Compound ID | 2846
Synonym(s): 1-[(5-nitro-2-furyl)methyl]-4-(4-nitrophenyl)piperazine oxalate
Class: Nitroimidazole
| Agent Type: | Synthetic; Small molecule; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Antimycobacterial |
| Mechanism of action: | Unknown |
| Target Pathogen: | Active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium smegmatis, and Mycobacterium abscessus |
| Propensity to select resistant mutants: | Yes, at ~1.6x10^-6 mutation frequency at 2x or 6xMIC |
| Description: | Synthetic small molecule identified from whole-cell screening of ~340,000 compounds of Molecular Libraries Small Molecular Repository; prodrug that requires deazaflavin-dependent reductase (Ddn) and possibly another F420-dependent reductase to be activated; orally bioavailable; reduces bacterial burden by 1.1 and 1.2 log CFU in chronic murine Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection model; analogues (i.e. HC2209 and HC2211) with similar antimicrobial profile reported |
| Institute where first reported: | Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA |
| Year first mentioned: | 2023 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6456149 |
| Citation: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aac.00474-23 |