Beta lactam Antibiotics
Chemistry
SAR
Nomenclature
classification
MOA
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Anti bacterial
Antibiotics
Human lives VsMicroorganism
Antibiotics VsInfections
B PharmVI sem-Medicinal Chemistry-III
Contents
•Introduction
•Classification of Antibiotics
•General structure of β-lactam antibiotics
•Structural Comparison of penicillins &
cephalosporin
•Common SAR features
•SAR of penicillins & cephalosporins
•Summary of β-lactam and subclass
Commercial production of antibiotics
Following a general pattern, differing in detail for each antibiotic.
The general scheme may be divided into six steps:
(a) preparation of a pure culture of the desired organism
for use in inoculation of the fermentation medium;
(b) fermentation, during which the antibiotic is formed;
(c) isolationof the antibiotic from the culture medium;
(d) purification;
(e) assaysfor potency, sterility, absence of pyrogens, and
other necessary data; and
(f) formulationinto acceptable and stable dosage forms.
β-Lactam Antibiotics
•A β-lactam is a cyclic amide with four atoms in its ring.
•As the name “lactam” indicates cyclic amide which is generally considered
as analogous to the name “lactone” which is indicated for cyclic esters.
•In an older nomenclature, α was designated to the second carbon in an
aliphatic carboxylic acid/ or a carbon bears functional group such as
carboxyllic acids, and βto the third, and so on-as shown in above
structure.
•The contemporary name for this ring system is azetidinone.
•The penicillin subclass of β-lactam antibiotics is characterized by the
presence of a substituted 5-membered thiazoldinering fused to the β-
lactam ring.
•The Chemical Abstracts system initiates the numbering with the sulfur atom and
assigns the ring nitrogen the 4-position.
•Thus, penicillins are named as 4-thia-l-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes,
•The numbering system adopted by the USP is number 1 to the nitrogen atom and
number 4 to the sulfur atom.
•The penicillin molecule contains three chiral carbon atoms (C-3, C-5, and C-6).
•The carbon atom bearing the acylamino group (C-6) has the L configuration,
whereas the carbon to which the carboxyl group is attached has the D configuration.
Thus, the acylamino and carboxyl groups are trans to each other,
•The absolute stereochemistry of the penicillins is designated as 3S:5R:6R,
Units & potency
•The procedure for assay was developed at Oxford, England, and the value
became known as the
•Oxford unit: 1 Oxford unit is defined as the smallest amount of penicillin
that will inhibit, in vitro, the growth of a strain of Staphylococcus in 50 mL
of culture medium under specified conditions.
•United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) defines unit as the antibiotic activity
of 0.6 g of penicillin G sodium reference standard.
–1 mg of penicillin G sodium is equivalent to 1,667 units,
–1 mg of penicillin G procaine is equivalent to 1,009 units, and 1
–mg of penicillin G potassium is equivalent to 1,530 units.
Common SAR features
Structural requisite for antibacterial activity
•The strained β-lactam ring
•The free carboxylic acid
•The bicyclicsystem
–confers strain on the β-lactamring—the greater the strain, the
greater the activity,
–but the greater the instability of the molecule to other factors.
•The acylaminoside-chain
•The stereochemistry of the
–bicyclicring with respect to the
–acylaminoside-chain
Summarized SAR for extended spectrum of activity
Name of PC Structural change Change in activity
Ampicillin α-amino group creates an
additional chiral center
D-isomer, > L-isomer or
benzylpenicillin(2-8 times)
Hydrophilic penicillins
penetrate G-vebacteria >
penicillin G, V, or methicillin
Amoxicillin
α-OH substitution also yields
“expanded-spectrum”withactivity
andstereoselectivitysimilarto
thatoftheampicillingroup
Ampi> amoxy(2-5 times more active & acid stable)
Carbenicillin
α-Carboxybenzyl
penicillin
Incorporation of an acidic
substituent at the α-benzyl
carbon atom of penicillin G
against G-vebacilli & resistant to
ampicillinorganisms
againstbothβ-lactamase–&non–
β-lactamase-producing G-ve
bacteria.
azlocillin, mezlocillin, and
piperacillin
α-acylureido–substituted
penicillins,
Greater activity against certain
Gram-vebacilli than carbenicillin;
More facile penetration through
the cell envelope
Azlocillin, mezlocillin, and piperacillin> carbenicillin(certain G-vebacilli)
MOA (PBP & D-alanine cross linking)
•Penicillins have a structural resemblance to two D-alanineresidues linked
together, and are mistaken by the transpeptidase enzyme for D-Ala-D-Ala,
and thus incorporatedinto the active site.
•Once bound, the β-lactam carbonyl is attacked by the serine hydroxyl, and
ring opening occurs to leave the penicillin covalently bound to the
enzyme.
•The bulky thiazolidene ring now blocks access to the active site by either a
pentaglycine chain or water.
•As a result the penicillin becomes irreversibly bound to the transpeptidase
enzyme, preventing it from functioning properly.
•This results in incomplete cell walls that are much more fragile and
porous, and eventually lead to swelling followed by cell lysis and death.
•Allβ-lactam antibiotics*binds to PBPs, which are requisite forcell
wallsynthesis of bacteria. PBPs are members of transpeptidases (a
subgroup of enzymes).
Different classes of PBP’s & their role in
bacterial cell wall synthesis
Table:-Different classes of PBP’s & their role in bacterial cell wall synthesis/ formation
PBP class/ PBM Type of enzyme Role Result of inhibition
PBPs 1a &1b-first-
generation cephalosporins
Transpeptidases
in peptidoglycan synthesis
associated with cell
elongation
results in spheroplast
formation & rapid cell lysis-
PBP 2-Amdinocillinonly to
PBP -2
CP’S
involved in maintaining the
rod shape of bacilli
results in ovoid /round
forms that undergo delayed
lysis
PBP 3????-
Doubtful-whether inhibition
of PBP 3 is lethal to
bacterium.
PC-G & CP’S
required for septum
formation
during cell division
in the formation of
filamentous forms
containing rod-shaped units
that cannot separate.
PBPs 4 through 6 Carboxypeptidases
responsible for the
hydrolysis of D-alanine–D-
alanineterminal peptide
bonds of the cross-linking
peptides
Apparently not lethal to the
bacterium, even though
cleavage of the terminal D-
alaninebond is required
before peptide cross-
linkage.
SAR of Cephalosporins
Sr
Name, Generation &
route
Structural Changes
Functional group modified
activity changed
1
Cefazolin
(1 G)^
At C-7, it possesses a tetrazoylmethylene
At C-3 thiol-containing heterocyclic
5-methyl-2-thio-1,3,4-thiadiazole.
less irritating on injection than its other
counterparts
higher serum levels,
slower renal clearance, and a longer half-life
2
Cefamandole
(2 G)^
α-hydroxyphenylacetyl(or mandoyl) D-
mandelicacidsas the acylportion and
a thiol-containing heterocycle(5-thio-1,2,3,4-
tetrazole)
D>>>L isomer
Polar substituent in the aminoacyl moiety
β-lactamase resistant
3
Cefuroximeaxetil
(2 G)*^
Alkox-iminoα-methoximinoacyl–
substituted cephalosporins
esterification of the 3-carboxylic acid
acid-stableorally active ester prodrugs
lipophilic
β-lactamase–resistant
4
Cefotaxime
(3 G)^
Like cefuroxime, has a Z-methoxyimino
moiety at C-7
The oximemoiety of cefotaximeis connected
to an aminothiazoler ing
The syn-> anti-isomer is significantly more
active
Significant β-lactamase resistance
Summarized SAR for Extended spectrum of activity
Summary of β-lactam subclass, Target & examples
Sr AB Class, source &
Target
Sub class Examples
1β-lactam& β lactamase inhibitors
1.aPenicillinsCell wall cross-linking
P. notatum; chrysogenum;
&
Semisynthetic
Benzyl Penicillin G
Phenoxy Penicillin V, Propicillin
Aminobenzyl Ampicillin, Amoxicillin
Penicillinase
resistant
Oxacillin, Dicloxacillin,
Flucloxacillin
Ureido PCs Mezlocillin, Piperacillin
Carboxy Ticarcillin, carbenicillin
1.bCephalosporinsCell wall cross-linking
C. acremonium&
Semisynthetic
1 Gen Cephalexin*, Cefazolin^
2 Gen Cefuroxime*^
3 Gen Cefixime*, Cefotaxi-me^
4 Gen Cefipime^
5 Gen Ceftaroline^
1.cBeta lactamase inhibitors Inactivate/ inhibit β lactamase
Streptomycesclavuligeris.
Class I
Monobactams
Clavulanates
Class II
Carbapenems
New carbapenems