Design and Evaluation of Mechanism-Based Inhibitors of D-Alanyl-D-alanine Dipeptidase VanX
摘要:
VanX protein is 6 D-alanyl-D-alanine dipeptidase essential for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus. It is also a key drug target in circumventing clinical glycopeptide antibiotic resistance. The dipeptide-like compound D-Ala-D-Gly(SC6H4-p-CHF2) (1) was recently reported as the first mechanism-based inhibitor with high affinity for the enzyme but poor inhibitory efficiency (k(inact)/K-irr = 9320 m(-1) s(-1)) and a high partition ratio (7600). In order to assess the effects of variations in aromatic substituents on the in vitro inhibition properties of 1, we have prepared a few derivatives and analyzed them using the alternative substrate D-Ala-D-Gly(SPh)-OH (15) designed according to a similar strategy. Whereas moving the electrophilic difluoromethyl group to the ortho position slightly improved the inhibition parameters (k(intact)/K-irr, = 1140 m(-1) s(-1)) with a small decrease in the partition ratio (7200), introduction of a methoxy group in D-Ala-D-ortho/para-(difluoromethyl)phenylthioglycines resulted in a marked decrease in inhibitory efficiency. These results demonstrate the difficulties in improving the leading compound 1 given the restricted space available at the VanX active site.
Design and Evaluation of Mechanism-Based Inhibitors of D-Alanyl-D-alanine Dipeptidase VanX
摘要:
VanX protein is 6 D-alanyl-D-alanine dipeptidase essential for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus. It is also a key drug target in circumventing clinical glycopeptide antibiotic resistance. The dipeptide-like compound D-Ala-D-Gly(SC6H4-p-CHF2) (1) was recently reported as the first mechanism-based inhibitor with high affinity for the enzyme but poor inhibitory efficiency (k(inact)/K-irr = 9320 m(-1) s(-1)) and a high partition ratio (7600). In order to assess the effects of variations in aromatic substituents on the in vitro inhibition properties of 1, we have prepared a few derivatives and analyzed them using the alternative substrate D-Ala-D-Gly(SPh)-OH (15) designed according to a similar strategy. Whereas moving the electrophilic difluoromethyl group to the ortho position slightly improved the inhibition parameters (k(intact)/K-irr, = 1140 m(-1) s(-1)) with a small decrease in the partition ratio (7200), introduction of a methoxy group in D-Ala-D-ortho/para-(difluoromethyl)phenylthioglycines resulted in a marked decrease in inhibitory efficiency. These results demonstrate the difficulties in improving the leading compound 1 given the restricted space available at the VanX active site.
VanX protein is 6 D-alanyl-D-alanine dipeptidase essential for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus. It is also a key drug target in circumventing clinical glycopeptide antibiotic resistance. The dipeptide-like compound D-Ala-D-Gly(SC6H4-p-CHF2) (1) was recently reported as the first mechanism-based inhibitor with high affinity for the enzyme but poor inhibitory efficiency (k(inact)/K-irr = 9320 m(-1) s(-1)) and a high partition ratio (7600). In order to assess the effects of variations in aromatic substituents on the in vitro inhibition properties of 1, we have prepared a few derivatives and analyzed them using the alternative substrate D-Ala-D-Gly(SPh)-OH (15) designed according to a similar strategy. Whereas moving the electrophilic difluoromethyl group to the ortho position slightly improved the inhibition parameters (k(intact)/K-irr, = 1140 m(-1) s(-1)) with a small decrease in the partition ratio (7200), introduction of a methoxy group in D-Ala-D-ortho/para-(difluoromethyl)phenylthioglycines resulted in a marked decrease in inhibitory efficiency. These results demonstrate the difficulties in improving the leading compound 1 given the restricted space available at the VanX active site.