The role of iron and siderophores in infection, and the development of siderophore antibiotics

MGP Page - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Iron is an essential nutrient for bacterial growth, replication, and metabolism. Humans store
iron bound to various proteins such as hemoglobin, haptoglobin, transferrin, ferritin, and …

Siderophore–antibiotic conjugates: exploiting iron uptake to deliver drugs into bacteria

IJ Schalk - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2018 - clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection …
The growing problem of bacterial antibiotic resistance makes the discovery and
development of new antibiotics increasingly urgent. Otherwise, we will be forced back to a …

Cefiderocol: a novel siderophore cephalosporin

JJ Choi, MW McCarthy - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens has led to a global
public health emergency and novel therapeutic options and drug-delivery systems are …

Cefiderocol: discovery, chemistry, and in vivo profiles of a novel siderophore cephalosporin

T Sato, K Yamawaki - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a significant public health issue worldwide,
particularly for healthcare-associated infections caused by carbapenem-resistant gram …

Siderophore–antibiotic conjugate design: New drugs for bad bugs?

KH Negash, JKS Norris, JT Hodgkinson - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global health concern and a current threat to modern medicine and
society. New strategies for antibiotic drug design and delivery offer a glimmer of hope in a …

Advances in the antimicrobial and therapeutic potential of siderophores

M Ribeiro, M Simões - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2019 - Springer
The increasing bacterial resistance from antibiotic overuse has fostered the search for novel
antimicrobial strategies. In particular, bacterial systems involving iron (Fe) uptake are …

Present and future of siderophore-based therapeutic and diagnostic approaches in infectious diseases

G Tonziello, E Caraffa, B Pinchera, G Granata… - Infectious disease …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Iron is an essential micronutrient required for the growth of almost all aerobic organisms; the
iron uptake pathway in bacteria therefore represents a possible target for novel …

Iron acquisition systems of gram-negative bacterial pathogens define TonB-dependent pathways to novel antibiotics

PE Klebba, SMC Newton, DA Six, A Kumar… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Iron is an indispensable metabolic cofactor in both pro-and eukaryotes, which engenders a
natural competition for the metal between bacterial pathogens and their human or animal …

Iron uptake mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria

KG Wooldridge, PH Williams - FEMS microbiology reviews, 1993 - academic.oup.com
Most of the iron in a mammalian body is complexed with various proteins. Moreover, in
response to infection, iron availability is reduced in both extracellular and intracellular …

In Vitro Antibacterial Properties of Cefiderocol, a Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin, against Gram-Negative Bacteria

A Ito, T Sato, M Ota, M Takemura… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Cefiderocol (CFDC; S-649266), a novel parenteral siderophore cephalosporin
conjugated with a catechol moiety, has a characteristic antibacterial spectrum with a potent …