A Double-Edged Sword: Thioxanthenes Act on Both the Mind and the Microbiome
| Autor: | Marianne Ø. Poulsen, Sujata G. Dastidar, Debalina Sinha Roy, Shauroseni Palchoudhuri, Jette Elisabeth H. Kristiansen, Stephen J. Fey |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Bacteria
Microbiota Organic Chemistry antipsychotic drugs Pharmaceutical Science Review Analytical Chemistry Anti-Bacterial Agents thioxanthenes QD241-441 Non-antibiotics Psychotic Disorders Chemistry (miscellaneous) Drug Discovery Thioxanthenes Molecular Medicine Animals Humans Antipsychotic drugs Physical and Theoretical Chemistry non-antibiotics Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | Molecules Poulsen, M, Dastidar, S G, Roy, D S, Palchoudhuri, S, Kristiansen, J E H & Fey, S J 2022, ' A double-edged sword : Thioxanthenes act on both the mind and the microbiome ', Molecules, vol. 27, no. 1, 196 . https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27010196 Molecules, Vol 27, Iss 196, p 196 (2022) |
| ISSN: | 1420-3049 |
| Popis: | The rising tide of antibacterial drug resistance has given rise to the virtual elimination of numerous erstwhile antibiotics, intensifying the urgent demand for novel agents. A number of drugs have been found to possess potent antimicrobial action during the past several years and have the potential to supplement or even replace the antibiotics. Many of these ‘non-antibiotics’, as they are referred to, belong to the widely used class of neuroleptics, the phenothiazines. Another chemically and pharmacologically related class is the thioxanthenes, differing in that the aromatic N of the central phenothiazine ring has been replaced by a C atom. Such “carbon-analogues” were primarily synthesized with the hope that these would be devoid of some of the toxic effects of phenothiazines. Intensive studies on syntheses, as well as chemical and pharmacological properties of thioxanthenes, were initiated in the late 1950s. Although a rather close parallelism with respect to structure activity relationships could be observed between phenothiazines and thioxanthenes; several thioxanthenes were synthesized in pharmaceutical industries and applied for human use as neuroleptics. Antibacterial activities of thioxanthenes came to be recognized in the early 1980s in Europe. During the following years, many of these drugs were found not only to be antibacterial agents but also to possess anti-mycobacterial, antiviral (including anti-HIV and anti-SARS-CoV-2) and anti-parasitic properties. Thus, this group of drugs, which has an inhibitory effect on the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms, needs to be explored for syntheses of novel antimicrobial agents. The purpose of this review is to summarize the neuroleptic and antimicrobial properties of this exciting group of bioactive molecules with a goal of identifying potential structures worthy of future exploration. |
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