antibiotics

Rifamycin S is a potent DNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor,is a quinone and an antibiotic agnet against Gram-positive bacteria

Penicillamine (Artamine), possessing antineoplastic properties, induces apoptosis by a p53-mediated mechanism and inhibits angiogenesis by chelating with copper, a cofactor for angiogenesis. Artamine is a beta dimethyl analog of the amino acid cysteine. As a degradation product of penicillin antibiotics, Artamine chelates with heavy metals and increases their urinary excretion.

Doxorubicin hydrochloride is an anthracycline antibiotic with cytotoxic and antitumor activity. It is an effective inhibitor of human DNA topoisomerase I and II, with IC50 values of 0.8 μM and 2.67 μM, respectively. In addition to inhibiting DNA topoisomerases, it can reduce the phosphorylation of AMPK and its downstream target, acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Doxorubicin hydrochloride also induces apoptosis and autophagy. In animal studies, it is commonly used to induce models of acute renal failure, chronic kidney injury, and heart failure.

Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), derived from Escherichia coli O55:B5, are essential components of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Composed of lipid A, a core oligosaccharide, and an O-specific polysaccharide, LPS exhibits strong immunogenicity. It activates immune cells via the TLR4 receptor, induces chemotactic cell migration and cytokine secretion, and helps maintain the integrity of the bacterial outer membrane, protecting against bile salts and lipid-based antibiotics. LPS is commonly used to establish inflammatory models, including arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and gastrointestinal disease models.

Tunicamycin is a mixture of antibiotics that inhibit N-linked glycosylation by blocking GlcNAc phosphotransferase (GPT). Tunicamycin has antitumor activity, as well as anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral activity.

Brefeldin A (Cyanein) belongs to the class of macrolide antibiotics and is an ATPase inhibitor (IC50=0.2 μM). Brefeldin A can induce tumor cell differentiation and apoptosis, and also possesses autophagy inhibitory activity.

Bafilomycin A1 belongs to the macrolide class of antibiotics and is a V-ATPase inhibitor (IC50=0.44 nM) that is specific and reversible. Bafilomycin A1 is an inhibitor of the late phase of autophagy, blocking the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes. Bafilomycin A1 also induces apoptosis.

Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that exerts its antibacterial activity by inhibiting the second stage of cell wall synthesis in susceptible bacteria. It also alters cell membrane permeability and selectively inhibits RNA synthesis. Vancomycin is commonly used to treat severe infections resistant to other antibiotics and is frequently employed in experimental studies to induce kidney injury models.

Sisomicin Sulfate (Pathomycin) is the sulfate salt form of sisomicin, a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from Micromonospora inyoensis. Sisomicin is structurally similar to gentamicin but has a unique unsaturated diamino sugar. Of the aminoglycoside antibiotics, sisomicin has the greatest activity against gram-positive bacteria.

Imipenem (MK0787) is a thienomycin derivative that belongs to the class of antibiotics with antibacterial activity and partial inhibition against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Imipenem can be used to study carbapenem non-susceptible infections and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infections.

Naringinase is a hydrolytic enzymatic complex that exhibits α-L-rhamnosidase and β-D-glucosidase activities. It is widely found in nature and is primarily utilized for the biotransformation of steroids, antibiotics, and glycosides.

L-aspartic acid potasium salt(VX-548) is an amino acid widely found in plants and animals.L-aspartic acid potasium salt drives the production of nitrogen oxides, which promotes phagocytosis and contributes to fish survival.L-aspartic acid potasium salt may stimulate antibiotics. The stimulatory effect may be related to precursors involved in aspartic acid-4-semialdehyde biosynthesis.

3,4-Diaminotoluene, an aromatic amine derived from toluene, has been used in the synthesis of a variety of compounds such as polyurethanes, polyureas and polyamides, as well as in the synthesis of amino acids, peptides and proteins. It has also been used in the synthesis of various drugs such as antibiotics and antivirals.

Virginiamycin M1 (Pristinamycin IIA) is a macrocyclic lactone peptide antibiotic and is a member of the streptogramin A group of antibiotics.

Phleomycin is one of the anticancer glycopeptide antibiotics which cause DNA cleavage. It is similar to Bleomycin which binds and intercalates DNA to damage the integrity of the double helix.

Dihydrocarminomycin is an anthracycline antibiotics.

Napyradiomycin A1is a fungal metabolite originally isolated fromC. rubraand has diverse biological activities.1,2It is active againstS. aureus,M. luteus,B. anthracis,C. bovis, andM. smegmatis(MICs = 1.56-12.5 μg/ml).1Napyradiomycin A1is an estrogen receptor antagonist (IC50= 4.2 μM in rat uterine homogenates).2It also inhibits mitochondrial NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) and succinate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex II) activities in bovine heart homogenates (IC50s = 20 and 9.7 μM, respectively).3 1.Shiomi, K., Iinuma, H., Hamada, M., et al.Novel antibiotics napyradiomycins. Production, isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activityJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)39(4)487-493(1986) 2.Hori, Y., Abe, Y., Shigematsu, N., et al.Napyradiomycins A and B1: Non-steroidal estrogen-receptor antagonists produced by a StreptomycesJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)46(12)1890-1893(1993) 3.Yamamoto, K., Tashiro, E., Motohashi, K., et al.Napyradiomycin A1, an inhibitor of mitochondrial complexes I and IIJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)65(4)211-214(2012)

Gliovirin is a fungal metabolite that has been found inT. harzianumand has fungicidal, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities.1It is active against the plant pathogenic fungusP. ultimum(MIC = 60 ng/ml) and the parasiteT. brucei brucei(IC50= 90 ng/ml), but has no effect on the plant pathogenic fungiR. solani,P. omnivorum,T. basicola,R. arrhizus, andV. dahliaeor the bacteriaB. thuringiensis,P. fluorescens, andX. malvacearumwhen used at concentrations up to 1,000 ng/ml.2,3Gliovirin decreases phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (TPA)- and ionomycin-induced increased expression of COX-2 (IC50= 1 μM) and protein levels of IL-2 in Jurkat cells (IC50= 5.2 μM).1 1.Rether, J., Serwe, A., Anke, T., et al.Inhibition of inducible tumor necrosis factor-α expression by the fungal epipolythiodiketopiperazine gliovirinBiol. Chem.388(6)627-637(2007) 2.Howell, C.R., and Stipanovic, R.D.Gliovirin, a new antibiotic from Gliocladium virens, and its role in the biological control of Pythium ultimumCan. J. Microbiol.29(3)321-324(1983) 3.Iwatsuki, M., Otoguro, K., Ishiyama, A., et al.In vitro antitrypanosomal activity of 12 low-molecular-weight antibiotics and observations of structure/activity relationshipsJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)63(10)619-622(2010)

Trypacidin is a fungal metabolite originally isolated fromA. fumigatus.1It is active againstB. subtilisandM. bovis(MICs = 12.5 and 1.25 μg/ml, respectively), as well asT. cruziandT. gondii(MICs = 5-10 and 10-20 μg/ml, respectively).1,2It reduces viability and induces lysis of A549 human lung cancer cells (IC50s = 7.4 μM for both).3Trypacidin increases survival in a mouse model ofT. gondiiinfection when administered in six doses of 12.5 mg/kg each.1 1.Balan, J., Ebringer, L., Nemec, P., et al.Antiprotozoal antibiotics. II. Isolation and characterization of trypacidin, a new antibiotic, active against Trypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondiiJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)16157-160(1963) 2.Song, Z., Liu, Y., Gao, J., et al.Antitubercular metabolites from the marine-derived fungus strain Aspergillus fumigatus MF029Nat. Prod. Res.1-8(2019) 3.Gauthier, T., Wang, X., Dos Santos, J.S., et al.Trypacidin, a spore-borne toxin from Aspergillus fumigatus, is cytotoxic to lung cellsPLoS One7(2)e29906(2012)

Moenomycin complex is a mixture of moenomycins A, A12, C1, C3 and C4, which are antibiotics isolated from several strains of Streptomyces that directly inhibit bacterial peptidoglycan glycosyltransferases. The minimal inhibitory concentration of moenomycin A against various Gram-positive bacteria ranges from 1-100 nM.

Reveromycin A is the major component of a complex of spiroketal antibiotics isolated from Streptomyces sp. It inhibits the mitogenic activity of epidermal growth factor in Balb MK cells (IC50 = 0.7 μg ml), displays antiproliferative activity against human KB and K562 tumor cell lines (IC50s = 1.9 and 1.6 μg ml, respectively), and demonstrates antifungal activity against C. albicans (MIC = 2 μg ml at pH 3). Reveromycin A also has been shown to inhibit bone resorption by inducing apoptosis in osteoclasts with an IC50 value of 0.7 μM.

2-Aminoimidazole is a potent antimicrobial agent that effectively targets drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by disrupting the proton motive force and blocking the electron transport chain, potentiates the action of beta-lactam antibiotics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by decreasing the secretion of beta-lactamases and increasing the permeability of cell membranes, activates drug-resistant bacteria and improves therapeutic efficacy.

Trimethoprim lactate (NSC-106568 lactate) is an antibiotic that inhibits bacterial dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). Trimethoprim lactate has demonstrated antimicrobial activity, with excellent inhibition of Gramnegative bacteria. Trimethoprim lactate is used alone for the Trimethoprim lactate is used alone or in combination with other antibiotics to treat a variety of eye, lung, and gastrointestinal infections.

Lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli O111:B4 are key components of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. As a smooth-type LPS, they consist of lipid A, an R3-type core oligosaccharide, and an O-specific polysaccharide. These LPS molecules exhibit high immunogenicity, can trigger strong immune responses and gastric disorders by activating the TLR-4 receptor on immune cells, and help maintain the structural integrity of the bacterial outer membrane while protecting against bile salts and lipid-based antibiotics. They are widely used to establish inflammation-related disease models, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).