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Synonyms: 1314 TH | Bayer 5312 | Trecator®
ethionamide is an approved drug (FDA (1965))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Ethionamide is a thioamide compound with potent antibacterial activity against mycobacteria. It is used in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). Ethionamide inhibits mycobacterial fatty acid synthesis by targeting InhA (an enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase) [2], following intracellular activation, by the monooxygenase EthA, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis [1].
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1. Fraaije MW, Kamerbeek NM, Heidekamp AJ, Fortin R, Janssen DB. (2004)
The prodrug activator EtaA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase. J Biol Chem, 279 (5): 3354-60. [PMID:14610090] |
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2. Larsen MH, Vilchèze C, Kremer L, Besra GS, Parsons L, Salfinger M, Heifets L, Hazbon MH, Alland D, Sacchettini JC et al.. (2002)
Overexpression of inhA, but not kasA, confers resistance to isoniazid and ethionamide in Mycobacterium smegmatis, M. bovis BCG and M. tuberculosis. Mol Microbiol, 46 (2): 453-66. [PMID:12406221] |
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3. Rastogi N, Labrousse V, Goh KS. (1996)
In vitro activities of fourteen antimicrobial agents against drug susceptible and resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and comparative intracellular activities against the virulent H37Rv strain in human macrophages. Curr Microbiol, 33 (3): 167-75. [PMID:8672093] |