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  • Antimicrobial Resistance

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  • The pharmaceutical industry faces declining productivity in drug discovery due to the exhaustion of easily accessible chemical space.
  • Multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria, particularly *Pseudomonas aeruginosa*, poses a significant threat to public health, necessitating novel therapeutic strategies.
  • Current drug discovery often relies on chemical intuition, leading to the rediscovery of similar chemical spaces and limiting innovation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a proof-of-concept for a rational approach to identify a "chemical vocabulary" for specific drug activities without prior rules or intuition.
  • To discover submolecules that facilitate compound entry into *Pseudomonas aeruginosa*, a key factor in overcoming MDR.
  • To validate a synergistic approach combining theoretical, computational, and experimental methods.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a computational framework to identify molecular fragments promoting bacterial entry.
  • Synergistic integration of theoretical calculations, computational modeling, and experimental validation.
  • Mechanism-based explanation of how identified fragments enhance compound permeation.
  • Screening of an external compound library for candidates with high permeation ability.

Main Results:

  • Successful identification of a "chemical vocabulary" of submolecules relevant to bacterial entry.
  • Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms by which these fragments enhance compound permeation into *Pseudomonas aeruginosa*.
  • Selection of promising candidate compounds from an external library exhibiting favorable permeation characteristics.

Conclusions:

  • The presented approach offers a rational strategy to expand the chemical search space for drug discovery, moving beyond traditional methods.
  • This method effectively addresses the challenge of multidrug resistance by targeting bacterial entry mechanisms.
  • The validated approach holds potential for identifying novel therapeutics against challenging bacterial pathogens.