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ArticleFuture medicinal chemistry2017

Activity of a novel protonophore against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Nagendran Tharmalingam, Elamparithi Jayamani, Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Dawilmer Castillo, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Michael J Kelso, Eleftherios Mylonakis

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Article in Future medicinal chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nagendran TharmalingamInfectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Elamparithi JayamaniInfectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Rajmohan RajamuthiahInfectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Dawilmer CastilloInfectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Beth Burgwyn FuchsInfectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Michael J KelsoIllawarra Health & Medical Research Institute & School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
Eleftherios MylonakisInfectious Diseases Division, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Rhode Island Hospital · USIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute · AU

Funding

Technical Mother Machine CoreP01AI083214 · NIAID · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI David C Hooper · 2009 to 2026
$39.4M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI083214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimCompound 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-hydroxy-2-buten-1-one (compound 1) was identified as a hit against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain MW2. METHODS &

resultsThe MIC of compound 1 against MRSA was 4 μg/ml. The compound showed enhanced activity at acidic pH by lowering bacterial intracellular pH and exhibited no lysis of human red blood cells at up to 64 μg/ml and its IC

conclusionCompound 1 is a protonophore with potent in vitro and in vivo activity against MRSA and no toxicity in mammalian cells up to 8 μg/ml that warrants further investigation as a novel antibacterial.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCaenorhabditis elegansCell SurvivalDose-Response Relationship, DrugErythrocytesHep G2 CellsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMacrophagesMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMolecular StructureMothsPropiophenonesStructure-Activity Relationship1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-hydroxy-2-buten-1-oneAnti-Bacterial AgentsPropiophenonesantibioticGalleria mellonellamacrophagesMRSA infectionprotonophoreS. aureus

Identifiers

PMID28771026
PMCPMC5941710
OpenAlexW2742518579

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