Main observation and conclusion Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)has become a major threat on public health because of the increase of clinically isolated strains that exhibit resistance to many antibi...Main observation and conclusion Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)has become a major threat on public health because of the increase of clinically isolated strains that exhibit resistance to many antibiotics.Therefore,development of new antibiotics for the treatment of MRSA in-fection is a sustained challenge.We have previously identified a ring-opened bengamide analogue L472-2 that displays moderate ac-tivity against the growth of S.aureus.In our previous work,we started from L472-2 and identified a class of analogues containing al-kynyl groups which have the potential to activate SaCIpP activity but moderate antibacterial activity.Herein,we focused on the anti-bacterial activity of L472-2,and a novel series of ring-opened bengamide analogues were synthesized and their activities were evalu-ated against MRSA.By conducting a compact analysis of the structure-activity relationships(SAR)of these analogues,we found that an adamantane ethanol ester bengamide 2j showed excellent antibacterial activity towards six S.aureus strains,including MRSA,while it does not activate CIpP.Therefore,these bengamide analogues represent a new class of candidates that suppress MRSA via-bility..展开更多
基金the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.16ZR1407000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81861138046 and 21725801).
文摘Main observation and conclusion Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)has become a major threat on public health because of the increase of clinically isolated strains that exhibit resistance to many antibiotics.Therefore,development of new antibiotics for the treatment of MRSA in-fection is a sustained challenge.We have previously identified a ring-opened bengamide analogue L472-2 that displays moderate ac-tivity against the growth of S.aureus.In our previous work,we started from L472-2 and identified a class of analogues containing al-kynyl groups which have the potential to activate SaCIpP activity but moderate antibacterial activity.Herein,we focused on the anti-bacterial activity of L472-2,and a novel series of ring-opened bengamide analogues were synthesized and their activities were evalu-ated against MRSA.By conducting a compact analysis of the structure-activity relationships(SAR)of these analogues,we found that an adamantane ethanol ester bengamide 2j showed excellent antibacterial activity towards six S.aureus strains,including MRSA,while it does not activate CIpP.Therefore,these bengamide analogues represent a new class of candidates that suppress MRSA via-bility..
