title: High-throughput identification of antibacterials against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the transglycosylase.
abstract: To identify new transglycosylase inhibitors with potent anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) activities, a high-throughput screening against Staphylococcus aureus was conducted to look for antibacterial cores in our 2M compound library that consists of natural products, proprietary collection, and synthetic molecules. About 3600 hits were identified from the primary screening and the subsequent confirmation resulted in a total of 252 compounds in 84 clusters which showed anti-MRSA activities with MIC values as low as 0.1 μg/ml. Subsequent screening targeting bacterial transglycosylase identified a salicylanilide-based core that inhibited the lipid II polymerization and the moenomycin-binding activities of transglycosylase. Among the collected analogues, potent inhibitors with the IC(50) values below 10 μM against transglycosylase were identified. The non-carbonhydrate scaffold reported in this study suggests a new direction for development of bacterial transglycosylase inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Sec 2 Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan. Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Sec 2 Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ting-Jen Rachel
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ying-Ta
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shih-Ting
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kien-Hock
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Shao-Kang
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yin-Hsuan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chih-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Chih-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Lin-Ya
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kuo-Ting
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hao-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Yih-Shyun E
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Wei-Chieh
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Chi-Huey
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000187:drug effects*; D057166:High-Throughput Screening Assays; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries; D016695:Glycosyltransferases