Increased energy demand from anabolic-catabolic processes drives ß-lactam antibiotic lethality.
Cell Chem Biol
; 29(2): 276-286.e4, 2022 02 17.
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ABSTRACT
ß-Lactam antibiotics disrupt the assembly of peptidoglycan (PG) within the bacterial cell wall by inhibiting the enzymatic activity of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). It was recently shown that ß-lactam treatment initializes a futile cycle of PG synthesis and degradation, highlighting major gaps in our understanding of the lethal effects of PBP inhibition by ß-lactam antibiotics. Here, we assess the downstream metabolic consequences of treatment of Escherichia coli with the ß-lactam mecillinam and show that lethality from PBP2 inhibition is a specific consequence of toxic metabolic shifts induced by energy demand from multiple catabolic and anabolic processes, including accelerated protein synthesis downstream of PG futile cycling. Resource allocation into these processes is coincident with alterations in ATP synthesis and utilization, as well as a broadly dysregulated cellular redox environment. These results indicate that the disruption of normal anabolic-catabolic homeostasis by PBP inhibition is an essential factor for ß-lactam antibiotic lethality.
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Proteínas de Escherichia coli
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Proteínas de Ligação às Penicilinas
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Escherichia coli
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Andinocilina
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Antibacterianos
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2022
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