Pub Date : 2024-04-24DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00248
Joana Tavares*, Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva and Félix Calderón,
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Pub Date : 2024-04-23DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00715
Taegum Lee, Seongyeon Lee, Mi Kyoung Kim, Joong Hoon Ahn, Ji Sun Park, Hwi Won Seo*, Ki-Ho Park* and Youhoon Chong*,
The discovery of safe and efficient inhibitors against efflux pumps as well as metallo-β-lactamases (MBL) is one of the main challenges in the development of multidrug-resistant (MDR) reversal agents which can be utilized in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. In this study, we have identified that introduction of an ethylene-linked sterically demanding group at the 3-OH position of the previously reported MDR reversal agent di-F-Q endows the resulting compounds with hereto unknown multitarget inhibitory activity against both efflux pumps and broad-spectrum β-lactamases including difficult-to-inhibit MBLs. A molecular docking study of the multitarget inhibitors against efflux pump, as well as various classes of β-lactamases, revealed that the 3-O-alkyl substituents occupy the novel binding sites in efflux pumps as well as carbapenemases. Not surprisingly, the multitarget inhibitors rescued the antibiotic activity of a carbapenem antibiotic, meropenem (MEM), in NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1)-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), and they reduced MICs of MEM more than four-fold (synergistic effect) in 8–9 out of 14 clinical strains. The antibiotic-potentiating activity of the multitarget inhibitors was also demonstrated in CRE-infected mouse model. Taken together, these results suggest that combining inhibitory activity against two critical targets in MDR Gram-negative bacteria, efflux pumps, and β-lactamases, in one molecule is possible, and the multitarget inhibitors may provide new avenues for the discovery of safe and efficient MDR reversal agents.
{"title":"3-O-Substituted Quercetin: an Antibiotic-Potentiating Agent against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Enterobacteriaceae through Simultaneous Inhibition of Efflux Pump and Broad-Spectrum Carbapenemases","authors":"Taegum Lee, Seongyeon Lee, Mi Kyoung Kim, Joong Hoon Ahn, Ji Sun Park, Hwi Won Seo*, Ki-Ho Park* and Youhoon Chong*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00715","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00715","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The discovery of safe and efficient inhibitors against efflux pumps as well as metallo-β-lactamases (MBL) is one of the main challenges in the development of multidrug-resistant (MDR) reversal agents which can be utilized in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. In this study, we have identified that introduction of an ethylene-linked sterically demanding group at the 3-OH position of the previously reported MDR reversal agent di-F-Q endows the resulting compounds with hereto unknown multitarget inhibitory activity against both efflux pumps and broad-spectrum β-lactamases including difficult-to-inhibit MBLs. A molecular docking study of the multitarget inhibitors against efflux pump, as well as various classes of β-lactamases, revealed that the 3-<i>O</i>-alkyl substituents occupy the novel binding sites in efflux pumps as well as carbapenemases. Not surprisingly, the multitarget inhibitors rescued the antibiotic activity of a carbapenem antibiotic, meropenem (MEM), in NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1)-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), and they reduced MICs of MEM more than four-fold (synergistic effect) in 8–9 out of 14 clinical strains. The antibiotic-potentiating activity of the multitarget inhibitors was also demonstrated in CRE-infected mouse model. Taken together, these results suggest that combining inhibitory activity against two critical targets in MDR Gram-negative bacteria, efflux pumps, and β-lactamases, in one molecule is possible, and the multitarget inhibitors may provide new avenues for the discovery of safe and efficient MDR reversal agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140671237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-23DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00122
Eugen F. Mesaros*, Benjamin J. Dugan, Min Gao, Muhammad Sheraz, Kayleigh McGovern-Gooch, Fran Xu, Kristi Yi Fan, Duyan Nguyen, Steven G. Kultgen, Aaron Lindstrom, Kim Stever, Breanna Tercero, Randall J. Binder, Fei Liu, Holly M. Micolochick Steuer, Nagraj Mani, Troy O. Harasym, Emily P. Thi, Andrea Cuconati, Bruce D. Dorsey, Andrew G. Cole, Angela M. Lam and Michael J. Sofia,
The recent COVID-19 pandemic underscored the limitations of currently available direct-acting antiviral treatments against acute respiratory RNA-viral infections and stimulated major research initiatives targeting anticoronavirus agents. Two novel nsp5 protease (MPro) inhibitors have been approved, nirmatrelvir and ensitrelvir, along with two existing nucleos(t)ide analogues repurposed as nsp12 polymerase inhibitors, remdesivir and molnupiravir, but a need still exists for therapies with improved potency and systemic exposure with oral dosing, better metabolic stability, and reduced resistance and toxicity risks. Herein, we summarize our research toward identifying nsp12 inhibitors that led to nucleoside analogues 10e and 10n, which showed favorable pan-coronavirus activity in cell-infection screens, were metabolized to active triphosphate nucleotides in cell-incubation studies, and demonstrated target (nsp12) engagement in biochemical assays.
{"title":"Discovery of C-Linked Nucleoside Analogues with Antiviral Activity against SARS-CoV-2","authors":"Eugen F. Mesaros*, Benjamin J. Dugan, Min Gao, Muhammad Sheraz, Kayleigh McGovern-Gooch, Fran Xu, Kristi Yi Fan, Duyan Nguyen, Steven G. Kultgen, Aaron Lindstrom, Kim Stever, Breanna Tercero, Randall J. Binder, Fei Liu, Holly M. Micolochick Steuer, Nagraj Mani, Troy O. Harasym, Emily P. Thi, Andrea Cuconati, Bruce D. Dorsey, Andrew G. Cole, Angela M. Lam and Michael J. Sofia, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00122","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00122","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The recent COVID-19 pandemic underscored the limitations of currently available direct-acting antiviral treatments against acute respiratory RNA-viral infections and stimulated major research initiatives targeting anticoronavirus agents. Two novel nsp5 protease (MPro) inhibitors have been approved, nirmatrelvir and ensitrelvir, along with two existing nucleos(t)ide analogues repurposed as nsp12 polymerase inhibitors, remdesivir and molnupiravir, but a need still exists for therapies with improved potency and systemic exposure with oral dosing, better metabolic stability, and reduced resistance and toxicity risks. Herein, we summarize our research toward identifying nsp12 inhibitors that led to nucleoside analogues <b>10e</b> and <b>10n</b>, which showed favorable pan-coronavirus activity in cell-infection screens, were metabolized to active triphosphate nucleotides in cell-incubation studies, and demonstrated target (nsp12) engagement in biochemical assays.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140671950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00100
Mona A. Abdullaziz, Sana Takada, Boris Illarionov, Lais Pessanha de Carvalho, Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Stefan Höfmann, Talea Knak, Anna-Lene Kiffe-Delf, Flaminia Mazzone, Klaus Pfeffer, Rainer Kalscheuer, Adelbert Bacher, Jana Held, Markus Fischer, Nobutada Tanaka* and Thomas Kurz*,
Reverse analogs of the phosphonohydroxamic acid antibiotic fosmidomycin are potent inhibitors of the nonmevalonate isoprenoid biosynthesis enzyme 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR, IspC) of Plasmodium falciparum. Some novel analogs with large phenylalkyl substituents at the hydroxamic acid nitrogen exhibit nanomolar PfDXR inhibition and potent in vitro growth inhibition of P. falciparum parasites coupled with good parasite selectivity. X-ray crystallographic studies demonstrated that the N-phenylpropyl substituent of the newly developed lead compound 13e is accommodated in a subpocket within the DXR catalytic domain but does not reach the NADPH binding pocket of the N-terminal domain. As shown for reverse carba and thia analogs, PfDXR selectively binds the S-enantiomer of the new lead compound. In addition, some representatives of the novel inhibitor subclass are nanomolar Escherichia coli DXR inhibitors, whereas the inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DXR is considerably weaker.
{"title":"Reverse N-Substituted Hydroxamic Acid Derivatives of Fosmidomycin Target a Previously Unknown Subpocket of 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose 5-Phosphate Reductoisomerase (DXR)","authors":"Mona A. Abdullaziz, Sana Takada, Boris Illarionov, Lais Pessanha de Carvalho, Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Stefan Höfmann, Talea Knak, Anna-Lene Kiffe-Delf, Flaminia Mazzone, Klaus Pfeffer, Rainer Kalscheuer, Adelbert Bacher, Jana Held, Markus Fischer, Nobutada Tanaka* and Thomas Kurz*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00100","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00100","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Reverse analogs of the phosphonohydroxamic acid antibiotic fosmidomycin are potent inhibitors of the nonmevalonate isoprenoid biosynthesis enzyme 1-deoxy-<span>d-</span>xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR, IspC) of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>. Some novel analogs with large phenylalkyl substituents at the hydroxamic acid nitrogen exhibit nanomolar <i>Pf</i>DXR inhibition and potent <i>in vitro</i> growth inhibition of <i>P. falciparum</i> parasites coupled with good parasite selectivity. X-ray crystallographic studies demonstrated that the <i>N</i>-phenylpropyl substituent of the newly developed lead compound <b>13e</b> is accommodated in a subpocket within the DXR catalytic domain but does not reach the NADPH binding pocket of the <i>N</i>-terminal domain. As shown for reverse carba and thia analogs, <i>Pf</i>DXR selectively binds the <i>S</i>-enantiomer of the new lead compound. In addition, some representatives of the novel inhibitor subclass are nanomolar <i>Escherichia coli</i> DXR inhibitors, whereas the inhibition of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> DXR is considerably weaker.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140676180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00125
Javier Ruiz Luque, Ágata Carolina Cevey, Azul Victoria Pieralisi, Carolina Poncini, Fernando Erra Díaz, Marcus Vinicius Azevedo Reis, Martin Donato, Gerardo Ariel Mirkin, Nora Beatriz Goren and Federico Nicolás Penas*,
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, stands as the primary cause of dilated cardiomyopathy in the Americas. Macrophages play a crucial role in the heart’s response to infection. Given their functional and phenotypic adaptability, manipulating specific macrophage subsets could be vital in aiding essential cardiovascular functions including tissue repair and defense against infection. PPARα are ligand-dependent transcription factors involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation regulation. However, the role of fenofibrate, a PPARα ligand, in the activation profile of cardiac macrophages as well as its effect on the early inflammatory and fibrotic response in the heart remains unexplored. The present study demonstrates that fenofibrate significantly reduces not only the serum activity of tissue damage biomarker enzymes (LDH and GOT) but also the circulating proportions of pro-inflammatory monocytes (CD11b+ LY6Chigh). Furthermore, both CD11b+ Ly6Clow F4/80high macrophages (MΦ) and recently differentiated CD11b+ Ly6Chigh F4/80high monocyte-derived macrophages (MdMΦ) shift toward a resolving phenotype (CD206high) in the hearts of fenofibrate-treated mice. This shift correlates with a reduction in fibrosis, inflammation, and restoration of ventricular function in the early stages of Chagas disease. These findings encourage the repositioning of fenofibrate as a potential ancillary immunotherapy adjunct to antiparasitic drugs, addressing inflammation to mitigate Chagas disease symptoms.
{"title":"Fenofibrate Induces a Resolving Profile in Heart Macrophage Subsets and Attenuates Acute Chagas Myocarditis","authors":"Javier Ruiz Luque, Ágata Carolina Cevey, Azul Victoria Pieralisi, Carolina Poncini, Fernando Erra Díaz, Marcus Vinicius Azevedo Reis, Martin Donato, Gerardo Ariel Mirkin, Nora Beatriz Goren and Federico Nicolás Penas*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00125","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00125","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Chagas disease, caused by <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>, stands as the primary cause of dilated cardiomyopathy in the Americas. Macrophages play a crucial role in the heart’s response to infection. Given their functional and phenotypic adaptability, manipulating specific macrophage subsets could be vital in aiding essential cardiovascular functions including tissue repair and defense against infection. PPARα are ligand-dependent transcription factors involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation regulation. However, the role of fenofibrate, a PPARα ligand, in the activation profile of cardiac macrophages as well as its effect on the early inflammatory and fibrotic response in the heart remains unexplored. The present study demonstrates that fenofibrate significantly reduces not only the serum activity of tissue damage biomarker enzymes (LDH and GOT) but also the circulating proportions of pro-inflammatory monocytes (CD11b<sup>+</sup> LY6C<sup>high</sup>). Furthermore, both CD11b<sup>+</sup> Ly6C<sup>low</sup> F4/80<sup>high</sup> macrophages (MΦ) and recently differentiated CD11b<sup>+</sup> Ly6C<sup>high</sup> F4/80<sup>high</sup> monocyte-derived macrophages (MdMΦ) shift toward a resolving phenotype (CD206<sup>high</sup>) in the hearts of fenofibrate-treated mice. This shift correlates with a reduction in fibrosis, inflammation, and restoration of ventricular function in the early stages of Chagas disease. These findings encourage the repositioning of fenofibrate as a potential ancillary immunotherapy adjunct to antiparasitic drugs, addressing inflammation to mitigate Chagas disease symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140676930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-17DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00060
Krittapas Jantarug, Vishwachi Tripathi, Benedict Morin, Aya Iizuka, Richard Kuehl, Mario Morgenstern, Martin Clauss, Nina Khanna, Dirk Bumann and Pablo Rivera-Fuentes*,
Gram-positive bacteria, in particular Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), are the leading bacterial cause of death in high-income countries and can cause invasive infections at various body sites. These infections are associated with prolonged hospital stays, a large economic burden, considerable treatment failure, and high mortality rates. So far, there is only limited knowledge about the specific locations where S. aureus resides in the human body during various infections. Hence, the visualization of S. aureus holds significant importance in microbiological research. Herein, we report the development and validation of a far-red fluorescent probe to detect Gram-positive bacteria, with a focus on staphylococci, in human biopsies from deep-seated infections. This probe displays strong fluorescence and low background in human tissues, outperforming current tools for S. aureus detection. Several applications are demonstrated, including fixed- and live-cell imaging, flow cytometry, and super-resolution bacterial imaging.
{"title":"A Far-Red Fluorescent Probe to Visualize Gram-Positive Bacteria in Patient Samples","authors":"Krittapas Jantarug, Vishwachi Tripathi, Benedict Morin, Aya Iizuka, Richard Kuehl, Mario Morgenstern, Martin Clauss, Nina Khanna, Dirk Bumann and Pablo Rivera-Fuentes*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00060","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00060","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Gram-positive bacteria, in particular <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (<i>S. aureus</i>), are the leading bacterial cause of death in high-income countries and can cause invasive infections at various body sites. These infections are associated with prolonged hospital stays, a large economic burden, considerable treatment failure, and high mortality rates. So far, there is only limited knowledge about the specific locations where <i>S. aureus</i> resides in the human body during various infections. Hence, the visualization of <i>S. aureus</i> holds significant importance in microbiological research. Herein, we report the development and validation of a far-red fluorescent probe to detect Gram-positive bacteria, with a focus on staphylococci, in human biopsies from deep-seated infections. This probe displays strong fluorescence and low background in human tissues, outperforming current tools for <i>S. aureus</i> detection. Several applications are demonstrated, including fixed- and live-cell imaging, flow cytometry, and super-resolution bacterial imaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140608578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-16DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00018
Adam Rosenzweig, Kaylyn Spotton, Abir Bhattacharjee, Adrián Morales-Amador and Sean F. Brady*,
Cilagicin is a dual polyprenyl phosphate binding lipodepsipeptide antibiotic with strong activity against clinically relevant Gram-positive pathogens while evading antibiotic resistance. Cilagicin showed high serum binding that reduced its in vivo efficacy. Cilagicin-BP, which contains a biphenyl moiety in place of the N-terminal myristic acid found on cilagicin, showed reduced serum binding and increased in vivo efficacy but decreased potency against some pathogens. Here, we manipulated the acyl tail and the peptide core of cilagicin to identify an optimized collection of structural features that maintain potent antibiotic activity against a wide range of pathogens in the presence of serum. This led to the identification of the optimized antibiotic dodecacilagicin, which contains an N-terminal dodecanoic acid. Dodecacilagicin exhibits low MICs against clinically relevant pathogens in the presence of serum, retains polyprenyl phosphate binding, and evades resistance development even after long-term antibiotic exposure, making dodecacilagicin an appealing candidate for further therapeutic development.
Cilagicin 是一种与多烯磷酸盐结合的脂二胜肽双抗生素,对临床相关的革兰氏阳性病原体具有很强的活性,同时还能避免抗生素耐药性。Cilagicin 的血清结合率很高,降低了其体内药效。Cilagicin-BP含有一个联苯分子,取代了cilagicin上的N-末端肉豆蔻酸,降低了血清结合力,提高了体内药效,但降低了对某些病原体的效力。在此,我们对西拉吉辛的酰基尾部和肽核心进行了处理,以确定一系列优化的结构特征,从而在血清存在的情况下保持对多种病原体的强效抗生素活性。最终确定了含有 N 端十二烷酸的优化抗生素十二烷基拉吉霉素。十二烷基拉吉霉素在有血清存在的情况下对临床相关病原体表现出较低的 MIC 值,能保持与多烯磷酸盐的结合,即使长期接触抗生素也不会产生抗药性,因此十二烷基拉吉霉素是进一步开发治疗药物的理想候选物质。
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Pub Date : 2024-04-16DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00429
Logan R. Wilks, Gaurav Joshi, Natalie Rychener and Harvinder Singh Gill*,
Tyrosine cross-linking has recently been used to produce nanoclusters (NCs) from peptides to enhance their immunogenicity. In this study, NCs were generated using the ectodomain of the ion channel Matrix 2 (M2e) protein, a conserved influenza surface antigen. The NCs were administered via intranasal (IN) or intramuscular (IM) routes in a mouse model in a prime-boost regimen in the presence of the adjuvant CpG. After boost, a significant increase in anti-M2e IgG and its subtypes was observed in the serum and lungs of mice vaccinated through the IM and IN routes; however, significant enhancement in anti-M2e IgA in lungs was observed only in the IN group. Analysis of cytokine concentrations in stimulated splenocyte cultures indicated a Th1/Th17-biased response. Mice were challenged with a lethal dose of A/California/07/2009 (H1N1pdm), A/Puerto Rico/08/1934 (H1N1), or A/Hong Kong/08/1968 (H3N2) strains. Mice that received M2e NCs + CpG were significantly protected against these strains and showed decreased lung viral titers compared with the naive mice and M2e NC-alone groups. The IN-vaccinated group showed superior protection against the H3N2 strain as compared to the IM group. This research extends our earlier efforts involving the tyrosine-based cross-linking method and highlights the potential of this technology in enhancing the immunogenicity of short peptide immunogens.
最近,酪氨酸交联被用于从多肽中产生纳米团簇(NCs),以增强其免疫原性。在这项研究中,利用离子通道矩阵 2(M2e)蛋白的外结构域(一种保守的流感表面抗原)生成了 NCs。在有佐剂 CpG 存在的情况下,通过鼻内(IN)或肌内(IM)途径在小鼠模型中以原代-增强方案给药 NCs。强化后,通过 IM 和 IN 途径接种疫苗的小鼠血清和肺中抗 M2e IgG 及其亚型明显增加;但只有 IN 组小鼠肺中抗 M2e IgA 明显增加。对刺激脾细胞培养物中细胞因子浓度的分析表明,小鼠出现了 Th1/Th17 偏向反应。用致死剂量的 A/California/07/2009(H1N1pdm)、A/Puerto Rico/08/1934(H1N1)或 A/Hong Kong/08/1968(H3N2)毒株挑战小鼠。与天真小鼠组和单独接种 M2e NC 组相比,接种 M2e NCs + CpG 的小鼠对这些毒株有明显保护作用,肺部病毒滴度也有所下降。与 IM 组相比,IN 接种组对 H3N2 株的保护作用更强。这项研究扩展了我们之前采用的基于酪氨酸的交联方法,并强调了这项技术在提高短肽免疫原的免疫原性方面的潜力。
{"title":"Generation of Broad Protection against Influenza with Di-Tyrosine-Cross-Linked M2e Nanoclusters","authors":"Logan R. Wilks, Gaurav Joshi, Natalie Rychener and Harvinder Singh Gill*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00429","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00429","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Tyrosine cross-linking has recently been used to produce nanoclusters (NCs) from peptides to enhance their immunogenicity. In this study, NCs were generated using the ectodomain of the ion channel Matrix 2 (M2e) protein, a conserved influenza surface antigen. The NCs were administered via intranasal (IN) or intramuscular (IM) routes in a mouse model in a prime-boost regimen in the presence of the adjuvant CpG. After boost, a significant increase in anti-M2e IgG and its subtypes was observed in the serum and lungs of mice vaccinated through the IM and IN routes; however, significant enhancement in anti-M2e IgA in lungs was observed only in the IN group. Analysis of cytokine concentrations in stimulated splenocyte cultures indicated a Th1/Th17-biased response. Mice were challenged with a lethal dose of A/California/07/2009 (H1N1pdm), A/Puerto Rico/08/1934 (H1N1), or A/Hong Kong/08/1968 (H3N2) strains. Mice that received M2e NCs + CpG were significantly protected against these strains and showed decreased lung viral titers compared with the naive mice and M2e NC-alone groups. The IN-vaccinated group showed superior protection against the H3N2 strain as compared to the IM group. This research extends our earlier efforts involving the tyrosine-based cross-linking method and highlights the potential of this technology in enhancing the immunogenicity of short peptide immunogens.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140576974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-15DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00119
Mary Nantongo, David C. Nguyen, Christopher R. Bethel, Magdalena A. Taracila, Qing Li, Khalid M. Dousa, Eunjeong Shin, Sebastian G. Kurz, Liem Nguyen, Barry N. Kreiswirth, W. Henry Boom, Mark S. Plummer and Robert A. Bonomo*,
Peptidoglycan synthesis is an underutilized drug target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Diazabicyclooctanes (DBOs) are a class of broad-spectrum β-lactamase inhibitors that also inhibit certain peptidoglycan transpeptidases that are important in mycobacterial cell wall synthesis. We evaluated the DBO durlobactam as an inhibitor of BlaC, the Mtb β-lactamase, and multiple Mtb peptidoglycan transpeptidases (PonA1, LdtMt1, LdtMt2, LdtMt3, and LdtMt5). Timed electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) captured acyl-enzyme complexes with BlaC and all transpeptidases except LdtMt5. Inhibition kinetics demonstrated durlobactam was a potent and efficient DBO inhibitor of BlaC (KI app 9.2 ± 0.9 μM, k2/K 5600 ± 560 M–1 s–1) and similar to clavulanate (KI app 3.3 ± 0.6 μM, k2/K 8400 ± 840 M–1 s–1); however, durlobactam had a lower turnover number (tn = kcat/kinact) than clavulanate (1 and 8, respectively). KI app values with durlobactam and clavulanate were similar for peptidoglycan transpeptidases, but ESI-MS captured durlobactam complexes at more time points. Molecular docking and simulation demonstrated several productive interactions of durlobactam in the active sites of BlaC, PonA1, and LdtMt2. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was conducted on 11 Mtb isolates with amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, meropenem, imipenem, clavulanate, and durlobactam. Durlobactam had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) range of 0.5–16 μg/mL, similar to the ranges for meropenem (1–32 μg/mL) and imipenem (0.5–64 μg/mL). In β-lactam + durlobactam combinations (1:1 mass/volume), MICs were lowered 4- to 64-fold for all isolates except one with meropenem–durlobactam. This work supports further exploration of novel β-lactamase inhibitors that target BlaC and Mtb peptidoglycan transpeptidases.
{"title":"Durlobactam, a Diazabicyclooctane β-Lactamase Inhibitor, Inhibits BlaC and Peptidoglycan Transpeptidases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis","authors":"Mary Nantongo, David C. Nguyen, Christopher R. Bethel, Magdalena A. Taracila, Qing Li, Khalid M. Dousa, Eunjeong Shin, Sebastian G. Kurz, Liem Nguyen, Barry N. Kreiswirth, W. Henry Boom, Mark S. Plummer and Robert A. Bonomo*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00119","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00119","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Peptidoglycan synthesis is an underutilized drug target in <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (<i>Mtb</i>). Diazabicyclooctanes (DBOs) are a class of broad-spectrum β-lactamase inhibitors that also inhibit certain peptidoglycan transpeptidases that are important in mycobacterial cell wall synthesis. We evaluated the DBO durlobactam as an inhibitor of BlaC, the <i>Mtb</i> β-lactamase, and multiple <i>Mtb</i> peptidoglycan transpeptidases (PonA1, Ldt<sub>Mt1</sub>, Ldt<sub>Mt2</sub>, Ldt<sub>Mt3</sub>, and Ldt<sub>Mt5</sub>). Timed electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) captured acyl-enzyme complexes with BlaC and all transpeptidases except Ldt<sub>Mt5</sub>. Inhibition kinetics demonstrated durlobactam was a potent and efficient DBO inhibitor of BlaC (<i>K</i><sub>I app</sub> 9.2 ± 0.9 μM, <i>k</i><sub>2</sub>/<i>K</i> 5600 ± 560 M<sup>–1</sup> s<sup>–1</sup>) and similar to clavulanate (<i>K</i><sub>I app</sub> 3.3 ± 0.6 μM, <i>k</i><sub>2</sub>/<i>K</i> 8400 ± 840 M<sup>–1</sup> s<sup>–1</sup>); however, durlobactam had a lower turnover number (<i>t</i><sub>n</sub> = <i>k</i><sub>cat</sub>/<i>k</i><sub>inact</sub>) than clavulanate (1 and 8, respectively). <i>K</i><sub>I app</sub> values with durlobactam and clavulanate were similar for peptidoglycan transpeptidases, but ESI-MS captured durlobactam complexes at more time points. Molecular docking and simulation demonstrated several productive interactions of durlobactam in the active sites of BlaC, PonA1, and Ldt<sub>Mt2</sub>. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was conducted on 11 <i>Mtb</i> isolates with amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, meropenem, imipenem, clavulanate, and durlobactam. Durlobactam had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) range of 0.5–16 μg/mL, similar to the ranges for meropenem (1–32 μg/mL) and imipenem (0.5–64 μg/mL). In β-lactam + durlobactam combinations (1:1 mass/volume), MICs were lowered 4- to 64-fold for all isolates except one with meropenem–durlobactam. This work supports further exploration of novel β-lactamase inhibitors that target BlaC and <i>Mtb</i> peptidoglycan transpeptidases.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140576763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-12DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00104
Igor V. Esarev, Bianka Karge, Haoxuan Zeng, Petra Lippmann, Peter G. Jones, Hedda Schrey, Mark Brönstrup and Ingo Ott*,
The antibacterial activity of silver species is well-established; however, their mechanism of action has not been adequately explored. Furthermore, issues of low-molecular silver compounds with cytotoxicity, stability, and solubility hamper their progress to drug leads. We have investigated silver N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) halido complexes [(NHC)AgX, X = Cl, Br, and I] as a promising new type of antibacterial silver organometallics. Spectroscopic studies and conductometry established a higher stability for the complexes with iodide ligands, and nephelometry indicated that the complexes could be administered in solutions with physiological chloride levels. The complexes showed a broad spectrum of strong activity against pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. However, there was no significant activity against Gram-positive strains. Further studies clarified that tryptone and yeast extract, as components of the culture media, were responsible for this lack of activity. The reduction of biofilm formation and a strong inhibition of both glutathione and thioredoxin reductases with IC50 values in the nanomolar range were confirmed for selected compounds. In addition to their improved physicochemical properties, the compounds with iodide ligands did not display cytotoxic effects, unlike the other silver complexes. In summary, silver NHC complexes with iodide secondary ligands represent a useful scaffold for nontoxic silver organometallics with improved physicochemical properties and a distinct mechanism of action that is based on inhibition of thioredoxin and glutathione reductases.
{"title":"Silver Organometallics that are Highly Potent Thioredoxin and Glutathione Reductase Inhibitors: Exploring the Correlations of Solution Chemistry with the Strong Antibacterial Effects","authors":"Igor V. Esarev, Bianka Karge, Haoxuan Zeng, Petra Lippmann, Peter G. Jones, Hedda Schrey, Mark Brönstrup and Ingo Ott*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00104","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00104","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The antibacterial activity of silver species is well-established; however, their mechanism of action has not been adequately explored. Furthermore, issues of low-molecular silver compounds with cytotoxicity, stability, and solubility hamper their progress to drug leads. We have investigated silver N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) halido complexes [(NHC)AgX, X = Cl, Br, and I] as a promising new type of antibacterial silver organometallics. Spectroscopic studies and conductometry established a higher stability for the complexes with iodide ligands, and nephelometry indicated that the complexes could be administered in solutions with physiological chloride levels. The complexes showed a broad spectrum of strong activity against pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. However, there was no significant activity against Gram-positive strains. Further studies clarified that tryptone and yeast extract, as components of the culture media, were responsible for this lack of activity. The reduction of biofilm formation and a strong inhibition of both glutathione and thioredoxin reductases with IC<sub>50</sub> values in the nanomolar range were confirmed for selected compounds. In addition to their improved physicochemical properties, the compounds with iodide ligands did not display cytotoxic effects, unlike the other silver complexes. In summary, silver NHC complexes with iodide secondary ligands represent a useful scaffold for nontoxic silver organometallics with improved physicochemical properties and a distinct mechanism of action that is based on inhibition of thioredoxin and glutathione reductases.</p>","PeriodicalId":17,"journal":{"name":"ACS Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140576981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}