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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 66, Issue 21, Pages 14735-14754Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01268
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This study reports a dual-acting antibiofilm strategy by inhibiting both the bacterial quorum sensing system and the iron uptake system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Compound 4t was identified as a potent biofilm inhibitor and also enhanced the antibacterial effects of ciprofloxacin and tobramycin.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is well-known to cause biofilm-associated drug resistance and infections that often lead to treatment failure. Herein, we reported a dual-acting antibiofilm strategy by inhibiting both the bacterial quorum sensing system and the iron uptake system. A series of coumarin derivatives were synthesized and evaluated, and compound 4t was identified as the most effective biofilm inhibitor (IC50 = 3.6 mu M). Further mechanistic studies have confirmed that 4t not only inhibits the QS systems but also competes strongly with pyoverdine as an iron chelator, causing an iron deficiency in P. aeruginosa. Additionally, 4t significantly improved the synergistic antibacterial effects of ciprofloxacin and tobramycin by more than 200-1000-fold compared to the single-dose antibiotic treatments. Therefore, our study has shown that 4t is a potentially novel antibacterial synergist candidate to treat bacterial infections.
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