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Inhibiting the two-component system GraXRS with verteporfin to combat Staphylococcus aureus infections.


ABSTRACT: Infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus pose a serious and sometimes fatal health issue. With the aim of exploring a novel therapeutic approach, we chose GraXRS, a Two-Component System (TCS) that determines bacterial resilience against host innate immune barriers, as an alternative target to disarm S. aureus. Following a drug repurposing methodology, and taking advantage of a singular staphylococcal strain that lacks the whole TCS machinery but the target one, we screened 1.280 off-patent FDA-approved drug for GraXRS inhibition. Reinforcing the connection between this signaling pathway and redox sensing, we found that antioxidant and redox-active molecules were capable of reducing the expression of the GraXRS regulon. Among all the compounds, verteporfin (VER) was really efficient in enhancing PMN-mediated bacterial killing, while topical administration of such drug in a murine model of surgical wound infection significantly reduced the bacterial load. Experiments relying on the chemical mimicry existing between VER and heme group suggest that redox active residue C227 of GraS participates in the inhibition exerted by this FDA-approved drug. Based on these results, we propose VER as a promising candidate for sensitizing S. aureus that could be helpful to combat persistent or antibiotic-resistant infections.

SUBMITTER: Prieto JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577973 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inhibiting the two-component system GraXRS with verteporfin to combat Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Prieto Juana María JM   Rapún-Araiz Beatriz B   Gil Carmen C   Penadés José R JR   Lasa Iñigo I   Latasa Cristina C  

Scientific reports 20201021 1


Infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus pose a serious and sometimes fatal health issue. With the aim of exploring a novel therapeutic approach, we chose GraXRS, a Two-Component System (TCS) that determines bacterial resilience against host innate immune barriers, as an alternative target to disarm S. aureus. Following a drug repurposing methodology, and taking advantage of a singular staphylococcal strain that lacks the whole TCS machinery but the target one, we screened 1.280 off-patent FDA  ...[more]

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