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  • 标题:The anti-mycobacterial activity of the cytochrome bcc inhibitor Q203 can be enhanced by small-molecule inhibition of cytochrome bd
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  • 作者:Ping Lu ; Amer H. Asseri ; Martijn Kremer
  • 期刊名称:Scientific Reports
  • 电子版ISSN:2045-2322
  • 出版年度:2018
  • 卷号:8
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:2625
  • DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-20989-8
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Springer Nature
  • 摘要:Mycobacterial energy metabolism currently attracts strong attention as new target space for development of anti-tuberculosis drugs. The imidazopyridine Q203 targets the cytochrome bcc complex of the respiratory chain, a key component in energy metabolism. Q203 blocks growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at nanomolar concentrations, however, it fails to actually kill the bacteria, which may limit the clinical applicability of this candidate drug. In this report we show that inhibition of cytochrome bd, a parallel branch of the mycobacterial respiratory chain, by aurachin D invoked bactericidal activity of Q203. In biochemical assays using inverted membrane vesicles from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis we found that inhibition of respiratory chain activity by Q203 was incomplete, but could be enhanced by inactivation of cytochrome bd, either by genetic knock-out or by inhibition with aurachin D. These results indicate that simultaneously targeting the cytochrome bcc and the cytochrome bd branch of the mycobacterial respiratory chain may turn out as effective strategy for combating M. tuberculosis.
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