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Copper Ions and Coordination Complexes as Novel Carbapenem Adjuvants.


ABSTRACT: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are urgent threats to global human health. These organisms produce ?-lactamases with carbapenemase activity, such as the metallo-?-lactamase NDM-1, which is notable due to its association with mobile genetic elements and the lack of a clinically useful inhibitor. Here we examined the ability of copper to inhibit the activity of NDM-1 and explored the potential of a copper coordination complex as a mechanism to efficiently deliver copper as an adjuvant in clinical therapeutics. An NDM-positive Escherichia coli isolate, MS6192, was cultured from the urine of a patient with a urinary tract infection. MS6192 was resistant to antibiotics from multiple classes, including diverse ?-lactams (penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems), aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones. In the presence of copper (range, 0 to 2 mM), however, the susceptibility of MS6192 to the carbapenems ertapenem and meropenem increased markedly. In standard checkerboard assays, copper decreased the MICs of ertapenem and meropenem against MS6192 in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting a synergistic mode of action. To examine the inhibitory effect of copper in the absence of other ?-lactamases, the blaNDM-1 gene from MS6192 was cloned and expressed in a recombinant E. coli K-12 strain. Analysis of cell extracts prepared from this strain revealed that copper directly inhibited NDM-1 activity, which was confirmed using purified recombinant NDM-1. Finally, delivery of copper at a low concentration of 10 ?M by using the FDA-approved coordination complex copper-pyrithione sensitized MS6192 to ertapenem and meropenem in a synergistic manner. Overall, this work demonstrates the potential use of copper coordination complexes as novel carbapenemase adjuvants.

SUBMITTER: Djoko KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786773 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Carbapenem-resistant <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> are urgent threats to global human health. These organisms produce β-lactamases with carbapenemase activity, such as the metallo-β-lactamase NDM-1, which is notable due to its association with mobile genetic elements and the lack of a clinically useful inhibitor. Here we examined the ability of copper to inhibit the activity of NDM-1 and explored the potential of a copper coordination complex as a mechanism to efficiently deliver copper as an adjuva  ...[more]

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