Design and synthesis of macrocyclic peptomers as mimics of a quorum sensing signal from Staphylococcus aureus

Org Lett. 2008 Jun 19;10(12):2329-32. doi: 10.1021/ol800908h. Epub 2008 May 14.

Abstract

We report the design and synthesis of macrocyclic peptide-peptoid hybrids (peptomers) as analogs of autoinducing peptide I (AIP-I) from Staphylococcus aureus. Our solid-phase synthetic route includes efficient microwave-assisted reactions and a tandem macrocyclization-cleavage step, and we demonstrate its compatibility with parallel synthesis through the generation of a focused peptomer library. One of the peptomers was capable of stimulating biofilm formation in S. aureus, a phenotype linked to AIP-I receptor (AgrC-I) inhibition.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemical synthesis*
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Mimicry
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry*
  • Quorum Sensing*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / chemistry*

Substances

  • AgrD protein, Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides, Cyclic