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Mar Drugs ; 22(5)2024 Apr 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38786586

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As a result of screening a panel of marine organisms to identify lead molecules for the stimulation of endochondral bone formation, the calcareous sponge Pericharax heteroraphis was identified to exhibit significant activity during endochondral differentiation. On further molecular networking analysis, dereplication and chemical fractionation yielded the known clathridine A-related metabolites 3-6 and the homodimeric complex (clathridine A)2 Zn2+ (9), together with the new unstable heterodimeric complex (clathridine A-clathridimine)Zn2+ (10). With the presence of the zinc complexes annotated through the LC-MS analysis of the crude extract changing due to the instability of some metabolites and complexes constituting the mixture, we combined the isolation of the predicted molecules with their synthesis in order to confirm their structure and to understand their reactivity. Interestingly, we also found a large quantity of the contaminant benzotriazoles BTZ (7) and its semi-dimer (BTZ)2CH2 (8), which are known to form complexes with transition metals and are used for preventing corrosion in water. All isolated 2-aminoimidazole derivatives and complexes were synthesized not only for structural confirmation and chemical understanding but to further study their bioactivity during endochondral differentiation, particularly the positively screened imidazolone derivatives. Compounds leucettamine B, clathridine A and clathridimine were found to increase type X collagen transcription and stimulate endochondral ossification in the ATDC5 micromass model.


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Diferenciação Celular , Osteogênese , Poríferos , Animais , Poríferos/química , Osteogênese/efeitos dos fármacos , Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Organismos Aquáticos , Zinco/química
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 68(5): e0018024, 2024 May 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38526049

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OXA-48 has rapidly disseminated worldwide and become one of the most common carbapenemases in many countries with more than 45 variants reported with, in some cases, significant differences in their hydrolysis profiles. The R214 residue, located in the ß5-ß6 loop, is crucial for the carbapenemase activity, as it stabilizes carbapenems in the active site and maintains the shape of the active site through interactions with D159. In this study, we have characterized a novel variant of OXA-48, OXA-933 with a single D159N change. To evaluate the importance of this residue, point mutations were generated (D159A, D159G, D159K, and D159W), kinetic parameters of OXA-933, OXA-48 D159G, and OXA-48 D159K were determined and compared to those of OXA-48 and OXA-244. The blaOXA-933 gene was borne on Tn2208, a 2,696-bp composite transposon made of two IS1 elements surrounded by 9 bp target site duplications and inserted into a non-self-transmissible plasmid pOXA-933 of 7,872 bp in size. Minimal inhibitory concentration values of E. coli expressing the blaOXA-933 gene or of its point mutant derivatives were lower for carbapenems (except for D159G) as compared to those expressing the blaOXA-48 gene. Steady-state kinetic parameters revealed lower catalytic efficiencies for expanded spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems. A detailed structural analysis confirmed the crucial role of D159 in shaping the active site of OXA-48 enzymes by interacting with R214. Our work further illustrates the remarkable propensity of OXA-48-like carbapenemases to evolve through mutations at positions outside the ß5-ß6 loop, but interacting with key residues of it.


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Antibacterianos , Carbapenêmicos , Escherichia coli , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Penicilinas , beta-Lactamases , beta-Lactamases/genética , beta-Lactamases/metabolismo , Carbapenêmicos/farmacologia , Carbapenêmicos/metabolismo , Hidrólise , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Penicilinas/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Cinética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Domínio Catalítico , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Mutação Puntual
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Clin Microbiol Infect ; 30(4): 469-480, 2024 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38160753

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SCOPE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen considered one of the paradigms of antimicrobial resistance, is among the main causes of hospital-acquired and chronic infections associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This growing threat results from the extraordinary capacity of P. aeruginosa to develop antimicrobial resistance through chromosomal mutations, the increasing prevalence of transferable resistance determinants (such as the carbapenemases and the extended-spectrum ß-lactamases), and the global expansion of epidemic lineages. The general objective of this initiative is to provide a comprehensive update of P. aeruginosa resistance mechanisms, especially for the extensively drug-resistant (XDR)/difficult-to-treat resistance (DTR) international high-risk epidemic lineages, and how the recently approved ß-lactams and ß-lactam/ß-lactamase inhibitor combinations may affect resistance mechanisms and the definition of susceptibility profiles. METHODS: To address this challenge, the European Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS) from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases launched the 'Improving Surveillance of Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Europe (ISARPAE)' initiative in 2022, supported by the Joint programming initiative on antimicrobial resistance network call and included a panel of over 40 researchers from 18 European Countries. Thus, a ESGARS-ISARPAE position paper was designed and the final version agreed after four rounds of revision and discussion by all panel members. QUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THE POSITION PAPER: To provide an update on (a) the emerging resistance mechanisms to classical and novel anti-pseudomonal agents, with a particular focus on ß-lactams, (b) the susceptibility profiles associated with the most relevant ß-lactam resistance mechanisms, (c) the impact of the novel agents and resistance mechanisms on the definitions of resistance profiles, and (d) the globally expanding XDR/DTR high-risk lineages and their association with transferable resistance mechanisms. IMPLICATION: The evidence presented herein can be used for coordinated epidemiological surveillance and decision making at the European and global level.


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Antibacterianos , Infecções por Pseudomonas , Humanos , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , beta-Lactamases/genética , Infecções por Pseudomonas/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Pseudomonas/epidemiologia , Infecções por Pseudomonas/microbiologia , Pseudomonas , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genética , Inibidores de beta-Lactamases/uso terapêutico , beta-Lactamas/farmacologia , beta-Lactamas/uso terapêutico , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana
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Expert Opin Ther Pat ; 33(7-8): 523-538, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37737836

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INTRODUCTION: Metallo-ß-lactamases (MBLs) are enzymes produced by bacteria that confer resistance to most ß-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, which have the broadest spectrum of activity. This resistance mechanism poses a significant threat to public health as it drastically reduces treatment options for severe bacterial infections. Developing effective inhibitors against MBLs is crucial to restore susceptibility to ß-lactam antibiotics. AREAS COVERED: This review aims to provide an updated analysis of patents describing novel MBL inhibitors and their potential therapeutic applications that were filed between January 2020 and May 2023. EXPERT OPINION: Significant advancements were made in the development of selective MBL inhibitors with zinc-binding and zinc-chelating mechanisms of action. Dual inhibitors, targeting simultaneously both serine-ß-lactamases (SBLs) and MBLs, represent an interesting alternative approach that is increasingly pertinent for the treatment of infections involving multiple ß-lactamases from different Ambler classes. Most examples of MBL-specific inhibitors were focused on the treatment of MBL-mediated infections in Enterobacterales, where IMP-1 was a more difficult target compared with VIM-1 or NDM-1, and much less on Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumannii, which are more challenging to address.


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Antibacterianos , Inibidores de beta-Lactamases , Humanos , Inibidores de beta-Lactamases/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Patentes como Assunto , beta-Lactamases , Bactérias , Carbapenêmicos , Zinco , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana
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Front Microbiol ; 14: 1253160, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37700870

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Here, we characterized the first French NDM-9-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolate. A. baumannii 13A297, which belonged to the STPas25 (international clone IC7), was highly resistant to ß-lactams including cefiderocol (MIC >32 mg/L). Whole genome sequencing (WGS) using both Illumina and Oxford Nanopore technologies revealed a 166-kb non-conjugative plasmid harboring a blaNDM-9 gene embedded in a Tn125 composite transposon. Complementation of E. coli DH5α and A. baumannii CIP70.10 strains with the pABEC plasmid carrying the blaNDM-1 or blaNDM-9 gene, respectively, resulted in a significant increase in cefiderocol MIC values (16 to >256-fold), particularly in the NDM-9 transformants. Interestingly, steady-state kinetic parameters, measured using purified NDM-1 and NDM-9 (Glu152Lys) enzymes, revealed that the affinity for cefiderocol was 3-fold higher for NDM-9 (Km = 53 µM) than for NDM-1 (Km = 161 µM), leading to a 2-fold increase in catalytic efficiency for NDM-9 (0.13 and 0.069 µM-1.s-1, for NDM-9 and NDM-1, respectively). Finally, we showed by molecular docking experiments that the residue 152 of NDM-like enzymes plays a key role in cefiderocol binding and resistance, by allowing a strong ionic interaction between the Lys152 residue of NDM-9 with both the Asp223 residue of NDM-9 and the carboxylate group of the R1 substituent of cefiderocol.

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Nat Commun ; 14(1): 1881, 2023 04 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37019903

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Calreticulin (CALR) frameshift mutations represent the second cause of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). In healthy cells, CALR transiently and non-specifically interacts with immature N-glycosylated proteins through its N-terminal domain. Conversely, CALR frameshift mutants turn into rogue cytokines by stably and specifically interacting with the Thrombopoietin Receptor (TpoR), inducing its constitutive activation. Here, we identify the basis of the acquired specificity of CALR mutants for TpoR and define the mechanisms by which complex formation triggers TpoR dimerization and activation. Our work reveals that CALR mutant C-terminus unmasks CALR N-terminal domain, rendering it more accessible to bind immature N-glycans on TpoR. We further find that the basic mutant C-terminus is partially α-helical and define how its α-helical segment concomitantly binds acidic patches of TpoR extracellular domain and induces dimerization of both CALR mutant and TpoR. Finally, we propose a model of the tetrameric TpoR-CALR mutant complex and identify potentially targetable sites.


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Calreticulina , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos , Humanos , Dimerização , Calreticulina/metabolismo , Receptores de Trombopoetina/metabolismo , Mutação da Fase de Leitura , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/genética , Mutação , Janus Quinase 2/metabolismo
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 67(2): e0109522, 2023 02 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36648230

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OXA-48-producing Enterobacterales have now widely disseminated throughout the world. Several variants have now been reported, differing by just a few amino-acid substitutions or deletions, mostly in the region of the loop ß5-ß6. As OXA-48 hydrolyzes carbapenems but lacks significant expanded-spectrum cephalosporin (ESC) hydrolytic activity, ESCs were suggested as a therapeutic option. Here, we have characterized OXA-517, a natural variant of OXA-48- with an Arg214Lys substitution and a deletion of Ile215 and Glu216 in the ß5-ß6 loop, capable of hydrolyzing at the same time ESC and carbapenems. MICs values of E. coli expressing blaOXA-517 gene revealed reduced susceptibility to carbapenems (similarly to OXA-48) and resistance to ESCs. Steady-state kinetic parameters revealed high catalytic efficiencies for ESCs and carbapenems. The blaOXA-517 gene was located on a ca. 31-kb plasmid identical to the prototypical IncL blaOXA-48-carrying plasmid except for an IS1R-mediated deletion of 30.7-kb in the tra operon. The crystal structure of OXA-517, determined to 1.86 Å resolution, revealed an expanded active site compared to that of OXA-48, which allows for accommodation of the bulky ceftazidime substrate. Our work illustrates the remarkable propensity of OXA-48-like carbapenemases to evolve through mutation/deletion in the ß5-ß6 loop to extend its hydrolysis profile to encompass most ß-lactam substrates.


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Carbapenêmicos , Cefalosporinas , Carbapenêmicos/farmacologia , Escherichia coli/genética , beta-Lactamases/genética , beta-Lactamases/química , Ceftazidima , Monobactamas , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(17)2022 Aug 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36077146

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The EPIC consortium brings together experts from a wide range of fields that include clinical, molecular and basic microbiology, infectious diseases, computational biology and chemistry, drug discovery and design, bioinformatics, biochemistry, biophysics, pharmacology, toxicology, veterinary sciences, environmental sciences, and epidemiology. The main question to be answered by the EPIC alliance is the following: "What is the best approach for data mining on carbapenemase inhibitors and how to translate this data into experiments?" From this forum, we propose that the scientific community think up new strategies to be followed for the discovery of new carbapenemase inhibitors, so that this process is efficient and capable of providing results in the shortest possible time and within acceptable time and economic costs.


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Biologia Computacional , beta-Lactamases , Proteínas de Bactérias , Biologia Computacional/métodos , Simulação por Computador
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Clin Microbiol Rev ; 35(3): e0015021, 2022 09 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35435729

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Class C ß-lactamases or cephalosporinases can be classified into two functional groups (1, 1e) with considerable molecular variability (≤20% sequence identity). These enzymes are mostly encoded by chromosomal and inducible genes and are widespread among bacteria, including Proteobacteria in particular. Molecular identification is based principally on three catalytic motifs (64SXSK, 150YXN, 315KTG), but more than 70 conserved amino-acid residues (≥90%) have been identified, many close to these catalytic motifs. Nevertheless, the identification of a tiny, phylogenetically distant cluster (including enzymes from the genera Legionella, Bradyrhizobium, and Parachlamydia) has raised questions about the possible existence of a C2 subclass of ß-lactamases, previously identified as serine hydrolases. In a context of the clinical emergence of extended-spectrum AmpC ß-lactamases (ESACs), the genetic modifications observed in vivo and in vitro (point mutations, insertions, or deletions) during the evolution of these enzymes have mostly involved the Ω- and H-10/R2-loops, which vary considerably between genera, and, in some cases, the conserved triplet 150YXN. Furthermore, the conserved deletion of several amino-acid residues in opportunistic pathogenic species of Acinetobacter, such as A. baumannii, A. calcoaceticus, A. pittii and A. nosocomialis (deletion of residues 304-306), and in Hafnia alvei and H. paralvei (deletion of residues 289-290), provides support for the notion of natural ESACs. The emergence of higher levels of resistance to ß-lactams, including carbapenems, and to inhibitors such as avibactam is a reality, as the enzymes responsible are subject to complex regulation encompassing several other genes (ampR, ampD, ampG, etc.). Combinations of resistance mechanisms may therefore be at work, including overproduction or change in permeability, with the loss of porins and/or activation of efflux systems.


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beta-Lactamases , beta-Lactamas , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Carbapenêmicos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Porinas , Serina , beta-Lactamases/genética , beta-Lactamases/metabolismo , beta-Lactamas/farmacologia
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 118(50)2021 12 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34873034

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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is responsible for numerous damages when overproduced, and its detection is crucial for a better understanding of H2O2-mediated signaling in physiological and pathological processes. For this purpose, various "off-on" small fluorescent probes relying on a boronate trigger have been prepared, and this design has also been involved in the development of H2O2-activated prodrugs or theranostic tools. However, this design suffers from slow kinetics, preventing activation by H2O2 with a short response time. Therefore, faster H2O2-reactive groups are awaited. To address this issue, we have successfully developed and characterized a prototypic borinic-based fluorescent probe containing a coumarin scaffold. We determined its in vitro kinetic constants toward H2O2-promoted oxidation. We measured 1.9 × 104 m-1⋅s-1 as a second-order rate constant, which is 10,000-fold faster than its well-established boronic counterpart (1.8 m-1⋅s-1). This improved reactivity was also effective in a cellular context, rendering borinic acids an advantageous trigger for H2O2-mediated release of effectors such as fluorescent moieties.

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Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 65(12): e0116021, 2021 11 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34606331

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Resistance to the ceftazidime (CAZ)-avibactam (AVI) combination is increasingly being reported. Here, we report a CAZ-AVI-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain belonging to the high-risk sequence type 307 (ST307) clone and producing Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 39 (KPC-39), a single-amino-acid variant of KPC-3 (A172T). Cloning experiments, steady-state kinetic parameters, and molecular dynamics simulations revealed a loss of carbapenemase activity and increased affinity for CAZ. KPC-39 was identified in a patient without prior exposure to CAZ-AVI, suggesting silent dissemination in European health care settings.


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Ceftazidima , Infecções por Klebsiella , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Compostos Azabicíclicos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Ceftazidima/farmacologia , Combinação de Medicamentos , Humanos , Infecções por Klebsiella/tratamento farmacológico , Klebsiella pneumoniae/genética , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , beta-Lactamases/genética
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 65(11): e0266020, 2021 10 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34370584

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Over the last two decades, antimicrobial resistance has become a global health problem. In Gram-negative bacteria, metallo-ß-lactamases (MBLs), which inactivate virtually all ß-lactams, increasingly contribute to this phenomenon. The aim of this study is to characterize VIM-52, a His224Arg variant of VIM-1, identified in a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate. VIM-52 conferred lower MICs to cefepime and ceftazidime compared to VIM-1. These results were confirmed by steady-state kinetic measurements, where VIM-52 yielded a lower activity toward ceftazidime and cefepime but not against carbapenems. Residue 224 is part of the L10 loop (residues 221 to 241), which borders the active site. As Arg 224 and Ser 228 both play an important and interrelated role in enzymatic activity, stability, and substrate specificity for the MBLs, targeted mutagenesis at both positions was performed and further confirmed their crucial role for substrate specificity.


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Antibacterianos , Klebsiella pneumoniae , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Ceftazidima/farmacologia , Klebsiella pneumoniae/genética , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , beta-Lactamases/genética
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J Comput Aided Mol Des ; 35(7): 853-870, 2021 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34232435

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We predicted water-octanol partition coefficients for the molecules in the SAMPL7 challenge with explicit solvent classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Water hydration free energies and octanol solvation free energies were calculated with a windowed alchemical free energy approach. Three commonly used force fields (AMBER GAFF, CHARMM CGenFF, OPLS-AA) were tested. Special emphasis was placed on converging all simulations, using a criterion developed for the SAMPL6 challenge. In aggregate, over 1000 [Formula: see text]s of simulations were performed, with some free energy windows remaining not fully converged even after 1 [Formula: see text]s of simulation time. Nevertheless, the amount of sampling produced [Formula: see text] estimates with a precision of 0.1 log units or better for converged simulations. Despite being probably as fully sampled as can expected and is feasible, the agreement with experiment remained modest for all force fields, with no force field performing better than 1.6 in root mean squared error. Overall, our results indicate that a large amount of sampling is necessary to produce precise [Formula: see text] predictions for the SAMPL7 compounds and that high precision does not necessarily lead to high accuracy. Thus, fundamental problems remain to be solved for physics-based [Formula: see text] predictions.


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Octanóis/química , Proteínas/química , Software , Água/química , Entropia , Ligantes , Modelos Químicos , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Solventes/química , Termodinâmica
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Nat Chem Biol ; 17(10): 1093-1100, 2021 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34326538

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Gram-negative bacteria express structurally diverse lipoproteins in their cell envelope. Here, we find that approximately half of lipoproteins destined to the Escherichia coli outer membrane display an intrinsically disordered linker at their N terminus. Intrinsically disordered regions are common in proteins, but establishing their importance in vivo has remained challenging. As we sought to unravel how lipoproteins mature, we discovered that unstructured linkers are required for optimal trafficking by the Lol lipoprotein sorting system, whereby linker deletion re-routes three unrelated lipoproteins to the inner membrane. Focusing on the stress sensor RcsF, we found that replacing the linker with an artificial peptide restored normal outer-membrane targeting only when the peptide was of similar length and disordered. Overall, this study reveals the role played by intrinsic disorder in lipoprotein sorting, providing mechanistic insight into the biogenesis of these proteins and suggesting that evolution can select for intrinsic disorder that supports protein function.


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Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas Intrinsicamente Desordenadas/metabolismo , Lipoproteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Proteínas Intrinsicamente Desordenadas/química , Lipoproteínas/genética , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação Proteica , Transporte Proteico
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J Antimicrob Chemother ; 76(9): 2294-2301, 2021 08 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34143889

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OBJECTIVES: Detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPEs) is sometimes difficult with AmpC-hyperproducing Enterobacterales (AHEs), as they may falsely be classified as CPEs. Here, we present a rapid Carbapenem Inactivation Method (rCIM) optimized for AmpC producers (rCIM-A) that allows rapid and easy discrimination between AHEs and CPEs. METHODS: Enterobacterales (n = 249), including natural AmpC producers, AHEs, CPEs and non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant control strains were evaluated, using Carba NP, rCIM and rCIM-A. The rCIM-A differs from the rCIM by the addition of cloxacillin (400 µg/mL) to the initial antibiotic incubation step. RESULTS: The rCIM-A yielded a sensitivity and specificity of 84.26% (95% CI: 76.00%-90.55%) and 99.29% (95% CI: 96.11%-99.98%), respectively, while those of the rCIM were 86.11% (95% CI: 78.13%-92.01%) and 80.85% (95% CI: 73.38%-86.99%), respectively; those of Carba NP were lower at 84.04% (95% CI: 75.05%-90.78%) and 91.37% (95% CI: 85.41%-95.46%), respectively, due to indeterminate results. The rCIM-A was capable of discriminating between AHEs and true CPEs, but still failed to identify OXA-23-producing Proteus mirabilis isolates and remained only partially reliable for identifying IMI-like producers and a few MBL (2 NDM-1, 1 LMB-1, 1 TMB-1 and 1 IMP-13) producers. One chromosomally encoded AmpC variant, MIR-10, gave repeatedly positive results using all three tests and was thus considered a false positive. CONCLUSIONS: Specificity for AHEs greatly improved with the rCIM-A without altering the test performance for the other resistance mechanisms. It may replace the rCIM as a cheap, easy, rapid and accurate CPE detection test.


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Enterobacteriáceas Resistentes a Carbapenêmicos , Infecções por Enterobacteriaceae , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Técnicas Bacteriológicas , Carbapenêmicos/farmacologia , Enterobacteriaceae , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , beta-Lactamases/genética
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J Antimicrob Chemother ; 76(8): 2024-2028, 2021 07 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33993262

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BACKGROUND: OXA-48-producing Enterobacterales have widely disseminated globally with an increasing number of variants identified. Among them, OXA-244 is increasingly reported, despite detection difficulties. OBJECTIVES: To determine the steady-state kinetic parameters of OXA-244. METHODS: The blaOXA-244 gene was amplified, cloned into plasmids p-TOPO and pET41b+, and transformed into Escherichia coli TOP10 for MIC determination and E. coli BL21 DE3 for purification. Steady-state kinetic parameters and IC50s of clavulanic acid, tazobactam and NaCl were determined using purified OXA-244. Molecular modelling was also performed. RESULTS: A reduction in MICs of temocillin and carbapenems was observed in E. coli expressing OXA-244 as compared with OXA-48. The kinetic parameters revealed a reduced carbapenemase activity of OXA-244 as compared with OXA-48, especially for imipenem, which was 10-fold lower. Similarly, catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) was reduced by 4-fold and 20-fold for ampicillin and temocillin, respectively. Kinetic parameters for cephalosporins were, however, similar. Molecular modelling studies evidenced the key role of R214 in OXA-48, establishing salt bridges with D159 and with the carboxylate group of the R1 substituent of temocillin. These interactions are not possible with G214 in OXA-244, explaining the reduced affinity of temocillin for this enzyme. The R214G mutation in OXA-244 is also likely to induce changes in the active site's water network that would explain the decrease in the hydrolysis rate of carbapenems. CONCLUSIONS: Our data confirm that the R214G mutation (present in OXA-244) results in reduced carbapenem- and temocillin-hydrolysing activity, confirming the crucial role of residue 214 in the hydrolysis of these substrates by OXA-48-like ß-lactamases.


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Proteínas de Escherichia coli/química , Escherichia coli , beta-Lactamases/química , beta-Lactamas , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Carbapenêmicos , Escherichia coli/genética , Hidrólise , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , beta-Lactamases/genética , beta-Lactamas/farmacologia
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Eur J Med Chem ; 219: 113418, 2021 Jul 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33862516

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The occurrence of resistances in Gram negative bacteria is steadily increasing to reach extremely worrying levels and one of the main causes of resistance is the massive spread of very efficient ß-lactamases which render most ß-lactam antibiotics useless. Herein, we report the development of a series of imino-analogues of ß-lactams (namely azetidinimines) as efficient non-covalent inhibitors of ß-lactamases. Despite the structural and mechanistic differences between serine-ß-lactamases KPC-2 and OXA-48 and metallo-ß-lactamase NDM-1, all three enzymes can be inhibited at a submicromolar level by compound 7dfm, which can also repotentiate imipenem against a resistant strain of Escherichia coli expressing NDM-1. We show that 7dfm can efficiently inhibit not only the three main clinically-relevant carbapenemases of Ambler classes A (KPC-2), B (NDM-1) and D (OXA-48) with Ki's below 0.3 µM, but also the cephalosporinase CMY-2 (class C, 86% inhibition at 10 µM). Our results pave the way for the development of a new structurally original family of non-covalent broad-spectrum inhibitors of ß-lactamases.


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Antibacterianos/química , Azetidinas/química , Inibidores de beta-Lactamases/química , beta-Lactamases/química , Antibacterianos/metabolismo , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Azetidinas/metabolismo , Sítios de Ligação , Domínio Catalítico , Linhagem Celular , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Concentração Inibidora 50 , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Microssomos Hepáticos/efeitos dos fármacos , Microssomos Hepáticos/metabolismo , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Inibidores de beta-Lactamases/metabolismo , Inibidores de beta-Lactamases/farmacologia , beta-Lactamases/genética , beta-Lactamases/metabolismo
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J Med Chem ; 64(2): 1197-1219, 2021 01 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33417773

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Significant inhibition of Aurora B was achieved by the synthesis of simplified fragments of benzosceptrins and oroidin belonging to the marine pyrrole-2-aminoimidazoles metabolites isolated from sponges. Evaluation of kinase inhibition enabled the discovery of a synthetically accessible rigid acetylenic structural analogue EL-228 (1), whose structure could be optimized into the potent CJ2-150 (37). Here we present the synthesis of new inhibitors of Aurora B kinase, which is an important target for cancer therapy through mitosis regulation. The biologically oriented synthesis yielded several nanomolar inhibitors. The optimized compound CJ2-150 (37) showed a non-ATP competitive allosteric mode of action in a mixed-type inhibition for Aurora B kinase. Molecular docking identified a probable binding mode in the allosteric site "F" and highlighted the key interactions with the protein. We describe the improvement of the inhibitory potency and specificity of the novel scaffold as well as the characterization of the mechanism of action.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Aurora Quinase B/antagonistas & inibidores , Poríferos/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Regulação Alostérica , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Mitose/efeitos dos fármacos , Modelos Moleculares , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ; 99(1): 115174, 2021 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32980808

RESUMO

We investigated the presence of carbapenemases in carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, which were collected over a 14-month period in a Turkish hospital, with in-depth molecular characterization of carbapenemase-producing isolates. Among 45 study isolates, 2 isolates were identified as carbapenemase producers by both Carba NP and Carbapenem Inactivation Method tests, and only 1 of them gave a positive result in polymerase chain reaction tests for a carbapenemase gene (blaVIM). Whole genome sequencing of the 2 isolates revealed the presence of blaVIM-5 gene in an ST308 isolate, while the other one expressed IMP-7 in an ST357 isolate; both STs are considered high-risk clones. The 2 carbapenemase-producing isolates were multidrug resistant, as they harbored other resistance determinants, including a variant of the recently described plasmid-encoded fluoroquinolone resistance determinant crpP gene, crpP-2. We report for the first time P. aeruginosa high-risk clones carrying VIM-5- and IMP-7-type carbapenemases with multiple resistance determinants in Turkey.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla/genética , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genética , beta-Lactamases/genética , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/biossíntese , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Carbapenêmicos/farmacologia , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Fluoroquinolonas/farmacologia , Genoma Bacteriano/genética , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Tipagem de Sequências Multilocus , Plasmídeos/genética , Infecções por Pseudomonas/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Pseudomonas/microbiologia , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolamento & purificação , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz , Centros de Atenção Terciária , Turquia , Sequenciamento Completo do Genoma , beta-Lactamases/biossíntese , beta-Lactamases/metabolismo
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