Peptide-mimetic treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mouse model of respiratory infection
Journal Article
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· Communications Biology
- Texas A&M School of Medicine, Bryan, TX (United States); Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
- Texas A&M School of Medicine, Bryan, TX (United States)
- Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
- Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
The rise of drug resistance has become a global crisis, with >1 million deaths due to resistant bacterial infections each year. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in particular, remains a serious problem with limited solutions due to complex resistance mechanisms that now lead to more than 32,000 multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections and over 2000 deaths in the U.S. annually. While the emergence of resistant bacteria has become ominously common, identification of useful new drug classes has been limited over the past over 40 years. We found that a potential novel therapeutic, the peptide-mimetic TM5, is effective at killing P. aeruginosa and displays sufficiently low toxicity in mammalian cells to allow for use in treatment of infections. Interestingly, TM5 kills P. aeruginosa more rapidly than traditional antibiotics, within 30–60 min in vitro, and is effective against a range of clinical isolates, including extensively drug resistant strains. In vivo, TM5 significantly reduced bacterial load in the lungs within 24 h compared to untreated mice and demonstrated few adverse effects. Taken together, these observations suggest that TM5 shows promise as an alternative therapy for MDR P. aeruginosa respiratory infections.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 2469716
- Journal Information:
- Communications Biology, Journal Name: Communications Biology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 2399-3642
- Publisher:
- Springer NatureCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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