Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of the Antibacterial Enhancement Activities of Amino Dihydroartemisinin Derivatives
作者:Chong Wu、Jian Liu、Xichun Pan、Wenying Xian、Bin Li、Wei Peng、Jingfang Wang、Dacheng Yang、Hong Zhou
DOI:10.3390/molecules18066866
日期:——
Artemisinin (ART) and its derivatives artesunate (AS), dihydroartemisinin (DHA) are a group of drugs containing a sesquiterpene lactone used to treat malaria. Previously, AS was shown to not have antibacterial activity but to significantly increase the antibacterial activities of β-lactam antibiotics against E. coli. Herein, molecular docking experiments showed that ART, AS and DHA could dock into AcrB very well, especially DHA and AS; both DHA and AS had the same docking pose. The affinity between AS and AcrB seemed weaker than that of DHA, while the succinate tail of AS, which was like a “bug”, could extend in the binding pocket very well. Imitating the parent nucleus of DHA and the succinate tail of AS, twenty-one DHA derivatives 4a–u were designed and synthesized. Among them, seventeen were new compounds. The synergistic effects against E. coli AG100A/pET28a-AcrB showed among the new structures 4k, 4l, 4m, 4n, and 4r exhibited significant synergism with β-lactam antibiotics although they had no direct antibacterial activities themelves. The bacterial growth assay showed that only 4k in combination with ampicillin or cefuroxime could totally inhibit bacterial growth from 0 to 12 h, demonstrating that 4k had the best antibacterial enhancement effect. In conclusion, our results provided a new idea and several candidate compounds for antibacterial activity enhancers against multidrug resistant E. coli.
青蒿素(ART)及其衍生物青蒿琥酯(AS)、双氢青蒿素(DHA)是一组含有倍半萜内酯的药物,用于治疗疟疾。以前的研究表明,青蒿琥酯没有抗菌活性,但能显著提高β-内酰胺类抗生素对大肠杆菌的抗菌活性。分子对接实验表明,ART、AS和DHA能很好地与AcrB对接,尤其是DHA和AS;DHA和AS具有相同的对接姿态。AS与AcrB的亲和力似乎弱于DHA,而AS的琥珀酸尾部就像一个 "虫子",能很好地在结合口袋中延伸。模仿 DHA 的母核和 AS 的琥珀酸尾,设计并合成了 21 种 DHA 衍生物 4a-u。其中 17 个是新化合物。对大肠杆菌 AG100A/pET28a-AcrB 的协同作用表明,新结构中的 4k、4l、4m、4n 和 4r 虽然本身没有直接的抗菌活性,但与β-内酰胺类抗生素有显著的协同作用。细菌生长试验表明,只有 4k 与氨苄西林或头孢呋辛合用才能完全抑制细菌在 0 至 12 小时内的生长,这表明 4k 的抗菌增强效果最好。总之,我们的研究结果为抗耐多药大肠杆菌的抗菌活性增强剂提供了一种新的思路和几种候选化合物。