Highly Potent Inhibitors of Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus aureus Revealed Through a Systematic Synthetic Study of the Group-III Autoinducing Peptide
摘要:
Methods to intercept bacterial quorum sensing (QS) have attracted significant attention as potential anti-infective therapies. Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that utilizes autoinducing peptide (AIP) signals to mediate QS and thereby regulate virulence. S. aureus strains are categorized into four groups (I-IV) according to their AIP signal and cognate extracellular receptor, AgrC. Each group is associated with a certain disease profile, and S. aureus group Ill strains are responsible for toxic shock syndrome and have been underestimated in other infections to date. A limited set of non-native AIP analogs have been shown to inhibit AgrC receptors; such compounds represent promising tools to study QS pathways in S. aureus. We seek to expand this set of chemical probes and report herein the first design, synthesis, and biological testing of AIP-III mimetics. A set of non-native peptides was identified that can inhibit all four of the AgrC receptors (I-IV) with picomolar IC50 values in reporter strains These analogs also blocked hemolysis by wild type S. aureus group I-IV strains-a virulence trait under the control of QS-at picomolar concentrations Moreover, four of the lead AgrC inhibitors were capable of attenuating the production of toxic shock syndrome toxin -1 (also under the control of QS) by over 80% at nanomolar concentrations in a wild type S. aureus group Ill strain. These peptides represent, to our knowledge, the most potent synthetic inhibitors of QS in S. aureus known, and constitute new and readily accessible chemical tools for the study of the AgrC system and virulence in this deadly pathogen.
PEPTIDE-BASED QUORUM SENSING INHIBITORS FOR THE ATTENUATION OF VIRULENCE IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
申请人:WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
公开号:US20160194360A1
公开(公告)日:2016-07-07
Compounds that affect quorum sensing (QS) in
Staphylococcus aureus
and related
Staphylococcus
species (e.g.,
S. epidermidis
). Compounds which modulate one or more of the four AgrC receptors of
Staphylococcus
species, particularly of
Staphylococcus aureus
. Modulation includes inhibition or activation of one or more of these four AgrC receptors. These compounds are useful for bacterial interference and are useful for treating bacterial infections, particularly staphylococcal infection. Treatment can include combination of one or more of the compounds of the invention in combination with one or more antibiotics.
Peptide-Based Quorum Sensing Inhibitors for the Attenuation of Virulence in Staphylococcus Aureus
申请人:Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
公开号:US20200140489A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-07
Compounds that affect quorum sensing (QS) in
Staphylococcus aureus
and related
Staphylococcus
species (e.g.,
S. epidermidis
). Compounds which modulate one or more of the four AgrC receptors of
Staphylococcus
species, particularly of
Staphylococcus aureus
. Modulation includes inhibition or activation of one or more of these four AgrC receptors. These compounds are useful for bacterial interference and are useful for treating bacterial infections, particularly staphylococcal infection. Treatment can include combination of one or more of the compounds of the invention in combination with one or more antibiotics.