Pesticides play a pivotal role in modern agriculture. However, the pesticide industry faces significant challenges closely linked to major global concerns such as pesticide resistance, environmental pollution, food sa...Pesticides play a pivotal role in modern agriculture. However, the pesticide industry faces significant challenges closely linked to major global concerns such as pesticide resistance, environmental pollution, food safety, and crop yields. Developing safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly pesticides has become a key challenge for the industry. Recently, Qing Yang and colleagues unveiled the mode of action of a dual-functional protein, the ABCH transporter, which plays essential roles in lipid transport to construct the lipid barrier of insect cuticles and in pesticide detoxification within insects. Since ABCH transporters are critical for all insects but absent in mammals and plants, this elegant and exciting work provides a highly promising target for developing safe, low-resistance pesticides. Here, we highlight the groundbreaking discoveries made by Qing Yang's team in unraveling the intricate mechanisms of the ABCH transporter.展开更多
The development of resistance against most of the available antibiotics has made Acinetobacter baumannii(A.baumannii)a pathogen of high risk.In this study,thirty novel berberine derivatives are rationally designed,syn...The development of resistance against most of the available antibiotics has made Acinetobacter baumannii(A.baumannii)a pathogen of high risk.In this study,thirty novel berberine derivatives are rationally designed,synthesized,and evaluated for their synergistic antibacterial activities against A.baumannii.Among them,compound 2d shows the most potent synergetic effect to aztreonam against A.baumannii,including carbapenem-resistant and extended-spectrumβ-lactamases-producing strains.Moreover,synergistic effects were observed for the combinations of 2d and different antibacterial used in clinical practices,indicating its potent broad-spectrum antibiotic-sensitizing effects against A.baumannii.The combination of 2d and aztreonam significantly improves the survival rates of G.mellonella larvae compared with aztreonam treatment alone.Mechanism studies indicate that 2d inhibits the drug efflux and iron acquisition of the bacteria by targeting the AdeB transporter protein,thus achieving a synergistic antimicrobial efficacy with different antibacterial agents.Therefore,berberine derivatives represent a new family of antimicrobial adjuvants against A.baumannii,with the advantage of dual-function antibacterial effect,and are worthy of further investigation.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(32471265).
文摘Pesticides play a pivotal role in modern agriculture. However, the pesticide industry faces significant challenges closely linked to major global concerns such as pesticide resistance, environmental pollution, food safety, and crop yields. Developing safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly pesticides has become a key challenge for the industry. Recently, Qing Yang and colleagues unveiled the mode of action of a dual-functional protein, the ABCH transporter, which plays essential roles in lipid transport to construct the lipid barrier of insect cuticles and in pesticide detoxification within insects. Since ABCH transporters are critical for all insects but absent in mammals and plants, this elegant and exciting work provides a highly promising target for developing safe, low-resistance pesticides. Here, we highlight the groundbreaking discoveries made by Qing Yang's team in unraveling the intricate mechanisms of the ABCH transporter.
基金supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32141003,82104013)CAMS Initiative for Innovative Medicine(Nos.2021-1-I2M-070,2021-1-I2M-039,China)。
文摘The development of resistance against most of the available antibiotics has made Acinetobacter baumannii(A.baumannii)a pathogen of high risk.In this study,thirty novel berberine derivatives are rationally designed,synthesized,and evaluated for their synergistic antibacterial activities against A.baumannii.Among them,compound 2d shows the most potent synergetic effect to aztreonam against A.baumannii,including carbapenem-resistant and extended-spectrumβ-lactamases-producing strains.Moreover,synergistic effects were observed for the combinations of 2d and different antibacterial used in clinical practices,indicating its potent broad-spectrum antibiotic-sensitizing effects against A.baumannii.The combination of 2d and aztreonam significantly improves the survival rates of G.mellonella larvae compared with aztreonam treatment alone.Mechanism studies indicate that 2d inhibits the drug efflux and iron acquisition of the bacteria by targeting the AdeB transporter protein,thus achieving a synergistic antimicrobial efficacy with different antibacterial agents.Therefore,berberine derivatives represent a new family of antimicrobial adjuvants against A.baumannii,with the advantage of dual-function antibacterial effect,and are worthy of further investigation.
