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Flexible Fragment Growing Boosts Potency of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence.
Zender, Michael Witzgall, Florian Kiefer, Alexander Felix Kirsch, Benjamin Maurer, Christine K Kany, Andreas M Xu, Ningna Schmelz, Stefan Börger, Carsten
Zender, Michael
Witzgall, Florian
Kiefer, Alexander Felix
Kirsch, Benjamin
Maurer, Christine K
Kany, Andreas M
Xu, Ningna
Schmelz, Stefan
Börger, Carsten
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2019-11-11
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Hit-to-lead optimization is a critical phase in drug discovery. Herein, we report on the fragment-based discovery and optimization of 2-amino pyridine derivatives as a novel lead-like structure for the treatment of the dangerous opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa . We pursue an innovative treatment strategy by interfering with the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) Quorum Sensing (QS) system leading to an abolishment of bacterial pathogenicity. Our compounds act on the PQS receptor (PqsR), a key transcription factor controlling the expression of various pathogenicity determinants. In this target-driven approach, we made use of biophysical screening via surface plasmon resonance (SPR) followed by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC)-enabled enthalpic efficiency (EE) evaluation. Hit optimization then involved growth vector identification and exploitation. Astonishingly, the latter was successfully achieved by introducing flexible linkers rather than rigid motifs leading to a boost in activity on the target receptor and anti-virulence potency.
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ChemMedChem. 2019 Nov 11. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.201900621.
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