Citation: Liping Zhao, Xixi Guo, Zhimeng Zhang, Xi Lu, Qingxuan Zeng, Tianyun Fan, Xintong Zhang, Fenbei Chen, Mengyi Xu, Min Yuan, Zhenjun Li, Jiandong Jiang, Jing Pang, Xuefu You, Yanxiang Wang, Danqing Song. Novel berberine derivatives as adjuvants in the battle against Acinetobacter baumannii: A promising strategy for combating multi-drug resistance[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(10): 109506. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109506 shu

Novel berberine derivatives as adjuvants in the battle against Acinetobacter baumannii: A promising strategy for combating multi-drug resistance

Liping Zhao ^{a, 1} ,
Xixi Guo ^{a, 1} ,
Zhimeng Zhang ^{a, 1} ,
Xi Lu ^a ,
Qingxuan Zeng ^a ,
Tianyun Fan ^a ,
Xintong Zhang ^a ,
Fenbei Chen ^a ,
Mengyi Xu ^a ,
Min Yuan ^b ,
Zhenjun Li ^b ,
Jiandong Jiang ^a ,
Jing Pang ^{a, *,} ,
Xuefu You ^{a, *,} ,
Yanxiang Wang ^{a, *,} ,
Danqing Song ^{a, *,}

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Beijing Key Laboratory of Antimicrobial Agents, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
b.
State Key Laboratory for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China

pangjing@imb.pumc.edu.cn

xuefuyou@imb.pumc.edu.cn

wangyanxiang@imb.pumc.edu.cn

songdanqing@imb.pumc.edu.cn

Received Date: 7 December 2023
Revised Date: 8 January 2024
Accepted Date: 10 January 2024
Available Online: 14 January 2024

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The development of resistance against most of the available antibiotics has made Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) a pathogen of high risk. In this study, thirty novel berberine derivatives are rationally designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their synergistic antibacterial activities against A. baumannii. Among them, compound 2d shows the most potent synergetic effect to aztreonam against A. baumannii, including carbapenem-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamases-producing strains. Moreover, synergistic effects were observed for the combinations of 2d and different antibacterial used in clinical practices, indicating its potent broad-spectrum antibiotic-sensitizing effects against A. baumannii. The combination of 2d and aztreonam significantly improves the survival rates of G. mellonella larvae compared with aztreonam treatment alone. Mechanism studies indicate that 2d inhibits the drug efflux and iron acquisition of the bacteria by targeting the AdeB transporter protein, thus achieving a synergistic antimicrobial efficacy with different antibacterial agents. Therefore, berberine derivatives represent a new family of antimicrobial adjuvants against A. baumannii, with the advantage of dual-function antibacterial effect, and are worthy of further investigation.
- Acinetobacter baumannii,
- Berberine derivatives,
- Rational design,
- Synergistic effect,
- Efflux,
- Iron acquisition
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