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Mycobacterial β-carbonic anhydrases : Molecular biology, role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis and inhibition studies




TekijätParkkinen, Jenny; Bhowmik, Ratul; Tolvanen, Martti; Carta, Fabrizio; Supuran, Claudiu T.; Parkkila, Seppo; Aspatwar, Ashok

ToimittajaSupuran, Claudiu T.

KustantajaAcademic Press

Julkaisuvuosi2024

JournalEnzymes

Kokoomateoksen nimiThe Enzymes: Bacterial Carbonic Anhydrases

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiEnzymes

Sarjan nimiThe Enzymes

Numero sarjassa55

Aloitussivu343

Lopetussivu381

ISBN978-0-443-29518-8

ISSN0423-2607

eISSN1874-6047

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/bs.enz.2024.05.012

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/bs.enz.2024.05.012


Tiivistelmä
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which causes tuberculosis (TB), is still a major global health problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), TB still causes more deaths worldwide than any other infectious agent. Drug-sensitive TB is treatable using first-line drugs; treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB requires second- and third-line drugs. However, due to the long duration of treatment, the noncompliance of patients with different levels of resistance of Mtb to these drugs has worsened the situation. Previously developed anti-TB drugs targeted the replication machinery, protein synthesis, and cell wall biosynthesis pathways of Mtb. Therefore, novel drugs targeting alternate pathways crucial for the survival and pathogenesis of Mtb in the human host are needed. The genome of Mtb encodes three β-carbonic anhydrases (CAs) that are fundamental for pH homeostasis, hypoxia, survival, and pathogenesis. Recently, several studies have shown that the β-CAs of Mtb could be inhibited both in vitro and in vivo using small chemical molecules, suggesting that these enzymes could be novel targets for developing anti-TB compounds that are devoid of resistance by Mtb. In addition, homologs of β-CAs are absent in humans; therefore, drugs developed to target these enzymes might have minimal off-target effects. In this work, we describe the roles of β-CAs in Mtb and discuss bioinformatics and cheminformatics tools used in development and discovery of novel inhibitors of these enzymes. In addition, we summarize the in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrating that the β-CAs of Mtb are indeed druggable targets.



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