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ACS Infect Dis ; 6(8): 2249-2259, 2020 08 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32672928

ABSTRACT

Deep-seated bacterial infections caused by pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus are difficult to diagnose and treat and are thus a major threat to human health. In previous work we demonstrated that positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with 2-[18F]F-p-aminobenzoic acid (2-[18F]F-PABA) could noninvasively identify, localize, and monitor S. aureus infection with excellent sensitivity and specificity in a rodent soft tissue infection model. However, 2-[18F]F-PABA is rapidly N-acetylated and eliminated, and in an attempt to improve radiotracer accumulation in bacteria we adopted a prodrug strategy in which the acid was protected by an ester and the amine was replaced with a nitro group. Metabolite analysis indicated that the nitro group of ethyl 2-[18F]fluoro-4-nitrobenzoate (2-[18F]F-ENB) is converted to the corresponding amine by bacteria-specific nitroreductases while the ester is hydrolyzed in vivo into the acid. PET/CT imaging of 2-[18F]F-ENB and the corresponding acid 2-[18F]F-NB in a rat soft tissue infection model demonstrated colocalization of the radiotracer with the bioluminescent signal arising from S. aureus Xen29, and demonstrated that the tracer could differentiate S. aureus infection from sterile inflammation. Significantly, the accumulation of both 2-[18F]F-ENB and 2-[18F]F-NB at the site of infection was 17-fold higher than at the site of sterile inflammation compared to 8-fold difference observed for 2-[18F]F-PABA, supporting the proposal that the active radiotracer in vivo is 2-[18F]F-NB. Collectively, these data suggest that 2-[18F]F-ENB and 2-[18F]F-NB have the potential for translation to humans as a rapid, noninvasive diagnostic tool to identify and localize S. aureus infections.


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Prodrugs , Staphylococcal Infections , 4-Aminobenzoic Acid , Animals , Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography , Positron-Emission Tomography , Rats , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnostic imaging , Staphylococcus aureus
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ACS Infect Dis ; 4(11): 1635-1644, 2018 11 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30067329

ABSTRACT

Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of life-threatening infections, frequently originating from unknown or deep-seated foci. Source control and institution of appropriate antibiotics remain challenges, especially with infections due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). In this study, we developed a radiofluorinated analog of para-aminobenzoic acid (2-[18F]F-PABA) and demonstrate that it is an efficient alternative substrate for the S. aureus dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS). 2-[18F]F-PABA rapidly accumulated in vitro within laboratory and clinical (including MRSA) strains of S. aureus but not in mammalian cells. Biodistribution in murine and rat models demonstrated localization at infection sites and rapid renal elimination. In a rat model, 2-[18F]F-PABA positron emission tomography (PET) rapidly differentiated S. aureus infection from sterile inflammation and could also detect therapeutic failures associated with MRSA. These data suggest that 2-[18F]F-PABA has the potential for translation to humans as a rapid, noninvasive diagnostic tool to identify, localize, and monitor S. aureus infections.


Subject(s)
4-Aminobenzoic Acid/pharmacology , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnostic imaging , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis , Animals , Cross Infection/diagnosis , Cross Infection/diagnostic imaging , Cross Infection/microbiology , Female , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects , Mice , Mice, Inbred CBA , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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J Am Chem Soc ; 139(41): 14638-14648, 2017 10 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28876066

ABSTRACT

The flavin chromophore in blue-light-using FAD (BLUF) photoreceptors is surrounded by a hydrogen bond network that senses and responds to changes in the electronic structure of the flavin on the ultrafast time scale. The hydrogen bond network includes a strictly conserved Tyr residue, and previously we explored the role of this residue, Y21, in the photoactivation mechanism of the BLUF protein AppABLUF by the introduction of fluorotyrosine (F-Tyr) analogues that modulated the pKa and reduction potential of Y21 by 3.5 pH units and 200 mV, respectively. Although little impact on the forward (dark- to light-adapted form) photoreaction was observed, the change in Y21 pKa led to a 4000-fold increase in the rate of dark-state recovery. In the present work we have extended these studies to the BLUF protein PixD, where, in contrast to AppABLUF, modulation in the Tyr (Y8) pKa has a profound impact on the forward photoreaction. In particular, a decrease in Y8 pKa by 2 or more pH units prevents formation of a stable light state, consistent with a photoactivation mechanism that involves proton transfer or proton-coupled electron transfer from Y8 to the electronically excited FAD. Conversely, the effect of pKa on the rate of dark recovery is markedly reduced in PixD. These observations highlight very significant differences between the photocycles of PixD and AppABLUF, despite their sharing highly conserved FAD binding architectures.


Subject(s)
Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/radiation effects , Flavoproteins/metabolism , Flavoproteins/radiation effects , Fluorine/metabolism , Light , Photoreceptors, Microbial/metabolism , Photoreceptors, Microbial/radiation effects , Tyrosine/metabolism , Binding Sites , Color , Electron Transport , Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide/metabolism , Hydrogen Bonding , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Protein Domains , Protons , Synechocystis/chemistry
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