In Vitro Anti-tuberculosis Activity of Total Crude Extract of Echinops Amplexicaulis against Multi-drug Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Komakech Kevin ◽  
Kateregga John ◽  
Namaganda Carolyn ◽  
Semugenze Derrick ◽  
Aloysius Lubega
Author(s):  
Shaochen Guo ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Lei Fu ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Weiyan Zhang ◽  
...  

In this work, we assess anti-tuberculosis activity of OTB-658 in vitro and in vivo . In vitro , OTB-658 showed bacteriostatic effectiveness with a lower minimum inhibitory concentration than linezolid against Mycobacterium tuberculosis . The minimal bactericidal concentrations and time-kill curves for OTB-658 indicated similar inhibition activity to that of linezolid. OTB-658 entered macrophages to inhibit of M. tuberculosis growth. OTB-658 had a low mutant frequency (10 −8 ), which would prevent drug-resistant mutations from emerging in combination regimens. In vivo , OTB-658 reduced colony-forming unit counts in the lungs and slightly inhibited bacterial growth in the spleen in the early stage and steady state in acute and chronic murine TB models. These results support the preclinical evaluation of OTB-658 and further clinical trials in China.


2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaojing Zong ◽  
Wei Jing ◽  
Jin Shi ◽  
Shu'an Wen ◽  
Tingting Zhang ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Oxazolidinones are efficacious in treating mycobacterial infections, including tuberculosis (TB) caused by drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this study, we compared the in vitro activities and MIC distributions of delpazolid, a novel oxazolidinone, and linezolid against multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) in China. Additionally, genetic mutations in 23S rRNA, rplC, and rplD genes were analyzed to reveal potential mechanisms underlying the observed oxazolidinone resistance. A total of 240 M. tuberculosis isolates were included in this study, including 120 MDR-TB isolates and 120 XDR-TB isolates. Overall, linezolid and delpazolid MIC90 values for M. tuberculosis isolates were 0.25 mg/liter and 0.5 mg/liter, respectively. Based on visual inspection, we tentatively set epidemiological cutoff (ECOFF) values for MIC determinations for linezolid and delpazolid at 1.0 mg/liter and 2.0 mg/liter, respectively. Although no significant difference in resistance rates was observed between linezolid and delpazolid among XDR-TB isolates (P > 0.05), statistical analysis revealed a significantly greater proportion of linezolid-resistant isolates than delpazolid-resistant isolates within the MDR-TB group (P = 0.036). Seven (53.85%) of 13 linezolid-resistant isolates were found to harbor mutations within the three target genes. Additionally, 1 isolate exhibited an amino acid substitution (Arg126His) within the protein encoded by rplD that contributed to high-level resistance to linezolid (MIC of >16 mg/liter), compared to a delpazolid MIC of 0.25. In conclusion, in vitro susceptibility testing revealed that delpazolid antibacterial activity was comparable to that of linezolid. A novel mutation within rplD that endowed M. tuberculosis with linezolid, but not delpazolid, resistance was identified.


2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 567-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fa Ge ◽  
Fanli Zeng ◽  
Siguo Liu ◽  
Na Guo ◽  
Haiqing Ye ◽  
...  

Reports have shown that oleanolic acid (OA), a triterpenoid, exists widely in food, medicinal herbs and other plants, and that it has antimycobacterial activity against the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv (ATCC 27294). In this study it was found that OA had antimycobacterial properties against eight clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis and that the MICs of OA against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant isolates were 50–100 and 100–200 μg ml−1, respectively. The combination of OA with isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RMP) or ethambutol (EMB) showed favourable synergistic antimycobacterial effects against six drug-resistant strains, with fractional inhibitory concentration indices of 0.121–0.347, 0.113–0.168 and 0.093–0.266, respectively. The combination treatments of OA/INH, OA/RMP and OA/EMB displayed either a synergistic interaction or did not show any interaction against two drug-sensitive strains. No antagonism resulting from the OA/INH, OA/RMP or OA/EMB combination was observed for any of the strains tested. OA exhibited a relatively low cytotoxicity in Vero cells. These results indicate that OA may serve as a promising lead compound for future antimycobacterial drug development.


Pharmaceutics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1071
Author(s):  
Erika A. Peláez Coyotl ◽  
Jacqueline Barrios Palacios ◽  
Gabriel Muciño ◽  
Daniel Moreno-Blas ◽  
Miguel Costas ◽  
...  

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the principal cause of human tuberculosis (TB), which is a serious health problem worldwide. The development of innovative therapeutic modalities to treat TB is mainly due to the emergence of multi drug resistant (MDR) TB. Autophagy is a cell-host defense process. Previous studies have reported that autophagy-activating agents eliminate intracellular MDR MTB. Thus, combining a direct antibiotic activity against circulating bacteria with autophagy activation to eliminate bacteria residing inside cells could treat MDR TB. We show that the synthetic peptide, IP-1 (KFLNRFWHWLQLKPGQPMY), induced autophagy in HEK293T cells and macrophages at a low dose (10 μM), while increasing the dose (50 μM) induced cell death; IP-1 induced the secretion of TNFα in macrophages and killed Mtb at a dose where macrophages are not killed by IP-1. Moreover, IP-1 showed significant therapeutic activity in a mice model of progressive pulmonary TB. In terms of the mechanism of action, IP-1 sequesters ATP in vitro and inside living cells. Thus, IP-1 is the first antimicrobial peptide that eliminates MDR MTB infection by combining four activities: reducing ATP levels, bactericidal activity, autophagy activation, and TNFα secretion.


2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 3255-3262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Scherman ◽  
Elton J. North ◽  
Victoria Jones ◽  
Tamara N. Hess ◽  
Anna E. Grzegorzewicz ◽  
...  

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
S P Klemens ◽  
C A Sharpe ◽  
M H Cynamon

The activity of pyrazinamide (PZA) against eight isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a murine infection model was evaluated. M. tuberculosis isolates with various degrees of in vitro susceptibility to PZA (MIC range, 32 to > 2,048 micrograms/ml) were used. Four-week-old female mice were infected intravenously with approximately 10(7) viable M. tuberculosis organisms. PZA at 150 mg/kg of body weight was started 1 day postinfection and given 5 days/week for 4 weeks. Infected but untreated mice were compared with PZA-treated mice. Mice were sacrificed at the completion of the treatment period, and viable cell counts were determined from homogenates of spleens and right lungs. PZA had activity in the murine test system against M. tuberculosis isolates for which the MICs were < or = 256 micrograms/ml. However, there was an inconsistent correlation between the absolute MICs and the reductions in organ viable cell counts. Studies with drug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates with an isogenic background would improve evaluation of drug efficacy in the murine test system. Further evaluation of antimycobacterial agents against monodrug-resistant isolates will provide data that will be useful for development of algorithms for treatment of infection with drug-resistant organisms.


2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna Maccari ◽  
Rosaria Ottanà ◽  
Francesca Monforte ◽  
Maria Gabriella Vigorita

ABSTRACT As a result of our search for new isoniazid derivatives with extended spectra of activity, we evaluated the in vitro antimycobacterial activities of isonicotinohydrazides (compounds 2) and their cyanoborane adducts (compounds 3), both obtained by the reaction of isonicotinoylhydrazones (compounds 1) with sodium cyanoborohydride. Most of the tested compounds displayed moderate to high activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, with MICs ranging from 0.2 to 12.5 μg/ml. In particular, some hydrazides showed activity similar to that of rifampin (MIC = 0.2 μg/ml) and rather low cytotoxicity, so that they were generally shown to possess high safety indices. In contrast, the coordination to a cyanoborane (BH2CN) group (compounds 3) in general brought about a decrease in antimycobacterial activity, while cytotoxicity increased. Interestingly, selected compounds 1 to 3, mostly hydrazides (compounds 2), were effective in killing M. tuberculosis growing within macrophages at concentrations in culture medium which were much lower than the corresponding MICs. These compounds also displayed good activity against drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains.


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