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Current Drug Targets

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ISSN (Print): 1389-4501
ISSN (Online): 1873-5592

Review Article

Polypharmacology-Driven Discovery and Design of Highly Selective, Dual and Multitargeting Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - A Review

Author(s): Franklin V. Amandy, Gabriel L.L. Neri, Joe A.H. Manzano, Adrian D. Go and Allan P.G. Macabeo*

Volume 25, Issue 9, 2024

Published on: 07 June, 2024

Page: [620 - 634] Pages: 15

DOI: 10.2174/0113894501306302240526160804

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Abstract

The increasing demand for novel antitubercular agents has been the main 'force' of many TB research efforts due to the uncontrolled growing number of drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis in the clinical setting. Many strategies have been employed to address the drug-resistant issue, including a trend that is gaining attention, which is the design and discovery of Mtb inhibitors that are either dual- or multitargeting. The multiple-target design concept is not new in medicinal chemistry. With a growing number of newly discovered Mtb proteins, numerous targets are now available for developing new biochemical/cell-based assays and computer-aided drug design (CADD) protocols. To describe the achievements and overarching picture of this field in anti- infective drug discovery, we provide in this review small molecules that exhibit profound inhibitory activity against the tubercle bacilli and are identified to trace two or more Mtb targets. This review also presents emerging design methodologies for developing new anti-TB agents, particularly tailored to structure-based CADD.

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