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ArticleThe Journal of antibiotics2025

Exploration of vanoxerine analogues as antibacterial agents.

Alexander D H Kingdon, Holly V Adcock, Eleni-Marina Kasimati, Philip Craven, Willem van Schaik, Liam R Cox, Gurdyal S Besra

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Article in The Journal of antibiotics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Alexander D H KingdonSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. alexander.kingdon@lstmed.ac.uk.
Holly V AdcockSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Eleni-Marina KasimatiSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Philip CravenSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Willem van SchaikSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5832-0988
Liam R CoxSchool of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Gurdyal S BesraSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. g.besra@bham.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5605-0395

Funding

RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/R001154/1RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/S000542/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 108876/B/15/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 204846/Z/16/Z
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Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a bacterial pathogen, responsible for approximately 1.3 million deaths in 2022 through tuberculosis infections. The complex treatment regimen required to treat tuberculosis and growing rates of drug resistance, necessitates the development of new anti-mycobacterial agents. One approach is to repurpose drugs from other clinical applications. Vanoxerine (GBR 12909) was previously shown to have anti-mycobacterial activity, through dissipating the membrane electric potential and hence, cellular energetics. Several vanoxerine analogues were synthesised in this study, which exhibited a range of activities against mycobacteria and enterococcus. All active analogues had similar impacts on the membrane electric potential and inhibition of ethidium bromide efflux. The most active compound displayed reduced inhibitory activity against the known human target of vanoxerine, the dopamine transporter. This work has identified a promising analogue, which could provide a starting point for further medicinal chemistry and drug development efforts to target mycobacteria.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycobacterium tuberculosisAntitubercular AgentsEnterococcusHumansMembrane PotentialsMycobacteriumStructure-Activity RelationshipAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntitubercular Agents

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PMID39402358
PMCPMC11700842

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