Nature Reviews Microbiology, volume 8, issue 6, pages 423-435

How antibiotics kill bacteria: from targets to networks

Kohanski Michael A. 1, 2
Dwyer Daniel J. 1
Collins James J. 1, 2, 3
1
 
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for BioDynamics, and Center for Advanced Biotechnology, Boston University, Boston, USA
2
 
Boston University School Of Medicine, Boston, USA
3
 
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, USA
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2010-05-04
Quartile SCImago
Q1
Quartile WOS
Q1
Impact factor88.1
ISSN17401526, 17401534
PubMed ID:  20440275
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
General Immunology and Microbiology
Abstract
Bacterial responses to antibiotics are complex and involve many genetic and biochemical pathways. This Review describes the effects of bactericidal antibiotics on bacterial cellular processes, the associated responses that contribute to killing and recent insights into these processes revealed through the study of biological networks. Antibiotic drug–target interactions, and their respective direct effects, are generally well characterized. By contrast, the bacterial responses to antibiotic drug treatments that contribute to cell death are not as well understood and have proven to be complex as they involve many genetic and biochemical pathways. In this Review, we discuss the multilayered effects of drug–target interactions, including the essential cellular processes that are inhibited by bactericidal antibiotics and the associated cellular response mechanisms that contribute to killing. We also discuss new insights into these mechanisms that have been revealed through the study of biological networks, and describe how these insights, together with related developments in synthetic biology, could be exploited to create new antibacterial therapies.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1038/nrmicro2333
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnrmicro2333
TI - How antibiotics kill bacteria: from targets to networks
T2 - Nature Reviews Microbiology
AU - Kohanski, Michael A.
AU - Dwyer, Daniel J.
AU - Collins, James J.
PY - 2010
DA - 2010/05/04 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 423-435
IS - 6
VL - 8
PMID - 20440275
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@article{2010_Kohanski,
author = {Michael A. Kohanski and Daniel J. Dwyer and James J. Collins},
title = {How antibiotics kill bacteria: from targets to networks},
journal = {Nature Reviews Microbiology},
year = {2010},
volume = {8},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {may},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnrmicro2333},
number = {6},
pages = {423--435},
doi = {10.1038/nrmicro2333}
}
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Kohanski, Michael A., et al. “How antibiotics kill bacteria: from targets to networks.” Nature Reviews Microbiology, vol. 8, no. 6, May. 2010, pp. 423-435. https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnrmicro2333.
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