Experimental and In-Silico Investigation of Anti-Microbial Activity of 1-Chloro-2-Isocyanatoethane Derivatives of Thiomorpholine, Piperazine and Morpholine
作者:Charles O. Nwuche、Oguejiofo T. Ujam、Akachukwu Ibezim、Ifeoma B. Ujam
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0170150
日期:——
The Antibiogram properties of 1-chloro-2-isocyanatoethane derivatives of thiomorpholine (CTC), piperazine (CPC) and morpholine (CMC) were evaluated by the approved agar well diffusion, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and in silico techniques. A total of fourteen microbial cultures consisting of ten bacteria and four yeast strains were used in the biological study while affinity of the compounds for DNA gyrase, a validated antibacterial drug target, was investigated by docking method. Results indicate that both thiomorpholine and piperazine had zero activity against the Gram negative organisms tested. With morpholine, similar result was obtained except that cultures of Escherichia coli (ATCC 15442) and Salmonella typhi (ATCC 6539) presented with weak sensitivity (7–8 mm) as shown by the inhibition zone diameter (IZD) measurement. The Gram positive organisms were more sensitive to morpholine than the other compounds. The highest IZD values of 15–18 mm were achieved except for Streptococcus pneumoniae (ATCC 49619) in which mobility of the compound stopped after 12 mm. S. pneumoniae was resistant to both thiomorpholine and piperazine. The yeast strains were not sensitive to any of the studied compounds investigated. The MIC tests evaluated against a reference antibiotic show that while morpholine was most active at 4 μg.ml-1 against both B. cereus ATCC (14579) and B. subtilis, the least active compound was thiomorpholine which inhibited S. aureus (ATCC 25923) at 64 μg.ml-1. The three compounds demonstrated high affinity for the target protein (DNA gyrase) ranging from -4.63 to -5.64 Kcal/mol and even showed better ligand efficiencies than three known antibiotics; chlorobiocin, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline. This study identified the studied compounds as potential antibiotic leads with acceptable physicochemical properties and gave the molecular basis for the observed interactions between the compounds and the target protein which can be harnessed in structural optimization process.
采用琼脂孔扩散法、最低抑菌浓度(MIC)和计算技术对硫代吗啉(CTC)、哌嗪(CPC)和吗啉(CMC)的1-氯-2-异氰酸基乙烷衍生物的抗菌图谱特性进行了评价。在生物学研究中使用了由10种细菌和4种酵母菌组成的14种微生物培养物,同时通过对接方法研究了这些化合物与DNA促旋酶之间的亲和性,这是一种经过验证的抗菌药物靶点。结果表明,硫代吗啉和哌嗪对测试的革兰氏阴性菌均无活性。与吗啉类似的结果表明,大肠杆菌(ATCC 15442)和伤寒沙门氏菌(ATCC 6539)的培养物表现出微弱的敏感性(7-8 mm),如抑菌圈直径(IZD)测量所示。革兰氏阳性菌对吗啉的敏感性高于其他化合物。除了肺炎链球菌(ATCC 49619)外,抑菌圈直径(IZD)的最高值为15-18 mm,该化合物的活性在12 mm处停止。肺炎链球菌对硫代吗啉和哌嗪均耐药。所研究的化合物对酵母菌均不敏感。MIC试验评估显示,吗啉对B. cereus ATCC(14579)和B. subtilis的活性最高,为4 μg/ml,而活性最低的化合物是硫代吗啉,对S. aureus(ATCC 25923)的抑制作用为64 μg/ml。这三种化合物对目标蛋白(DNA促旋酶)的亲和力较高,范围为-4.63至-5.64 kcal/mol,甚至表现出比三种已知抗生素(氯霉素、环丙沙星和四环素)更好的配体效率。该研究鉴定了所研究的化合物作为潜在的抗生素先导化合物,具有可接受的理化性质,并提供了化合物与目标蛋白之间相互作用的分子基础,可以在结构优化过程中加以利用。