Maristella Angioni
Towards screening for antibiotics with enhanced permeation properties through bacterial porins
KUMAR A;RUGGERONE, PAOLO;CECCARELLI, MATTEO
2010-01-01
Abstract
Gram-negative bacteria are protected by an outer membrane barrier, and to reach their periplasmic target, penicillins have to diffuse through outer membrane porins such as OmpF. Here we propose a structure-dynamics-based strategy for improving such antibiotic uptake. Using a variety of experiments (high-resolution single channel recording, Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC), liposome swelling assay) and accelerated molecular simulations, we decipher the subtle balance of interactions governing ampicillin diffusion through the porin OmpF. This suggests mutagenesis of a hot spot residue of OmpF for which additional simulations reveal drastic changes in the molecular and energetic pathway of ampicillin's diffusion. Inverting the problem, we predict and describe how benzylpenicillin diffuses with a lower effective energy barrier by interacting differently with OmpF. The thorough comparison between the theoretical predictions and the three independent experiments, which were set up to measure the kinetics of transport and biological activity, gives insights on how to combine such different investigation techniques with the aim of providing complementary validation. Our study illustrates the importance of microscopic interactions at the constriction region of the biological channel to control the antibiotic flux through it. We conclude by providing a complete inventory of the channel and antibiotic hot spots and discuss the implications in terms of antibacterial screening and design.File | Size | Format | |
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