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ArticleGut pathogens2022

Myxopyronin B inhibits growth of a Fidaxomicin-resistant Clostridioides difficile isolate and interferes with toxin synthesis.

Madita Brauer, Jennifer Herrmann, Daniela Zühlke, Rolf Müller, Katharina Riedel, Susanne Sievers

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Article in Gut pathogens, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance: Innovative Drugs in Antibacterial Research.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Madita BrauerInstitute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Jennifer HerrmannHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Daniela ZühlkeInstitute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Rolf MüllerHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Katharina RiedelInstitute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Susanne SieversInstitute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. susanne.sievers@uni-greifswald.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5457-2552
Universität Greifswald · DEGerman Center for Infection Research · DEUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DE

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 03ZZ0823A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The anaerobic, gastrointestinal pathogen Clostridioides difficile can cause severe forms of enterocolitis which is mainly mediated by the toxins it produces. The RNA polymerase inhibitor Fidaxomicin is the current gold standard for the therapy of C. difficile infections due to several beneficial features including its ability to suppress toxin synthesis in C. difficile. In contrast to the Rifamycins, Fidaxomicin binds to the RNA polymerase switch region, which is also the binding site for Myxopyronin B. Here, serial broth dilution assays were performed to test the susceptibility of C. difficile and other anaerobes to Myxopyronin B, proving that the natural product is considerably active against C. difficile and that there is no cross-resistance between Fidaxomicin and Myxopyronin B in a Fidaxomicin-resistant C. difficile strain. Moreover, mass spectrometry analysis indicated that Myxopyronin B is able to suppress early phase toxin synthesis in C. difficile to the same degree as Fidaxomicin. Conclusively, Myxopyronin B is proposed as a new lead structure for the design of novel antibiotics for the therapy of C. difficile infections.

Indexed as

Antibiotic resistanceAntibiotic therapyClostridioides difficileFidaxomicinMass spectrometryMyxopyronin BRifaximinRNA polymerase inhibitorsToxins

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PMID34991700
PMCPMC8739712
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