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Chee E, Brown AC. Biomimetic antimicrobial material strategies for combating antibiotic resistant bacteria. Biomater Sci 2020; 8:1089-1100. [DOI: 10.1039/c9bm01393h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Antibiotic drugs have revolutionized the field of medicine for almost 90 years. However, continued use has led to the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria. To combat these bacteria, biomimetic material strategies have been investigated.
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- Eunice Chee
- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
- North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
- Raleigh
- USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
- North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
- Raleigh
- USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute
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Fraser-Spears R, Krause-Heuer AM, Basiouny M, Mayer FP, Manishimwe R, Wyatt NA, Dobrowolski JC, Roberts MP, Greguric I, Kumar N, Koek W, Sitte HH, Callaghan PD, Fraser BH, Daws LC. Comparative analysis of novel decynium-22 analogs to inhibit transport by the low-affinity, high-capacity monoamine transporters, organic cation transporters 2 and 3, and plasma membrane monoamine transporter. Eur J Pharmacol 2018; 842:351-364. [PMID: 30473490 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Growing evidence supports involvement of low-affinity/high-capacity organic cation transporters (OCTs) and plasma membrane monoamine transporter (PMAT) in regulating clearance of monoamines. Currently decynium-22 (D22) is the best pharmacological tool to study these transporters, however it does not readily discriminate among them, underscoring a need to develop compounds with greater selectivity for each of these transporters. We developed seven D22 analogs, and previously reported that some have lower affinity for α1-adrenoceptors than D22 and showed antidepressant-like activity in mice. Here, we extend these findings to determine the affinity of these analogs for OCT2, OCT3 and PMAT, as well as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine transporters (SERT, NET and DAT) using a combination of uptake competition with [3H]methyl-4-phenylpyridinium acetate in overexpressed HEK cells and [3H]citalopram, [3H]nisoxetine and [3H]WIN 35428 displacement binding in mouse hippocampal and striatal preparations. Like D22, all analogs showed greater binding affinities for OCT3 than OCT2 and PMAT. However, unlike D22, some analogs also showed modest affinity for SERT and DAT. Dual OCT3/SERT and/or OCT3/DAT actions of certain analogs may help explain their ability to produce antidepressant-like effects in mice and help account for our previous findings that D22 lacks antidepressant-like effects unless SERT function is either genetically or pharmacologically compromised. Though these analogs are not superior than D22 in discriminating among OCTs/PMAT, our findings point to development of compounds with combined ability to inhibit both low-affinity/high-capacity transporters, such as OCT3, and high-affinity/low-capacity transporters, such as SERT, as therapeutics with potentially improved efficacy for treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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- Rheaclare Fraser-Spears
- Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States; University of the Incarnate Word, Feik School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, United States
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Währingerstraße 13A, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- University of New South Wales, School of Chemistry, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Währingerstraße 13A, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia
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- Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States; Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States.
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Łobocka M, Hejnowicz MS, Dąbrowski K, Gozdek A, Kosakowski J, Witkowska M, Ulatowska MI, Weber-Dąbrowska B, Kwiatek M, Parasion S, Gawor J, Kosowska H, Głowacka A. Genomics of staphylococcal Twort-like phages--potential therapeutics of the post-antibiotic era. Adv Virus Res 2012; 83:143-216. [PMID: 22748811 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394438-2.00005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Polyvalent bacteriophages of the genus Twort-like that infect clinically relevant Staphylococcus strains may be among the most promising phages with potential therapeutic applications. They are obligatorily lytic, infect the majority of Staphylococcus strains in clinical strain collections, propagate efficiently and do not transfer foreign DNA by transduction. Comparative genomic analysis of 11 S. aureus/S. epidermidis Twort-like phages, as presented in this chapter, emphasizes their strikingly high similarity and clear divergence from phage Twort of the same genus, which might have evolved in hosts of a different species group. Genetically, these phages form a relatively isolated group, which minimizes the risk of acquiring potentially harmful genes. The order of genes in core parts of their 127 to 140-kb genomes is conserved and resembles that found in related representatives of the Spounavirinae subfamily of myoviruses. Functions of certain conserved genes can be predicted based on their homology to prototypical genes of model spounavirus SPO1. Deletions in the genomes of certain phages mark genes that are dispensable for phage development. Nearly half of the genes of these phages have no known homologues. Unique genes are mostly located near termini of the virion DNA molecule and are expressed early in phage development as implied by analysis of their potential transcriptional signals. Thus, many of them are likely to play a role in host takeover. Single genes encode homologues of bacterial virulence-associated proteins. They were apparently acquired by a common ancestor of these phages by horizontal gene transfer but presumably evolved towards gaining functions that increase phage infectivity for bacteria or facilitate mature phage release. Major differences between the genomes of S. aureus/S. epidermidis Twort-like phages consist of single nucleotide polymorphisms and insertions/deletions of short stretches of nucleotides, single genes, or introns of group I. Although the number and location of introns may vary between particular phages, intron shuffling is unlikely to be a major factor responsible for specificity differences.
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- Małgorzata Łobocka
- Department of Microbial Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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