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Synthesis and Assay of Vibrio Quorum Sensing Inhibitors
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合成和分子建模提供了对Pseudomonas aeruginosa定数感应难题的洞察力
Joseph S Zakhari1, Isao Kinoyama, Anjali K Struss
1Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 26, 2011
概括
两个合成的定量感应分子,9和12,在Pseudomonas aeruginosa中表现出类似的活性,尽管结构上有差异. 建模揭示了与LasR受体具有相似的结合特性,解决了细菌通信研究中的先前不一致性.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 合成化学 合成化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa 使用定数感应 (QS) 进行细菌通信和毒性.
- 分子3-oxo-dodecanoyl homoserine lactone是P. aeruginosa中的一个关键的QS信号.
- 之前的研究报告了这种QS分子的合成模仿物的相互矛盾结构.
研究的目的:
- 合成和评估两种拟议的QS模仿物,化合物9和12的激应活性.
- 解决与P. aeruginosa.中QS模仿的结构和功能的不一致性.
- 研究这些化合物与LasR受体的结合相互作用.
主要方法:
- 化合物9和12的化学合成.
- 使用P. aeruginosa记者测试进行对抗性活性测试.
- 分子建模研究,以评估受体结合特性.
主要成果:
- 两种合成的化合物,9和12,在报告测试中表现出可比的EC50值.
- 尽管有明显的区域化学差异,但这些化合物表现出类似的功能活性.
- 建模研究表明,9和12对LasR受体具有可比的结合特性.
结论:
- 这项研究解决了有关QS模拟器结构性身份和活动的不一致性.
- 化合物9和12被证实是具有类似功效的功能QS模仿剂.
- 与LasR受体相对应的结合解释了结构不同分子观察到的类似活动.
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