Boosting the efficacy of anti-MRSA β-lactam antibiotics via an easily accessible, non-cytotoxic and orally bioavailable FtsZ inhibitor

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2019.0

Abstract

The rapid emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains has undermined the therapeutic efficacy of existing β-lactam antibiotics (BLAs), prompting an urgent need to discover novel BLAs adjuvants that can potentiate their anti-MRSA activities. In this study, cytotoxicity and antibacterial screening of a focused compound library enabled us to identify a compound, namely 28, which exhibited low cytotoxicity against normal cells and robust in vitro bactericidal synergy with different classes of BLAs against a panel of multidrug-resistant clinical MRSA isolates. A series of biochemical assays and microscopic studies have revealed that compound 28 is likely to interact with the S. aureus FtsZ protein at the T7-loop binding pocket and inhibit polymerization of FtsZ protein without interfering with its GTPase activity, resulting in extensive delocalization of Z-ring and morphological changes characterized by significant enlargement of the bacterial cell. Animal studies demonstrated that compound 28 had a favorable pharmacokinetic profile and exhibited potent synergistic efficacy with cefuroxime antibiotic in a murine systemic infection model of MRSA. Overall, compound 28 represents a promising lead of FtsZ inhibitor for further development of efficacious BLAs adjuvants to treat the staphylococcal infection.

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