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ArticleScientific reports2023

Gliotoxin-mediated bacterial growth inhibition is caused by specific metal ion depletion.

Shane G Downes, Rebecca A Owens, Kieran Walshe, David A Fitzpatrick, Amber Dorey, Gary W Jones, Sean Doyle

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activity ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. Progress in Gliotoxin Research.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. Busulfan inhibitsFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shane G DownesDepartment of Biology, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Rebecca A OwensDepartment of Biology, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Kieran WalsheAccuplex Diagnostics Ltd, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
David A FitzpatrickDepartment of Biology, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Amber DoreyMolecular Parasitology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Gary W JonesCentre for Biomedical Science Research, School of Health, Leeds-Beckett University, Leeds, UK. gary.jones@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.
Sean DoyleDepartment of Biology, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland. sean.doyle@mu.ie.
National University of Ireland, Maynooth · IELeeds Beckett University · GBOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overcoming antimicrobial resistance represents a formidable challenge and investigating bacterial growth inhibition by fungal metabolites may yield new strategies. Although the fungal non-ribosomal peptide gliotoxin (GT) is known to exhibit antibacterial activity, the mechanism(s) of action are unknown, although reduced gliotoxin (dithiol gliotoxin; DTG) is a zinc chelator. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that GT synergises with vancomycin to inhibit growth of Staphylococcus aureus. Here we demonstrate, without precedent, that GT-mediated growth inhibition of both Gram positive and negative bacterial species is reversed by Zn

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GliotoxinChelating AgentsProteomicsVancomycinZincChelating AgentsGliotoxinVancomycinZinc

Identifiers

PMID37758814
PMCPMC10533825
OpenAlexW4387106268

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