Lipoprotein Signal Peptidase Inhibitors with Antibiotic Properties Identified through Design of a Robust In Vitro HT Platform
摘要:
As resistance to antibiotics increases, the exploration of new targets and strategies to combat pathogenic bacteria becomes more urgent. Ideal protein targets are required for viability across many species, are unique to prokaryotes to limit effects on the host, and have robust assays to quantitate activity and identify inhibitors. Lipoprotein signal peptidase (Lsp) is a transmembrane aspartyl protease required for lipoprotein maturation and comprehensively fits these criteria. Here, we have developed the first in vitro high-throughput assay to monitor proteolysis by Lsp. We employed our high-throughput screen assay against 646,275 compounds to discover inhibitors of Lsp and synthesized a range of analogs to generate molecules with nanomolar half maximal inhibitory concentration values. Importantly, our inhibitors are effective in preventing the growth of E. coli cultures in the presence of outermembrane permeabilizer PMBN and should facilitate development of antibacterial agents with a novel mechanism of action to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
[EN] BENZAMIDE INHIBITORS OF BACTERICAL LIPOPROTEIN SIGNAL PEPTIDASE<br/>[FR] INHIBITEURS DE TYPE BENZAMIDE DE LA PEPTIDASE DU PEPTIDE SIGNAL DES LIPOPROTÉINES BACTÉRIENNES
申请人:SCRIPPS RESEARCH INST
公开号:WO2019010165A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-10
Increasing resistance to antibiotics necessitates discovery of new targets and strategies to combat bacteria. Ideal protein targets are required for viability across many species, are unique to prokaryotes to limit effects on the host and have robust assays to quantitate activity and identify novel inhibitors. Lipoprotein signal peptidase (Lsp) is a transmembrane aspartyl protease required for lipoprotein maturation and entirely fits these criteria. We have developed the first in vitro high-throughput assay to monitor proteolysis by Lsp. We employed our HTS assay against 646,275 compounds to discover inhibitors of Lsp and synthesized a range of analogues to generate molecules with nanomolar IC50 values. Importantly, our inhibitors are effective in preventing the growth of E. coli cultures. Our Lsp assay will be a useful tool for biologists to monitor Lsp activity and our inhibitors will facilitate development of antibacterial agents to potentially treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
BENZAMIDE INHIBITORS OF BACTERIAL LIPOPROTEIN SIGNAL PEPTIDASE
申请人:The Scripps Research Institute
公开号:US20200181101A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-11
Increasing resistance to antibiotics necessitates discovery of new targets and strategies to combat bacteria. Ideal protein targets are required for viability across many species, are unique to prokaryotes to limit effects on the host and have robust assays to quantitate activity and identify novel inhibitors. Lipoprotein signal peptidase (Lsp) is a transmembrane aspartyl protease required for lipoprotein maturation and entirely fits these criteria. We have developed the first in vitro high-throughput assay to monitor proteolysis by Lsp. We employed our HTS assay against 646,275 compounds to discover inhibitors of Lsp and synthesized a range of analogues to generate molecules with nanomolar IC50 values. Importantly, our inhibitors are effective in preventing the growth of
E. coli
cultures. Our Lsp assay will be a useful tool for biologists to monitor Lsp activity and our inhibitors will facilitate development of antibacterial agents to potentially treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Lipoprotein Signal Peptidase Inhibitors with Antibiotic Properties Identified through Design of a Robust In Vitro HT Platform
作者:Seiya Kitamura、Anna Owensby、Daniel Wall、Dennis W. Wolan
DOI:10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.12.011
日期:2018.3
As resistance to antibiotics increases, the exploration of new targets and strategies to combat pathogenic bacteria becomes more urgent. Ideal protein targets are required for viability across many species, are unique to prokaryotes to limit effects on the host, and have robust assays to quantitate activity and identify inhibitors. Lipoprotein signal peptidase (Lsp) is a transmembrane aspartyl protease required for lipoprotein maturation and comprehensively fits these criteria. Here, we have developed the first in vitro high-throughput assay to monitor proteolysis by Lsp. We employed our high-throughput screen assay against 646,275 compounds to discover inhibitors of Lsp and synthesized a range of analogs to generate molecules with nanomolar half maximal inhibitory concentration values. Importantly, our inhibitors are effective in preventing the growth of E. coli cultures in the presence of outermembrane permeabilizer PMBN and should facilitate development of antibacterial agents with a novel mechanism of action to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.