Severin A, Severina E, Tomasz A
Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Mar;41(3):504-10. doi: 10.1128/AAC.41.3.504.
Subinhibitory concentrations of clavulanate caused premature induction of stationary-phase autolysis, sensitization to lysozyme, and reductions in the MICs of deoxycholate and penicillin for Streptococcus pneumoniae. In the range of clavulanate concentrations producing these effects, this beta-lactam compound was selectively bound to PBP 3. Cell walls isolated from pneumococci grown in the presence of clavulanate showed increased sensitivity to the hydrolytic action of purified pneumococcal autolysin in vitro. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of the peptidoglycan isolated from the clavulanate-grown cells showed major qualitative and quantitative changes in stem peptide composition, the most striking feature of which was the accumulation of peptide species carrying intact D-alanyl-D-alanine residues at the carboxy termini. The altered biological and biochemical properties of the clavulanate-grown pneumococci appear to be the consequences of suppressed D,D-carboxypeptidase activity.
克拉维酸的亚抑制浓度可导致肺炎链球菌过早诱导稳定期自溶、对溶菌酶敏感以及脱氧胆酸盐和青霉素的最低抑菌浓度降低。在产生这些效应的克拉维酸浓度范围内,这种β-内酰胺化合物选择性地与青霉素结合蛋白3结合。从在克拉维酸存在下生长的肺炎球菌中分离的细胞壁在体外对纯化的肺炎球菌自溶素的水解作用表现出更高的敏感性。对从在克拉维酸中生长的细胞中分离的肽聚糖进行高效液相色谱分析表明,茎肽组成发生了主要的定性和定量变化,其中最显著的特征是在羧基末端携带完整D-丙氨酰-D-丙氨酸残基的肽种类的积累。在克拉维酸中生长的肺炎球菌的生物学和生化特性改变似乎是D,D-羧肽酶活性受到抑制的结果。