Oxazin-5-Ones as a Novel Class of Penicillin Binding Protein Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis and Structure Activity Relationship

PLoS One. 2016 Oct 17;11(10):e0163467. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163467. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

Penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) are normal constituents of bacterial which are absent in mammalian cells. The theoretical binding modes of known oxazin-5-ones toward the protein were used as a guide to synthesis new inhibitors. Structural studies of protein-ligand complexes revealed that conformational discrepancies of the derivatives in the protein's binding site gave rise to the variation in their inhibition constant which ranged from 68.58 μM to 2.04 mM. Biological assay results further confirmed the antibiotic potencies of the studied compounds. Although the outcome of biological screening does not parallel computational predictions, the results obtained from both methods suggest that the oxazin-5-one derivatives are potential PBP inhibitors, hence interesting antibiotic lead agents.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Binding Sites
  • Drug Design*
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Oxazines / chemical synthesis
  • Oxazines / chemistry*
  • Oxazines / pharmacology
  • Penicillin-Binding Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Penicillin-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Oxazines
  • Penicillin-Binding Proteins

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.