2015
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r115.642926
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CO-releasing Metal Carbonyl Compounds as Antimicrobial Agents in the Post-antibiotic Era

Abstract: The possibility of a “post-antibiotic era” in the 21st century, in which common infections may kill, has prompted research into radically new antimicrobials. CO-releasing molecules (CORMs), mostly metal carbonyl compounds, originally developed for therapeutic CO delivery in animals, are potent antimicrobial agents. Certain CORMs inhibit growth and respiration, reduce viability, and release CO to intracellular hemes, as predicted, but their actions are more complex, as revealed by transcriptomic datasets and mo… Show more

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“…4 Low doses of CO are anti-inflammatory, and have potential therapeutic applications in wound healing and in reducing organ graft rejection. [5][6][7][8] However, therapeutic application of CO gas faces serious obstacles owing to toxicity and lack of tissue specificity. 9 Compounds that release CO in a controllable manner have thus drawn interest as potential therapeutic drugs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4 Low doses of CO are anti-inflammatory, and have potential therapeutic applications in wound healing and in reducing organ graft rejection. [5][6][7][8] However, therapeutic application of CO gas faces serious obstacles owing to toxicity and lack of tissue specificity. 9 Compounds that release CO in a controllable manner have thus drawn interest as potential therapeutic drugs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, the CORM-2 evoked expression of genes for different efflux pumps may suggest a possibility for development of an antibiotic resistant phenotype. The finding that CORM-2 up-regulated genes for multidrug efflux pumps may support the notion that CORMs enter the bacteria through a specific, although yet unknown, transport mechanism [9]. However, CORMs may not per se activate the AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux system since gene expression of efflux pumps is also enhanced by the SOS response [49].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…The cytotoxicity of the compounds prompted us to study the antibacterial effects of the molecules. Ruthenium and manganese CORMs have antimicrobial effects, although the cellular pathways are still poorly understood 5557. For this study, E. coli was selected, and species 9 – 14 were tested in the dark or after light activation.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%