Purine analogs targeting the guanine riboswitch as potential antibiotics against Clostridioides difficile
2018
Abstract Riboswitches recently emerged as possible targets for the development of alternative antimicrobial approaches. Guanine-sensing riboswitches in the bacterial pathogen Clostridioides difficile (formerly known as Clostridium difficile ) constitute potential targets based on their involvement in the regulation of basal metabolic control of purine compounds. In this study, we deciphered the structure-activity relationship of several guanine derivatives on the guanine riboswitch and determined their antimicrobial activity. We describe the synthesis of purine analogs modified in ring B as well as positions 2 and 6. Their biological activity was determined by measuring their affinity for the C. difficile guanine riboswitch and their inhibitory effect on bacterial growth, including a counter-screen to discriminate against riboswitch-independent antibacterial effects. Altogether, our results suggest that improvements in riboswitch binding affinity in vitro do not necessarily translate into improved antibacterial activity in bacteria , despite the fact that some structure-activity relationship was observed at least with respect to binding affinity.
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