Sun Yat-senuniversity

Xuanxian Peng

Hui Li

Bo Peng

Chang Guo

Zhixue Cheng

Xianliang Zhao

Shishi Lai

The invention belongs to the technical field of biomedicament, and more specifically relates to an application of compound amino acids in preparation of a medicament for improving sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics. Experiments have shown that a combination of compound amino acids and antibiotics can improve the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics, promote an entry of antibiotics into bacterial cells, significantly increase an intracellular antibiotic content, and improve a bactericidal effect of antibiotics, thereby reducing a survival rate of bacteria, and treating diseases caused by bacterial infection.

Application of compound amino acids in preparation of medicament for improving sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics

The present invention belongs to the technical field of medicine, and specifically relates to use of succinic acid in increasing sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics. The present invention found that the succinic acid can increase proton motive force of bacteria, thereby increasing the number of antibiotics entering the bacteria, and eventually killing the bacteria. Therefore, the succinic acid can increase the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics, thereby overcoming the problem of bacterial drug resistance. Combining succinic acid with antibiotics can significantly improve the bactericidal effect of the antibiotics, which has better effects and higher safety and operability compared with only using antibiotics as antibacterial drugs at present.

Use of succinic acid in increasing sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics

Glycine, threonine, and serine can enhance the sensitivity of bacteria to serum, plasma, or whole blood, and therefore can be used as molecules to improve the bactericidal effect of the serum, the plasma, or the whole blood.

Method of treating an individual having a microbial infection

Disclosed is a new function of a small molecule metabolite glutamine. The small molecule can improve sensitivity of bacteria including antibiotic-resistant bacteria to antibiotics. Also disclosed is an application of glutamine in combination with glucose in improving sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics.

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