Discovery of Novel Pleuromutilin Derivatives as Potent Antibacterial Agents for the Treatment of MRSA Infection.

ABSTRACT: A series of novel pleuromutilin derivatives containing nitrogen groups on the side chain of C14 were synthesized under mild conditions. Most of the synthesized derivatives displayed potent antibacterial activities. Compound 9 was found to be the most active antibacterial derivative against MRSA (MIC = 0.06 μg/mL). Furthermore, the result of time-kill curves showed that compound 9 had a certain inhibitory effect against MRSA in vitro. Moreover, according to a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) study, compound 9 (K_D = 1.77 × 10^-8 M) showed stronger affinity to the 50S ribosome than tiamulin (K_D = 2.50 × 10^-8 M). The antibacterial activity of compound 9 was further evaluated in an MRSA-infected murine thigh model. Compared t

SUBMITTER: Fang HQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8838415 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature