西亚试剂：Thiopeptide Antibiotics Exhibit a Dual Mode of Action again

Thiostrepton (TSR) is an archetypal thiopeptide antibiotic possessing a quinaldic acid (QA) moiety in the side ring system. According to the mechanism of TSR previously known to target bacterial ribosome, we recently designed and biosynthesized several TSR derivatives that varied in QA substitution. Utilizing these thiopeptide antibiotics to treat the intracellular pathogenMycobacterium marinum, we herein report a novel mode of action of TSRs, which induce ER stress-mediated autophagy to enhance host cell defense. This intracellular response, which is sensitive to the modification of the QA group, serves as an indirect but unignorable mechanism for eliminating intracellular pathogens. TSRs are thus the only type of antibiotics, to our knowledge, with the dual action on both the parasitic bacteria and the infected host cells. The newly observed mechanism of TSRs may inspire the future change in the treatment of intracellular pathogens, by taking host response into account.

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