathogen Staphylococcus aureus Treated with Novel Bisphosphonate-Fluoroquinolone Antimicrobial Conjugates. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24031985. [PMID: 36768310 PMCID: PMC9915994 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24031985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Osteomyelitis is a limb- and life-threatening orthopedic infection predominantly caused by Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. Bone infections are extremely challenging to treat clinically. Therefore, we have been designing, synthesizing, and testing novel antibiotic conjugates to target bone infections. This class of conjugates comprises bone-binding bisphosphonates as biochemical vectors for the delivery of antibiotic agents to bone minerals (hydroxyapatite). In the present study, we utilized a real-time impedance-based assay to study the growth of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms over time and to test the antimicrobial efficacy of our novel conjugates on the inhibition of biofilm growth in the presence and absence of hydroxyapatite. We tested early and newer generation quinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin, sitafloxacin, and nemonoxacin) and several bisphosphonate-conjugated versions of these antibiotics (bisphosphonate-carbamate-sitafloxacin (BCS), bisphosphonate-carbamate-nemonoxacin (BCN), etidronate-carbamate-ciprofloxacin (ECC), and etidronate-carbamate-moxifloxacin (ECX)) and found that they were able to inhibit Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in a dose-dependent manner. Among the conjugates, the greatest antimicrobial efficacy was observed for BCN with an MIC of 1.48 µg/mL. The conjugates demonstrated varying antimicrobial activity depending on the specific antibiotic used for conjugation, the type of bisphosphonate moiety, the chemical conjugation scheme, and the presence or absence of hydroxyapatite. The conjugates designed and tested in this study retained the bone-binding properties of the parent bisphosphonate moiety as confirmed using high-performance liquid chromatography. They also retained the antimicrobial activity of the parent antibiotic in the presence or absence of hydroxyapatite, albeit at lower levels due to the nature of their chemical modification. These findings will aid in the optimization and testing of this novel class of drugs for future applications to pharmacotherapy in osteomyelitis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Parish P. Sedghizadeh
- Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, Infection and Immunity Laboratory, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
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- Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, Infection and Immunity Laboratory, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
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- Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, Infection and Immunity Laboratory, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical University of Wroclaw, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
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- BioVinc LLC, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA
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- BioVinc LLC, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Medical Department, Lazarski University, 02-662 Warsaw, Poland
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- The Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
- The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
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- BioVinc LLC, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA
- Correspondence: (S.S.); (E.S.); Tel.: +1-(213)-249-3116 (S.S.); +1-(213)-740-5184 (E.S.)
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- Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Dental Hygiene, Infection and Immunity Laboratory, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
- Correspondence: (S.S.); (E.S.); Tel.: +1-(213)-249-3116 (S.S.); +1-(213)-740-5184 (E.S.)
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Moore C, Cheng Y, Tjokro N, Zhang B, Kerr M, Hayati M, Chang KCJ, Shah N, Chen C, Jokerst JV. A Photoacoustic-Fluorescent Imaging Probe for Proteolytic Gingipains Expressed by Porphyromonas gingivalis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202201843. [PMID: 35583940 PMCID: PMC9296565 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a keystone pathogen in periodontal disease. We herein report a dual-modal fluorescent and photoacoustic imaging probe for the detection of gingipain proteases secreted by P. gingivalis. Upon proteolytic cleavage by Arg-specific gingipain (RgpB), five-fold photoacoustic enhancement and >100-fold fluorescence activation was measured with detection limits of 1.1 nM RgpB and 5.0E4 CFU mL-1 bacteria in vitro. RgpB activity was imaged in porcine jaws with low-nanomolar sensitivity. Diagnostic efficacy was evaluated in gingival crevicular fluid samples from subjects with and without periodontal disease, wherein activation was correlated to qPCR-based detection of P. gingivalis (Pearson's r=0.71). Finally, photoacoustic imaging of RgpB-cleaved probe was achieved in murine brains ex vivo, with relevance and potential utility for disease models of general infection by P. gingivalis, motivated by the recent biological link between gingipain and Alzheimer's disease.
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- Colman Moore
- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 925 West 34 Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089. USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 925 West 34 Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089. USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 925 West 34 Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089. USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, 925 West 34 Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089. USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
- Materials Science Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093. USA
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Moore C, Cheng Y, Tjokro N, Zhang B, Kerr M, Hayati M, Chang KCJ, Shah N, Chen C, Jokerst JV. A Photoacoustic‐Fluorescent Imaging Probe for Proteolytic Gingipains Expressed by
Porphyromonas gingivalis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202201843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Colman Moore
- Department of NanoEngineering University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry University of Southern California 925 West 34th Street Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- Current address: Diazyme Laboratories Inc
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- Department of NanoEngineering University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry University of Southern California 925 West 34th Street Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry University of Southern California 925 West 34th Street Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry University of Southern California 925 West 34th Street Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- Materials Science Program University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- Department of Radiology University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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Mahabady S, Tjokro N, Aharonian S, Zadeh HH, Chen C, Allayee H, Sedghizadeh PP. The in vivo T helper type 17 and regulatory T cell immune responses to Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Mol Oral Microbiol 2017; 32:490-499. [PMID: 28544588 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
The periodontal pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is known to elicit a systemic immune response in the infected host, and occasionally causes non-oral infections. Detailed information on its immunopathological responses and the involvement of bacterial virulence factors remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to assess the systemic immune response to A. actinomycetemcomitans oral infection. We used an animal model that simulates systemic dissemination of the bacteria by injecting live wild-type (WT) D7S-1 and a double knockout mutant of leukotoxin and cytolethal distending toxin (ΔltxΔcdt) A. actinomycetemcomitans strains in rat oral mucosa. Draining lymph nodes were examined for regulatory T (Treg) and T helper type 17 (Th17) cell subsets and their associated mediators. An increase in the proportion of Th17 cells and a decrease in Treg cells over the experimental period of 3 weeks were similarly observed for rats challenged with WT and ΔltxΔcdt. Significant upregulation and downregulation of proinflammatory cytokines in the Th17 gene pathway was noted, as well as several qualitative differences between WT and ΔltxΔcdt. Furthermore, we observed differential fold regulation in key genes associated with a proinflammatory response in ΔltxΔcdt-inoculated rats relative to D7S-1 group. This suggests that although the knockout of these two virulence factors (ΔltxΔcdt) may suppress certain proinflammatory genes, it causes similar over-expression of other genes compared with D7S-1, indicating a common factor that still remains in the pathogenicity of A. actinomycetemcomitans.
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- S Mahabady
- Laboratory for Immunoregulation & Tissue Engineering, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Biomedical Sciences, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Immunoregulation & Tissue Engineering, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Immunoregulation & Tissue Engineering, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Biomedical Sciences, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Periodontology, Diagnostic Sciences and Biomedical Sciences, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Sedghizadeh PP, Sun S, Junka AF, Richard E, Sadrerafi K, Mahabady S, Bakhshalian N, Tjokro N, Bartoszewicz M, Oleksy M, Szymczyk P, Lundy MW, Neighbors JD, Russell RGG, McKenna CE, Ebetino FH. Design, Synthesis, and Antimicrobial Evaluation of a Novel Bone-Targeting Bisphosphonate-Ciprofloxacin Conjugate for the Treatment of Osteomyelitis Biofilms. J Med Chem 2017; 60:2326-2343. [PMID: 28121436 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Osteomyelitis is a major problem worldwide and is devastating due to the potential for limb-threatening sequelae and mortality. Osteomyelitis pathogens are bone-attached biofilms, making antibiotic delivery challenging. Here we describe a novel osteoadsorptive bisphosphonate-ciprofloxacin conjugate (BV600022), utilizing a "target and release" chemical strategy, which demonstrated a significantly enhanced therapeutic index versus ciprofloxacin for the treatment of osteomyelitis in vivo. In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the conjugate against common osteomyelitis pathogens revealed an effective bactericidal profile and sustained release of the parent antibiotic over time. Efficacy and safety were demonstrated in an animal model of periprosthetic osteomyelitis, where a single dose of 10 mg/kg (15.6 μmol/kg) conjugate reduced the bacterial load by 99% and demonstrated nearly an order of magnitude greater activity than the parent antibiotic ciprofloxacin (30 mg/kg, 90.6 μmol/kg) given in multiple doses. Conjugates incorporating a bisphosphonate and an antibiotic for bone-targeted delivery to treat osteomyelitis biofilm pathogens constitute a promising approach to providing high bone-antimicrobial potency while minimizing systemic exposure.
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- BioVinc, LLC , Pasadena, California 91107, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wrocław Medical University , Wroclaw 50-367, Poland
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- BioVinc, LLC , Pasadena, California 91107, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wrocław Medical University , Wroclaw 50-367, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wrocław Medical University , Wroclaw 50-367, Poland
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- Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Wrocław University of Technology , Wrocław 50-370, Poland
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- BioVinc, LLC , Pasadena, California 91107, United States
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- BioVinc, LLC , Pasadena, California 91107, United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine , Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
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- The Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford , Oxford OX3 7LD, United Kingdom.,The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield , Sheffield S10 2RX, United Kingdom
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Goodman SD, Obergfell KP, Jurcisek JA, Novotny LA, Downey JS, Ayala EA, Tjokro N, Li B, Justice SS, Bakaletz LO. Biofilms can be dispersed by focusing the immune system on a common family of bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins. Mucosal Immunol 2011; 4:625-37. [PMID: 21716265 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2011.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Bacteria that cause chronic and/or recurrent diseases often rely on a biofilm lifestyle. The foundation of the biofilm structure is the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) that acts as a barrier to both effectors of the immune system and antimicrobial agents. Recent work has highlighted extracellular DNA (eDNA) as a key component common to many pathogenic biofilms. Here, we show that the DNABII family of proteins, well known for their strong structural influences on intracellular DNA, was also critical for the integrity of the EPS matrix of biofilms that contain eDNA. In fact, antisera derived against a purified Escherichia coli DNABII family member rapidly disrupts the biofilm EPS formed by multiple human pathogens in vitro. In addition, when a member of this family of proteins was used as an immunogen in an animal model in which the bacteria had already formed a robust biofilm at the site of infection, the resultant targeted immune response strongly ameliorated this biofilm disease in vivo. Finally, this methodology to debulk the biofilm of EPS was shown to work synergistically with otherwise ineffective traditional anti-microbial approaches in vitro. We discuss the prospects for targeting DNABII family members as a potential universal strategy for treating biofilm diseases.
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- S D Goodman
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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