Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21517780›Full record

ReviewCurrent medicinal chemistry2011

The antibiotic potential of prokaryotic IMP dehydrogenase inhibitors.

L Hedstrom, G Liechti, J B Goldberg, D R Gollapalli

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Review in Current medicinal chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L HedstromBrandeis University, Departments of Biology, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA. hedstrom@brandeis.edu
G Liechti
J B Goldberg
D R Gollapalli
Brandeis University · US

Funding

Cancer Research Training Program: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic StrategiesT32CA009109 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Andrew Carl Dudley, Melanie R Rutkowski · 1985 to 2026
$13.9M
INOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASER01GM054403 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI HEDSTROM, LIZBETH K. · 1998 to 2016
$4.2M
Development of IMPDH-Targeted Drugs against CrytosporidiumU01AI075466 · NIAID · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI HEDSTROM, LIZBETH K. · 2007 to 2010
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS 5T32 CA 009109NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009109NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI075466NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM054403
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) catalyzes the first committed step of guanosine 5'-monophosphate (GMP) biosynthesis, and thus regulates the guanine nucleotide pool, which in turn governs proliferation. Human IMPDHs are validated targets for immunosuppressive, antiviral and anticancer drugs, but as yet microbial IMPDHs have not been exploited in antimicrobial chemotherapy. Selective inhibitors of IMPDH from Cryptosporidium parvum have recently been discovered that display anti-parasitic activity in cell culture models of infection. X-ray crystal structure and mutagenesis experiments identified the structural features that determine inhibitor susceptibility. These features are found in IMPDHs from a wide variety of pathogenic bacteria, including select agents and multiply drug resistant strains. A second generation inhibitor displays antibacterial activity against Helicobacter pylori, demonstrating the antibiotic potential of IMPDH inhibitors.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaDrug Resistance, BacterialEnzyme InhibitorsHumansIMP DehydrogenaseSpecies SpecificityAnti-Bacterial AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsIMP Dehydrogenase

Identifiers

PMID21517780
PMCPMC5036587
OpenAlexW2123102289

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