24) Cell Wall Inhibitors Flashcards
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Beta-lactam antibiotics
- Drugs with structures containing a beta-lactam ring
- Includes penicillins, cephalosporins and carbapenems
Beta-lactamases
- Bacterial enzymes (penicillinases, cephalosporinases) that hydrolyze the beta-lactam ring
Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)
- Lowest concentration of antimicrobial drug capable of inhibiting growth of an organism in a defined growth medium
Penicillin-binding protein (PBPs)
- Bacterial cytoplasmic membrane proteins that act as the initial receptors for penicillins and other beta-lactam antibiotics
Peptidoglycans
- Chains of polysaccharides that are cross-linked to form the bacterial cell wall
Selective toxicity
- More toxic to the invader than to the host
Transpeptidases
- Bacterial enzymes involved in the cross-linking of linear peptidoglycan chains, the final step in cell wall synthesis
Bactericidal
- An antimicrobial drug that can eradicate an infection in the absence of host defense mechanisms
- Kills bacteria
Bacteriostatic
- An antimicrobial drug that inhibits antimicrobial growth but requires host defense mechanisms to eradicate the infection
- Does not kill bacteria
Bactericidal agents
- Aminoglycosides
- Bacitracin
- Beta-lactam antibiotics
- Daptomycin
- Fosfomycin
- Glycopeptide antibiotics
- Isoniazid
- Fidaxomicin
- Metronidazole
- Polymixins
- Pyrazinamide
- Fluoroquinolones
- Rifampin
- Streptogramins
Bacteriostatic agents
- Chloramphenicol
- Clindamycin
- Ethambutol
- Macrolides
- Nitrofurantoin
- Oxazolidinones
- Sulfonamides
- Tetracyclines
- Tigecycline
- Trimethoprim
Antibiotic classes that are bacterial cell wall/membrane inhibitors
- Penicillins
- Beta-lactamase inhibitors
- Cephalosporins
- Carbapenems
- Monobactams
- Polymixins
- Glycopeptides
- Lipopeptides
Antibiotic classes that are bcterial protein synthesis inhibitors
- Macrolides
- Lincosamides
- Aminoglycosides
- Tetracyclines
- Glycylcycline
- Oxazolidinones
- Streptogramins
Antibiotic classes that inhibit bacterial DNA/RNA
- Fluoroquinolones
- Folate antagonists
- Rifamycin derivatives
- Anti-clostridium agent
- Nitroimidazole
- Nitrofurans
Anti-mycobacterials
- Rifamycin derivatives
- Isoniazid
- Pyrazinamide
- Ethambutol
Peptidoglycan (murein) layers are critical for bacterial survival
- Protect against toxic outside influences
- Provide the strength required to resist high osmotic pressures (otherwise will lead to plasma membrane rupture)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis does not retain any common bacteriological stain due to
- High lipid content in its wall
- Neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative
Stages of cell wall synthesis
- Cytoplasmic stage
- Membrane stage
- Extracellular stage
Cytoplasmic stage
- Synthesis of precursors (NAG, NAM)
- Targeted by cycloserine and fosfomycin
Membrane stage
- Transfer of the precursors from the cytosol to membrane
- Incorporation into the growing peptidoglycan
- Targeted by bacitracin, vancomycin
Extracellular stage
- Cross-linking of linear chains of peptidoglycans by transpeptidases
- Targeted by beta-lactams
NAG and NAM
- N-acetyl glucosamine
- N-acetyl muramic acid
Fosfomycin
- Inhibits enol pyruvate transferase specifically MurA (cytoplasmic stage)
Cycloserine
- Inhibits racemase (cytoplasmic stage)