千里光抗菌作用的数量性状分析

应用倍比稀释法检测18份千里光（Senecio scandens Buch-Ham）水煎剂对7种细菌的抗菌效果。最低抑菌浓度（minimal inhibitory concentration,MIC）检测结果表明,千里光对金黄色葡萄球菌的抗菌作用最强,对铜绿假单胞菌的抗菌效果最差。比较不同细菌的MIC值发现,温和气单胞菌共检测出4个不同的MIC值,金黄色葡萄球菌、铜绿假单胞菌、大肠埃希菌、甲型副伤寒杆菌、福氏痢疾杆菌和迟钝爱德华菌的MIC值为5个,迟钝爱德华菌的MIC值最多,表现出6个MIC梯度值。本研究结果提示千里光个体有效抗菌组分的多样性,也意味着千里光抗菌药理学性状为多基因控制的数量性状。     

Action mechanism of tachyplesin I and effects of PEGylation

PEGylation of protein and peptide drugs is frequently used to improve in vivo efficacy. We investigated the action mechanism of tachyplesin I, a membrane-acting cyclic antimicrobial peptide from Tachypleus tridentatus and the effects of PEGylation on the mechanism. The PEGylated peptide induced the leakage of calcein from egg yolk l-α-phosphatidylglycerol/egg yolk l-α-phosphatidylcholine large unilamellar vesicles similarly to the parent peptide. Both peptides induced lipid flip-flop coupled to leakage and was translocated into the inner leaflet of the bilayer, indicating that tachyplesin I forms a toroidal pore and that PEGylation did not alter the basic mechanism of membrane permeabilization of the parent peptide. Despite their similar activities against model membranes, the peptides showed very different biological activities. The cytotoxicity of tachyplesin I was greatly reduced by PEGylation, although the antimicrobial activity was significantly weakened. We investigated the enhancement of the permeability of inner membranes induced by the peptides. Our results suggested that outer membranes and peptidoglycan layers play an inhibitory role in the permeation of the PEG moiety. Furthermore, a reduction in DNA binding by PEGylation may also contribute to the weak activity of the PEGylated peptide.     

Synthesis and antimycobacterial activity of 7-O-substituted-4-methyl-2H-2-chromenone derivatives vs Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A series of 7-O-alkoxy-4-methylumbelliferone derivatives were prepared using a convenient one step synthesis. Additionally the bromo- and azido derivatives 7-O-(4-bromobutoxy)-, 7-O-(6-bromohexyloxy)- and 7-O-(6-azidohexyloxy)-4-methylumbelliferone derivatives were prepared. In vitro evaluation of antimycobacterial activity determined % inhibition and MIC vs M. tuberculosis H₃₇Rv with toxicity (IC₅₀) assessed in VERO cells. The coumarins with longer alkyl chains (nonyl and decyl) showed the optimum inhibitory activity in this series (MIC 3.13?μg/mL) and IC₅₀>10?μg/mL.     

A comparison of the chitin synthase-inhibitory and antifungal efficacy of nucleoside-peptide antibiotics: structure-activity relationships

Abstract Using Mucor rouxii , the chitin synthase (ChS)-inhibitory and antifungal activity was determined of 6 nucleoside-peptide antibiotics (NPAs) representing pairs of structural analogues, each consisting of a dipeptide (DP) and a corresponding tripeptide (TP). These were the nikkomycins X and I (X, I), the nikkomycins Z and J (Z, J), and the polyoxins D and A (D, A). Although all were very good ChS-inhibitors (X and A being best, with K _i approx. 0.5 μM), only X and Z elicited a strong response in vivo as determined by the degree of inhibition exerted on N -acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) incorporation into the chitin fraction, the survival rate, and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The MIC values were about 2 μM (for X and Z) and 100 μM (for I, J, D and A). Certain DPs and TPs reduced the antifungal activity of X, the effect being much more pronounced with DPs. It is suggested that uptake of NPAs involves the transpeptidase reaction of the γ-glutamyl cycle, the observed antagonism thus resulting from competition for a common carrier.     

Impact of the green tea ingredient epigallocatechin gallate and a short pentapeptide (Ile-Ile-Ala-Glu-Lys) on the structural organization of mixed micelles and the related uptake of cholesterol

Background

High levels of blood cholesterol are conventionally linked to an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (Grundy, 1986). Here we examine the molecular mode of action of natural products with known cholesterol-lowering activity, such as for example the green tea ingredient epigallocatechin gallate and a short pentapeptide, Ile-Ile-Ala-Glu-Lys.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of aminothiazoles against Histoplasma capsulatum and Cryptococcus neoformans

The design and synthesis of a library of forty novel 2-aminoazole analogues as well as their evaluation as antifungal compounds against Histoplasma capsulatum and Cryptococcus neoformans is described. These structures were derived from N-[5-(1-naphthalenylmethyl)-2-thiazolyl]cyclohexanecarboxamide (41F5), a fungistatic agent previously identified through phenotypic screening (Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013;57:4349). Modifications to improve potency and water-solubility of 41F5 focused primarily on the 5-naphthalenyl group, the thiazole core, and the methylene linker between these two structural elements. In general, compounds with lipophilic [5+6] bicyclic ring systems, such as the 7-benzothiophenyl- and 4-indanyl groups, at the 5-position were 2–3 times more active against both fungal species as compared to 41F5. Also, introduction of a carbonyl group at the methylene linker of 41F5 resulted in a 2–3-fold increase in potency. These highly active compounds also showed generally low toxicities against murine P388D1 macrophages resulting in selectivity indices ranging from 63 to >200. Compounds that were highly active against fluconazole-sensitive C. neoformans strains had almost identical activity against fluconazole-resistant variants of this fungus indicating that 14α-demethylase is not their molecular target. Highly active compounds also retained activity against H. capsulatum phagocytosed into P388D1 macrophages.     

The mechanism of alkylation of DNA by 5-(3-methyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide (MIC), a metabolite of DIC (NSC-45388). Non-involvement of diazomethane

Comparison of the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of chemically synthesized methyl-d₁-methanol with the methanol produced in the solvolytic decompostion of 5-(3-methyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide (MIC) in D₂O under acidic, basic or neutral conditions indicated that no deuterium was exchanged for the hydrogens on the methyl group. Diazomethane can therefore be ruled out as an intermediate in this reaction.The methyl-d₃-guanine isolated after incubation of methyl-d₃-MIC with calfthymus DNA in vitro displayed, on chemical ionization mass spectrometry, a quasimolecular ion (MH⁺) at m/e 169, which was 3 mass units higher than the quasimolecular ion for an undeuterated 7-methylguanine standard. The major fragment ions for 7-methyl-d₃-guanine on electron impact mass spectrometry likewise were situated at positions 3 mass units higher than the fragment ions for 7-methylguanine itself.These data indicate that the methylation of biological macromolecules by MIC must involve the transfer of an intact methyl group.     

Phosphonodiamidate prodrugs of N-alkoxy analogs of a fosmidomycin surrogate as antimalarial and antitubercular agents

A series of N-alkoxy analogs of a l-leucine ethyl ester phosphonodiamidate prodrug of a fosmidomycin surrogate were synthesized and investigated for their ability to inhibit in vitro growth of P. falciparum and M. tuberculosis. These compounds originate by merging a previously reported successful phosphonate derivatisation with favorable modifications of the hydroxamate moiety. None of the synthesized compounds showed enhanced activity against either P. falciparum or M. tuberculosis in comparison with the parent free hydroxamate analog.