Tuberculosis: an inorganic medicinal chemistry perspective

L Viganor, C Skerry, M McCann… - Current Medicinal …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Tuberculosis (TB) which is caused by the resilient pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(MTB) has re-emerged to become a leading public health problem in the world. The growing …

Is IQG-607 a Potential Metallodrug or Metallopro-Drug With a Defined Molecular Target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

BL Abbadi, VS Rodrigues-Junior, AS Dadda… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to isoniazid (INH) has
underscored the need for the development of new anti-tuberculosis agents. INH is activated …

Isoniazid metal complex reactivity and insights for a novel anti-tuberculosis drug design

EHS Sousa, LA Basso, DS Santos… - JBIC Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
For over a decade, tuberculosis (TB) has been the leading cause of death among infectious
diseases. Since the 1950s, isoniazid has been used as a front-line drug in the treatment of …

Antitubercular activity of Ru (II) isoniazid complexes

I de Aguiar, A Tavares, AC Roveda Jr… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite the resistance developed by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) strains,
isoniazid (INH) has been recognized as one of the best drug for treatment of Tuberculosis …

Design and High Expression of Non-glycosylated Lysostaphins in Pichia pastoris and Their Pharmacodynamic Study

W Shen, N Yang, D Teng, Y Hao, X Ma, R Mao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lysostaphin is an effective antimicrobial agent to Staphylococcus, especially for the
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus …

Synthesis and mechanistic investigation of iron (II) complexes of isoniazid and derivatives as a redox-mediated activation strategy for anti-tuberculosis therapy

J Laborde, C Deraeve, FG de Mesquita Vieira… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2018 - Elsevier
The emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)
represents a major threat to global health. Isoniazid (INH) is a prodrug used in the first-line …

IQG-607 abrogates the synthesis of mycolic acids and displays intracellular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in infected macrophages

VS Rodrigues-Junior, AA dos Santos Junior… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, the antitubercular activity of a pentacyano (isoniazid) ferrate (II) compound (IQG-
607) was investigated using a macrophage model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection …

Pentacyanoferrate (II) complex of pyridine-4-and pyrazine-2-hydroxamic acid as source of HNO: investigation of anti-tubercular and vasodilation activities

EM Carvalho, T de Freitas Paulo, AS Saquet… - JBIC Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
A pharmacophore design approach, based on the coordination chemistry of an intimate
molecular hybrid of active metabolites of pro-drugs, known to release active species upon …

Activity of IQG-607, a new orally active compound, in a murine model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

VS Rodrigues-Junior, A dos Santos Junior… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
We have previously demonstrated a potent in vitro inhibitory activity for two pentacyano
(isoniazid) ferrate (II) compounds, namely IQG-607 and IQG-639, against the Mycobacterium …

[Fe (CN) 5 (isoniazid)] 3−: an iron isoniazid complex with redox behavior implicated in tuberculosis therapy

EHS Sousa, FG de Mesquita Vieira, JS Butler… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis has re-emerged as a worldwide threat, which has motivated the development
of new drugs. The antituberculosis complex Na 3 [Fe (CN) 5 (isoniazid)](IQG607) in …