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Home / Archives for von Groll A

Efflux Pumps in Mycobacteria: Antimicrobial Resistance, Physiological Functions, and Role in Pathogenicity

  • Autores: Almeida da Silva PE, Couto I, Machado D, Ramos D, Viveiros M, von Groll A
  • Ano de Publicação: 2016
  • Journal: Efflux-Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
  • Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-39658-3_21%20

The emergence of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis represents a major threat to the control of the disease. Antimicrobial drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is not merely a consequence of the occurrence of gene mutations in the drug targets but a balance between the acquisition of mutations and drug efflux. The low permeability of the […]
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In vitro and in silico analysis of the efficiency of tetrahydropyridines as drug efflux inhibitors in Escherichia coli

  • Autores: Almeida da Silva PE, Bonacorso HG, Cantos J, Carrion LL, Costa SS, Couto I, Fernandes LD, Junqueira E, Machado KS, Martins MA, Ramos DF, Seus VR, Silva L Jr, Viveiros M, von Groll A, Zanatta N
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Link: http://www.ijaaonline.com/article/S0924-8579(17)30026-2/fulltext

The objectives of this study were to evaluate tetrahydropyridine derivatives as efflux inhibitors and to understand the mechanism of action of the compounds by in silico studies. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination, fluorometric methods and docking simulations were performed. The compounds NUNL02, NUNL09 and NUNL10 inhibited efflux, and NUNL02 is very likely a substrate of […]
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Interplay between Mutations and Efflux in Drug Resistant Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Autores: Coelho TS, Couto I, Machado D, Maschmann RA, Perdigão J, Pereira C, Portugal I, Ramos DF, Rossetti MLR, Silva PA, Viveiros M, von Groll A
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00711/full

Numerous studies show efflux as a universal bacterial mechanism contributing to antibiotic resistance and also that the activity of the antibiotics subject to efflux can be enhanced by the combined use of efflux inhibitors. Nevertheless, the contribution of efflux to the overall drug resistance levels of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is poorly understood and […]
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Activity of rifabutin and hemi-synthetic derivatives against Mycobacterium abscessus

  • Autores: da Silva PEA, do Ceu Costa M, Figueiredo R, Halicki PCB, Ramis IB, Ramos DF, Viveiros M, von Groll A
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: Medicinal Chemistry
  • Link: http://www.eurekaselect.com/158037/article

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium abscessus causes a wide range of clinical diseases that are difficult to treat. This microorganism is resistant not only to the classical antituberculosis agents but also to most of the antimicrobials that are currently available, resulting in limited therapeutic options and treatment failure. This scenario stresses the need to search for new drugs […]
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Enhancement of antibiotic activity by efflux inhibitors against multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Brazil

  • Autores: Coelho T, Couto I, Machado D, Maschmann R, Ramos D, Rossetti ML, Silva PA, Viveiros M, von Groll A
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412083/%20

Drug resistant tuberculosis continues to increase and new approaches for its treatment are necessary. The identification of M. tuberculosis clinical isolates presenting efflux as part of their resistant phenotype has a major impact in tuberculosis treatment. In this work, we used a checkerboard procedure combined with the tetrazolium microplate-based assay (TEMA) to study single combinations […]
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