ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023
The Properties of Linezolid, Rifampicin, and Vancomycin, as Well as the Mechanism of Action of Pentamidine, Determine Their Synergy against Gram-Negative Bacteria.
Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Abstract
Combining pentamidine with Gram-positive-targeting antibiotics has been proven to be a promising strategy for treating infections from Gram-negative bacteria (GNB). However, which antibiotics pentamidine can and cannot synergize with and the reasons for the differences are unclear. This study aimed to identify the possible mechanisms for the differences in the synergy of pentamidine with rifampicin, linezolid, tetracycline, erythromycin, and vancomycin against GNB. Checkerboard assays were used to detect the synergy of pentamidine and the different antibiotics. To determine the mechanism of pentamidine, fluorescent labeling assays were used to measure membrane permeability, membrane potential, efflux pump activity, and reactive oxygen species (ROS); the LPS neutralization assay was used to evaluate the target site; and quantitative PCR was used to measure changes in efflux pump gene expression. Our results revealed that pentamidine strongly synergized with rifampicin, linezolid, and tetracycline and moderately synergized with erythromycin, but did not synergize with vancomycin against
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