P. Garidel, K. Brandenburg, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Physikalische Chemie
{"title":"Current Understanding of Polymyxin B Applications in Bacteraemia/ Sepsis Therapy Prevention: Clinical, Pharmaceutical, Structural and Mechanistic Aspects","authors":"P. Garidel, K. Brandenburg, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Physikalische Chemie","doi":"10.2174/187152109789760171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109789760171","url":null,"abstract":"Polymyxin B (PMB) belongs to a class of antibiotics discovered more than six decades ago. PMB was used for various bacterial infection threatening, in particular to sepsis. Its use, however, was abandoned because of the observation of severe side effects. In the last years this view changed due to the appearance of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens, which were resistant to most available antibiotics, leading to a re-evaluation of the polymyxin antibiotics (PMB and PME). Although there is a large market potential for the development of drugs to fight sepsis, the available successful clinical strategies are very limited. The cause for this lies in the clinical failures of a number of drug candidates, which were tested in the last years. This was attributed to some extent to our elementary understanding of the pathophysiology of sepsis, to not optimally designed clinical trials and a lack of appropriate pre-clinical models to establish the proof of concept (POC). At that time there were just humble knowledge about the structural mechanisms involved in the advantageous aspects of PMB-endotoxin interactions to increase the knowledges outcome in sepsis therapy. Therefore, the current paper describes the clinical aspects of PMB application in bacteraemia and sepsis therapy. How- ever, the focus of the presented paper lies in the structural and mechanistic aspects of PMB-endotoxin (LPS: lipopolysac- charide) recognition and how this knowledge can be applied for the development or improvement of new clinical drug candidates to support sepsis therapies. Due to chemical similarities between PME and PMB, certain aspects of the use of PME as an antimicrobial agent and in sepsis therapy are considered and compared to PMB.","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"115 1","pages":"367-385"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2174/187152109789760171","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cedric S. Graebin, F. Uchôa, Lilian S C Bernardes, V. L. Campo, I. Carvalho, V. Eifler-Lima
{"title":"Antiprotozoal Agents: An Overview","authors":"Cedric S. Graebin, F. Uchôa, Lilian S C Bernardes, V. L. Campo, I. Carvalho, V. Eifler-Lima","doi":"10.2174/187152109789760199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109789760199","url":null,"abstract":"The therapy of parasitic diseases has relied, until recently, on the use of a very limited number of drugs, most of them of low efficacy, leading to side effects and in certain cases with high toxicity. This review focuses on the chemother- apy to treat diseases caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' disease), Trypanosoma b. gambiense and Trypanosoma b. rhodesiense (sleeping sickness), Plasmodium (malaria) and Leishmania (leishmaniasis). Therefore, we will summarize drugs currently available and future specific chemotherapy against these neglected diseases under clinical evaluation. The most advanced antichagasic candidates are represented by posaconazole, TAK-187 and albaconazole, which have com- pleted their pre-clinical development as anti-T. cruzi agents, while new quinines concerning to ferroquine, tafenoquine and AQ-13 are in phase I or II of clinical trials as promising candidates for the treatment of malaria. Although parafuramidine has been under phase III clinical trials to treat Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), its development was discontinued due to liver problems. Finally, new approaches for the treatment of leishmaniasis were achieved by using miltefosine and, more recently, the aminoglycoside paromomycin, which was approved after clinical trials and, owing to its milder adverse effects and low cost, is being considered as a potential first-choice treatment for the disease. Thus, this review aims to highlight the available drugs to treat four endemic parasitic diseases, as well as promising therapeutic approaches and their corresponding targets under development, but it is not intended to be an exhaustive survey on the subject.","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"43 1","pages":"345-366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2174/187152109789760199","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Moradi, Saeed Soltani, Alireza Madjid Ansari, S. Sardari
{"title":"Peptidomimetics and their Applications in Antifungal Drug Design","authors":"S. Moradi, Saeed Soltani, Alireza Madjid Ansari, S. Sardari","doi":"10.2174/187152109789760216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109789760216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"8 1","pages":"327-344"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2174/187152109789760216","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Shahid, A. Shahzad, F. Sobia, Aastha Sahai, T. Tripathi, Anuradha Singh, H. Khan, Umesh
{"title":"Plant Natural Products as a Potential Source for Antibacterial Agents: Recent Trends","authors":"M. Shahid, A. Shahzad, F. Sobia, Aastha Sahai, T. Tripathi, Anuradha Singh, H. Khan, Umesh","doi":"10.2174/187152109788680199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109788680199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"49 1","pages":"211-225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sterols and Triterpenoids with Antiviral Activity","authors":"T. Řezanka, L. Siříšťová, K. Sigler","doi":"10.2174/187152109788680207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109788680207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"8 1","pages":"193-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2174/187152109788680207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Malaria and Leishmaniasis: Current Status of Chemotherapy, New Leads and Targets for Drug Discovery","authors":"R. Batra","doi":"10.2174/187152109788680216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109788680216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"8 1","pages":"226-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2174/187152109788680216","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antiviral Sesqui-, Di- and Sesterterpenes","authors":"T. Řezanka, L. Siříšťová, K. Sigler","doi":"10.2174/187152109788680225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109788680225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"8 1","pages":"169-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Biology of TRAIL and the Role of TRAIL-Based Therapeutics in Infectious Diseases.","authors":"Brett D Shepard, Andrew D Badley","doi":"10.2174/187152109787846060","DOIUrl":"10.2174/187152109787846060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a key mediator of the innate immune response to infection. While TRAIL-mediated apoptosis plays an essential role in the clearance of virus-infected cells, its physiologic role also includes immunosurveilance for cancer cells. Therapeutics that induce TRAIL-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells remain a focus of ongoing investigation in clinical trials, and much has been learned from these studies regarding the efficacy and toxicity of these interventions. These data, combined with data from numerous preclinical studies that detail the important and multifaceted role of TRAIL during infection with human immunodeficiency virus and other viruses, suggest that therapeutic exploitation of TRAIL signaling offers a novel and efficacious strategy for the management of infectious diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"8 2","pages":"87-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158564/pdf/nihms313440.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29946875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antiviral Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis B with Nucleotide Analogs","authors":"Zhihua Liu, H. Cao, Jing Hu","doi":"10.2174/187152109787846079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152109787846079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89320,"journal":{"name":"Anti-infective agents in medicinal chemistry","volume":"8 1","pages":"102-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2174/187152109787846079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68023264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}