Anti-infective Agents with Novel Chemical Scaffolds

Tech ID: 15A051

Competitive Advantages

  •     Potentially more effective than current treatments
  •     Less toxic than current treatments
  •     Treats a variety of bacterial pathogens
  •     Compound can be administered in a variety of delivery methods

Summary

Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) is known to be a highly conserved protein amongst these bacterial pathogens and is involved in a variety of morphological processes. Inhibiting Hsp90 is therefore recognized as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of these pathogens.  USF inventors have developed a series of novel Hsp90 inhibitors that they have shown to be effective against Leishmania donovani and ESKAPE pathogens. This development has the potential to provide a new more effective treatment that is also less toxic than the current gold standard treatments.  

 

Heat Shock Protein Inhibitor Compound Docked in Active Site of Hsp90 

Desired Partnerships

  • License 
  • Sponsored Research
  • Co-development