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ANTIBIO-BAC: exploring the bacterial cell wall as a target for novel antibiotherapies

Abstract

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a pressing, worldwide problem, and the 'drug development void' of the last several years has permitted that major human pathogens become resistant to all antibiotics, including 'last resort molecules'. This reality demands a multi-disciplinary effort towards the exploration of new ideas that could lead to the development of treatments that explore yet untapped sources and target key bacterial processes that are essential for bacterial survival. At the LNBio, one of my group's recent interests has been the screening for new, potential antibiotics in libraries of natural products prepared from the Brazilian biodiversity, a vast, totally novel, yet untapped source of antimicrobials. An initial screening campaign performed at the LNBio identified >30 original samples that block the action of Penicillin-Binding Proteins (PBPs), key bacterial cell wall biosynthesis enzymes, as well as growth of both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. In addition, thanks to support from FAPESP, we structurally characterized the first complex between a PBP and a partner molecule that assures bacterial cell wall elongation, which represents an initial glimpse into new interfaces that can be targeted with small molecules viewing novel antibiotic development. The present grant application views the expansion of these very exciting results through the characterization of higher order cell wall biosynthesis complexes as well as the continuation of the effort of identification of new natural product inhibitors of antibiotic-resistance systems. This is a high risk, high gain project that combines state-of-the-art structural biology with microbiology and biophysics, and will impact both biology and public health. ANTIBIO-BAC thus consolidates efforts to study different aspects of bacterial cell wall biogenesis and drug resistance in order to understand molecular interactions that play key roles in bacterial survival and virulence, and identify unique molecules that can lead to novel antibiotherapies. (AU)

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Scientific publications (12)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
MIYACHIRO, MAYARA M.; GRANATO, DANIELA; TRINDADE, DANIEL MARAGNO; EBEL, CHRISTINE; PAES LEME, ADRIANA FRANCO; DESSEN, ANDREA. Complex Formation between Mur Enzymes from Streptococcus pneumoniae. BIOCHEMISTRY, v. 58, n. 30, p. 3314-3324, . (17/12436-9, 11/52067-6, 13/02451-0)
DE OLIVEIRA SILVA, YURI RAFAEL; CONTRERAS-MARTEL, CARLOS; MACHEBOEUF, PAULINE; DESSEN, ANDREA. Bacterial secretins: Mechanisms of assembly and membrane targeting. Protein Science, v. 29, n. 4, . (17/12436-9, 18/04344-0)
LADDOMADA, FEDERICA; MIYACHIRO, MAYARA M.; JESSOP, MATTHEW; PATIN, DELPHINE; JOB, VIVIANA; MENGIN-LECREULX, DOMINIQUE; LE ROY, ALINE; EBEL, CHRISTINE; BREYTON, CECILE; GUTSCHE, IRINA; et al. The MurG glycosyltransferase provides an oligomeric scaffold for the cytoplasmic steps of peptidoglycan biosynthesis in the human pathogen Bordetella pertussis. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, . (11/52067-6, 13/02451-0, 17/12436-9)
DE FELICIO, RAFAEL; BALLONE, PATRICIA; BAZZANO, CRISTINA FREITAS; ALVES, LUIZ F. G.; SIGRIST, RENATA; INFANTE, GINA POLO; NIERO, HENRIQUE; RODRIGUES-COSTA, FERNANDA; FERNANDES, ARTHUR ZANETTI NUNES; TONON, LUCIANE A. C.; et al. Chemical Elicitors Induce Rare Bioactive Secondary Metabolites in Deep-Sea Bacteria under Laboratory Conditions. METABOLITES, v. 11, n. 2, . (14/10753-9, 17/12436-9, 15/19906-5)
STALOCH, BRENDON EGON KORMANN; NIERO, HENRIQUE; DE FREITAS, ROBERT CARDOSO; BALLONE, PATRICIA; RODRIGUES-COSTA, FERNANDA; TRIVELLA, DANIELA BARRETTO BARBOSA; DESSEN, ANDREA; DA SILVA, MARCUS ADONAI CASTRO; LIMA, ANDRE OLIVEIRA DE SOUZA. Draft genome sequence of Psychrobacter nivimaris LAMA 639 and its biotechnological potential. DATA IN BRIEF, v. 41, p. 11-pg., . (14/10753-9, 17/12436-9, 15/19906-5)
ZOUHIR, SAMIRA; CONTRERAS-MARTEL, CARLOS; MARAGNO TRINDADE, DANIEL; ATTREE, INA; DESSEN, ANDREA; MACHEBOEUF, PAULINE. MagC is a NplC/P60-like member of the alpha-2-macroglobulin Mag complex of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that interacts with peptidoglycan. FEBS Letters, . (11/52067-6, 13/01962-0, 17/12436-9)
ZOUHIR, SAMIRA; CONTRERAS-MARTEL, CARLOS; MARAGNO TRINDADE, DANIEL; ATTREE, INA; DESSEN, ANDREA; MACHEBOEUF, PAULINE. MagC is a NplC/P60-like member of the alpha-2-macroglobulin Mag complex of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that interacts with peptidoglycan. FEBS Letters, v. 595, n. 15, p. 2034-2046, . (13/01962-0, 17/12436-9, 11/52067-6)
RODRIGUES-COSTA, FERNANDA; SLIVINSKI, JULIANO; IOCA, LAURA P.; BERTONHA, ARIANE F.; DE FELICIO, RAFAEL; DA CUNHA, MARCOS GUILHERME; DA MATA MADEIRA, PAULO VINICIUS; CAUZ, ANA C. G.; TRINDADE, DANIEL MARAGNO; FREIRE, VITOR F.; et al. Merulinic acid C overcomes gentamicin resistance in Enterococcus faecium. BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY, v. 100, . (16/05133-7, 13/50228-8, 11/52067-6, 17/12436-9, 15/19906-5, 14/11980-9)
MARTINS, ALEXANDRE; CONTRERAS-MARTEL, CARLOS; JANET-MAITRE, MANON; MIYACHIRO, MAYARA M.; ESTROZI, LEANDRO F.; TRINDADE, DANIEL MARAGNO; MALOSPIRITO, CAIQUE C.; RODRIGUES-COSTA, FERNANDA; IMBERT, LIONEL; JOB, VIVIANA; et al. Self-association of MreC as a regulatory signal in bacterial cell wall elongation. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 12, n. 1, . (17/12436-9, 15/19906-5, 11/52067-6, 18/07148-7)
BERTRAND, QUENTIN; JOB, VIVIANA; MAILLARD, ANTOINE P.; IMBERT, LIONEL; TEULON, JEAN-MARIE; FAVIER, ADRIEN; PELLEQUER, JEAN-LUC; HUBER, PHILIPPE; ATTREE, INA; DESSEN, ANDREA. Exolysin (ExlA) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Punctures Holes into Target Membranes Using a Molten Globule Domain. Journal of Molecular Biology, v. 432, n. 16, p. 4466-4480, . (17/12436-9)
SHIRAKAWAA, KARINA T.; SALAA, FERNANDA ANGELICA; MIYACHIROC, MAYARA M.; JOBC, VIVIANA; TRINDADEA, DANIEL MARAGNO; DESSENA, ANDREA; MAYER, CHRISTOPH; KARLS, EBERHARD. Architecture and genomic arrangement of the MurE-MurF bacterial cell wall biosynthesis complex. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 120, n. 21, p. 10-pg., . (11/52067-6, 17/12436-9, 18/16346-7, 20/01286-9)
GUBIANI, JULIANA R.; BERNARDI, DARLON I.; DE PAULA, CAIO C. P.; SELEGHIM, MIRNA H. R.; FERREIRA, ANTONIO G.; BATISTA, ANDREA N. L.; BATISTA, JOAO M.; OLIVEIRA, LUCIANNE F. P.; LIRA, SIMONE P.; BURDETTE, JOANNA E.; et al. Absolute configuration of cytotoxic anthraquinones from a Brazilian cave soil-derived fungus, Aspergillus sp. SDC28. ARCHIV DER PHARMAZIE, v. 355, n. 4, p. 8-pg., . (17/12436-9, 17/06014-4, 19/17721-9, 19/22319-5, 13/50228-8, 16/21341-9)