Membrane active 7-thiazoxime quinolones as novel DNA binding agents to decrease the genes expression and exert potent anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus …

JP Chen, N Battini, MF Ansari, CH Zhou - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel class of 7-thiazoxime quinolones was developed as potential antimicrobial agents
for the sake of bypassing resistance of quinolones. Biological assays revealed that some …

Auranofin Rapidly Eradicates Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an Infected Pressure Ulcer Mouse Model

H Mohammad, NS Abutaleb, MN Seleem - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Pressure ulcers (PUs) frequently occur in individuals with limited mobility including patients
that are hospitalized or obese. PUs are challenging to resolve when infected by antibiotic …

Isoquinoline antimicrobial agent: Activity against intracellular bacteria and effect on global bacterial proteome

CW Karanja, N Naganna, NS Abutaleb, N Dayal… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
A new class of alkynyl isoquinoline antibacterial compounds, synthesized via Sonogashira
coupling, with strong bactericidal activity against a plethora of Gram-positive bacteria …

SF 5-and SCF 3-substituted tetrahydroquinoline compounds as potent bactericidal agents against multidrug-resistant persister Gram-positive bacteria

KI Onyedibe, N Dayal, HO Sintim - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacteria persister cells are immune to most antibiotics and hence compounds that are active
against persister bacteria are needed. We screened a chemical library of SF5-and SCF3 …

N-(1,3,4-Oxadiazol-2-yl)Benzamides as Antibacterial Agents against Neisseria gonorrhoeae

GA Naclerio, NS Abutaleb, M Alhashimi… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes Neisseria gonorrhoeae
as an urgent-threat Gram-negative bacterial pathogen. Additionally, resistance to frontline …

Re-sensitization of multidrug-resistant and colistin-resistant gram-negative bacteria to colistin by Povarov/Doebner-derived compounds

KI Onyedibe, AM Nemeth, N Dayal… - ACS infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colistin, typically viewed as the antibiotic of last resort to treat infections caused by multidrug-
resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria, had fallen out of favor due to toxicity issues. The …

β, γ-Diaryl α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones as potent antibacterials against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

HJ Hamann, NS Abutaleb, R Pal, MN Seleem… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
A selected series of racemic α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones (AMGBL) synthesized via
allylboration or allylindation reactions were screened against methicillin-resistant …

Membrane acting Povarov-Doebner derived compounds potently disperse preformed multidrug resistant Gram-positive bacterial biofilms

N Dayal, KI Onyedibe, WM Gribble… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The National Institute of Health (NIH) estimates that the majority of human microbial
infections are either linked to or directly caused by bacterial biofilms and these infections are …

Evaluation of ebselen in resolving a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection of pressure ulcers in obese and diabetic mice

H Mohammad, NS Abutaleb, AM Dieterly, LT Lyle… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a source of morbidity in individuals with restricted mobility
including individuals that are obese or diabetic. Infection of PUs with pathogens, including …

Mechanistic Studies and In Vivo Efficacy of an Oxadiazole-Containing Antibiotic

GA Naclerio, NS Abutaleb, KI Onyedibe… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are still difficult to treat,
despite the availability of many FDA-approved antibiotics. Thus, new compound scaffolds …