通过基于植物化学的排泄抑制剂增强抗生素的潜力,以对抗抗药性细菌
Harveer Singh Cheema1, Anupam Maurya2, Sandeep Kumar1
1Department of Botany, Meerut College, Meerut, 250003 (U.P.), India.
Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates))
|November 1, 2023
概括
植物衍生的排泄抑制剂 (EPI) 可以恢复抗生素对耐药细菌的有效性. 这些天然化合物,如香诺克拉文和尼亚齐里丁,抑制细菌排泄,降低抗生素的最小抑制度.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 自然产品 化学 化学
背景情况:
- 抗菌素耐药性 (AMR) 是对公共健康的日益严重的威胁,抗生素的疗效正在下降.
- 细菌排泄 (EP) 是AMR的主要机制,从细胞中驱逐抗生素.
- 来自植物的二次代谢物 (植物分子) 显示出作为EP抑制剂 (EPI) 对抗AMR的承诺.
研究的目的:
- 审查最近关于植物性EPI的研究,包括特类,类,黄类,糖化物和四类.
- 突出其在提高抗生素有效性和打击多药耐药性的潜力.
主要方法:
- 关于植物化合物及其对细菌排泄的影响研究的文献综述.
- 对色醇,香诺克拉文,尼亚林,4-氧-α-四隆,乌尔索酸和植物醇等化合物的分析.
- 评估它们在逆转多药性耐药性和降低最小抑制度 (MICs) 的有效性.
主要成果:
- 植物EPI,包括香诺克拉文和尼亚齐里丁,在克服排泄介导耐药性方面显示出显著的潜力.
- 几种植物分子及其类似物与已建立的药物相比,表现出优越的抗逆能力.
- 这些化合物抑制EPs,减少抗生素MICs (例如,四环素16倍),并表现出对膜蛋白的亲和力.
结论:
- 植物分子及其衍生物虽然缺乏固有的抗菌活性,但在结合时增强了抗生素的疗效.
- 植物性EPI可以选择性地向和阻碍药物排放,恢复旧抗生素的有效性.
- 这些天然化合物提供了一种可行的策略,通过克服外流介导的抵抗机制来对抗多药耐药细菌.
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