106326-22-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Reconstitution of peptidoglycan cross-linking leads to improved fluorescent probes of cell wall synthesis
Lebar, Matthew D.,May, Janine M.,Meeske, Alexander J.,Leiman, Sara A.,Lupoli, Tania J.,Tsukamoto, Hirokazu,Losick, Richard,Rudner, David Z.,Walker, Suzanne,Kahne, Daniel
, p. 10874 - 10877 (2014)
The peptidoglycan precursor, Lipid II, produced in the model Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis differs from Lipid II found in Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli by a single amidation on the peptide side chain. How this difference affects the cross-linking activity of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) that assemble peptidoglycan in cells has not been investigated because B. subtilis Lipid II was not previously available. Here we report the synthesis of B. subtilis Lipid II and its use by purified B. subtilis PBP1 and E. coli PBP1A. While enzymes from both organisms assembled B. subtilis Lipid II into glycan strands, only the B. subtilis enzyme cross-linked the strands. Furthermore, B. subtilis PBP1 catalyzed the exchange of both d-amino acids and d-amino carboxamides into nascent peptidoglycan, but the E. coli enzyme only exchanged d-amino acids. We exploited these observations to design a fluorescent d-amino carboxamide probe to label B. subtilis PG in vivo and found that this probe labels the cell wall dramatically better than existing reagents.
Multifunctional diamine AGE/ALE inhibitors with potential therapeutical properties against Alzheimer's disease
Lohou, Elodie,Sasaki, N. André,Boullier, Agnès,Sonnet, Pascal
, p. 702 - 722 (2016/07/26)
An important part of pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is attributed to the contribution of AGE (Advanced Glycation Endproducts) and ALE (Advanced Lipid peroxidation Endproducts). In order to attenuate the progression of AD, we designed a new type of molecules that consist of two trapping parts for reactive carbonyl species (RCS) and reactive oxygen species (ROS), precursors of AGE and ALE, respectively. These molecules also chelate transition metals, the promoters of ROS formation. In this paper, synthesis of the new AGE/ALE inhibitors and evaluation of their physicochemical and biological properties (carbonyl trapping capacity, antioxidant activity, Cu2+-chelating capacity, cytotoxicity and protective effect against in?vitro MGO-induced apoptosis in the model AD cell-line PC12) are described. It is found that compounds 40b and 51e possess promising therapeutic potentials for treating AD.
