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ArticleBiomolecules2023

Repurposing an Antioxidant to Kill

Wenqi Dong, Gaoyan Wang, Yajuan Bai, Yuxin Li, Liying Zhao, Wenjia Lu, Chenchen Wang, Zhaoran Zhang, Hao Lu, Xiangru Wang and 2 more

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Article in Biomolecules, 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
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenqi DongNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Gaoyan WangNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Yajuan BaiNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Yuxin LiNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Liying ZhaoNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Wenjia LuNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Chenchen WangNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Zhaoran ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Hao LuNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Xiangru WangNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0191-1378
Huanchun ChenNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Chen TanNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CN

Funding

the National Key Research and Development Program 2021YFD1800402the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2021CFA016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis and drug-resistant TB remain serious threats to global public health. It is urgent to develop novel anti-TB drugs in order to control it. In addition to redesigning and developing new anti-TB drugs, drug repurposing is also an innovative way to develop antibacterial drugs. Based on this method, we discovered SKQ-1 in the FDA-approved drug library and evaluated its anti-TB activity. In vitro, we demonstrated that SKQ-1 engaged in bactericidal activity against drug-sensitive and -resistant Mtb and confirmed the synergistic effects of SKQ1 with RIF and INH. Moreover, SKQ-1 showed a significant Mtb-killing effect in macrophages. In vivo, both the SKQ-1 treatment alone and the treatment in combination with RIF were able to significantly reduce the bacterial load and improve the survival rate of

Indexed as

Mycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisAntioxidantsAntitubercular AgentsDrug RepositioningHumansRibosomesAntioxidantsAntitubercular Agents50S ribosomal subunitanti-tuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisprotein translationSKQ-1

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PMID38136663
PMCPMC10742058
OpenAlexW4389737342

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