A model to predict anti-tuberculosis activity: value proposition for marine microorganisms

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2016 Aug;69(8):594-9. doi: 10.1038/ja.2016.87. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

Abstract

The development of new antibiotics effective against all strains of tuberculosis (TB) is needed. To evaluate the potential of marine microbe-derived natural products as anti-TB leads, we analyzed and compared the physico-chemical properties of 39 current TB drugs and candidates against 60 confirmed mycobacteria-active natural products. We showed that anti-TB natural products sourced from marine microbes have a large overlap with TB drug-like space. A model to predict potential anti-TB drugs is proposed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Aquatic Organisms / microbiology
  • Biological Products / chemistry
  • Biological Products / isolation & purification
  • Biological Products / pharmacology*
  • Drug Design*
  • Humans
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Biological Products