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Formulation and Characterization of Bioactive Agent Containing Nanodisks
Published on: March 17, 2023
Synthesis and Bioactivities of New Membrane-Active Agents with Aromatic Linker: High Selectivity and Broad-Spectrum
Wenchao Chu1, Yi Yang1, Jianfeng Cai2
1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Drug Discovery and Development, Key Laboratory of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology, Ministry of Education of China , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , PR China.
Abstract:
The worldwide emergence of microbial resistance to antibiotics constitutes an important and growing public health threat, and novel antibiotics are urgently needed. In this report, a series of symmetrical membrane-active agents linked by an aromatic nucleus were designed and synthesized. Some showed high antibacterial activity against clinical drug-resistant bacterial isolates including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter aerogenes, and delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae (NDM-1), as well as drug-sensitive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Lead compound 2n, with good selectivity for S. aureus (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] 0.25 μg/mL) versus mammalian erythrocytes (hemolytic concentration [HC50] 1211 μg/mL), had notable properties, including stability in complex mammalian fluids, rapid killing of pathogens, ability to eradicate established biofilms, and little induction of bacterial drug-resistance. In a mouse MRSA infection model, compound 2n exhibited a similar level of efficacy to vancomycin in killing bacteria and suppressing inflammation, demonstrating its therapeutic potential.
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