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Low-cost anti-mycobacterial drug discovery using engineered E. coli

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  • Nadine Bongaerts

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

  • Zainab Edoo

    (Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, Inserm, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers (CRC))

  • Ayan A. Abukar

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

  • Xiaohu Song

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

  • Sebastián Sosa-Carrillo

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    Institut Pasteur, Inria de Paris, Université Paris Cité, InBio)

  • Sarah Haggenmueller

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

  • Juline Savigny

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

  • Sophie Gontier

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

  • Ariel B. Lindner

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

  • Edwin H. Wintermute

    (Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics
    CRI)

Abstract

Whole-cell screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) inhibitors is complicated by the pathogen’s slow growth and biocontainment requirements. Here we present a synthetic biology framework for assaying Mtb drug targets in engineered E. coli. We construct Target Essential Surrogate E. coli (TESEC) in which an essential metabolic enzyme is deleted and replaced with an Mtb-derived functional analog, linking bacterial growth to the activity of the target enzyme. High throughput screening of a TESEC model for Mtb alanine racemase (Alr) revealed benazepril as a targeted inhibitor, a result validated in whole-cell Mtb. In vitro biochemical assays indicated a noncompetitive mechanism unlike that of clinical Alr inhibitors. We establish the scalability of TESEC for drug discovery by characterizing TESEC strains for four additional targets.

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  • Nadine Bongaerts & Zainab Edoo & Ayan A. Abukar & Xiaohu Song & Sebastián Sosa-Carrillo & Sarah Haggenmueller & Juline Savigny & Sophie Gontier & Ariel B. Lindner & Edwin H. Wintermute, 2022. "Low-cost anti-mycobacterial drug discovery using engineered E. coli," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31570-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31570-3
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