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George A Naclerio1, Christopher S Vennard2, Kenneth I Onyedibe1
1Chemistry Department, Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States.
Abstract:
Due to the ever-increasing threat of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), we have embarked on a campaign to discover novel antibacterial agents which are effective at eradicating both MRSA, as well as acting on pre-formed MRSA biofilms. Using the known scaffold of N-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)benzamides, we performed a halogenation study which has led to the identification of HSGN-2241. This novel compound was found to effectively kill many multi-drug resistant Gram-positive clinical isolates in a bactericidal manner. The growth inhibition mechanism of HSGN-2241 was found to be via potassium ion release and subsequent depolarization of the cell membrane. As an initial safety test, HSGN-2241 was found to not lyse human red blood cells, so it is a promising lead compound for the treatment of bacterial infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
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