[HTML][HTML] Microbe-Derived Indole Metabolite Demonstrates Potent Multidrug Efflux Pump Inhibition in Staphylococcus aureus

R Tambat, M Jangra, N Mahey, N Chandal… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Efflux pumps are always at the forefront of bacterial multidrug resistance and account for the
failure of antibiotics. The present study explored the potential of 2-(2-Aminophenyl) indole …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial efflux pump inhibitors: A journey around quinoline and indole derivatives

G Cernicchi, T Felicetti, S Sabatini - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a complex threat to human health and, to date, it
represents a hot topic in drug discovery. The use of non-antibiotic molecules to block …

Efflux pump inhibitory potential of indole derivatives as an arsenal against norA over-expressing Staphylococcus aureus

N Chandal, R Tambat, R Kalia, G Kumar… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
NorA, an extensively studied efflux pump in Staphylococcus aureus, has been connected to
fluoroquinolone, antiseptic, and disinfection resistance. Several studies have also …

In Vitro and In Silico Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus Efflux Pump NorA by α-Pinene and Limonene

ACJ de Araújo, PR Freitas, CR dos Santos Barbosa… - Current …, 2021 - Springer
Since the discovery of the first antibiotics, bacteria have acquired a variety of resistance
mechanisms, with efflux pump (EP) being the most prominent mechanism for intracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Terpenes as bacterial efflux pump inhibitors: A systematic review

KJSDO Dias, GM Miranda, JR Bessa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Managing antibiotic resistance is a significant challenge in modern pharmacotherapy. While
molecular analyses have identified efflux pump expression as an essential mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] The 1, 8-naphthyridines sulfonamides are NorA efflux pump inhibitors

CD de Morais Oliveira-Tintino, DF Muniz… - Journal of Global …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Efflux pumps are transmembrane proteins associated with bacterial resistance
mechanisms. Bacteria use these proteins to actively transport antibiotics to the extracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Promising FDA-approved drugs with efflux pump inhibitory activities against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

SAAM Abdel-Karim, AMA El-Ganiny, MA El-Sayed… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background and objectives Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that causes
wide range of nosocomial and community-acquired infections which have spread worldwide …

Efflux pump inhibitors: a novel approach to combat efflux-mediated drug resistance in bacteria

Y Wang, H Venter, S Ma - Current drug targets, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The increasing multi-drug resistance has become a major threat to the public health.
Overexpression of multidrug efflux pumps is one of the major mechanisms of drug resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Phenolic compound ethyl 3, 4-dihydroxybenzoate retards drug efflux and potentiates antibiotic activity

WJ Lu, YJ Huang, HJ Lin, CJ Chang, PH Hsu, GX Ooi… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The World Health Organization indicated that antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest
threats to health, food security, and development in the world. Drug resistance efflux pumps …

[HTML][HTML] RND-type drug efflux pumps from Gram-negative bacteria: molecular mechanism and inhibition

H Venter, R Mowla, T Ohene-Agyei, S Ma - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Drug efflux protein complexes confer multidrug resistance on bacteria by transporting a wide
spectrum of structurally diverse antibiotics. Moreover, organisms can only acquire resistance …