Binding Mode Characterization and Early in Vivo Evaluation of Fragment-Like Thiols as Inhibitors of the Virulence Factor LasB from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
摘要:
The increasing emergence of antibiotic resistance necessitates the development of anti-infectives with novel modes of action. Targeting bacterial virulence is considered a promising approach to develop novel antibiotics with reduced selection pressure. The extracellular collagenase elastase (LasB) plays a pivotal role in the infection process of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and therefore represents an attractive antivirulence target. Mercaptoacetamide-based thiols have been reported to inhibit LasB as well as collagenases from MMPs clostridia and bacillus species. The present work provides an insight into the structure activity relationship (SAR) of these fragment-like LasB inhibitors, demonstrating an inverse activity profile compared to similar inhibitors of clostridial collagenase H (CoIH). An X-ray cocrystal structure is presented, revealing distinct binding of two compounds to the active site of LasB, which unexpectedly maintains an open conformation. We further demonstrate in vivo efficacy in a Galleria mellonella infection model and high selectivity of the LasB inhibitors toward human matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs).
Palladium nanoparticles, simply and briefly generated in commercial and cheap onium salts using supercritical carbon dioxide, have been found to be an effective catalytic system for additive free N-alkylation reaction using alcohols via cascade oxidation/condensation/reduction steps.
Direct N-alkylation of amines with alcohols was successfully performed by using nanosized zeolite beta, which showed the highest catalytic activity among other conventional zeolites. This method has several advantages, such as eco-friendliness, moderate to high yields, and simple work-up procedure. The catalyst was successfully recovered and reused without significant loss of activity and only water is produced as co-product. In addition, imines were also efficiently prepared from the tandem reactions of amines with 2-, 3- and 4-nitrobenzyl alcohols using nanosized zeolite beta.
Reinvestigating Raney nickel mediated selective alkylation of amines with alcohols via hydrogen autotransfer methodology
作者:Astha Mehta、A. Thaker、V. Londhe、Santosh R. Nandan
DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2014.04.009
日期:2014.5
efficient, cost-effective use of Raneynickel (R-Ni) a widely used industrial catalyst for N-alkylation using alcohols is highlighted here. The work describes the scope and capability of R-Ni in hydrogen autotransfer reactions enabling its widespread use in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industry. R-Ni of W4, T4, and W7 grades were prepared and evaluated for alkylation of amines. The best activity and
Direct reductive amination of aldehydes with nitroarenes using bio-renewable formic acid as a hydrogen source
作者:Qi Zhang、Shu-Shuang Li、Ming-Ming Zhu、Yong-Mei Liu、He-Yong He、Yong Cao
DOI:10.1039/c5gc02583d
日期:——
Direct reductive amination of aldehydes with nitroarenes can be carried out efficiently in neat water in the presence of a single phase rutile titania supported gold catalyst using FA as the hydrogen donor.
The NMR spectra of the porphyrins. 17—Metalloporphyrins as diamagnetic shift reagents, structural and specificity studies
作者:Raymond J. Abraham、Geoffrey R. Bedford、Brian Wright
DOI:10.1002/mrc.1270180111
日期:1982.1
AbstractThe nature of the metalloporphyrin‐ligand complexes produced by zinc, magnesium and cobalt porphyrins with basic ligands has been investigated using the diamagnetic ring current shifts of the porphyrin on the ligand protons. The metal to nitrogen bond lengths in some metallo‐meso‐tetraphenylporphyrin (pyridine) complexes have been determined and compared with the data of the crystalline complexes. The geometry of the Zn meso‐tetraphenylporphyrin complexes with 2‐picoline, quinoline and isoquinoline has been investigated. Steric interactions between the ligand and the porphyrin in 2‐picoline and quinoline produce a dramatic increase in the ZnN bond length when compared to the unstrained analogues pyridine and isoquinoline. This large increase is associated with comparatively minor angle distortions in the complex. The specificity of the Zn meso‐tetraphenylporphyrin complexation shifts has been determined for a range of benzyl and butyl compounds. The complexation shift is linearly related to the basicity of the ligand for a wide range of basicities.