Synthesis and antibacterial activity of amphiphilic lysine-ligated neomycin B conjugates

Amphiphilic lysine-ligated neomycin B building blocks were prepared by reductive amination of a protected C5″-modified neomycin B-based aldehyde and side chain-unprotected lysine or lysine-containing peptides. It was demonstrated that a suitably protected lysine-ligated neomycin B conjugate (NeoK) serves as a building block for peptide synthesis, enabling incorporation of aminoglycoside binding sites into peptides. Antibacterial testing of three amphiphilic lysine-ligated neomycin B conjugates against a representative panel of Gram-positive and Gram-negative strains demonstrates that C5″-modified neomycin-lysine conjugate retains antibacterial activity. However, in most cases the lysine-ligated neomycin B analogs display reduced potency against Gram-positive strains when compared to unmodified neomycin B or unligated peptide. An exception is MRSA where an eightfold enhancement was observed. When compared to unmodified neomycin B, the prepared lysine-neomycin conjugates exhibited a 4–8-fold enhanced Gram-negative activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and up to 12-fold enhanced activity was observed when compared to unligated reference peptides.     

耐多药鲍曼不动杆菌耐药基因检测结果的样本聚类分析

目的 调查一组耐药鲍曼不动杆菌菌株间的亲缘关系.方法 收集2010年1月至2010年12月浙江某医院ICU患者痰液标本中分离的耐药鲍曼不动杆菌共20株,采用聚合酶链反应(PCR)的方法分析3种与耐药相关的看家基因(carO、gyrA、parC)和55种水平转移获得与β-内酰胺类、氨基糖苷类、喹诺酮类耐药相关基因以及12种接合性质粒、转座子、插入序列、整合子等可移动遗传元件遗传标记,再对检测结果作样本聚类分析.结果 20株耐药鲍曼不动杆菌共检出3种与耐药相关的看家基因carO、gyrA、parC,4种获得性β-内酰胺类耐药基因(TEM-1、ADC-30、ADC-60、OXA-23),5种获得性氨基糖苷类耐药基因[aac(3)-Ⅰ、aac(6')-Ⅰ b、ant(3”)-Ⅰ、aph(3’)-Ⅰ、armA],2种抗菌制剂外排泵基因(adeB、qacE△1),5种可移动遗传元件的遗传标记(int Ⅰ 1、tnpU、tnp513、IS26、ISaba1).样本聚类分析提示,20株耐药鲍曼不动杆菌可分为A与B二个簇,A簇群均为多耐药(MDR)株;A簇群又可分为A1(ADC-60阳性)与A2簇群(ADC-30阳性),均为克隆传播.B簇群均为泛耐药(PDR)株,除8号株外为克隆传播.结论 MDR和PDR菌株中均存在克隆传播.获得菌株之间的亲缘关系对院内感染实时监测和控制院内感染意义重大.     

The ribosomal A-site as an inspiration for the design of RNA binders

The specific binding of aminoglycoside antibiotics to the bacterial ribosomal decoding site (A-site) has inspired the study of RNA-small molecules interactions and the search for novel RNA binders. Among the numerous RNA targets studied so far, the A-site holds a unique place. It is among the few truly validated RNA targets for which naturally occurring ligands have been discovered as "cognate" binders. In addition, due to its encapsulating architecture, the A-site is a more discriminating RNA target when compared to other RNA sequences. Previous observations and current challenges for the designers of potent and specific RNA binders are discussed.     

Aminoglycoside antibiotics bound to aminoglycoside-detoxifying enzymes and RNA adopt similar conformations

Conformations of ribostamycin and isepamicin, aminoglycoside antibiotics, bound to an aminoglycoside antibiotic, 3′-phosphotransferase, were determined by transferred nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy and molecular modeling. Two major conformers of enzyme-bound ribostamycin, a neomycin-group aminoglyeoside were observed. The 3′- and 5″-OH groups (reactive hydroxyl groups) in the conformers are placed in approximate locations. One of the conformers is similar to the structure of paromomycin bound to a 27-nucleotide piece of ribosomal RNA that represents the A-site of the small ribosomal subunit, where rings A and C are in an orthogonal arrangement. Isepamicin, a kanamycin-group aminoglycoside antibiotic, also showed two major enzyme-bound conformations. Both conformations were similar to those observed for bound isepamicin in the active site of an aminoglycoside(6′)-acetyl transferase-Ii. Conformations of other RNA-bound kanamycin-group aminoglycosides were also similar to the enzyme-bound conformations of isepamicin. These observations suggest that aminoglycosides may adopt similar conformations when bound to RNA and protein targets. This may have significant implications in the design of enzyme inhibitors and/or antibiotics.     

Isolation of aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase (2'')-Ia from inclusion bodies as active, monomeric enzyme

Aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase( 2')-Ia (ANT( 2') confers resistance to pathogenic bacteria against several aminoglycoside antibiotics including gentamicin, kanamycin, and tobramycin. The gene for this aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme has been cloned from a clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This gene was inserted into an overexpression vector, the vector was then transformed into Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), and the protein has been isolated in the form of inclusion bodies. Optimal refolding conditions have been determined to be direct dilution of solubilized inclusion bodies into 0.1M Tris-HCl, pH 8.5, 0.2M KCl, 0.4M l-arginine, and 5mM reduced glutathione at 4 degrees C. The refolded enzyme is monomeric in solution and has similar kinetic properties and substrate selectivity to the enzyme isolated in soluble form.     

An isocratic separation of underivatized gentamicin components, 1H NMR assignment and protonation pattern

A simple method for the separation of the major components of commercial gentamicin sulfate (C-1, C-1a, C-2, C-2a) by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on an analytical and a semipreparative scale was developed. The method utilized ion-pair reversed-phase chromatography, isocratic elution with an aqueous solution containing 9% trifluoroacetic acid and 2.5% acetonitrile as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 2 and 9 mL/min for analytical and semipreparative columns, respectively. Detection was carried out at 213 nm without derivatization. The protonation pattern of the separated gentamicins was determined by potentiometry and 15N and 1H NMR. The full proton NMR assignment for gentamicin C-1 was obtained through the use of 1H 1D and 2D 1H-1H COSY measurements.     

Nutritional requirements of Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides vulgatus with reference to iron and virulence

Abstract The determinant for resistance to the antiseptics acriflavine, benzalkonium chloride and cetrimide and the intercalating dye, ethidium bromide has been physically mapped on pSK57, a penicillinase plasmid detected in strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Restriction endonuclease analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization indicate that this determinant is identical to that which encodes these resistances on the plasmid pSK1, which is the most frequently detected gentamicin resistance plasmid in methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates from Australian hospitals.     

Evaluation of neomycin analogues for HIV-1 RRE RNA recognition identifies enhanced activity simplified neamine analogues

Synthetic neamine mimetics have been evaluated for binding to the HIV-1 Rev response element. Modified neamine derivatives, obtained from reductive amination of neamine, led to identification of new 6-amino modified neamine-type ligands with HIV-1 RRE binding affinity up to 20× that of neamine and up to 6× that of the more complex neomycin itself. This provides a noteworthy structure-activity increase and a useful lead to simplified, chemically accessible mimetics.     

Synthetic access to spacer-linked 3,6-diamino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosides--potential aminoglycoside mimics for the inhibition of the HIV-1 TAR-RNA/Tat-peptide complex

The synthesis of spacer-linked neoaminoglycoside 5 is described. Key steps of the synthesis are the introduction of nitrogen functionalities at C-3 and C-6 and the olefin cross metathesis of allyl glycoside 16. Although it is known that Grubbs catalysts tolerate nitrogen functionalities, difficulties were encountered in the cross metathesis reaction. Factors that govern this dimerization are the steric and electronic demands of the catalyst and the substrate. Preliminary biological evaluation of homodimer 5, by studying the inhibition of HIV-1 TAR-RNA/Tat-peptide complex using a method based on fluorescence titration, revealed an inhibitory effect of 5.