Periodontal disease is an inflammatory process affecting supporting tissues surrounding the teeth. The anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis is implicated in the disease. This organism requires the uptake of porphyrins most apparently as haem 1 from local haemorrhage and it has a HA2 receptor on the outer membrane for this purpose that provides the opportunity to achieve selective anti-microbial activity. Uniquely, this receptor is based on recognition of porphyrin macrocycle and on a propionic acid side-chain rather than recognition of the coordinated metal ion through chelation, a process used by other organisms with the HasA porphyrin receptor. Porphyrin–antibiotic conjugates 11, 12, 13a and 13b were designed as potential highly selective P. gingivalisinhibitors, a key point being that they are based on the use of free-base porphyrins to render them unpalatable to other organisms. These compounds were synthesised from metronidazole 4 and deuteroporphyrin IX 3. Conjugates 11, 12, 13a and 13b are all recognised by the HA2 receptor of P. gingivalis, bind as strongly as haem 1 to HA2 and are highly effective. For example, the amide-linked mono-metronidazole mono-acid adducts 11 and 12 have the same growth inhibitory activity towards P. gingivalis and both are two-fold more active than metronidazole 4 and ten- to twenty-fold more effective than the metronidazole derivative, amine 5. The methyl esters 9 and 10, in contrast, are not recognised by HA2 and are ineffective in inhibiting P. gingivalis, leading to the conclusion that capture by HA2 may be necessary for activity of the adducts. Preliminary growth inhibition assays involving a range of bacteria have demonstrated the high selectivity of conjugates 13a and 13b towards P. gingivalis.
牙周病是一种影响牙齿周围支持组织的炎症过程。厌氧革兰阴性菌牙龈
卟啉单胞菌与牙周病有关。这种细菌需要吸收
卟啉,最明显的是吸收局部出血中的血红素 1,为此,它的外膜上有一个 HA2 受体,为实现选择性抗微
生物活性提供了机会。与众不同的是,这种受体是基于对
卟啉大环和
丙酸侧链的识别,而不是通过螯合作用识别配位
金属离子,其他
生物使用的是 HasA
卟啉受体。
卟啉-抗生素共轭物 11、12、13a 和 13b 被设计为潜在的高选择性牙龈
卟啉抑制剂,关键在于它们基于游离基
卟啉的使用,使其对其他
生物无味。这些化合物是由
甲硝唑 4 和
氘代
卟啉 IX 3 合成的。共轭物 11、12、13a 和 13b 都能被牙龈脓胞的 HA2 受体识别,与血红素 1 与 HA2 的结合力一样强,而且非常有效。例如,酰胺连接的单
甲硝唑单酸加合物 11 和 12 对牙龈脓胞具有相同的生长抑制活性,其活性都比
甲硝唑 4 高出 2 倍,比
甲硝唑衍
生物胺 5 高出 10 到 20 倍。与此相反,甲酯 9 和 10 不能被 HA2 识别,对牙龈脓毒性无效,由此得出的结论是,HA2 的捕获可能是加合物活性的必要条件。涉及一系列细菌的初步生长抑制试验表明,共轭物 13a 和 13b 对牙龈脓疱病菌具有很高的选择性。