Marotte Karine, Sabin Charles, Préville Cathy, Moumé-Pymbock Myriam, Wimmerová Michaela, Mitchell Edward P, Imberty Anne, Roy René
Equipe PharmaQAM, Département de Chimie et de Biochimie, Université du Québec à Montréal, 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8, Canada.
ChemMedChem. 2007 Sep;2(9):1328-38. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.200700100.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium showing increasing resistance to antibiotics and consequently represents elevated threatening problems in hospital environments, particularly for cystic fibrosis patients. The use of glycomimetics as an anti-adhesive strategy against microorganisms may complement the use of antibiotics. PA-IIL lectin (LecB) from P. aeruginosa constitutes an appealing target for antibacterial agents, as it has been proposed to play a key role in binding to airway epithelia and/or to be involved in biofilm formation. The lectin has an unusually high affinity for L-fucose and related oligosaccharides. In the work presented herein, the disaccharide alphaFuc1-4GlcNAc is used as a scaffold toward the synthesis of a series of glycomimetic derivatives. Microcalorimetry and structural studies indicate that several of the derivatives are potent inhibitors of the lectin, with affinity in the same range as the best known natural ligand, Lewis a, and could represent interesting leads for the development of future antibacterial compounds.
铜绿假单胞菌是一种机会致病菌,对抗生素的耐药性日益增强,因此在医院环境中构成了日益严重的威胁问题,尤其是对囊性纤维化患者而言。使用糖模拟物作为对抗微生物的抗黏附策略可能会补充抗生素的使用。来自铜绿假单胞菌的PA-IIL凝集素(LecB)是抗菌剂的一个有吸引力的靶点,因为有人提出它在与气道上皮细胞结合和/或参与生物膜形成中起关键作用。该凝集素对L-岩藻糖和相关寡糖具有异常高的亲和力。在本文介绍的工作中,二糖αFuc1-4GlcNAc被用作合成一系列糖模拟衍生物的支架。微量热法和结构研究表明,几种衍生物是该凝集素的有效抑制剂,其亲和力与最著名的天然配体Lewis a处于同一范围,可能代表未来抗菌化合物开发的有趣先导物。