Discovery of a novel mycobacterial F-ATP synthase inhibitor and its potency in combination with diarylquinolines

The F1 FO -ATP synthase is required for growth and viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is a validated clinical target. A mycobacterium-specific loop of the enzyme's rotary γ subunit plays a role in the coupling of ATP synthesis within the enzyme complex. We report the discovery of a nov...

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Main Authors: Hotra, Adam, Ragunathan, Priya, Ng, Pearly Shuyi, Seankongsuk, Pattarakiat, Harikishore, Amaravadhi, Sarathy, Jickky Palmae, Saw, Wuan-Geok, Lakshmanan, Umayal, Sae-Lao, Patcharaporn, Kalia, Nitin Pal, Shin, Joon, Kalyanasundaram, Revathy, Anbarasu, Sivaraj, Parthasarathy, Krupakar, Pradeep, Chaudhari Namrata, Makhija, Harshyaa, Dröge, Peter, Poulsen, Anders, Tan, Jocelyn Hui Ling, Pethe, Kevin, Dick, Thomas, Bates, Roderick Wayland, Grüber, Gerhard
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149233
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The F1 FO -ATP synthase is required for growth and viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is a validated clinical target. A mycobacterium-specific loop of the enzyme's rotary γ subunit plays a role in the coupling of ATP synthesis within the enzyme complex. We report the discovery of a novel antimycobacterial, termed GaMF1, that targets this γ subunit loop. Biochemical and NMR studies show that GaMF1 inhibits ATP synthase activity by binding to the loop. GaMF1 is bactericidal and is active against multidrug- as well as bedaquiline-resistant strains. Chemistry efforts on the scaffold revealed a dynamic structure activity relationship and delivered analogues with nanomolar potencies. Combining GaMF1 with bedaquiline or novel diarylquinoline analogues showed potentiation without inducing genotoxicity or phenotypic changes in a human embryonic stem cell reporter assay. These results suggest that GaMF1 presents an attractive lead for the discovery of a novel class of anti-tuberculosis F-ATP synthase inhibitors.