Chemistry:Streptomycin

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Short description: Aminoglycoside antibiotic
Streptomycin
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Other namesS/STR/STS[1]
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administration		Intramuscular, intravenous
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  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
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Bioavailability84% to 88% IM (est.)[2] 0% by mouth
Elimination half-life5 to 6 hours
ExcretionKidney
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FormulaC21H39N7O12
Molar mass581.580 g·mol−1
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Melting point12 °C (54 °F) [citation needed]
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Streptomycin is an antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections,[3] including tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, endocarditis, brucellosis, Burkholderia infection, plague, tularemia, and rat bite fever.[3] For active tuberculosis it is often given together with isoniazid, rifampicin, and pyrazinamide.[4] It is administered by injection into a vein or muscle.[3]

Common side effects include vertigo, vomiting, numbness of the face, fever, and rash.[3] Use during pregnancy may result in permanent deafness in the developing baby.[3] Use appears to be safe while breastfeeding.[4] It is not recommended in people with myasthenia gravis or other neuromuscular disorders.[4] Streptomycin is an aminoglycoside.[3] It works by blocking the ability of 30S ribosomal subunits to make proteins, which results in bacterial death.[3]

Albert Schatz first isolated streptomycin in 1943 from Streptomyces griseus.[5][6] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[7] The World Health Organization classifies it as critically important for human medicine.[8]

Uses

Medication

Streptomycin is traditionally given intramuscularly, and in many nations is only licensed to be administered intramuscularly, though in some regions the drug may also be administered intravenously.[2]

Pesticide

Streptomycin also is used as a pesticide, to combat the growth of bacteria beyond human applications. Streptomycin controls bacterial diseases of certain fruit, vegetables, seed, and ornamental crops. A major use is in the control of fireblight on apple and pear trees. As in medical applications, extensive use can be associated with the development of resistant strains. Streptomycin could potentially be used to control cyanobacterial blooms in ornamental ponds and aquaria.[10] While some antibacterial antibiotics are inhibitory to certain eukaryotes, this seems not to be the case for streptomycin, especially in the case of anti-fungal activity.[11]

Cell culture

Streptomycin, in combination with penicillin, is used in a standard antibiotic cocktail to prevent bacterial infection in cell culture.[12]

Protein purification

When purifying protein from a biological extract, streptomycin sulfate is sometimes added as a means of removing nucleic acids and ribonuclear proteins. Since it binds to ribosomes and precipitates out of solution, it serves as a method for removing rRNA, mRNA, and even DNA if the extract is from a prokaryote.[13]

Side effects

The most concerning side effects, as with other aminoglycosides, are kidney toxicity and ear toxicity.[14] Transient or permanent deafness may result. The vestibular portion of cranial nerve VIII (the vestibulocochlear nerve) can be affected, resulting in tinnitus, vertigo, ataxia, kidney toxicity, and can potentially interfere with diagnosis of kidney malfunction.[15]

Common side effects include vertigo, vomiting, numbness of the face, fever, and rash. Fever and rashes may result from persistent use.[citation needed]

Use is not recommended during pregnancy.[3] Congenital deafness has been reported in children whose mothers received streptomycin during pregnancy.[3] Use appears to be okay while breastfeeding.[4]

It is not recommended in people with myasthenia gravis.[4]

Mechanism of action

Streptomycin functions as a protein synthesis inhibitor. It binds to the small 16S rRNA of the 30S ribosomal subunit irreversibly, interfering with the binding of formyl-methionyl-tRNA to the 30S subunit.[16] This causes codon misreading, inhibition of protein synthesis, and ultimately death of the cell through mechanisms that are not well understood. Speculation indicates that the binding of the molecule to the 30S subunit interferes with 30S subunit association with the mRNA strand. This results in an unstable ribosomal-mRNA complex, leading to premature stopping of protein synthesis, leading to cell death.[17] As human and bacteria both have ribosomes, streptomycin has significant side effects in humans. At low concentrations, however, streptomycin inhibits only bacterial growth.[18]

Streptomycin is an antibiotic that inhibits both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria,[19] and is therefore a useful broad-spectrum antibiotic.

History

Streptomycin was first isolated on October 19, 1943, by Albert Schatz, a PhD student in the laboratory of Selman Abraham Waksman at Rutgers University in a research project funded by Merck and Co.[20][21] Waksman and his laboratory staff discovered several antibiotics, including actinomycin, clavacin, streptothricin, streptomycin, grisein, neomycin, fradicin, candicidin, and candidin. Of these, streptomycin and neomycin found extensive application in the treatment of numerous infectious diseases. Streptomycin was the first antibiotic cure for tuberculosis (TB). In 1952 Waksman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis".[22] Waksman was later accused of playing down the role of Schatz who did the work under his supervision, claiming that Elizabeth Bugie had a more important role in its development.[23][24][25][26][27] Schatz sued both Dr. Waksman and the Rutgers Research and Endowment Foundation, wanting to be given credited as co-discover and receive the royalties for the streptomycin.[28] By the end of the settlement, Waksman would receive a 10% royalty, while Schatz got 3% and compensation for his missed royalties.[29] The rest of the lab shared the remaining 7% of the royalties, in which Bugie received 0.2%.[citation needed]

Bugie was pursuing a master's degree in Waksman's lab at Rutgers University at this time. Prior to this, she received her bachelor's degree in microbiology at New Jersey College for Women.[28] Although Bugie was considered to be the second author on the Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology paper, she was not listed on the patent submission.[28] Bugie's contributions to Wakeman's lab were great. In addition to her work on streptomycin, she also helped develop other antimicrobial substances,[30] had two peer-reviewed publications,[31][32] and researched the use of antimicrobials against plant pathogens,[33] among several other important contributions to the scientific field, particularly in regard to microbiology.

A scientist at Rutger's University making a streptomycin assay.

The Rutgers team reported streptomycin in the medical literature in January 1944.[34] Within months they began working with William Feldman and H. Corwin Hinshaw of the Mayo Clinic with hopes of starting a human clinical trial of streptomycin in tuberculosis.[35]:209–241 The difficulty at first was even producing enough streptomycin to do a trial, because the research laboratory methods of creating small batches had not yet been translated to commercial large-batch production. They managed to do an animal study in a few guinea pigs with just 10 grams of the scarce drug, demonstrating survival.[35]:209–241 This was just enough evidence to get Merck & Co. to divert some resources from the young penicillin production program to start work toward streptomycin production.[35]:209–241

At the end of World War II, the United States Army experimented with streptomycin to treat life-threatening infections at a military hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan. The first person who was treated with streptomycin did not survive; the second person survived but became blind as a side effect of the treatment. In March 1946, the third person—Robert J. Dole, later Majority Leader of the United States Senate and presidential nominee—experienced a rapid and robust recovery.[36]

The first randomized trial of streptomycin against pulmonary tuberculosis was carried out in 1946 through 1948 by the MRC Tuberculosis Research Unit under the chairmanship of Geoffrey Marshall (1887–1982). The trial was neither double-blind nor placebo-controlled.[37] It is widely accepted to have been the first randomized curative trial.[38]

Results showed efficacy against TB, albeit with minor toxicity and acquired bacterial resistance to the drug.[37]

New Jersey

Because streptomycin was isolated from a microbe discovered on New Jersey soil, and because of its activity against tuberculosis and Gram negative organisms, and in recognition of both the microbe and the antibiotic in the history of New Jersey, S. griseus was nominated as the Official New Jersey state microbe. The draft legislation was submitted by Senator Sam Thompson (R-12) in May 2017 as bill S3190 and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D-20) in June 2017 as bill A31900. The bill was passed on 2018-01-08 The bill designates Streptomyces griseus as New Jersey State Microbe (New Jersey Senate Bill 3190 (2017). Governor Phil Murphy signed the bill making it official in 2019.[39]

References

  1. ↑ "Antibiotic abbreviations list". https://microbiologie-clinique.com/antibiotic-family-abbreviation.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Population pharmacokinetics of intravenous and intramuscular streptomycin in patients with tuberculosis". Pharmacotherapy 21 (9): 1037–1045. September 2001. doi:10.1592/phco.21.13.1037.34625. PMID 11560193. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/409778. Retrieved May 25, 2010. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Streptomycin Sulfate". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. https://www.drugs.com/monograph/streptomycin-sulfate.html. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 WHO Model Formulary 2008. World Health Organization. 2009. pp. 136, 144, 609. ISBN 9789241547659. 
  5. ↑ (in en) Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. OUP Oxford. 2009. p. Chapter 2. ISBN 9780191039621. https://books.google.com/books?id=5W-WBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT56. 
  6. ↑ (in en) Biotechnology for Beginners. Elsevier. 2008. p. 103. ISBN 9780123735812. https://books.google.com/books?id=lDYL6793vMkC&pg=PA103. 
  7. ↑ World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2019. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. 
  8. ↑ Critically important antimicrobials for human medicine (6th revision ed.). Geneva: World Health Organization. 2019. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. ISBN 9789241515528. 
  9. ↑ "Clinicians Tularemia" (in en-us). September 2016. https://www.cdc.gov/tularemia/clinicians/index.html. 
  10. ↑ "Effects of streptomycin on growth of algae Chlorella vulgaris and Microcystis aeruginosa". Environmental Toxicology 27 (4): 229–237. March 2012. doi:10.1002/tox.20636. PMID 20725941. Bibcode: 2012EnTox..27..229Q. 
  11. ↑ "Antifungal Properties of Antibiotic Substances". Journal of Bacteriology 49 (6): 585–594. June 1945. doi:10.1128/jb.49.6.585-594.1945. PMID 16560957. 
  12. ↑ "Basic techniques in mammalian cell tissue culture". Current Protocols in Cell Biology 66 (1): 1.1.1–1.1.22. March 2015. doi:10.1002/0471143030.cb0101s66. PMID 25727327. 
  13. ↑ Protein purification : principles and practice. New York: Springer-Verlag. 1994. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4757-2333-5. OCLC 620957612. 
  14. ↑ "Side effects of aminoglycosides on the kidney, ear and balance in cystic fibrosis". Thorax 65 (7): 654–658. July 2010. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.131532. PMID 20627927. 
  15. ↑ "Streptomycin interference in Jaffe reaction - possible false positive creatinine estimation in excessive dose exposure". Clinical Biochemistry 46 (1–2): 177–179. January 2013. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.10.031. PMID 23123914. 
  16. ↑ "Mutational analysis of S12 protein and implications for the accuracy of decoding by the ribosome". Journal of Molecular Biology 374 (4): 1065–1076. December 2007. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.003. PMID 17967466. 
  17. ↑ COMLEX Level 1 Pharmacology Lecture Notes. Miami, FL: Kaplan, Inc.. 2011. pp. 181. CM4024K. 
  18. ↑ Biochemistry (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. 2004. p. 1341. ISBN 978-0-471-19350-0. https://archive.org/details/biochemistry00voet_1. 
  19. ↑ A manual for primary human cell culture. World Scientific. 2004. p. 89. 
  20. ↑ "Pay dirt: the story of streptomycin. Part I. From Waksman to Waksman". The American Review of Respiratory Disease 117 (4): 773–781. April 1978. doi:10.1164/arrd.1978.117.4.773. PMID 417651. 
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  23. ↑ "Obiturary: Elizabeth Gregory / Did McCandless woman get fair shake for role in discovery of streptomycin?". http://old.post-gazette.com/obituaries/20010414gregory2.asp. 
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  27. ↑ Experiment Eleven: Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug. New York: Walker & Company. 2012. ISBN 978-1620401989. 
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 "Elizabeth Bugie – the invisible woman in the discovery of streptomycin" (in en). http://www.scientistafoundation.com/35/post/2018/08/elizabeth-bugie-the-invisible-woman-in-the-discovery-of-streptomycin.html. 
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  31. ↑ "Strain Specificity and Production of Antibiotic Substances: II. Aspergillus Flavus-Oryzae Group". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 29 (9): 282–288. September 1943. doi:10.1073/pnas.29.9.282. PMID 16578091. Bibcode: 1943PNAS...29..282W. 
  32. ↑ "Chaetomin, a New Antibiotic Substance Produced by Chaetomium cochliodes: I. Formation and Properties". Journal of Bacteriology 48 (5): 527–530. November 1944. doi:10.1128/jb.48.5.527-530.1944. PMID 16560863. 
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  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 The forgotten plague: how the battle against tuberculosis was won—and lost. Boston: Little, Brown. 1993. ISBN 978-0316763806. https://archive.org/details/forgottenplagueh00ryan. 
  36. ↑ What it takes : the way to the White House (1st ed.). New York: Random House. 1992. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-394-56260-5. 
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  38. ↑ "Sir Geoffrey Marshall (1887-1982): respiratory physician, catalyst for anaesthesia development, doctor to both Prime Minister and King, and World War I Barge Commander". Journal of Medical Biography 19 (1): 10–14. February 2011. doi:10.1258/jmb.2010.010019. PMID 21350072. 
  39. ↑ "New Jersey gets official state microbe: Streptomyces griseus" (in en-US). Associated Press. May 11, 2019. https://whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-gets-official-state-microbe-streptomyces-griseus/. 

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