Machine Learning Models Identify Inhibitors of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase

J Chem Inf Model. 2024 May 27;64(10):3977-3991. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c02015. Epub 2024 May 10.

Abstract

The worldwide spread of the metallo-β-lactamases (MBL), especially New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1), is threatening the efficacy of β-lactams, which are the most potent and prescribed class of antibiotics in the clinic. Currently, FDA-approved MBL inhibitors are lacking in the clinic even though many strategies have been used in inhibitor development, including quantitative high-throughput screening (qHTS), fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD), and molecular docking. Herein, a machine learning-based prediction tool is described, which was generated using results from HTS of a large chemical library and previously published inhibition data. The prediction tool was then used for virtual screening of the NIH Genesis library, which was subsequently screened using qHTS. A novel MBL inhibitor was identified and shown to lower minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of Meropenem for a panel of E. coli and K. pneumoniae clinical isolates expressing NDM-1. The mechanism of inhibition of this novel scaffold was probed utilizing equilibrium dialyses with metal analyses, native state electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, UV-vis spectrophotometry, and molecular docking. The uncovered inhibitor, compound 72922413, was shown to be 9-hydroxy-3-[(5-hydroxy-1-oxa-9-azaspiro[5.5]undec-9-yl)carbonyl]-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one.

MeSH terms

  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
  • Machine Learning*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests*
  • Molecular Docking Simulation*
  • beta-Lactamase Inhibitors* / chemistry
  • beta-Lactamase Inhibitors* / pharmacology
  • beta-Lactamases* / chemistry
  • beta-Lactamases* / metabolism

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
  • beta-lactamase NDM-1