Structural Investigations of the Inhibition of Escherichia coli AmpC ?-Lactamase by Diazabicyclooctanes.
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ABSTRACT: ?-Lactam antibiotics are presently the most important treatments for infections by pathogenic Escherichia coli, but their use is increasingly compromised by ?-lactamases, including the chromosomally encoded class C AmpC serine-?-lactamases (SBLs). The diazabicyclooctane (DBO) avibactam is a potent AmpC inhibitor; the clinical success of avibactam combined with ceftazidime has stimulated efforts to optimize the DBO core. We report kinetic and structural studies, including four high-resolution crystal structures, concerning inhibition of the AmpC serine-?-lactamase from E. coli (AmpC EC ) by clinically relevant DBO-based inhibitors: avibactam, relebactam, nacubactam, and zidebactam. Kinetic analyses and mass spectrometry-based assays were used to study their mechanisms of AmpC EC inhibition. The results reveal that, under our assay conditions, zidebactam manifests increased potency (apparent inhibition constant [K iapp], 0.69??M) against AmpC EC compared to that of the other DBOs (K iapp = 5.0 to 7.4??M) due to an ?10-fold accelerated carbamoylation rate. However, zidebactam also has an accelerated off-rate, and with sufficient preincubation time, all the DBOs manifest similar potencies. Crystallographic analyses indicate a greater conformational freedom of the AmpC EC -zidebactam carbamoyl complex compared to those for the other DBOs. The results suggest the carbamoyl complex lifetime should be a consideration in development of DBO-based SBL inhibitors for the clinically important class C SBLs.
SUBMITTER: Lang PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7849013 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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