Redirecting raltitrexed from cancer cell thymidylate synthase to Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphopantetheinyl transferase

There is a compelling need to find drugs active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). 4'-Phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PptT) is an essential enzyme in Mtb that has attracted interest as a potential drug target. We optimized a PptT assay, used it to screen 422,740 compounds, and identified raltitrexed, an antineoplastic antimetabolite, as the most potent PptT inhibitor yet reported. While trying unsuccessfully to improve raltitrexed's ability to kill Mtb and remove its ability to kill human cells, we learned three lessons that may help others developing antibiotics. First, binding of raltitrexed substantially changed the configuration of the PptT active site, complicating molecular modeling of analogs based on the unliganded crystal structure or the structure of cocrystals with inhibitors of another class. Second, minor changes in the raltitrexed molecule changed its target in Mtb from PptT to dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). Third, the structure-activity relationship for over 800 raltitrexed analogs only became interpretable when we quantified and characterized the compounds' intrabacterial accumulation and transformation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Science advances - 10(2024), 11 vom: 15. März, Seite eadj6406

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Singh, Amrita [VerfasserIn]
Ottavi, Samantha [VerfasserIn]
Krieger, Inna [VerfasserIn]
Planck, Kyle [VerfasserIn]
Perkowski, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Kaneko, Takushi [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Andrew M [VerfasserIn]
Suh, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, David [VerfasserIn]
Goullieux, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Alex, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Roubert, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Gardner, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Preston, Marian [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Dave M [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Cautain, Bastien [VerfasserIn]
Upton, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Christopher B [VerfasserIn]
Serbina, Natalya [VerfasserIn]
Tanvir, Zaid [VerfasserIn]
Mosior, John [VerfasserIn]
Ouerfelli, Ouathek [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Guangli [VerfasserIn]
Gold, Ben S [VerfasserIn]
Rhee, Kyu Y [VerfasserIn]
Sacchettini, James C [VerfasserIn]
Fotouhi, Nader [VerfasserIn]
Aubé, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Nathan, Carl [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial Proteins
EC 2.1.1.45
EC 2.7.8.-
FCB9EGG971
Journal Article
Phosphopantetheinyl transferase
Quinazolines
Raltitrexed
Thiophenes
Thymidylate Synthase
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/sciadv.adj6406

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369790359