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- Title
A Cell-based Screen in Actinomyces oris to Identify Sortase Inhibitors.
- Authors
Gosschalk, Jason E.; Chang, Chungyu; Sue, Christopher K.; Siegel, Sara D.; Wu, Chenggang; Kattke, Michele D.; Yi, Sung Wook; Damoiseaux, Robert; Jung, Michael E.; Ton-That, Hung; Clubb, Robert T.
- Abstract
Sortase enzymes are attractive antivirulence drug targets that attach virulence factors to the surface of Staphylococcus aureus and other medically significant bacterial pathogens. Prior efforts to discover a useful sortase inhibitor have relied upon an in vitro activity assay in which the enzyme is removed from its native site on the bacterial surface and truncated to improve solubility. To discover inhibitors that are effective in inactivating sortases in vivo, we developed and implemented a novel cell-based screen using Actinomyces oris, a key colonizer in the development of oral biofilms. A. oris is unique because it exhibits sortase-dependent growth in cell culture, providing a robust phenotype for high throughput screening (HTS). Three molecules representing two unique scaffolds were discovered by HTS and disrupt surface protein display in intact cells and inhibit enzyme activity in vitro. This represents the first HTS for sortase inhibitors that relies on the simple metric of cellular growth and suggests that A. oris may be a useful platform for discovery efforts targeting sortase.
- Subjects
SORTASES; ACTINOMYCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; PHENOTYPES; BIOLOGICAL assay
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-020-65256-x