Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9121413 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In mycobacteria, the study of inhibition by metal ions has been limited by the absence of suitable molecular vectors. Recently, we reported on the inhibitory activity of a family of chelators, macrocyclic compounds (MCC), against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this study equimolar concentrations of the free cations vanadium(IV), arsenic(III), iron(III), indium(III) and bismuth(III), and as 1:1 complexes with the MCC 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8,11-tetra-acetic acid (TETA) were tested in vitro against M. tuberculosis using the Bactec⢠460 TB radiometric technology (Becton-Dickinson, MD, USA). Radiometric inhibition above 80% was obtained with free indium(III) and bismuth(III), and ranged from 80% to 99%, with the complexes of TETA with vanadium(IV), bismuth(III) and indium(III), in the order of increasing activity. The highest radiometric inhibition levels were obtained with the [In(TETA)]â complex, which caused drops of up to 4 log units in cellular viability. The minimal inhibitory concentration of this compound was evaluated at 3 μM.
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Authors
Suzana David, Vanessa Barros, Carla Cruz, Rita Delgado,