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ToolsGibbons, Simon, Oluwatuyi, Moyosoluwa and Kaatz, Glenn W. (2003) A novel inhibitor of multidrug efflux pumps in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 51 (1). pp. 13-17. ISSN 0305-7453
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GG918, a synthetic inhibitor of P-glycoprotein-mediated mammalian tumour multidrug resistance, was found to be equipotent to reserpine in enhancing the in vitro activity of norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin against strains of Staphylococcus aureus expressing distinct efflux-related multidrug resistance pumps. Four- to eight-fold reductions in MICs of these fluoroquinolones were observed for SA-1199B, a strain that overexpresses NorA (the major S. aureus multidrug transporter), and SA-K2068, which possesses a multidrug efflux-related pump distinct from NorA. Neither inhibitor potentiated the activity of newer fluoroquinolones such as levofloxacin or moxifloxacin by more than two-fold, and this effect was observed only in SA-1199B and SA-K2068. GG918 and reserpine exposure resulted in two- to four-fold reductions in norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin MICs in a fluoroquinolone-susceptible control strain and in strains expressing the MsrA and TetK proteins, which mediate efflux-related resistance to macrolides and tetracyclines, respectively, suggesting inhibition of as yet uncharacterized pumps for which norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin are substrates. In the MsrA- and TetK-expressing strains no more than a two-fold augmentation of erythromycin or tetracycline activity was observed with either inhibitor, suggesting minimal, if any, inhibitory activity against these efflux proteins. Using GG918 as a lead compound, a structure–activity evaluation may reveal a more potent and broader spectrum inhibitor of S. aureus antibiotic efflux pumps.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2020 00:07 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 06:27 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75996 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jac/dkg044 |
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