Tigecycline
Antibiotic. Like Azithromycin, has off-target effect on mitochondrial ribosomes, components of which interact with the SARS-CoV-2 Nsp8 protein. Gordon et al. bioRxiv, Mar 23 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.002386.
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- Applications:Approved drug (U.S.) that could be repurposed
Biochemicals & reagents
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Tigecycline is a clinically useful antibiotic (1,2). It is a glycylcycline derivative of minocycline that binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit of bacteria blocking the interaction of aminoacyl-tRNA with the ribosome. This antobiotic is active against Gram-positive and -negative bacteria, anaerobic bacteria and drug resistant bacteria such as MRSA, MRSE, and VRE. It has also been shown to be selectively toxic to human acute myeloid leukemia cells over normal hematopoietic cells via inhibition of mitochondrial protein translation (3). It has also been found to be effective against other cancers including non-small cell lung cancer (4), melanoma (5), lymphoma (6) and osteosarcoma (7).