Structure-Guided Optimization of Inhibitors of Acetyltransferase Eis from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ankita Punetha, Huy X. Ngo, Selina Y.L. Holbrook, Keith D. Green, Melisa J. Willby, Shilah A. Bonnett, Kyle Krieger, Kyle Krieger, Emily K. Dennis, James E. Posey, Tanya Parish, Tanya Parish, Oleg V. Tsodikov, Oleg V. Tsodikov, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

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Abstract

The enhanced intracellular survival (Eis) protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a versatile acetyltransferase that multiacetylates aminoglycoside antibiotics abolishing their binding to the bacterial ribosome. When overexpressed as a result of promoter mutations, Eis causes drug resistance. In an attempt to overcome the Eis-mediated kanamycin resistance of Mtb, we designed and optimized structurally unique thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine Eis inhibitors toward effective kanamycin adjuvant combination therapy. We obtained 12 crystal structures of enzyme-inhibitor complexes, which guided our rational structure-based design of 72 thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine analogues divided into three families. We evaluated the potency of these inhibitors in vitro as well as their ability to restore the activity of kanamycin in a resistant strain of Mtb, in which Eis was upregulated. Furthermore, we evaluated the metabolic stability of 11 compounds in vitro. This study showcases how structural information can guide Eis inhibitor design.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1581-1594
Number of pages14
JournalACS Chemical Biology
Volume15
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 19 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant AI090048 (to S.G.-T.), a grant from the Firland Foundation (to S.G.-T.), a grant from the Center for Chemical Genomics (CCG) at the University of Michigan (to S.G.-T.), as well as by startup funds from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky (to S.G.-T. and O.V.T). We thank the UK PharmNMR Center (in the College of Pharmacy) for NMR support and S. Van Lanen for managing the LCMS system used in this study. We thank S. Vander Roest, M. Larsen, and P. Kirchhoff from the CCG at the University of Michigan for their help with HTS. We thank J. J. Johnson and R. M. Holmes for synthesizing and characterizing a few of the molecules presented in this manuscript. We thank C. Hou for assistance with the protein purification and crystallization. We also thank S. Chowdhury and B. Berube for discussion and technical assistance with metabolic stability assays. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Public Health Service, or the CDC. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the funding agency.

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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine

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