Irfan, Iram, Ali, Asghar, Reddi, Bharati, Khan, Mohd. Abrar, Hasan, Phool, Ahmed, Sarfraz, Uddin, Amad, Piatek, Magdalena, Kavanagh, Kevin, Haque, Qazi Mohd. Rizwanul, Singh, Shailja, Addlagatta, Anthony and Abid, Mohammad (2022) Design, Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies of Novel Isatin-Pyrazole Hydrazone Conjugates as Selective and Potent Bacterial MetAP Inhibitors. Antibiotics, 11 (8). p. 1126. ISSN 2079-6382
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Abstract
Methionine aminopeptidases (MetAPs) are attractive drug targets due to their essential
role in eukaryotes as well as prokaryotic cells. In this study, biochemical assays were performed on
newly synthesized Isatin-pyrazole hydrazones (PS1–14) to identify potent and selective bacterial
MetAPs inhibitors. Compound PS9 inhibited prokaryotic MetAPs, i.e., MtMetAP1c, EfMetAP1a and
SpMetAP1a with Ki values of 0.31, 6.93 and 0.37 µM, respectively. Interestingly, PS9 inhibited the
human analogue HsMetAP1b with Ki (631.7 µM) about ten thousand-fold higher than the bacterial
MetAPs. The in vitro screening against Gram-positive (Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus subtilis and
Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia and Escherichia
coli) bacterial strains also exhibited their antibacterial potential supported by minimum bactericidal
concentration (MBC), disk diffusion assay, growth curve and time-kill curve experiments. Additionally, PS6 and PS9 had synergistic effects when combined with ampicillin (AMP) and ciprofloxacin
(CIP) against selective bacterial strains. PS9 showed no significant cytotoxic effect on human RBCs,
HEK293 cells and Galleria mellonella larvae in vivo. PS9 inhibited the growth of multidrug-resistant
environmental isolates as it showed the MIC lower than the standard drugs used against selective
bacterial strains. Overall, the study suggested PS9 could be a useful candidate for the development
of antibacterial alternatives.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Isatin-pyrazole hydrazone; ESKAPE; antibacterial; MDR; cytotoxicity; MetAP; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Human Health Institute |
Item ID: | 17640 |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/antibiotics11081126 |
Depositing User: | Dr. Kevin Kavanagh |
Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2023 11:11 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Antibiotics |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/17640 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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