The extracellular matrix of mycobacterial biofilms: could we shorten the treatment of mycobacterial infections?

P Chakraborty, A Kumar - Microbial cell, 2019‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A number of non-tuberculous mycobacterium species are opportunistic pathogens and
ubiquitously form biofilms. These infections are often recalcitrant to treatment and require …

In vivo imaging with genetically encoded redox biosensors

AI Kostyuk, AS Panova, AD Kokova, DA Kotova… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Redox reactions are of high fundamental and practical interest since they are involved in
both normal physiology and the pathogenesis of various diseases. However, this area of …

[HTML][HTML] MtrA modulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell division in host microenvironments to mediate intrinsic resistance and drug tolerance

EJR Peterson, AN Brooks, DJ Reiss, A Kaur, J Do… - Cell Reports, 2023‏ - cell.com
The success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is largely attributed to its ability to
physiologically adapt and withstand diverse localized stresses within host …

Altered serine metabolism promotes drug tolerance in Mycobacterium abscessus via a WhiB7-mediated adaptive stress response

C Bernard, Y Liu, G Larrouy-Maumus… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024‏ - journals.asm.org
Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging opportunistic pathogen responsible for chronic
lung diseases, especially in patients with cystic fibrosis. Treatment failure of M. abscessus …

Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine Inhibitor of the Respiratory Cytochrome bcc Complex for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

X Lu, Z Williams, K Hards, J Tang… - ACS infectious …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Respiration is a promising target for the development of new antimycobacterial agents, with
a growing number of compounds in clinical development entering this target space …

Moxifloxacin-mediated killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis involves respiratory downshift, reductive stress, and accumulation of reactive oxygen species

S Shee, S Singh, A Tripathi, C Thakur… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
Moxifloxacin is central to treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Effects of moxifloxacin
on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis redox state were explored to identify strategies for …

In Vivo NADH/NAD+ Biosensing Reveals the Dynamics of Cytosolic Redox Metabolism in Plants

J Steinbeck, P Fuchs, YL Negroni, M Elsässer… - Plant Cell, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
NADH and NAD+ are a ubiquitous cellular redox couple. Although the central role of NAD in
plant metabolism and its regulatory role have been investigated extensively at the …

Gene evolutionary trajectories in Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveal temporal signs of selection

Á Chiner-Oms, MG López, M Moreno-Molina… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
Genetic differences between different Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains
determine their ability to transmit within different host populations, their latency times, and …

Antitubercular activity of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole derivatives targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis type II NADH dehydrogenase

P Saha, S Sau, NP Kalia, DK Sharma - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) type II NADH dehydrogenase (NDH-2) transports
electrons into the mycobacterial respiratory pathway at the cost of reduction of NADH to …

Bioenergetics of Mycobacterium: An Emerging Landscape for Drug Discovery

IK Iqbal, S Bajeli, AK Akela, A Kumar - Pathogens, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) exhibits remarkable metabolic flexibility that enables it to
survive a plethora of host environments during its life cycle. With the advent of bedaquiline …