Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities, and Molecular Docking Investigations of 2-(1-Indol-3-yl)-1-benzo[]imidazole Derivatives.

The treatment of many bacterial and fungal infections remains a problem due to increasing antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation by pathogens. In the present article, a methodology for the chemoselective synthesis of 2-(1-indol-3-yl)-1-benzo[]imidazole derivatives is presented. We report on the antimicrobial activity of synthesized 2-(1-indol-3-yl)-1-benzo[]imidazoles with significant activity against ATCC 25923, ATCC 43300 (MRSA), (mc(2)155/ATCC 700084), and ATCC 10231.

The Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 2-(1-Indol-3-yl)quinazolin-4(3)-One Derivatives.

The treatment of many bacterial diseases remains a significant problem due to the increasing antibiotic resistance of their infectious agents. Among others, this is related to , especially methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and . In the present article, we report on antibacterial compounds with activity against both and MRSA.

Oxidative Stress Response and Biofilm Formation under the Effect of Pristine and Modified Carbon Nanotubes.

The article investigates the expression of and oxidative stress genes in under the effect of pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), MWCNTs and SWCNTs functionalized with carboxyl groups (MWCNTs-COOH and SWCNTs-COOH, respectively), SWCNTs functionalized with amino groups (SWCNTs-NH) and SWCNTs functionalized with octadecylamine (SWCNTs-ODA). Significant differences were found in the expression of the gene, while no changes were observed in the expression level of the gene. The pro-oxidant effect of SWCNTs, SWCNTs-COOH, SWCNTs-NH, and SWCNTs-ODA is presented, and the contrary antioxidant effect of pristine MWCNTs and MWCNTs-COOH in the presence of methyl viologen hydrate (paraquat) is shown.

Cadaverine biosynthesis contributes to decreased Escherichia coli susceptibility to antibiotics.

Some bacterial stress responses are involved in survival under antibiotic treatment and contribute to less susceptible microbial forms selection. Here, we tested the role of cadaverine, one of the biogenic polyamines considered as universal adaptogens, in the processes. The expression of ldcC and cadA genes, encoding cadaverine-producing lysine decarboxylase, increased in Escherichia coli cells exposed to β-lactams and fluoroquinolones but not aminoglycosides.

A synthetic diterpene analogue inhibits mycobacterial persistence and biofilm formation by targeting (p)ppGpp synthetases.

Bacterial persistence coupled with biofilm formation is directly associated with failure of antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis. We have now identified 4-(4,7-DiMethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroNaphthalene-1-yl)Pentanoic acid (DMNP), a synthetic diterpene analogue, as a lead compound that was capable of suppressing persistence and eradicating biofilms in Mycobacterium smegmatis. By using two reciprocal experimental approaches - Δrel and ΔrelZ gene knockout mutations versus rel and relZ overexpression technique - we showed that both Rel and RelZ (p)ppGpp synthetases are plausible candidates for serving as targets for DMNP.