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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2024

Development of a luciferase-based Gram-positive bacterial reporter system for the characterization of antimicrobial agents.

Nga Man Lam, Tsz Fung Tsang, Jiayi Qu, Man Wai Tsang, Yuan Tao, Cheuk Hei Kan, Qingyu Zou, King Hong Chan, Adrian Jun Chu, Cong Ma and 1 more

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors.

Nga Man LamDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1400-6211
Tsz Fung TsangDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7904-277X
Jiayi QuDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0009-0001-8790-6571
Man Wai TsangDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0009-0001-3206-5779
Yuan TaoDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0009-0006-1869-0777
Cheuk Hei KanDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1246-4809
Qingyu ZouDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0009-0007-6712-8921
King Hong ChanState Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7908-4857
Adrian Jun ChuDepartment of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9206-9395
Cong Ma *State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9245-0356
Xiao Yang *Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3071-6531

Funding

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) FIA2018/A/03, PFP202210-008Hong Kong Food and Bureau HMRF 19180052Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) 1-ZE2EHong Kong Research Grants Council 14107919Hong Kong Research Grants Council C5008-19G, 15100021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanistic investigations are of paramount importance in elucidating the modes of action of antibiotics and facilitating the discovery of novel drugs. We reported a luciferase-based reporter system using bacterial cells to unveil mechanisms of antimicrobials targeting transcription and translation. The reporter gene IMPORTANCE: Discovering new classes of antibiotics is desperately needed to combat the emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens. To facilitate the drug discovery process, a simple cell-based assay for mechanistic studies is essential to characterize antimicrobial candidates. In this work, we developed a luciferase-based reporter system to quantify the transcriptional and translational effects of potential compounds and validated our system using two currently marketed drugs. Reporter strains generated in this study provide readily available means for identifying bacterial transcription inhibitors as prospective novel antibacterials. We also provided a series of plasmids for characterizing promoters under various conditions such as stress.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacillus subtilisGenes, ReporterLuciferasesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsLuciferasesantimicrobial agentsantimicrobial resistancedrug discoverynovel antibioticsreporter assaytranscription inhibitorstranslation inhibitors

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PMID39016615
PMCPMC11337827

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