The Veterinary Anti-Parasitic Selamectin Is a Novel Inhibitor of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis DprE1 Enzyme

Avermectins are macrocyclic lactones with anthelmintic activity. Recently, they were found to be effective against , which accounts for one third of the worldwide deaths from antimicrobial resistance. However, their anti-mycobacterial mode of action remains to be elucidated. The activity of selamect...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of molecular sciences 2022-01, Vol.23 (2), p.771
Hauptverfasser: Ezquerra-Aznárez, José Manuel, Degiacomi, Giulia, Gašparovič, Henrich, Stelitano, Giovanni, Sammartino, Josè Camilla, Korduláková, Jana, Governa, Paolo, Manetti, Fabrizio, Pasca, Maria Rosalia, Chiarelli, Laurent Roberto, Ramón-García, Santiago
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Zusammenfassung:Avermectins are macrocyclic lactones with anthelmintic activity. Recently, they were found to be effective against , which accounts for one third of the worldwide deaths from antimicrobial resistance. However, their anti-mycobacterial mode of action remains to be elucidated. The activity of selamectin was determined against a panel of mutants. Two strains carrying mutations in DprE1, the decaprenylphosphoryl-β-D-ribose oxidase involved in the synthesis of mycobacterial arabinogalactan, were more susceptible to selamectin. Biochemical assays against the DprE1 protein confirmed this finding, and docking studies predicted a binding site in a loop that included Leu275. Sequence alignment revealed variants in this position among mycobacterial species, with the size and hydrophobicity of the residue correlating with their MIC values; DprE1 variants carrying these point mutations validated the docking predictions. However, the correlation was not confirmed when mutant strains were constructed and MIC phenotypic assays performed. Likewise, metabolic labeling of selamectin-treated and cells with C-labeled acetate did not reveal the expected lipid profile associated with DprE1 inhibition. Together, our results confirm the in vitro interactions of selamectin and DprE1 but suggest that selamectin could be a multi-target anti-mycobacterial compound.
ISSN:1422-0067
1661-6596
1422-0067
DOI:10.3390/ijms23020771