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Fluorescent probe for the identification of potent inhibitors of the macrophage infectivity potentiator (Mip) protein of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Journal

SLAS DISCOVERY
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 211-222

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.slasd.2023.03.004

Keywords

PPIase; Fluorescence polarization; Anisotropy; High throughput screening; Burkholderia pseudomallei Mip; Mip inhibitor

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A fluorescence polarization assay was established to screen and develop inhibitors of BpMip. The assay showed high efficiency in screening large compound libraries and identifying potent new inhibitors.
The macrophage infectivity potentiator (Mip) protein belongs to the immunophilin superfamily. This class of en-zymes 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, includ-ing 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 (PPI-ase) 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 & SIM; 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.

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