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ACS Med Chem Lett ; 14(11): 1524-1530, 2023 Nov 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37974942

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Multidrug-resistant bacteria are spreading at alarming rates, and despite extensive efforts, no new antibiotic class with activity against Gram-negative bacteria has been approved in over 50 years. LepB inhibitors (LepBi) based on the arylomycin class of natural products are a novel class of antibiotics and function by inhibiting the bacterial type I signal peptidase (SPase) in Gram-negative bacteria. One critical aspect of LepBi development involves optimization of the membrane-anchored lipophilic portion of the molecule. We therefore developed an approach that assesses the effect of this portion on the complicated equilibria of plasma protein binding, crossing the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria and anchoring in the bacterial inner membrane to facilitate SPase binding. Our findings provide important insights into the development of antibacterial agents where the target is associated with the inner membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.

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Nature ; 561(7722): 189-194, 2018 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30209367

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Multidrug-resistant bacteria are spreading at alarming rates, and despite extensive efforts no new class of antibiotic with activity against Gram-negative bacteria has been approved in over fifty years. Natural products and their derivatives have a key role in combating Gram-negative pathogens. Here we report chemical optimization of the arylomycins-a class of natural products with weak activity and limited spectrum-to obtain G0775, a molecule with potent, broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative bacteria. G0775 inhibits the essential bacterial type I signal peptidase, a new antibiotic target, through an unprecedented molecular mechanism. It circumvents existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms and retains activity against contemporary multidrug-resistant Gram-negative clinical isolates in vitro and in several in vivo infection models. These findings demonstrate that optimized arylomycin analogues such as G0775 could translate into new therapies to address the growing threat of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections.


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Anti-Bacterial Agents/classification , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Gram-Negative Bacteria/drug effects , Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology , Biocatalysis/drug effects , Biological Products/classification , Biological Products/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/drug effects , Escherichia coli/enzymology , Gram-Negative Bacteria/enzymology , Gram-Negative Bacteria/pathogenicity , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/drug therapy , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Klebsiella pneumoniae/drug effects , Klebsiella pneumoniae/enzymology , Klebsiella pneumoniae/pathogenicity , Lysine/metabolism , Membrane Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Peptides, Cyclic/chemistry , Porins , Protein Binding , Protein Domains , Serine Endopeptidases , Substrate Specificity
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