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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2025

Microbiological evidence for the trisubstituted benzimidazoles targeting MmpL3 in

Mengyun Zhang, Renee Allen, Lauren Ames, Curtis A Engelhart, Diana Quach, Xiaoying Lv, Genhui Xiao, Heng Wang, Jinglan Wang, Liangliang Zhou and 6 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Mengyun ZhangGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0004-9911-3212
Renee AllenCenter for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Lauren AmesCenter for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Curtis A EngelhartDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Diana QuachLinnaeus Bioscience Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
Xiaoying LvGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.
Genhui XiaoGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.
Heng WangGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.
Jinglan WangGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.
Liangliang ZhouGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.
Miaomiao PanGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.
Joseph SugieLinnaeus Bioscience Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
Joe PoglianoLinnaeus Bioscience Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
Dirk SchnappingerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4445-7219
Tanya ParishCenter for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7507-0423
Shawn ChenGlobal Health Drug Discovery Institute, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6678-3293

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation INV-056399Gates Foundation INV-008249
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs with novel modes of action are in great demand due to the complex treatment regimens as well as the rising number of multidrug-resistant TB cases. We recently re-evaluated a few 2,5,6-trisubstituted benzimidazole derivatives (SBZ) previously demonstrated to have potent antitubercular activity. These compounds displayed favorable MICs and significantly reduced bacterial counts in an acute mouse infection model. Although this antitubercular lead series was initially reported to inhibit mycobacterial cell division, our findings suggest that its primary activity likely involves other cellular targets. By using bacterial cytological profiling, we observed that SBZ-treated

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Antitubercular AgentsBacterial ProteinsBenzimidazolesMycobacterium tuberculosisAnimalsCell WallMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular Docking SimulationAntitubercular AgentsBacterial ProteinsBenzimidazolesMembrane Transport ProteinsMmpL3 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosismechanisms of actionMmpL3Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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PMID40827962
PMCPMC12486814

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