AB569 Publications
AB569, a Novel, Topical Bactericidal Gel Formulation, Kills Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Promotes Wound Healing in a Murine Model of Burn Wound Infection
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Amanda Barry, Warunya Panmanee, Daniel J. Hassett, Latha Satish
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Cutaneous thermal injuries from burns/explosives are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and represent a monumental burden on our current health care system. Injury severity is predominantly due to potentially lethal sepsis caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDR-PA). Thus, there is a critical need to develop novel and effective antimicrobials for the (i) prevention, (ii) treatment, and (iii) healing of such wounds that are complicated by MDR-P. aeruginosa and other bacterial infections. AB569 is a novel bactericidal tandem consisting of acidified NaNO2 (A-NO2–) and Na2-EDTA. Here, we first show that AB569 acts synergistically to kill all human burn wound ...
AB569, a non-toxic combination of acidified nitrite and EDTA, is effective at killing the notorious Iraq Afghanistan combat wound pathogens, multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter spp.
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Amy L Bogue, Warunya Panmanee, Cameron T McDaniel, Joel E Mortensen, Edwin Kamau, Luis A Actis, Jay A Johannigman, Michael J Schurr, Latha Satish, Nalinikanth Kotagiri, Daniel J Hassett
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Multi-drug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) and Acinetobacter spp. present monumental global health challenges. These organisms represent model Gram-negative pathogens with known antibiotic resistance and biofilm-forming properties. Herein, a novel, nontoxic biocide, AB569, consisting of acidified nitrite (A-NO2-) and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), demonstrated bactericidal activity against all Ab and Acinetobacter spp. strains, respectively. Average fractional inhibitory concentrations (FICs) of 0.25 mM EDTA plus 4 mM A-NO2- were observed across several clinical reference and multiple combat wound isolates from the Iraq/Afghanistan wars. Importantly, toxicity testing on human dermal fibroblasts ...
A Novel Bactericidal Drug Effective Against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Pathogenic Bacteria: Easy as AB569
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Daniel J. Hassett and Thomas J. Meyer
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Global antibiotic resistance, driven by intensive antibiotic exposure/abuse, constitutes a serious challenge to all health care, particularly in an era when new antimicrobial development has slowed to a trickle. Recently, we published work demonstrating the discovery and partial mechanism of action of a novel bactericidal agent that is effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative multidrug-resistant bacteria. This drug, called AB569, consists of acidified nitrite (A-NO2−) and EDTA, of which there is no mechanism of resistance. Using both chemistry-, genetic-, and bioinformatics-based techniques, we first discovered that AB569 was able to generate bactericidal levels of nitric oxide (NO), while the EDTA component stabilized S-nitrosyl thiols, thereby furthering NO and downstream reactive ...
