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ArticleACS central science2025

Dual-Functional Antibiotic Adjuvant Displays Potency against Complicated Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections and Exhibits Immunomodulatory Properties.

Geetika Dhanda, Himani Singh, Abhinav Gupta, Sk Abdul Mohid, Karishma Biswas, Riya Mukherjee, Smriti Mukherjee, Anirban Bhunia, Nisanth N Nair, Jayanta Haldar

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Article in ACS central science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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10 authors.

Geetika DhandaAntimicrobial Research Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka, India.
Himani SinghAntimicrobial Research Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka, India.
Abhinav GuptaDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India.
Sk Abdul MohidDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700091, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6574-0179
Karishma BiswasDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700091, India.
Riya MukherjeeAntimicrobial Research Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka, India.
Smriti MukherjeeAntimicrobial Research Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka, India.
Anirban BhuniaDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700091, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-2842
Nisanth N NairDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-8873
Jayanta HaldarAntimicrobial Research Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru 560064, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8068-1015

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections is challenged by antibiotic resistance and complicated forms of infection like persistence, multispecies biofilms, intracellular infection, as well as infection-associated hyperinflammation and sepsis. To overcome these challenges, a dual-functional antibiotic adjuvant has been developed as a novel strategy to target complicated forms of bacterial infection and exhibit immunomodulatory properties. The lead adjuvant, D-LBDiphe showed multimodal mechanisms of action like weak outer membrane permeabilization, weak membrane depolarization, and inhibition of efflux machinery, guided primarily by hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions, along with weak van der Waals forces. D-LBDiphe potentiated antibiotics up to ∼4100-fold, targeted phenotypic forms of antibiotic tolerance, and revitalized antibiotics against topical and systemic infections of

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