Publication Date:
2008-08-23
Description:
Many bacterial pathogens rely on a conserved membrane histidine sensor kinase, QseC, to respond to host adrenergic signaling molecules and bacterial signals in order to promote the expression of virulence factors. Using a high-throughput screen, we identified a small molecule, LED209, that inhibits the binding of signals to QseC, preventing its autophosphorylation and consequently inhibiting QseC-mediated activation of virulence gene expression. LED209 is not toxic and does not inhibit pathogen growth; however, this compound markedly inhibits the virulence of several pathogens in vitro and in vivo in animals. Inhibition of signaling offers a strategy for the development of broad-spectrum antimicrobial drugs.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605406/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605406/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rasko, David A -- Moreira, Cristiano G -- Li, De Run -- Reading, Nicola C -- Ritchie, Jennifer M -- Waldor, Matthew K -- Williams, Noelle -- Taussig, Ron -- Wei, Shuguang -- Roth, Michael -- Hughes, David T -- Huntley, Jason F -- Fina, Maggy W -- Falck, John R -- Sperandio, Vanessa -- P01 AI055637/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P01 AI055637-010005/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P01-AI055637-03/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI053067/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI053067-06/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM31278/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R03 NS053582/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R03 NS053582-01/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R21 AI067827/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U01 AI077853/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U01 AI077853-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- UO1-AI77853/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Aug 22;321(5892):1078-80. doi: 10.1126/science.1160354.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18719281" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage/*pharmacology/therapeutic use
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli/drug
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effects/genetics/metabolism/*pathogenicity
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Escherichia coli Infections/drug therapy
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Escherichia coli Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism
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Francisella tularensis/drug effects/genetics/metabolism/*pathogenicity
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Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/drug effects
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/*drug therapy
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Mice
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Norepinephrine/metabolism
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Phosphorylation
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Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism
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Rabbits
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Salmonella Infections, Animal/drug therapy
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Salmonella typhimurium/drug effects/genetics/metabolism/*pathogenicity
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Signal Transduction/drug effects
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Small Molecule Libraries
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Sulfonamides/administration & dosage/chemistry/*pharmacology/therapeutic use
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Tularemia/drug therapy
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Virulence Factors/genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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