Hybrid Molecules of Azithromycin with Chloramphenicol and Metronidazole: Synthesis and Study of Antibacterial Properties

Autor: Inna A. Volynkina, Elena N. Bychkova, Anastasiia O. Karakchieva, Alexander S. Tikhomirov, George V. Zatonsky, Svetlana E. Solovieva, Maksim M. Martynov, Natalia E. Grammatikova, Andrey G. Tereshchenkov, Alena Paleskava, Andrey L. Konevega, Petr V. Sergiev, Olga A. Dontsova, Ilya A. Osterman, Andrey E. Shchekotikhin, Anna N. Tevyashova
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Pharmaceuticals, Vol 17, Iss 2, p 187 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8247
DOI: 10.3390/ph17020187
Popis: The sustained rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) causes a strong need to develop new antibacterial agents. One of the methods for addressing the problem of antibiotic resistance is through the design of hybrid antibiotics. In this work, we proposed a synthetic route for the conjugation of an azithromycin derivative with chloramphenicol and metronidazole hemisuccinates and synthesized two series of new hybrid molecules 4a–g and 5a–g. While a conjugation did not result in tangible synergy for wild-type bacterial strains, new compounds were able to overcome AMR associated with the inducible expression of the ermC gene on a model E. coli strain resistant to macrolide antibiotics. The newly developed hybrids demonstrated a tendency to induce premature ribosome stalling, which might be crucial since they will not induce a macrolide-resistant phenotype in a number of pathogenic bacterial strains. In summary, the designed structures are considered as a promising direction for the further development of hybrid molecules that can effectively circumvent AMR mechanisms to macrolide antibiotics.
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