Immunosuppressive but Non-LasR-Inducing Analogues of the <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Quorum-Sensing Molecule <i>N</i>-(3-Oxododecanoyl)-<scp>l</scp>-homoserine Lactone
作者:Gopal P. Jadhav、Siri Ram Chhabra、Gary Telford、Doreen S. W. Hooi、Karima Righetti、Paul Williams、Barrie Kellam、David I. Pritchard、Peter M. Fischer
DOI:10.1021/jm2001019
日期:2011.5.12
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing molecule N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-l-homoserine lactone (1) is involved not only in bacterial activation but also in subversion of the host immune system, and this compound might thus be used as a template to design immunosuppressive agents, provided derivatives devoid of quorum-sensing activity could be discovered. By use of a leukocyte proliferation assay and a newly developed bioluminescent P. aeruginosa reporter assay, systematic modification of 1 allowed us to delineate the bacterial LasR-induction and host immunosuppressive activities. The main determinant is replacement of the methylene group proximal to the beta-ketoamide in the acyl chain of 1 with functions containing heteroatoms, especially an NH group. This modification can be combined with replacement of the homoserine lactone system in 1 with stable cyclic groups. For example, we found the simple compound N(1)-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-N(3)-octylmalonamide (25d) to be over twice as potent as 1 as an immune suppressor while displaying LasR-induction antagonist activity.