Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science (A Recognized Research Centre of University of Mysore), Ooty Road, Mysuru, 570025, Karnataka, India.
Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science (A Recognized Research Centre of University of Mysore), Ooty Road, Mysuru, 570025, Karnataka, India.
Microb Pathog. 2024 Mar;188:106543. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2024.106543. Epub 2024 Jan 14.
Microbial biofilms pose a severe threat to global health, as they are associated with deadly chronic infections and antibiotic resistance. To date, very few drugs are in clinical practice that specifically target microbial biofilms. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of novel therapeutic options targeting biofilm-related infections. In this review, we discuss nearly seventy-five different molecular scaffolds published over the last decade (2010-2023) which have exhibited their biofilm inhibition potential. For convenience, we have classified these into five different sub-groups based on their origin and design (excluding peptides as they are placed in between small molecules and biologics), namely, heterocycles; inorganic small molecules & metal complexes; small molecules decorated nanoparticles; small molecules derived from natural products (both plant and marine sources); and small molecules designed by in-silico approach. These antibiofilm agents are capable of disrupting microbial biofilms and can offer a promising avenue for future developments in human medicine. A hitherto review of this kind will lay a platform for the researchers to find new molecular entities to curb the serious menace of antimicrobial resistance especially caused by biofilms.
微生物生物膜对全球健康构成严重威胁,因为它们与致命的慢性感染和抗生素耐药性有关。迄今为止,临床上可用于治疗生物膜相关感染的药物非常少。因此,迫切需要开发针对生物膜相关感染的新型治疗选择。在这篇综述中,我们讨论了过去十年(2010-2023 年)发表的近七十五种不同的分子支架,这些支架显示出它们的生物膜抑制潜力。为了方便起见,我们根据它们的来源和设计将这些支架分为五个不同的亚组(不包括肽,因为它们位于小分子和生物制品之间),即杂环;无机小分子和金属配合物;小分子修饰的纳米颗粒;源自天然产物(植物和海洋来源)的小分子;以及通过计算机模拟设计的小分子。这些抗生物膜剂能够破坏微生物生物膜,为未来人类医学的发展提供了有前途的途径。这种综述将为研究人员提供一个平台,寻找新的分子实体来遏制抗生素耐药性的严重威胁,特别是由生物膜引起的威胁。