TY - THES A1 - Scheuplein, Nicolas Julian T1 - Synthesis and Characterization of Antimicrobial Inhibitors of the "Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator" Protein and Fluorescent Probes T1 - Synthese und Charakterisierung von antimikrobiellen Inhibitoren des "Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator"-Proteins und fluoreszierenden Sonden N2 - This dissertation focuses on Mip (macrophage infectivity potentiator protein) inhibitors in response to increasing antibiotic resistance. The study follows an antivirulence approach, which aims to inhibit the non-essential Mip protein without exerting too much selective pressure. Three focus areas were (1) development and synthesis of a fluorescent probe for screening Mip inhibitors via fluorescence polarization; (2) design and synthesis of broad spectrum Mip inhibitors bearing a side chain; and (3) understanding the metabolism of Mip inhibitors and identification of active metabolites. A sub-study addressed the biotinylation of anti-leishmanial compounds from Valeriana wallichii rhizomes, with three tracer molecules synthesized for future pull-down experiments. N2 - Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit Mip-Inhibitoren (macrophage infectivity potentiator protein) als Reaktion auf zunehmende Antibiotikaresistenzen. Die Studie verfolgt einen Antivirulenz-Ansatz, der darauf abzielt, das nicht-essentielle Mip-Protein zu hemmen, ohne einen zu großen Selektionsdruck auszuüben. Drei Schwerpunkte waren (1) die Entwicklung und Synthese einer Fluoreszenzsonde für das Screening von Mip-Inhibitoren mittels Fluoreszenzpolarisation; (2) die Entwicklung und Synthese von Mip-Inhibitoren mit breitem Spektrum, welche eine Seitenkette tragen; und (3) das Verständnis des Metabolismus von Mip-Inhibitoren und die Identifizierung von aktiven Metaboliten. Eine Teilstudie befasste sich mit der Biotinylierung von Anti-Leishmanien-Verbindungen aus den Rhizomen von Valeriana wallichii, wobei drei Tracermoleküle für künftige Pull-down-Experimente synthetisiert wurden. KW - Antibiotikum KW - Antimikrobieller Wirkstoff KW - Struktur-Aktivitäts-Beziehung KW - Mip KW - Mip Inhibitoren KW - Fluoreszenzpolarisation Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-321892 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scheuplein, Nicolas Julian A1 - Lohr, Theresa A1 - Vivoli Vega, Mirella A1 - Ankrett, Dyan A1 - Seufert, Florian A1 - Kirchner, Lukas A1 - Harmer, Nicholas J. A1 - Holzgrabe, Ulrike T1 - Fluorescent probe for the identification of potent inhibitors of the macrophage infectivity potentiator (Mip) protein of Burkholderia pseudomallei JF - SLAS Discovery N2 - Highlights • Synthesis of a new tracer molecule. • Robust and easy screening method for a broad range of compound activities. • FP assay validation considering limited use of starting material, DMSO tolerance, variation in incubation time and temperature. • Possibility of extension to HTP assay. Abstract The macrophage infectivity potentiator (Mip) protein belongs to the immunophilin superfamily. This class of enzymes catalyzes the interconversion between the cis and trans configuration of proline-containing peptide bonds. Mip has been shown to be important for the virulence of a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms, including the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Small molecules derived from the natural product rapamycin, lacking its immunosuppression-inducing moiety, inhibit Mip's peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) activity and lead to a reduction in pathogen load in vitro. Here, a fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) to enable the screening and effective development of BpMip inhibitors was established. A fluorescent probe was prepared, derived from previous pipecolic scaffold Mip inhibitors labeled with fluorescein. This probe showed moderate affinity for BpMip and enabled a highly robust FPA suitable for screening large compound libraries with medium- to high-throughput (Z factor ∼ 0.89) to identify potent new inhibitors. The FPA results are consistent with data from the protease-coupled PPIase assay. Analysis of the temperature dependence of the probe's binding highlighted that BpMip's ligand binding is driven by enthalpic rather than entropic effects. This has considerable consequences for the use of low-temperature kinetic assays. KW - PPIase KW - fluorescence polarization KW - anisotropy KW - high throughput screening KW - Burkholderia pseudomallei Mip KW - Mip inhibitor Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-349784 VL - 28 IS - 5 ER -