Abstract:
:The increasing problem of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria calls for discovery of new molecules and diagnostic methodologies that are effective against a wide range of microbial pathogens. We have studied the role of alexidine dihydrochloride (alex) as a bioaffinity ligand against lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a pathogen-associated surface marker universally present on all Gram-negative bacteria. While the activity of alex against bacteria is biologically known, little information exists on its mechanism of action or binding stoichiometry. We have used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), fluorescence, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopies to probe the binding characteristics of alex and LPS molecules. Our results indicate that LPS:alex stoichiometry lies between 1:2 and 1:4 and has a dissociation constant ( KD) of 38 μM that is mediated through electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged phosphate groups present on LPS and the positively charged guanidinium groups present in alex. Further, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations performed to determine the conformational interaction between the two molecules show good agreement with the experimental results, which substantiate the potential of alex molecule for LPS neutralization and hence, development of efficient in vitro diagnostic assays.
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ACS Infect Disjournal_title
ACS infectious diseasesauthors
Jagtap P,Mishra R,Khanna S,Kumari P,Mittal B,Kashyap HK,Gupta Sdoi
10.1021/acsinfecdis.8b00087subject
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2018-11-09 00:00:00pages
1546-1552issue
11issn
2373-8227journal_volume
4pub_type
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