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A comprehensive method for determining cellular uptake of purine nucleoside phosphorylase and adenylosuccinate synthetase inhibitors by

Wojtyś, Marta Ilona and Jazwiec, Radoslaw and Kazazić, Saša and Leščić Ašler, Ivana and Knezevic, Petar and Aleksić Sabo, Verica and Luić, Marija and Jagusztyn‑Krynicka, Elżbieta Katarzyna and Bzowska, Agnieszka (2021) A comprehensive method for determining cellular uptake of purine nucleoside phosphorylase and adenylosuccinate synthetase inhibitors by. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 105 (20). pp. 7949-7967. ISSN 1432-0614

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Official URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00253...

Abstract

Due to the growing number of Helicobacter pylori strains resistant to currently available antibiotics, there is an urgent need to design new drugs utilizing different molecular mechanisms than those that have been used up to now. Enzymes of the purine salvage pathway are possible targets of such new antibiotics because H. pylori is not able to synthetize purine nucleotides de novo. The bacterium’s recovery of purines and purine nucleotides from the environment is the only source of these essential DNA and RNA building blocks. We have identified formycins and hadacidin as potent inhibitors of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) and adenylosuccinate synthetase (AdSS) from H. pylori — two key enzymes of the purine salvage pathway. However, we have found that these compounds are not effective in H. pylori cell cultures. To address this issue, we have developed a universal comprehensive method for assessing H. pylori cell penetration by drug candidates, with three alternative detection assays. These include liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, UV absorption, and inhibition of the target enzyme by the tested compound. Using this approach, we have shown that cellular uptake by H. pylori of formycins and hadacidin is very poor, which reveals why their in vitro inhibition of PNP and AdSS and their effect on H. pylori cell cultures are so different. The cell penetration assessment method developed here will be extremely useful for validating the cellular uptake of other drug candidates, facilitating the design of new potent therapeutic agents against H. pylori.

Item Type:Article
Subjects:Q Science > QR Microbiology
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Divisions:Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
ID Code:2098
Deposited By: Radoslaw Jazwiec
Deposited On:13 Oct 2021 09:02
Last Modified:13 Oct 2021 09:02

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