Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing Systems as Drug Discovery Targets: Current Position and Future Perspectives.
Fadi SoukariehPaul WilliamsMichael J StocksMiguel CámaraPublished in: Journal of medicinal chemistry (2018)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to public health globally, manifested by the frequent emergence of multidrug resistant pathogens that render current chemotherapy inadequate. Health organizations worldwide have recognized the severity of this crisis and implemented action plans to contain its adverse consequences and prolong the utility of conventional antibiotics. Hence, there is a pressing need for new classes of antibacterial agents with novel modes of action. Quorum sensing (QS), a communication system employed by bacterial populations to coordinate virulence gene expression, is a potential target that has been intensively investigated over the past decade. This Perspective will focus on recent advances in targeting the three main quorum sensing systems ( las, rhl, and pqs) of a major opportunistic human pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and will specifically evaluate the medicinal chemistry strategies devised to develop QS inhibitors from a drug discovery perspective.
Keyphrases
- drug discovery
- antimicrobial resistance
- public health
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- gene expression
- multidrug resistant
- acinetobacter baumannii
- cystic fibrosis
- biofilm formation
- endothelial cells
- global health
- dna methylation
- gram negative
- drug resistant
- healthcare
- candida albicans
- health insurance
- locally advanced
- escherichia coli
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- human health
- pluripotent stem cells
- radiation therapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- emergency department
- health information
- silver nanoparticles
- cancer therapy
- atomic force microscopy
- drug induced
- staphylococcus aureus
- high resolution
- drug delivery
- social media
- adverse drug