INHIBITORS OF METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE (MBL) COMPRISING A ZINC CHELATING MOIETY

摘要

The invention provides compounds according to formula I: A - L - B wherein A represents a lipophilic chelating moiety which is selective for Zn2+ ions; L is a covalent bond or a linker; and B is a vector which is either a moiety capable of interacting with one or more biological structures found in a bacterium (preferably in a bacterial cell wall), for example a penicillin-binding protein such as a metallo-β- lactamase or DD-transferase, or a moiety capable of enhancing transport of the compound across a bacterial cell membrane. Such compounds find use in a method of treating and/or preventing a bacterial infection in a human or non-human mammal. In such a method, the compound of formula I may be administered in combination with (either simultaneously, separately, or sequentially) a β-lactam antibiotic.