Lusutrombopag as a Repurposing Drug in Combination with Aminoglycosides against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

Due to the widespread abuse of antibiotics, drug resistance in Enterococcus has been increasing. However, the speed of antibiotic discovery cannot keep pace with the acquisition of bacterial resistance. Thus, drug repurposing is a proposed strategy to solve the crises. Lusutrombopag (LP) has been approved as a thrombopoietin receptor agonist by the Food and Drug Administration. This study demonstrated that LP exhibited significant antimicrobial activities against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in vitro with rare resistance occurrence. Further, LP combined with tobramycin exhibited synergistic antimicrobial effects in vitro and in vivo against Enterococcus. No in vitro or in vivo detectable toxicity was observed when using LP. Mechanism studies indicated that the disrupted proton motive force may account for LP's antimicrobial activity. In summary, these results demonstrate that LP has the previously undocumented potential to serve as an antibacterial agent against refractory infections caused by Enterococcus.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

ACS infectious diseases - 10(2024), 4 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 1327-1338

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

She, Pengfei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Linhui [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yifan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Linying [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Guanqing [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yong [VerfasserIn]

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Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimicrobial
Cinnamates
Drug repurposing
Enterococci
Journal Article
Lusutrombopag
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Resistance
Thiazoles
Vancomycin

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00737

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NLM370572858