Publication: Tackling the antibiotic resistance caused by class a β-lactamases through the use of β-lactamase inhibitory protein
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2018-08-01
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14220067
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16616596
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Mahidol University
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Vol.19, No.8 (2018)
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Warawan Eiamphungporn, Nalini Schaduangrat, Aijaz Ahmad Malik, Chanin Nantasenamat Tackling the antibiotic resistance caused by class a β-lactamases through the use of β-lactamase inhibitory protein. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Vol.19, No.8 (2018). doi:10.3390/ijms19082222 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/45088
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Tackling the antibiotic resistance caused by class a β-lactamases through the use of β-lactamase inhibitory protein
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© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. β-Lactams are the most widely used and effective antibiotics for the treatment of infectious diseases. Unfortunately, bacteria have developed several mechanisms to combat these therapeutic agents. One of the major resistance mechanisms involves the production of β-lactamase that hydrolyzes the β-lactam ring thereby inactivating the drug. To overcome this threat, the small molecule β-lactamase inhibitors (e.g., clavulanic acid, sulbactam and tazobactam) have been used in combination with β-lactams for treatment. However, the bacterial resistance to this kind of combination therapy has evolved recently. Therefore, multiple attempts have been made to discover and develop novel broad-spectrum β-lactamase inhibitors that sufficiently work against β-lactamase producing bacteria. β-lactamase inhibitory proteins (BLIPs) (e.g., BLIP, BLIP-I and BLIP-II) are potential inhibitors that have been found from soil bacterium Streptomyces spp. BLIPs bind and inhibit a wide range of class A β-lactamases from a diverse set of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including TEM-1, PC1, SME-1, SHV-1 and KPC-2. To the best of our knowledge, this article represents the first systematic review on β-lactamase inhibitors with a particular focus on BLIPs and their inherent properties that favorably position them as a source of biologically-inspired drugs to combat antimicrobial resistance. Furthermore, an extensive compilation of binding data from β-lactamase–BLIP interaction studies is presented herein. Such information help to provide key insights into the origin of interaction that may be useful for rationally guiding future drug design efforts.