Parkinson’s drug starves gut microbes of iron

IF 20.5 1区生物学 Q1 MICROBIOLOGY

Nature Microbiology Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI:10.1038/s41564-024-01863-y

Jan Homolak, Lara Berg, Lisa Maier

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Abstract

Entacapone, a drug used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, disrupts gut microbial communities by sequestering iron, creating a competitive advantage for iron-scavenging microbes that often carry antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes.

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帕金森病药物使肠道微生物缺乏铁元素

恩他卡朋是一种用于治疗帕金森病的药物，它能通过封存铁扰乱肠道微生物群落，为通常携带抗菌药耐药性和毒力基因的铁清除微生物创造竞争优势。

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Nature Microbiology Immunology and Microbiology-Microbiology

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44.40

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1.10%

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226

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