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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Gram-negative pathogens expressing serine beta-lactamases (SBLs) and metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs), especially those with carbapenemase activity, threaten the clinical utility of almost all beta-lactam antibiotics. Here we describe the discovery of a heteroaryl phosphonate scaffold that exhibits noncovalent cross-class inhibition of representative carbapenemases, specifically the SBL KPC-2 and the MBLs NDM-1 and VIM-2. The most potent lead, compound 16, exhibited low nM to low muM inhibition of KPC-2, NDM-1, and VIM-2. Compound 16 potentiated imipenem efficacy against resistant clinical and laboratory bacterial strains expressing carbapenemases while showing some cytotoxicity toward human HEK293T cells only at concentrations above 100 mug/mL. Complex structures with KPC-2, NDM-1, and VIM-2 demonstrate how these inhibitors achieve high binding affinity to both enzyme classes. These findings provide a structurally and mechanistically new scaffold for drug discovery targeting multidrug resistant Gram-negative pathogens and more generally highlight the active site features of carbapenemases that can be leveraged for lead discovery.

Heteroaryl Phosphonates as Noncovalent Inhibitors of Both Serine- and Metallocarbapenemases.,Pemberton OA, Jaishankar P, Akhtar A, Adams JL, Shaw LN, Renslo AR, Chen Y J Med Chem. 2019 Sep 26;62(18):8480-8496. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00728. Epub, 2019 Sep 13. PMID:31483651^[1]

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