Light-activated metal-dependent protein degradation: A heterobifunctional ruthenium(II) photosensitizer targeting New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1
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Lars Stevens-Cullinane Thomas Rees Calum Evans Blake Ho Mika Kintzel Yew Mun Yip Ruoning Jia Jonathan Bailey Eleanor Clifford Ruqaiya Alam Sarah Maslen Stephane Mouilleron Adrien Pasquier Ok-Ryul Song Scott Warchal Joanna Redmond Michael Howell Svend Kjaer Mark Skehel Manuel M Müller Eachan Johnson Maxie M Roessler Jeannine HessAbstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat, yet, despite this, antibiotic drug discovery has stagnated. Most compounds entering the clinic represent already discovered classes, to which bacteria already display resistance. We urgently need novel therapeutics to address this. Targeted protein degradation, typified by proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), is a promising approach that has already seen success in oncology. A significant hurdle faced by these methods, however, is the complexity inherent in recruiting the host cell's proteolytic processes. We herein describe an approach where proteolysis is performed by a light-activated ruthenium complex, termed LAMP-D (Light-Activated Metal-dependent Protein Degradation), thus circumventing the need for ligase recruitment. This method allows precise spatiotemporal control of protein degradation and may be adapted to degrade other proteins of interest. In a proof-of-concept study, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) was chosen as a target for LAMP-D. NDM-1 is employed by Gram-negative bacteria to hydrolyze β-lactam antibiotics and is considered one of the most clinically relevant β-lactamase targets due to its global prevalence. In in vitro assays, the complex Ru1 demonstrated a greater than 100-fold improvement in NDM-1 inhibition on exposure to light (450 nm, 20 J cm-2). Detailed analyses by SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry show that Ru1 induces highly specific degradation of the protein adjacent to the active site. Ru1 was shown to inhibit NDM-1 in Escherichia coli expressing NDM-1 and demonstrated a 53-fold improvement in meropenem MIC with light irradiation (450 nm, 60 J cm-2). Furthermore, the complex exhibited no toxicity toward mammalian cells.
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