PMID- 36289661 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221030 IS - 2227-9059 (Print) IS - 2227-9059 (Electronic) IS - 2227-9059 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 10 DP - 2022 Sep 26 TI - Latent Tuberculosis: A Promising New Compound to Treat Non-Replicating and Intramacrophagic Mycobacteria. LID - 10.3390/biomedicines10102398 [doi] LID - 2398 AB - As a biologic reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), one-quarter of the world population is infected with the well-known latent tuberculosis (LTBI). About 5-10% of LTBI patients will progress to active disease in the first years after primary infection and, despite using the recommended treatment, 20% can still reactivate the infection. A new LTBI treatment could minimize adverse effects and antibiotic resistance that can occur when the same drug is used to treat the latent and active disease. New hydrazones were evaluated, and they showed great inhibitory activity against intramacrophagic and non-replicating M. tb, commonly found at this stage of infection, in addition to bactericidal and narrow-spectrum activity. When tested against eukaryotic cells, the hydrazones showed great safety at different exposure times. In vitro, these compounds performed better than isoniazid and could be considered new candidates for LTBI treatment, which may promote greater engagement in its prescription and adherence. FAU - Campos, Debora Leite AU - Campos DL AD - Tuberculosis Research Laboratory, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sao Paulo State University-UNESP, Araraquara 14800-903, Brazil. FAU - Demarqui, Fernanda Manaia AU - Demarqui FM AD - Tuberculosis Research Laboratory, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sao Paulo State University-UNESP, Araraquara 14800-903, Brazil. FAU - Solcia, Mariana Cristina AU - Solcia MC AD - Tuberculosis Research Laboratory, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sao Paulo State University-UNESP, Araraquara 14800-903, Brazil. FAU - de Souza, Paula Carolina AU - de Souza PC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-0436 AD - Tuberculosis Research Laboratory, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sao Paulo State University-UNESP, Araraquara 14800-903, Brazil. FAU - da Silva Maia, Pedro Ivo AU - da Silva Maia PI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4699-9481 AD - Institute of Exact, Natural Sciences and Education, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University-UFTM, Uberaba 38064-200, Brazil. FAU - Deflon, Victor Marcelo AU - Deflon VM AD - Institute of Exact, Natural Sciences and Education, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University-UFTM, Uberaba 38064-200, Brazil. FAU - Pavan, Fernando Rogerio AU - Pavan FR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6969-3963 AD - Tuberculosis Research Laboratory, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sao Paulo State University-UNESP, Araraquara 14800-903, Brazil. LA - eng GR - 2020/13497-4/Sao Paulo Research Foundation/ GR - 2018/21778-3/Sao Paulo Research Foundation/ GR - 303603/2018-6/National Council for Scientific and Technological Development/ GR - 001/Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220926 PL - Switzerland TA - Biomedicines JT - Biomedicines JID - 101691304 PMC - PMC9598318 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Mycobacterium tuberculosis OT - latent tuberculosis OT - treatment COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/28 06:01 PMCR- 2022/09/26 CRDT- 2022/10/27 01:01 PHST- 2022/07/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/27 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biomedicines10102398 [pii] AID - biomedicines-10-02398 [pii] AID - 10.3390/biomedicines10102398 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biomedicines. 2022 Sep 26;10(10):2398. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10102398.