An amiloride derivative is active against the F

Autor: Kiel, Hards, Chen-Yi, Cheung, Natalie, Waller, Cara, Adolph, Laura, Keighley, Zhi Shean, Tee, Liam K, Harold, Ayana, Menorca, Richard S, Bujaroski, Benjamin J, Buckley, Joel D A, Tyndall, Matthew B, McNeil, Kyu Y, Rhee, Helen K, Opel-Reading, Kurt, Krause, Laura, Preiss, Julian D, Langer, Thomas, Meier, Erik J, Hasenoehrl, Michael, Berney, Michael J, Kelso, Gregory M, Cook
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Communications biology. 5(1)
ISSN: 2399-3642
Popis: Increasing antimicrobial resistance compels the search for next-generation inhibitors with differing or multiple molecular targets. In this regard, energy conservation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been clinically validated as a promising new drug target for combatting drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis. Here, we show that HM2-16F, a 6-substituted derivative of the FDA-approved drug amiloride, is an anti-tubercular inhibitor with bactericidal properties comparable to the FDA-approved drug bedaquiline (BDQ; Sirturo
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