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Dipicolinic Acid Derivatives as Inhibitors of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1
Chen, Allie Y.,Thomas, Pei W.,Stewart, Alesha C.,Bergstrom, Alexander,Cheng, Zishuo,Miller, Callie,Bethel, Christopher R.,Marshall, Steven H.,Credille, Cy V.,Riley, Christopher L.,Page, Richard C.,Bonomo, Robert A.,Crowder, Michael W.,Tierney, David L.,Fast, Walter,Cohen, Seth M.
, p. 7267 - 7283 (2017/09/22)
The efficacy of β-lactam antibiotics is threatened by the emergence and global spread of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) mediated resistance, specifically New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1). By utilization of fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD), a new class of inhibitors for NDM-1 and two related β-lactamases, IMP-1 and VIM-2, was identified. On the basis of 2,6-dipicolinic acid (DPA), several libraries were synthesized for structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis. Inhibitor 36 (IC50 = 80 nM) was identified to be highly selective for MBLs when compared to other Zn(II) metalloenzymes. While DPA displayed a propensity to chelate metal ions from NDM-1, 36 formed a stable NDM-1:Zn(II):inhibitor ternary complex, as demonstrated by 1H NMR, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, equilibrium dialysis, intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence emission, and UV-vis spectroscopy. When coadministered with 36 (at concentrations nontoxic to mammalian cells), the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of imipenem against clinical isolates of Eschericia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring NDM-1 were reduced to susceptible levels.
Folding Patterns in a Family of Oligoamide Foldamers
Kortelainen, Minna,Suhonen, Aku,Hamza, Andrea,Pápai, Imre,Nauha, Elisa,Yliniemel?-Sipari, Sanna,Nissinen, Maija,Pihko, Petri M.
supporting information, p. 9493 - 9504 (2015/06/30)
A series of small, unsymmetrical pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylamide oligoamide foldamers with varying lengths and substituents at the end groups were synthetized to study their conformational properties and folding patterns. The @-type folding pattern resembled the oxyanion-hole motifs of enzymes, but several alternative folding patterns could also be characterized. Computational studies revealed several alternative conformers of nearly equal stability. These folding patterns differed from each other in their intramolecular hydrogen-bonding patterns and aryl-aryl interactions. In the solid state, the foldamers adopted either the globular @-type fold or the more extended S-type conformers, which were very similar to those foldamers obtained computationally. In some cases, the same foldamer molecule could even crystallize into two different folding patterns, thus confirming that the different folding patterns are very close in energy in spite of their completely different shapes. Finally, the best match for the observed NOE interactions in the liquid state was a conformation that matched the computationally characterized helix-type fold. Erase and refold: Like peptides, oligoamide foldamers fold into a number of different conformers that are very close in energy (see picture, stability energies in kcal mol-1 given in parentheses). By using a combination of computational, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and NMR spectroscopic studies, these folding patterns have been identified and characterized for a family of seven different foldamers with varying substituents.
