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Targeted Nano-formulations for Treatment of MRSA: A multicomponent platform for nano-formulated treatment of resistant microbial infections

Descripción del proyecto

Nueva plataforma para el tratamiento futuro de infecciones bacterianas multirresistentes

Muchas bacterias que causan enfermedades infecciosas desarrollan resistencia a los antibióticos disponibles. Los posibles nuevos fármacos prometedores no llegan a la práctica clínica debido a su baja solubilidad, a la adsorción de proteínas o las dificultades en la preparación de formulaciones farmacéuticas. El objetivo del proyecto LeadtoTreat, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, es abordar este problema mediante la introducción de un nuevo método de administración dirigida de compuestos adecuados para el tratamiento de infecciones microbianas resistentes. Los investigadores planean desarrollar nanoformulaciones dirigidas a bacterias patógenas, así como a las zonas de inflamación, como una herramienta para la administración simultánea de antibióticos y potenciadores. Para demostrar la tecnología se utilizará como modelo las infecciones por «Staphylococcus aureus» resistente a la meticilina. Este tratamiento combinatorio contribuirá a un cambio revolucionario en el método de tratamiento de las infecciones y se espera que ayude a abordar la amenaza mundial de la resistencia a los antibióticos.

Objetivo

Many bacteria that cause infectious diseases develop resistance to not only the primary antibiotic treatments available in the clinic but also to drugs of last resort which often require long treatment periods and come with significant side effects. At the same time many promising lead compounds with high activity and wide therapeutic windows have failed to progress to clinical trials due to poor solubility, protein absorption or other difficulties in formulation (e.g. low drugability). LeadtoTreat proposes a new solution to these challenges by introduction of a platform for future infection treatment enabling targeted delivery of novel lead compounds with low drugability as well as synergistic combinations of antibiotics and potentiators in a nano-formulation. A novel dual targeting approach, with both direct targeting toward the pathogenic bacteria as well as to areas of inflammation will be employed. This platform technology will be demonstrated by converting a highly active, but insoluble and protein binding, novel compound into targeted nano-formulations for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections with proven in vivo and in vitro safety. Furthermore, LeadtoTreat aims to identify novel synergistic combinations of antibiotics and potentiators and convert these into highly active targeted nano-formulations for treatment of MRSA infections.

LeadToTreat will have significant impact on the future treatment of microbial infections, by demonstrating a pathway to co-delivery of synergistic combination of existing antibiotics as well a path way to revitalize the huge library of abandoned low-drugability lead compounds. From an innovation perspective, it is expected to also develop broadly applicable targeting tools (for MRSA, and roadmap for other indications). The project will be managed by SINTEF (Norway) involving Narodowy Instytut Lekow (National Medicine Institute, NMI, Poland) and NanoTag Biotechnologies GmbH (NTB, Germany).

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

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Régimen de financiación

HORIZON-EIC - HORIZON EIC Grants

Coordinador

SINTEF AS
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 806 314,75
Coste total
€ 1 806 315,00

Participantes (2)