Update on the discovery of efflux pump inhibitors against critical priority Gram-negative bacteria

N Compagne, A Vieira Da Cruz, RT Müller… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a major problem in public health leading to an
estimated 4.95 million deaths in 2019. The selective pressure caused by the massive and …

Are bacteria leaky? Mechanisms of metabolite externalization in bacterial cross-feeding

JB McKinlay - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The metabolism of a bacterial cell stretches beyond its boundaries, often connecting with the
metabolism of other cells to form extended metabolic networks that stretch across …

D-ring modifications of tetracyclines determine their ability to induce resistance genes in the environment

H Tang, Z Liu, B Hu, L Zhu - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The widespread utilization of tetracyclines (TCs) in agriculture and medicine has led to the
borderless spread of tetracycline resistance in humans, animals, and the environment …

Counteracting antibiotic resistance enzymes and efflux pumps

M Zheng, TJ Lupoli - Current opinion in microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Adjuvants potentiate existing antibiotics or combat mechanisms of
resistance.•Probes enable the identification of enzymes that modify tuberculosis …

Pyridylpiperazine efflux pump inhibitor boosts in vivo antibiotic efficacy against K. pneumoniae

A Vieira Da Cruz, JC Jiménez-Castellanos… - EMBO Molecular …, 2024 - embopress.org
Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem, rendering conventional treatments less
effective and requiring innovative strategies to combat this growing threat. The tripartite …

The Gram-negative permeability barrier: tipping the balance of the in and the out

C Maher, KA Hassan - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Gram-negative bacteria are intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics, due in large part to the
permeability barrier formed by their cell envelope. The complex and synergistic interplay of …

Molecular insights into the determinants of substrate specificity and efflux inhibition of the RND efflux pumps AcrB and AdeB

J Wilhelm, KM Pos - Microbiology, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
Gram-negative bacterial members of the Resistance Nodulation and cell Division (RND)
superfamily form tripartite efflux pump systems that span the cell envelope. One of the …

Nanotechnology‐driven strategies to enhance the treatment of drug‐resistant bacterial infections

J Zhang, M Liu, H Guo, S Gao, Y Hu… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The misuse of antibiotics has led to increased bacterial resistance, posing a global public
health crisis and seriously endangering lives. Currently, antibiotic therapy remains the most …

Light-inducible protein degradation in E. coli with the LOVdeg tag

N Tague, C Coriano-Ortiz, MB Sheets, MJ Dunlop - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Molecular tools for optogenetic control allow for spatial and temporal regulation of cell
behavior. In particular, light-controlled protein degradation is a valuable mechanism of …

Stimulating transcription in antibiotic-tolerant Escherichia coli sensitizes it to fluoroquinolone and nonfluoroquinolone topoisomerase inhibitors

TJ LaGree, BA Byrd, RM Quelle… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibiotic tolerant bacteria and persistent cells that remain alive after a course of antibiotic
treatment can foster the chronicity of infections and the development of antibiotic resistance …