Fluorinated captopril analogues inhibit metallo-ll-lactamases and facilitate structure determination of NDM-1 binding pose

• Bacterial resistance to the majority of clinically used ll-lactam antibiotics is a global health threat and, consequently, the driving force for the development of metallo-ll-lactamase (MBL) inhibitors. The rapid evolution of new MBLs calls for new strategies and tools for inhibitor development. In this study, we designed and developed a series of trifluoromethylated captopril analogues as probes for structural studies of enzyme-inhibitor binding. The new compounds showed activity comparable to the non-fluorinated inhibitors against the New Delhi Metallo-ll-lactamase-1 (NDM-1). The most active compound, a derivative of D-captopril, exhibited an IC50 value of 0.3 mu M. Several compounds demonstrated synergistic effects, restoring the effect of meropenem and reducing the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values in NDM-1 (up to 64-fold), VIM-2 (up to 8-fold) and IMP-26 (up to 8-fold) harbouring Escherichia coli. NMR spectroscopy and molecular docking of one representative inhibitor determined the binding pose in NDM-1, demonstrating that fluorinated analogues of inhibitors are a valuable tool for structural studies of MBL-inhibitor complexes.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Organisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Organic Chemistry (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Metallo-ll-lactamases

NDM-1

Inhibitors

Thiols

NMR binding -studies

VIM-2

IMP-26

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