Polyene antibiotics physical chemistry and their effect on lipid membranes; impacting biological processes and medical applications

T Haro-Reyes, L Díaz-Peralta, A Galván-Hernández… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review examined a collection of studies regarding the molecular properties of some
polyene antibiotic molecules as well as their properties in solution and in particular …

Restored iron transport by a small molecule promotes absorption and hemoglobinization in animals

AS Grillo, AM SantaMaria, MD Kafina, AG Cioffi… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Multiple human diseases ensue from a hereditary or acquired deficiency of iron-transporting
protein function that diminishes transmembrane iron flux in distinct sites and directions …

Small-molecule ion channels increase host defences in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia

KA Muraglia, RS Chorghade, BR Kim, XX Tang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Loss-of-function mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(CFTR) compromise epithelial HCO3− and Cl− secretion, reduce airway surface liquid pH …

Recent advances in antifungal drug discovery based on polyene macrolide antibiotics

OA Omelchuk, AN Tevyashova… - Russian Chemical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The review summarizes recent advances in the synthesis of new derivatives of polyene
macrolide antibiotics by chemical modification and genetic engineering methods, results of …

ERG6 and ERG2 Are Major Targets Conferring Reduced Susceptibility to Amphotericin B in Clinical Candida glabrata Isolates in Kuwait

S Ahmad, L Joseph, JE Parker… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida glabrata is intrinsically less susceptible to azoles, and resistance to echinocandins
and reduced susceptibility (RS) to amphotericin B (AMB) have also been detected. The …

Antifungal Imidazole‐Decorated Cationic Amphiphiles with Markedly Low Hemolytic Activity

RI Benhamou, KB Steinbuch… - Chemistry–A European …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we report that an imidazole‐decorated cationic amphiphile derived from the pseudo‐
disaccharide nebramine has potent antifungal activity against strains of Candida glabrata …

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Amphotericin B Formulations Based on Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids against Leishmania infantum

R Ferraz, N Santarém, AFM Santos, ML Jacinto… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, organic salts and ionic liquids (OSILs) containing active pharmaceutical
ingredients (APIs) are being explored as drug delivery systems in modern therapies (OSILs …

Unveiling the synergistic interaction between liposomal amphotericin B and colistin

R Teixeira-Santos, E Ricardo, RJ Branco… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Patients with multiple comorbidities are often administered simultaneously or sequentially
antifungals and antibacterial agents, without full knowledge of the consequences of drug …

Multigram scale synthesis of A21, A new antibiotic equally effective and less toxic than amphotericin B

JD Flores-Romero, J Rodríguez-Lozada… - … Process Research & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A21 (2) is a new polyene macrolide Amphotericin B amide antibiotic derived from
amphotericin B AmB (1), which has been tested extensively on preclinical trials showing the …

Chemical and physical approaches for improved biopharmaceutical activity of amphotericin B: current and future prospective

A Mahor, DM Sawant, AK Goyal - Current Topics in Medicinal …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Over the last 50 years, the number of patients with mycotic infections has gradually
increased. Amphotericin-B is a gold-standard drug used in serious systemic fungal …