AbstractThe emergence of multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria represents a serious and growing threat to national healthcare systems. Most pressing is an immediate need for the development of novel antibacterial agents to treat Gram-negative multi-drug resistant infections, including the opportunistic, hospital-derived pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii. Herein we report a naturally occurring 1,2-benzisoxazole with minimum inhibitory concentrations as low as 6.25 μg ml−1 against clinical strains of multi-drug resistant A. baumannii and investigate its possible mechanisms of action. This molecule represents a new chemotype for antibacterial agents against A. baumannii and is easily accessed in two steps via de novo synthesis. In vitro testing of structural analogs suggest that the natural compound may already be optimized for activity against this pathogen. Our results demonstrate that supplementation of 4-hydroxybenzoate in minimal media was able to reverse 1,2-benzisoxazole’s antibacterial effects in A. baumannii. A search of metabolic pathways involving 4-hydroxybenzoate coupled with molecular modeling studies implicates two enzymes, chorismate pyruvate-lyase and 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyltransferase, as promising leads for the target of 3,6-dihydroxy-1,2-benzisoxazole.
《摘要》
多药耐药致病菌的出现对国家医疗保健系统构成了严重且日益增长的威胁。最紧迫的是迫切需要开发新型抗菌剂来治疗革兰氏阴性多药耐药感染,包括机会性、来源于医院的病原体鲍曼不动杆菌。在这里,我们报告了一种天然存在的1,2-苯并异噁唑,对多药耐药鲍曼不动杆菌的临床菌株具有最低的最小抑制浓度,低至6.25μg ml−1,并研究了其可能的作用机制。这种分子代表了一种新的化学类型,用于对抗鲍曼不动杆菌的抗菌剂,并可通过新合成的两个步骤轻松获得。对结构类似物的体外测试表明,这种天然化合物可能已经针对这种病原体的活性进行了优化。我们的结果表明,在最小培养基中补充4-羟基苯甲酸能够逆转1,2-苯并异噁唑对鲍曼不动杆菌的抗菌效果。搜索涉及4-羟基苯甲酸的代谢途径,并结合分子建模研究,暗示了两种酶,分别是赤霉酸丙酮酸裂解酶和4-羟基苯甲酸辛烯基转移酶,作为3,6-二羟基-1,2-苯并异噁唑的靶点的有希望的线索。