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Nitrothiophene carboxamides, a novel narrow spectrum antibacterial series: Mechanism of action and Efficacy.

ABSTRACT: The mechanism of efflux is a tour-de-force in the bacterial armoury that has thwarted the development of novel antibiotics. We report the discovery of a novel chemical series with potent antibacterial properties that was engineered to overcome efflux liability. Compounds liable to efflux specifically via the Resistance Nodulation and cell Division (RND) pump, AcrAB-TolC were chosen for a hit to lead progression. Using structure-based design, the compounds were optimised to lose their binding to the efflux pump, thereby making them potent on wild-type bacteria. We discovered these compounds to be pro-drugs that require activation in E. coli by specific bacterial nitroreductases NfsA and NfsB. Hit to lead chemistry led to the generation of compounds that were potent on wild-type and multi-drug resistant clinical isolates of E. coli, Shigella spp., and Salmonella spp. These compounds are bactericidal and efficacious in a mouse thigh infection model.

SUBMITTER: Hameed P S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5940854 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nitrothiophene carboxamides, a novel narrow spectrum antibacterial series: Mechanism of action and Efficacy.

Hameed P Shahul S Bharatham Nagakumar N Katagihallimath Nainesh N Sharma Sreevalli S Nandishaiah Radha R Shanbhag Anirudh P AP Thomas Teby T Narjari Riya R Sarma Maitrayee M Bhowmik Purnendu P Amar Prakruthi P Ravishankar Rajani R Jayaraman Ramesh R Muthan Kubendran K Subbiah Ramesh R Ramachandran Vasanthi V Balasubramanian V V Datta Santanu S

Scientific reports 20180508 1

The mechanism of efflux is a tour-de-force in the bacterial armoury that has thwarted the development of novel antibiotics. We report the discovery of a novel chemical series with potent antibacterial properties that was engineered to overcome efflux liability. Compounds liable to efflux specifically via the Resistance Nodulation and cell Division (RND) pump, AcrAB-TolC were chosen for a hit to lead progression. Using structure-based design, the compounds were optimised to lose their binding to ...[more]

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