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Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 7044–7048<br />
Direct Fluorescence Polarization Assay for the<br />
Detection of Glycopeptide Antibiotics<br />
Linliang Yu, Meng Zhong, and Yinan Wei*<br />
Department of <strong>Chemistry</strong>, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506<br />
Glycopeptide antibiotics are widely used in the treatment<br />
of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. They<br />
inhibit the biosynthesis of the bacterial cell wall through<br />
binding to the D-alanyl-D-alanine (D-Ala-D-Ala) terminal<br />
peptide of the peptidoglycan precursor. Taking advantage<br />
of this highly specific interaction, we developed a direct<br />
fluorescence polarization based method for the detection<br />
of glycopeptide antibiotics. Briefly, we labeled the acetylated<br />
tripeptide Ac-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala-OH with a fluorophore<br />
to create a peptide probe. Using three glycopeptide<br />
antibiotics, vancomycin, teicoplanin, and telavancin, as<br />
model compounds, we demonstrated that the fluorescence<br />
polarization of the peptide probe increased upon<br />
binding to antibiotics in a concentration dependent manner.<br />
The dissociation constants (Kd) between the peptide<br />
probes and the antibiotics were consistent with those<br />
reported between free D-Ala-D-Ala and the antibiotics<br />
in the literature. The assay is highly reproducible and<br />
selective toward glycopeptide antibiotics. Its detection<br />
limit and work concentration range are 0.5 µM and<br />
0.5-4 µM for vancomycin, 0.25 µM and 0.25-2 µM<br />
for teicoplanin, and 1 µM and 1-8 µM for telavancin.<br />
Furthermore, we compared our assay in parallel with<br />
a commercial fluorescence polarization immunoassay<br />
(FPIA) kit in detecting teicoplanin spiked in human<br />
blood samples. The accuracy and precision of the two<br />
methods are comparable. We expect our assay to be<br />
useful in both research and clinical laboratories.<br />
Glycopeptide antibiotics are cyclic peptides that bind to the<br />
peptidoglycan precursor D-alanyl-D-alanine to inhibit the biosynthesis<br />
of bacterial cell walls. They are widely used to treat<br />
infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including Methicillin<br />
Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and are regarded as the<br />
drug of “last resort”. 1 Vancomycin, teicoplanin, and telavancin are<br />
three representative glycopeptide antibiotics that are currently in<br />
clinical use. 2-4 Monitoring of drug levels in patients’ serum during<br />
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Address: 305 <strong>Chemistry</strong>-<br />
Physics Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055. Telephone:<br />
(859) 257-7085. Fax: (859) 323-1069. E-mail: yinan.wei@uky.edu.<br />
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