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Semisynthetic teicoplanin derivatives with dual antimicrobial activity against SARS-CoV-2 and multiresistant bacteria

  • Sci Rep. 2022 Sep 26;12(1):16001. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20182-y.
Ilona Bereczki  # 1 2 Vladimir Vimberg  # 3 Eszter Lőrincz 1 4 5 Henrietta Papp 2 6 Lajos Nagy 7 Sándor Kéki 7 Gyula Batta 8 Ana Mitrović 9 Janko Kos 9 10 Áron Zsigmond 11 István Hajdú 11 Zsolt Lőrincz 11 Dávid Bajusz 12 László Petri 12 Jan Hodek 13 Ferenc Jakab 2 6 György M Keserű 14 Jan Weber 13 Lieve Naesens 15 Pál Herczegh 1 Anikó Borbás 16 17
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Hungary.
  • 2 National Laboratory of Virology, University of Pécs, Pecs, Ifjúság útja 20, 7624, Hungary.
  • 3 Laboratory for Biology of Secondary Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, BIOCEV, Průmyslová 595, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic.
  • 4 Institute of Healthcare Industry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Nagyerdei körút 98, 4032, Hungary.
  • 5 Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Hungary.
  • 6 Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Biology, University of Pécs, Pecs, Ifjúság útja 6, 7624, Hungary.
  • 7 Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary.
  • 8 Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary.
  • 9 Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 10 Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 11 TargetEx Ltd., Dunakeszi, Madách Imre utca 31/2, 2120, Hungary.
  • 12 Medicinal Chemistry Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, 1117, Hungary.
  • 13 Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16000, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
  • 14 Medicinal Chemistry Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, 1117, Hungary. [email protected].
  • 15 Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. [email protected].
  • 16 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Hungary. [email protected].
  • 17 National Laboratory of Virology, University of Pécs, Pecs, Ifjúság útja 20, 7624, Hungary. [email protected].
  • # Contributed equally.
Abstract

Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 risk co-infection with Gram-positive bacteria, which severely affects their prognosis. Antimicrobial drugs with dual Antiviral and Antibacterial activity would be very useful in this setting. Although Glycopeptide antibiotics are well-known as strong Antibacterial drugs, some of them are also active against RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2. It has been shown that the Antiviral and Antibacterial efficacy can be enhanced by synthetic modifications. We here report the synthesis and biological evaluation of seven derivatives of teicoplanin bearing hydrophobic or superbasic side chain. All but one teicoplanin derivatives were effective in inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 replication in VeroE6 cells. One lipophilic and three perfluoroalkyl conjugates showed activity against SARS-CoV-2 in human Calu-3 cells and against HCoV-229E, an endemic human coronavirus, in HEL cells. Pseudovirus entry and Enzyme inhibition assays established that the teicoplanin derivatives efficiently prevent the cathepsin-mediated endosomal entry of SARS-CoV-2, with some compounds inhibiting also the TMPRSS2-mediated surface entry route. The teicoplanin derivatives showed good to excellent activity against Gram-positive bacteria resistant to all approved Glycopeptide antibiotics, due to their ability to dually bind to the Bacterial membrane and cell-wall. To conclude, we identified three perfluoralkyl and one monoguanidine analog of teicoplanin as dual inhibitors of Gram-positive bacteria and SARS-CoV-2.

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