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スタフィロコックのクオラムセンシングシグナルペプチドにおけるβターンへのコンフォメーションスイッチは,効能の劇的な増加を引き起こす

Joseph K Vasquez¹, Korbin H J West¹, Tian Yang¹

¹Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|December 21, 2019

まとめ

研究者は,Staphylococcus epidermidisのAgrC受容体を制御するシグナルペプチドの重要な構造特性を発見しました. これらの発見は,クオラムセンシング (QS) の理解を進めており,持続的な感染に対する新しい抗ウイルス戦略につながる可能性があります.

科学分野:

微生物学
構造生物学
薬剤化学

背景:

*Staphylococcus epidermidis*は,しばしば抗生物質に耐性を持つ慢性感染症を引き起こす機会性病原体である.
*Staphylococcus epidermidis*は,AgrC受容体に結合する自己誘導ペプチド (AIPs) によって調節される補助遺伝子調節 (agr) クオラムセンシング (QS) システムを利用して,バイオフィルム形成を制御します.
AIP:AgrCの相互作用を調節することは,有望な抗ウイルス性戦略です.

研究の目的:

ネイティブ *S. epidermidis* AIPsおよび関連アナログの溶液相構造を決定する.
AgrC受容体の活性 (アゴニズム/アンタゴニズム) を調節するために重要な構造的モチーフを特定する.
新しいAgrCモジュールを開発するための構造的基盤を提供すること.

主な方法:

NMRスペクトロシピは,ネイティブのAIPと合成のアナログの構造を特徴付けるために使用されました.
異なるリガンド活性プロファイルを分析することによって,構造-活性関係を調査した.
アナログは合理的に設計され,特定の構造的特徴を強化または破壊しました.

主要な成果:

3 つのネイティブ * S. epidermidis * AIP と 5 つの非ネイティブアナログの構造が解明されました.
強力なAgrC- Iアゴニストおよびアンタゴニストにおける重要なモチーフとして,マクロサイクルのユニークなβターンが特定されました.
β-ターンを強化するために設計されたアナログは強力な抗体 (サブナノモラー効力) を生み出し,β-ターンの破壊は効力を減少させた.

結論:

この研究は,S. epidermidis*におけるAIP:AgrC受容体相互作用の重要な構造的決定因子を明らかにした.
AgrC受容体の強力な調節には,以前に認識されていないβ-ターンが不可欠である.
これらの発見は,QSの調節に関する分子洞察を提供し,S. epidermidisの感染を標的とした新しい抗ウイルス剤の開発を導く.

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