Pseudomonas aeruginosa: pathogenesis, virulence factors, antibiotic resistance, interaction with host, technology advances and emerging therapeutics

S Qin, W Xiao, C Zhou, Q Pu, X Deng, L Lan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that
infects patients with cystic fibrosis, burn wounds, immunodeficiency, chronic obstructive …

How to enter a bacterium: bacterial porins and the permeation of antibiotics

JD Prajapati, U Kleinekathöfer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Despite tremendous successes in the field of antibiotic discovery seen in the previous
century, infectious diseases have remained a leading cause of death. More specifically …

β-lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Current Status, Future Prospects

KA Glen, IL Lamont - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen, causing a wide range of acute
and chronic infections. β-lactam antibiotics including penicillins, carbapenems …

Outer membrane permeability: Antimicrobials and diverse nutrients bypass porins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Ude, V Tripathi, JM Buyck… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Gram-negative bacterial pathogens have an outer membrane that restricts entry of
molecules into the cell. Water-filled protein channels in the outer membrane, so-called …

A barrier to entry: examining the bacterial outer membrane and antibiotic resistance

I Ghai - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gram-negative bacteria can resist antibiotics by changing the permeability via their outer
membrane. These bacteria have a complex cell envelope that incorporates an outer …

Loss of outer membrane protein A (OmpA) impairs the survival of Salmonella Typhimurium by inducing membrane damage in the presence of ceftazidime and …

AR Chowdhury, D Mukherjee, AK Singh… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is one of the significant non-
typhoidal Salmonella serovars that causes gastroenteritis. The rapid development of …

Converging PMF Calculations of Antibiotic Permeation across an Outer Membrane Porin with Subkilocalorie per Mole Accuracy

J Lapierre, JS Hub - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens led to a critical need for new antibiotics. A
key property of effective antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria is their ability to …

Improved sampling and free energy estimates for antibiotic permeation through bacterial porins

A Acharya, JD Prajapati… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antibiotics enter into bacterial cells via protein channels that serve as low-energy pathways
through the outer membrane, which is otherwise impenetrable. Insights into the molecular …

Antibiotic charge profile determines the extent of L3 dynamics in OmpF: an expedited passage for molecules with a positive charge

A Acharya, K Jana… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Efficient permeation into Gram-negative bacterial cells is a much-desired property in the
design of antibacterial agents. The goal is to arrive at one or more chemical modifications of …

[HTML][HTML] Drug resistance reversal potential of multifunctional thieno [3, 2-c] pyran via potentiation of antibiotics in MDR P. aeruginosa

GR Dwivedi, R Rai, R Pratap, K Singh, S Pati… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We explored the antibacterial potential (alone and combination) against multidrug resistant
(MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates KG-P2 using synthesized thieno [3, 2-c] pyran-2 …