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Fluorescent D-amino acids

Fluorescent D-amino acids (FDAAs) are D-amino acid derivatives whose side-chain terminal is covalently coupled with a fluorophore molecule.[1] FDAAs incorporate into the bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) in live bacteria, resulting in strong peripheral and septal PG labeling without affecting cell growth. They are featured with their in-situ incorporation mechanisms which enable time-course tracking of new PG formation.[2] To date, FDAAs have been employed for studying the cell wall synthesis in various bacterial species (both gram-positives and gram-negatives) through different techniques, such as microscopy, mass spectrometry, flow cytometry.

Structures and general properties

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Collection of reported fluorescent D-amino acids and their structures.

FDAA consists of a D-amino acid and a fluorophore (coupled through the amino acid side chain). The D-amino acid backbone is required for its incorporation into the bacterial peptidoglycan through the activity of DD-transpeptidases.[3] Once being incorporated, one can use fluorescence-detection techniques to visualize the location of new PG formation as well as the growth rate.[4]

D-Alanine is the most well-studied D-amino acid for FDAA development because it is a naturally existing residue in bacterial peptidoglycan structures. On the other hand, various fluorophores have been employed for FDAA applications and each has its features.[5] For example, coumarin-based FDAA (HADA) is small enough to penetrate the bacterial outer membranes and thus is widely used for gram-negative bacterial studies; while TAMRA-based FDAA (TADA) features its high brightness and photo/thermo-stability, which is suitable for super-resolution microscopy (strong excitation light is used).[5]

Proposed FDAA incorporation mechanisms

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Proposed mechanism of FDAA incorporation into bacterial peptidoglycan.[1]

Peptidoglycan (PG) is a mesh-like structure containing polysaccharides cross-linked by peptide chains.[6] Penicillin-binding proteins (DD-transpeptidases), in short PBPs, recognize the PG peptides and catalyze the cross-linking reactions.[7] These enzymes are reported to have high specificity toward the chirality center of the amino acid backbone (D-chiral center) but relatively low specificity toward the side-chain structure. Therefore, when FDAAs are present, they are taken by PBPs for the cross-linking reactions, resulting in their incorporation into the PG peptide chains. At proper concentration, e.g. 1-2 mM, FDAAs labeling does not affect PG synthesis and cell growth because only 1-2% of PG peptide chains are labeled with FDAA.[2]

 
Sequential labeling of FDAAs revealed the growth pattern of peptidoglycan in Streptomyces venezuelae.

Applications

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Published studies utilizing FDAAs as tools include:

  • Visualizing bacterial cell wall structures.[2]
  • Studying bacterial cell wall growth.[1][4]
  • Monitoring bacterial cell wall turnover.[8][9]
  • Quantifying bacterial cell wall growth activity.[10]
  • Assaying the anti-cell wall ability of antibiotics.[1]
  • Screening new anti-cell wall antibiotics.[11]
  • Tracking transpeptidase activity in vitro.[12]

References

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  9. ^ Kuru, Erkin; Lambert, Carey; Rittichier, Jonathan; Till, Rob; Ducret, Adrien; Derouaux, Adeline; Gray, Joe; Biboy, Jacob; Vollmer, Waldemar; VanNieuwenhze, Michael; Brun, Yves V. (December 2017). "Fluorescent D-amino-acids reveal bi-cellular cell wall modifications important for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation". Nature Microbiology. 2 (12): 1648–1657. doi:10.1038/s41564-017-0029-y. ISSN 2058-5276. PMC 5705579. PMID 28974693.
  10. ^ Bisson-Filho, Alexandre W.; Hsu, Yen-Pang; Squyres, Georgia R.; Kuru, Erkin; Wu, Fabai; Jukes, Calum; Sun, Yingjie; Dekker, Cees; Holden, Seamus; VanNieuwenhze, Michael S.; Brun, Yves V. (2017-02-17). "Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division". Science. 355 (6326): 739–743. Bibcode:2017Sci...355..739B. doi:10.1126/science.aak9973. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 5485650. PMID 28209898.
  11. ^ Culp, Elizabeth J.; Waglechner, Nicholas; Wang, Wenliang; Fiebig-Comyn, Aline A.; Hsu, Yen-Pang; Koteva, Kalinka; Sychantha, David; Coombes, Brian K.; Van Nieuwenhze, Michael S.; Brun, Yves V.; Wright, Gerard D. (2020-02-27). "Evolution-guided discovery of antibiotics that inhibit peptidoglycan remodelling". Nature. 578 (7796): 582–587. Bibcode:2020Natur.578..582C. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-1990-9. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 32051588. S2CID 211089119.
  12. ^ Hsu, Yen-Pang; Hall, Edward; Booher, Garrett; Murphy, Brennan; Radkov, Atanas D.; Yablonowski, Jacob; Mulcahey, Caitlyn; Alvarez, Laura; Cava, Felipe; Brun, Yves V.; Kuru, Erkin (April 2019). "Fluorogenic d-amino acids enable real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and high-throughput transpeptidation assays". Nature Chemistry. 11 (4): 335–341. Bibcode:2019NatCh..11..335H. doi:10.1038/s41557-019-0217-x. ISSN 1755-4330. PMC 6444347. PMID 30804500.
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