| Literature DB >> 22106218 |
Thomas Grau1, Petra Selchow, Marcel Tigges, Reto Burri, Marc Gitzinger, Erik C Böttger, Martin Fussenegger, Peter Sander.
Abstract
Ethionamide (ETH) is a second-line drug for the treatment of tuberculosis. As a prodrug, ETH has to be activated by EthA. ethA is controlled by its repressor EthR. 2-Phenylethyl-butyrate (2-PEB) inhibits EthR binding, enhances expression of EthA, and thereby enhances the growth-inhibitory effects of ethionamide, isoxyl, and thiacetazone in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with resistance to ETH due to inhA promoter mutations but not ethA mutations.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22106218 PMCID: PMC3264283 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05649-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191