A marine-derived fatty acid targets the cell membrane of Gram-positive bacteria.
A marine-derived fatty acid targets the cell membrane of Gram-positive bacteria.
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一种海洋衍生的脂肪酸以革兰氏阳性细菌的细胞膜为靶标。
DOI:
10.1128/jb.00310-23
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发表时间:
2023-11-21
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Whalen, Kristen E.
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Upender, Isha;Yoshida, Olivia;Schrecengost, Anna;Ranson, Hilary;Wu, Qihao;Rowley, David C.;Kishore, Shreya;Cywes, Claire;Miller, Eric L.;Whalen, Kristen E.
The rapid evolution of antibiotic resistance is shrinking our stockpile of commercially available antibiotics. Therefore, new antimicrobials with novel mechanisms of action (MoAs) are desperately needed. The free fatty acid, (Z)-13-methyltetra-4-decenoic acid ((Z)-4C-14:1), isolated from a marine sediment bacterium Olleya marilimosa, displays strong inhibition of Gram-positive pathogens with minimal cytotoxic effects to mammalian cells. Here, we applied a combination of experimental approaches to identify the mechanism by which (Z)-4C-14:1 kills the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Using quick and cost-effective bacterial cytological profiling (BCP), we established the cytological signatures of 17 antibiotics representing 6 general classes of antibiotic MoAs. We used BCP to demonstrate that while (Z)-4C-14:1-treated B. subtilis cells display unique morphological features compared to other antibiotic classes, (Z)-4C-14:1 mode of action shares substantial overlap with the fast-acting antibiotic colistin specifically in Gram-positive cells and daptomycin, both of which target bacterial permeability by destroying the cell membrane and causing extensive cell surface alterations. To further determine if the cell membrane of B. subtilis was the target of (Z)-4C-14:1, we used cell membrane- and peptidoglycan-specific diagnostic stains to investigate bacterial permeability. Our results indicate that (Z)-4C-14:1 destabilizes the cell membrane by pore formation in Gram-positive bacteria and emphasize the importance of mining the marine environment for naturally occurring antibiotics. With the lack of new antibiotics in the drug discovery pipeline, coupled with accelerated evolution of antibiotic resistance, new sources of antibiotics that target pathogens of clinical importance are paramount. Here, we use bacterial cytological profiling to identify the mechanism of action of the monounsaturated fatty acid (Z)-13-methyltetra-4-decenoic acid isolated from the marine bacterium Olleya marilimosa with antibacterial effects against Gram-positive bacteria. The fatty acid antibiotic was found to rapidly destabilize the cell membrane by pore formation and membrane aggregation in Bacillus subtilis, suggesting that this fatty acid may be a promising adjuvant used in combination to enhance antibiotic sensitivity.
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DOI:
10.3390/antibiotics10040415
发表时间:
2021-04-10
期刊:
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Kakoullis L;Papachristodoulou E;Chra P;Panos G
通讯作者:
Panos G
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Hess, Donavon J.;Henry-Stanley, Michelle J.;Wells, Carol L.
通讯作者:
Wells, Carol L.
影响因子:
12.3
作者:
Carpenter AE;Jones TR;Lamprecht MR;Clarke C;Kang IH;Friman O;Guertin DA;Chang JH;Lindquist RA;Moffat J;Golland P;Sabatini DM
通讯作者:
Sabatini DM
影响因子:
1.9
作者:
CHRISTIE, WW;BRECHANY, EY;POPOV, S
通讯作者:
POPOV, S
影响因子:
11
作者:
Chase, Alexander B.;Bogdanov, Alexander;Demko, Alyssa M.;Jensen, Paul R.
通讯作者:
Jensen, Paul R.