作者:Nicolas Desroy、Alexis Denis、Chrystelle Oliveira、Dmytro Atamanyuk、Sophia Briet、Fabien Faivre、Géraldine LeFralliec、Yannick Bonvin、Mayalen Oxoby、Sonia Escaich、Stéphanie Floquet、Elodie Drocourt、Vanida Vongsouthi、Lionel Durant、François Moreau、Theodore B. Verhey、Ting-Wai Lee、Murray S. Junop、Vincent Gerusz
DOI:10.1021/jm301499r
日期:2013.2.28
We report here the optimization of an HldE kinase inhibitor to low nanomolar potency, which resulted in the identification of the first reported compounds active on selected E. coli strains. One of the most interesting candidates, compound 86, was shown to inhibit specifically bacterial I,PS heptosylation on efflux pump deleted E. coli strains. This compound did not interfere with E. coli bacterial growth (MIC > 32 mu g/mL) but sensitized this pathogen to hydrophobic antibiotics like macrolides normally inactive on Gram-negative bacteria. In addition, 86 could sensitize E. coli to serum complement killing. These results demonstrate that HldE kinase is a suitable target for drug discovery. They also pave the way toward novel possibilities of treating or preventing bloodstream infections caused by pathogenic Gram negative bacteria by inhibiting specific virulence factors.