Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Vancomycin derivative LYSC98 in a Murine Thigh Infection Model against Staphylococcus aureus

LYSC98 is a vancomycin derivative used for gram-positive bacterial infections therapy. We reported the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) targets of LYSC98 against Staphylococcus aureus using a murine thigh infection model. Three Staphylococcus aureus strains were utilized. Single-dose plasma pharmacokinetics of LYSC98 were determined in infected mice after the tail vein injection of 2, 4, and 8mg/kg. The results showed maximum plasma concentration (C max ) 11466.67 - 48866.67 ng/mL, area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h(AUC 0-24 ) 14788.42 -91885.93 ng/mL·h, and elimination half-life(T 1/2 ) 1.70-2.64 h, respectively. The C max (R 2 0.9994) and AUC 0-24 (R 2 0.981) were positively correlated with the dose of LYSC98 in the range of 2-8 mg/kg. Dose fractionation studies using total doses of 2 to 8 mg/kg administered with q6h, q8h, q12h, and q24h were performed to evaluate the correlation of different PK/PD indices with efficacy. Sigmoid model analysis showed C max /MIC (R 2 0.8941) was the best PK/PD index to predict the efficacy of LYSC98. In the dose ranging studies, two Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical strains were used to infect the mice and 2-fold-increasing doses (1 to 16 mg/kg) of LYSC98 were administered. The magnitude of LYSC98 C max /MIC associated with net stasis, 1, 2, 3 and 4 - log10 kill were 5.78, 8.17, 11.14, 15.85 and 30.58, respectively. The results of this study showed LYSC98 a promising antibiotic with in vivo potency against MRSA, and will help in the dose design of phase one study for LYSC98.