Effect of varying the 4''-position of arbekacin derivatives on antibacterial activity against MRSA and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 2007 Aug 28; 17(22):6369-72
Hiraiwa Y Y, Minowa N N, Usui T T, Akiyama Y Y, Maebashi K K, Ikeda D D
Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd, 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan.
4''-Deoxy-4''-episubstituted arbekacin derivatives and 4''-epi-5-deoxy-5-episubstituted arbekacin derivatives were designed and synthesized. Arbekacin and 4''-epiarbekacin both displayed the same antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The 4''-epi-5-deoxy-5-episubstituted arbekacin derivatives showed potent antibacterial activity. Among them, the antibacterial activity of 5,4''-diepiarbekacin was superior to that of arbekacin or 5-episubstituted arbekacin against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The 6'-N-methyl derivative of the 5,4''-diepiarbekacin was effective against P. aeruginosa expressing an aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme AAC(6')-Ib.
Keywords: Pseudomonas aeruginosa

