Conjugated oligoelectrolytes
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Conjugated oligoelectrolytes, or COEs, are a class of synthetic antimicrobials designed to prevent and circumvent antimicrobial resistance via different mechanism of action than traditional antibiotics.[1][2] COEs insert into cell membranes and can function as electron transporters, but were found to inhibit bacterial growth. They can also be used for tracking the progress of tumor growth.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Heithoff, Douglas M.; Mahan, Scott P.; Barnes V, Lucien; Leyn, Semen A.; George, Cyril X.; Zlamal, Jaime E.; Limwongyut, Jakkarin; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Fried, Jeffrey C.; Fitzgibbons, Lynn N.; House, John K.; Samuel, Charles E.; Osterman, Andrei L.; Low, David A.; Mahan, Michael J. (February 2023). "A broad-spectrum synthetic antibiotic that does not evoke bacterial resistance". eBioMedicine: 104461. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104461.
- ^ Tiihonen, Armi; Cox-Vazquez, Sarah J.; Liang, Qiaohao; Ragab, Mohamed; Ren, Zekun; Hartono, Noor Titan Putri; Liu, Zhe; Sun, Shijing; Zhou, Cheng; Incandela, Nathan C.; Limwongyut, Jakkarin; Moreland, Alex S.; Jayavelu, Senthilnath; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Buonassisi, Tonio (17 November 2021). "Predicting Antimicrobial Activity of Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte Molecules via Machine Learning". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143 (45): 18917–18931. arXiv:2105.10236. doi:10.1021/jacs.1c05055.
- ^ Zhou, Cheng; Li, Zeshun; Zhu, Ziyue; Chia, Geraldine W. N.; Mikhailovsky, Alexander; Vázquez, Ricardo Javier; Chan, Samuel J. W.; Li, Kai; Liu, Bin; Bazan, Guillermo C. (May 2022). "Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes for Long‐Term Tumor Tracking with Incremental NIR‐II Emission". Advanced Materials. 34 (20): 2201989. doi:10.1002/adma.202201989.