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Uppsala University scientists have identified a new antibiotic class effective against drug-resistant bacteria, showing promise in mouse models. This discovery, targeting a novel bacterial protein, could lead to vital treatments for infections previously deemed untreatable, marking a crucial advancement in the ongoing battle against antibiotic resistance.
Increasingly though, the global rise in antibiotic resistance threatens their effectiveness. In order to ensure access to effective antibiotics in the future, the development of novel therapeutics to which there is no existing resistance is essential.Researchers at Uppsala University have recently published their work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA describing a new class of antibiotics developed as a part of multi-national consortia.
Not all bacteria produce this layer, but those that do include the organisms that have been identified by the World Health Organization as being the most critical to develop novel treatments for, includingthat have already developed resistance to available antibiotics. The researchers were able to show that this new antibiotic class is highly active against multidrug-resistant bacteria and was able to treat bloodstream infections in a mouse model, demonstrating the promise of this class.
Importantly, since this compound class is completely new and the protein LpxH has not yet been exploited as a target for antibiotics there is no pre-existing resistance to this class of compounds. This is in contrast to the many ‘me-too’ antibiotics of existing classes currently in clinical development. While the current results are very promising there will be considerable additional work required before compounds of this class will be ready for clinical trials.
Reference: “Antibiotic class with potent in vivo activity targeting lipopolysaccharide synthesis in Gram-negative bacteria” by Douglas L. Huseby, Sha Cao, Edouard Zamaratski, Sanjeewani Sooriyaarachchi, Shabbir Ahmad, Terese Bergfors, Laura Krasnova, Juris Pelss, Martins Ikaunieks, Einars Loza, Martins Katkevics, Olga Bobileva, Helena Cirule, Baiba Gukalova, Solveiga Grinberga, Maria Backlund, Ivailo Simoff, Anna T. Leber, Talía Berruga-Fernández, Dmitry Antonov, Vivekananda R.
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