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Polarly Localized EccE(1) Is Required for ESX-1 Function and Stabilization of ESX-1 Membrane Proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Stewart Cole, Claudia Sala, Ming Zhang, Jérémie Piton, Paloma Julia Soler Arnedo

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a slow-growing intracellular bacterium with the ability to induce host cell death and persist indefinitely in the human body. This pathogen uses the specialized ESX-1 secretion system to secrete virulence factors and potent im ...

American Society for Microbiology2020

Genomic Characterization of Mycobacterium lepraeto Explore Transmission Patterns Identifies New Subtype in Bangladesh

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi

Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy, is an unculturable bacterium with a considerably reduced genome (3.27 Mb) compared to homologues mycobacteria from the same ancestry. In 2001, the genome ofM. lepraewas first described and subsequently ...

Frontiers Media SA2020

New 2-Ethylthio-4-methylaminoquinazoline derivatives inhibiting two subunits of cytochrome bc1 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Stewart Cole, Shi-Yan Caroline Foo, Anthony Vocat, Andrej Benjak, Jérémie Piton, Andréanne Lupien

The emergence of multi-drug (MDR-TB) and extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a major threat to the global management of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. New chemical entities are of need to treat drug-resistant TB. In this study, the mode of ac ...

2020

Population Genomics of Mycobacterium leprae Reveals a New Genotype in Madagascar and the Comoros

Stewart Cole, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh, Stefanie Boy-Röttger, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Thyago Leal Calvo

Human settlement of Madagascar traces back to the beginning of the first millennium with the arrival of Austronesians from Southeast Asia, followed by migrations from Africa and the Middle East. Remains of these different cultural, genetic, and linguistic ...

Frontiers Media SA2020

Multicenter analysis of sputum microbiota in tuberculosis patients

Stewart Cole, Claudia Sala, Jacques Rougemont, Philippe Busso, Marion Leleu, Andrej Benjak

The impact of tuberculosis and of anti-tuberculosis therapy on composition and modification of human lung microbiota has been the object of several investigations. However, no clear outcome has been presented so far and the relationship betweenM.tuberculos ...

2020

Synthesis of diphenoxyadamantane alkylamines with pharmacological interest

Stewart Cole, Anthony Vocat

In this work, the synthesis and the pharmacological evaluation of diphenoxyadamantane alkylamines Ia-f and IIa-f is described. The new diphenoxy-substituted adamantanes share structural features present in trypanocidal and antitubercular agents. 1-Methylpi ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli

Stewart Cole, Philippe Busso, Charlotte Avanzi

Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in the British Isles are the most recently discovered animal reservoir for the leprosy bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Initial data suggest that prevalence of leprosy infection is vari ...

2019

Design, Synthesis and in vitro Controlled Release of New Adamantanodiarylketone Antimycobacterials

Stewart Cole, Anthony Vocat

In the present investigation, the synthesis, the biology and the development of matrix tablet formulations for the in vitro controlled release of new adamantane diarylketone antimycobacterial derivatives, is presented. In the skeleton of the new compounds, ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

Synthesis of New Indole and Adamantane Amido Derivatives with Pharmacological Interest

Stewart Cole, Anthony Vocat

The synthesis and preliminary pharmacological evaluation of new indole and adamantane amido derivatives is described. The design was based on the pharmacophoric properties of 4-{4-[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenoxy]piperidin-1-yl), 6-[4-(trifluoro methoxy)phenyl ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

Monitoring Tuberculosis Drug Activity in Live Animals by Using Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging

Stewart Cole, Raphael Christopher Sommer

Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death due to infection with a single pathogenic agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the absence of an effective vaccine, new, more powerful antibiotics are required to halt the growing spread of multid ...

AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY2019

Synthesis, biology, computational studies and in vitro controlled release of new isoniazid-based adamantane derivatives

Stewart Cole, Anthony Vocat

Aim: There is a necessity for new drugs to be more efficient than today's standard due to the emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) Results/methodology: 12 new isoniazid-based adamantane derivatives were synthesized and te ...

FUTURE SCI LTD2019

Leprosy in red squirrels in the UK

Stewart Cole, Charlotte Avanzi

BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP2019

Development and validation of a multiplex UHPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of the investigational antibiotic against multi-resistant tuberculosis macozinone (PBTZ169) and five active metabolites in human plasma

Thierry Buclin, Stewart Cole, Jeff Pitteloud, Anthony Vocat

The emergence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to current first-line antibiotic regimens constitutes a major global health threat. New treatments against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are thus eagerly needed in particular in coun ...

2019

A multitarget approach to drug discovery inhibiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis PyrG and PanK

Stewart Cole

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of the infectious disease tuberculosis, kills approximately 1.5 million people annually, while the spread of multidrug-resistant strains is of great global concern. Thus, continuous efforts to identify new ...

Nature Research2018

Essential Nucleoid Associated Protein mIHF (Rv1388) Controls Virulence and Housekeeping Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Stewart Cole, Claudia Sala, Andrej Benjak, Nina Theres Odermatt

Tight control of gene expression is crucial for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to adapt to the changing environments encountered when infecting or exiting human cells. While three nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) EspR, HupB and Lsr2 have been investigated, ...

Nature Research2018

Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe

Stewart Cole, Pushpendra Singh, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi

2018

Evidence of zoonotic leprosy in Para A, Brazilian Amazon, and risks associated with human contact or consumption of armadillos

Stewart Cole, Philippe Busso, Weifeng Li, Charlotte Avanzi

2018

Total Synthesis of Ripostatin B and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies on Ripostatin Analogs

Stewart Cole, Ruben Hartkoorn

2018

Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

Stewart Cole, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh, Chloé Marie Loiseau, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Andréanne Lupien

Nature Research2018

Antimicrobial resistance in leprosy: results of the first prospective open survey conducted by a WHO surveillance network for the period 2009-15

Stewart Cole

Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a priority for surveillance in bacterial infections. For leprosy, AMR has not been assessed because Mycobacterium leprae does not grow in vitro. We aim to obtain AMR data using molecular detection of resistance ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2018

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