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You could not be signed in. Sign In Forgot password? It is worth investigating virulence factor targets, particularly for resistant pathogens. Enzymes of the Dlt operon are targets for antivirulence agents since strains lacking TA D-alanine esters are strongly attenuated in vivo. Inhibitors of the WTA biosynthetic enzymes TarB have lethal effects on bacterial cells and would be akin to traditional antibiotics. Lipoteichoic acid LTA is an alditol phosphate-containing polymer that is linked via a lipid anchor to the outside of the membrane in Gram-positive bacteria.
LTA plays an important role in bacterial growth and physiology and contributes to membrane homeostasis. It is an attractive target for vaccines and novel antimicrobials. Figure 3. Teichoic acid assembly Pasquina et. Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.
Abstract ALTHOUGH the occurrence of both wall and membrane teichoic acids in Gram-positive bacteria has been known for a considerable time, and it is believed that they are essential for normal cellular activity, their main function has been somewhat obscure. Access through your institution. Buy or subscribe. Change institution. Subscribe to Journal Get full journal access for 1 year We are sorry, but there is no personal subscription option available for your country.
More Information. Rent or Buy article Get time limited or full article access on ReadCube. References 1 Archibald, A. Google Scholar 5 Ishimoto, N. Google Scholar 10 Glaser, L. Google Scholar Download references. View author publications. The ease of discovery of TarG inhibitors is curious and due perhaps to its partial extracellular structure, or to its role as a wall teichoic acid translocase protein. Furthermore, the challenging biochemistry of this multitransmembrane domain protein remains an obstacle to rational in vitro optimization of bioactives targeting this structure, and efforts continue to discover leads that are active against more tractable late-step targets in the wall teichoic acid biosynthetic pathway.
In , the Murakami group 69 conducted transposon-mediated mutagenesis of a clinical MRSA isolate to identify methicillin resistance determinants. The authors demonstrated that selective disruption of the llm gene could reverse high-level methicillin resistance in clinical isolates of MRSA. Further investigation of the connection between wall teichoic acid and peptidoglycan synthesis by electron microscopy uncovered clear phenotypes for defects in wall teichoic acid synthesis in cell division in S.
Previously approved drugs represent a rich source of bioactivity with the potential to be repurposed for new therapeutic benefit. Ticlopidine Ticlid , an antihypertension drug that interrupts ADP-dependent platelet formation, was the only molecule to advance from this counter screen.
While ticopidine did not display any growth-inhibition activity, the ticlopidine—cefuroxime combination displayed potent and synergistic in vitro efficacy against 10 clinical S. Phenotypes for ticlopine-treated S. In vitro enzyme assays confirmed TarO to be the target, and the ticlopidine—cefuroxime combination was found to be selective for S.
The availability of a small-molecule inhibitor for TarO provided an opportunity to probe the mechanism of synergy between early steps in wall teichoic acid biosynthesis and transpeptidation steps in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Indeed, well-characterized bioactive small molecules have frequently proved highly useful in understanding complex biological processes. This cooperative function of PBP2 and PBP2A yields peptidoglycan strands with low-level crosslinking, up to approximately five units in length.
The low level of primary crosslinked cell wall synthesized under this challenge is insufficient to support life Figure 5. Wall teichoic acid biosynthesis has recently emerged as an exciting new target in antibiotic research. Indeed, mechanistic follow-up on bioactives from high-throughput screening efforts is a time- and resource-intensive endeavor with low rates of success. The pathway-specific, cell-based screening strategies highlighted herein have exploited synthetic-viable interactions to enable focused discovery of pathway-specific bioactives, facilitating streamlined follow-up, elimination of nuisance compounds and ultimately, the discovery of inhibitors for TarO and TarG.
Indeed, TarG appears to be a highly druggable target that is susceptible to a variety of chemical classes. Cumulatively, inhibitors of wall teichoic acid synthesis offer an exciting opportunity for the development of novel antibacterial leads with a new mechanism of action to treat drug-resistant Staphylococcal infections.
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