title: Stability of dactimicin to aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes.
abstract: Dactimicin was active against strains expressing the activities of aminoglycoside acetylating enzymes [AAC(3)-II, III, IV and V, AAC(2'), AAC(6')-I and II], aminoglycoside-nucleotidylating enzymes [ANT(2"), AAD(3")] and aminoglycoside-phosphorylating enzymes [APH(3')-I-II and III], with the exception of AAC(3)-I and one staphylococcal AAC(6')-IV. Apparently this is the first report of one 6'-N-acetylating enzyme which modifies and inactivates dactimicin. The authors' data suggest that the differences in the behaviour of dactimicin, gentamicin and amikacin against the aminoglycoside-resistant strains tested were mainly due to the production of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. If the results are summarized, it may be concluded that dactamicin is the most stable to the majority of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes demonstrated [APH(3'), APH(2"), APH(3"), ANT(2"), AAD(3"), AAC(2') and AAC(6')], with the exception of AAC(3)-I and staphylococcal AAC(6')-IV.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomez-Lus
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gomez-Lus
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004355:Drug Stability; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C023527:dactimicin; D000123:Acetyltransferases