Affiliation:
1. Department of Bacteriology Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
Abstract
The proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) omeprazole and lansoprazole and the acid-activated analog of lansoprazole AG-2000, which potently inhibit the urease of Helicobacter pylori (K. Nagata, H. Satoh, T. Iwahi, T. Shimoyama, and T. Tamura, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 37:769-774, 1993), also inhibited the urease activities of cell-free extracts as well as intact cells of Ureaplasma urealyticum. The 50% inhibitory concentrations were between 1 and 25 microM. These compounds also inhibited the ATP synthesis induced by urea in ureaplasma cells. The 50% inhibitory concentrations for ATP synthesis were close to those for urease activity, but they were lower than those of urease inhibitors, such as acetohydroxamic acid, hydroxyurea, and thiourea. In addition, one of the metabolites of lansoprazole found in human urine, M-VI, also inhibited ureaplasmal urease activity and the ATP synthesis induced by urea at almost the same concentrations as those of lansoprazole. The inhibition of PPIs against ureaplasma urease was very similar to those against H. pylori urease, suggesting that the inhibitory mechanism against these ureases was due to the blockage of the SH residues on the cysteine of the enzyme. Omeprazole, lansoprazole, AG-2000, and M-VI inhibited the growth of U. urealyticum. Since ureaplasma urease is thought to be involved in the pathogenicity of this organism in the urogenital tract, PPIs and their analogs may be useful as chemotherapeutic agents against diseases caused by U. urealyticum.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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