Table 3 Structure activity relationships of carbon-linked vancapticins

From: Protein-inspired antibiotics active against vancomycin- and daptomycin-resistant bacteria

 

Structure

MIC (µg mL−1)

Id

MIE

EEPS

Linker

MRSAa

MSSAb

+50% HSc

VISAd

VRSAe

MDR SPf

VREg

1

 

Vancomycin

 

1

1

1

4

>64

1

>64

2

 

Telavancin

 

0.06

nd

0.5

0.25

1

0.06

2

3

 

Dalbavancin

 

0.03

≤0.016

8

1

16

0.09

>8

4

 

Daptomycin

 

2

1

3

12

3

2

16

5

 

Oritavancin

 

0.06

≤0.016

0.5

1

0.125

0.06

0.125

Effect of chirality—EEPS and linker

24

POB2Kh

KK

K-NHMe

<0.003

≤0.016

0.06

0.125

0.08

<0.003

0.5

25

POB2Kh

kk

K-NHMe

0.0007

nd

0.5

0.125

nd

0.015

2

26

POB2Kh

kK

K-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.25

0.19

nd

<0.003

1.5

27

POB2Kh

Kk

K-NHMe

0.03

nd

0.25

0.75

nd

0.04

10

28

POB2Kh

KK

k-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.06

0.125

nd

0.015

0.75

Effect of side chain length—EEPS and linker

24

POB2Kh

KK

K-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.06

0.125

0.08

<0.003

0.5

27

POB2Kh

K-Dap

K-NHMe

0.0045

nd

0.375

0.0925

nd

0.016

1.5

28

POB2Kh

Dap-K

K-NHMe

0.0045

nd

0.25

0.155

nd

0.011

0.75

29

POB2Kh

Dap-Dap

K-NHMe

0.0045

nd

0.5

0.0925

nd

0.0085

0.75

30

POB2Kh

K-Dab

K-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.06

0.0925

nd

<0.003

0.75

31

POB2Kh

Dab-K

K-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.045

0.0925

nd

<0.003

0.375

32

POB2Kh

K-Orn

K-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.19

0.0375

nd

<0.003

1

33

POB2Kh

Orn-K

K-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.125

0.125

nd

0.007

1.5

34

POB2Kh

Orn-Orn

K-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.25

0.0185

nd

<0.003

0.5

35

POB2Kh

KK

Orn-NHMe

<0.003

nd

0.16

0.25

nd

0.005

1.25

Effect of MIE on activity

36

nC9CO-i

KKK

K-OH

0.06

nd

0.06

0.75

0.75

0.06

8

18

nC10CO-

KKK

K-OH

0.045

nd

0.093

0.5

0.5

0.06

1.03

37

nC11CO-

KKK

K-OH

0.005

nd

0.03

0.06

0.75

<0.003

0.5

38

nC12CO-

KKK

K-OH

<0.003

nd

0.045

0.03

nd

<0.003

0.1875

17

nC13CO-

KKK

K-OH

<0.003

≤0.016

0.06

0.03

0.045

<0.003

0.125

  1. aMethicillin-resistant S. aureus ATCC 43300
  2. bMethicillin-sensitive S. aureus ATCC 29213
  3. cHuman serum
  4. dVancomycin intermediate S. aureus NRS1
  5. eVancomycin-resistant S. aureus NARSA VRS4
  6. fMultidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae ATCC 700677
  7. gVancomycin-resistant (VanA) Enterococcus faecium ATCC 51559
  8. h POB2K N,N′-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)-Lys
  9. i nCxCO n-alkanoyl, nd not determined. MIC measurements are the median of a minimum of two independent determinations in duplicate