Diaza-anthracene Antibiotics from a Freshwater-Derived Actinomycete with Selective Antibacterial Activity toward Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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• 作者：Michael W. Mullowney ; Chang Hwa Hwang ; Andrew G. Newsome ; Xiaomei Wei ; Urszula Tanouye ; Baojie Wan ; Skylar Carlson ; Nanthida Joy Barranis ; Eoghainín Ó hAinmhire ; Wei-Lun Chen ; Kalyanaraman Krishnamoorthy ; John White ; Rachel Blair ; Hyunwoo Lee ; Joanna E. Burdette ; Pradipsinh K. Rathod ; Tanya Parish ; Sanghyun Cho ; Scott G. Franzblau ; Brian T. Murphy
• 刊名：ACS Infectious Diseases
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：April 10, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：1
• 期：4
• 页码：168-174
• 全文大小：242K
• ISSN：2373-8227

文摘

Multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are resistant to first- and second-line drug regimens and resulted in 210,000 fatalities in 2013. In the current study, we screened a library of aquatic bacterial natural product fractions for their ability to inhibit this pathogen. A fraction from a Lake Michigan bacterium exhibited significant inhibitory activity, from which we characterized novel diazaquinomycins H and J. This antibiotic class displayed an in vitro activity profile similar or superior to clinically used anti-tuberculosis agents and maintained this potency against a panel of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains. Importantly, these are among the only freshwater-derived actinomycete bacterial metabolites described to date. Further in vitro profiling against a broad panel of bacteria indicated that this antibiotic class selectively targets M. tuberculosis. Additionally, in the case of this pathogen we present evidence counter to previous reports that claim the diazaquinomycins target thymidylate synthase in Gram-positive bacteria. Thus, we establish freshwater environments as potential sources for novel antibiotic leads and present the diazaquinomycins as potent and selective inhibitors of M. tuberculosis.