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    CAS Number: 115964-29-9

    Tosufloxacin Tosylate

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    Tosufloxacin Tosylate is a fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent. It is a small organic compound and racemate, comprising equimolar amounts of (R)- and (S)-tosufloxacin tosylate. It can act as a mimetic of the neural glycan LewisX (LeX), thus it can influence distinct signal transduction pathways involved with diseases of the nervous system.

    Mechanism of Action Tosufloxacin inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase (topoisomerase).
    Spectrum Effective against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria inlcuding anaerobic bacteria, Chlamydia, and Mycoplasma.
    Microbiology Applications

    Tosufloxacin is commonly used for in vitro microbiological antimicrobial susceptibility tests (panels, discs, and MIC strips) against Gram-positive and Gram-negative microbial isolates. Medical microbiologists use AST results to recommend antibiotic treatment options. Representative MIC values include:

    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa 0.1 µg/mL
    • Staphylococcus aureus 0.025 µg/mL

    For a representative list of Tosufloxacin MIC values, click here.

    Eukaryotic Cell Culture Applications

    LewisX (LeX) is an abundantly expressed neural glycan. Using an ELISA assay with LeX-specific monoclonal antibodies (L5 and SSEA-1), authors screened a library of small organic molecules. Tosufloxacin was found to be a mimetic compound that can mimic LeX both structurally and functionally, inhibiting antibody binding in a concentration-dependent manner. In nM concentrations, it can influence distinct signal transduction pathways, and enhance neurite outgrowth and promote neuronal survival of cultured mouse cerebellar granule cells. This is a powerful tool for studying the functions of LeX and its effects in acute and chronic nervous system disease models (Theis et al, 2018).

    Tosufloxacin solution was applied to three corneal cell lines (rabbit corneal epithelium, bovine corneal epithelium, and rabbit corneal epithelium) and one conjunctival cell line (human conjunctival cells) and cell viability was assessed via MTT assay after 48 hours exposure. Cell viability scores were assessed as CVS50, which means the number of cell line with viability ≥50% in the presence of a 10-fold dilution of the antibiotic solution) were higher with Tosufloxacin compared to dibekacin, levofloxacin, norfloxacin, gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin. The toxicity of the compound was dependent on the pharmaceutical components of the solution (Ayaki et al, 2010).

    Molecular Formula C19H15F3N4O3 ∙C7H8O3S
    References

    Ayaki M, Iwasawa A, Soda M, Yaguchi S and Koide R (2010) Cytotoxicity of five fluoroquinolone and two nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory benzalkonium chloride-free ophthalmic solutions in four corneoconjunctival cell lines. Clin. Ophthalmol 4:1019-1024 PMID 20922036

    Cooper MA, Andrews JM and Wise R (1992) In-vitro activity of tosufloxacin, a new quinolone antibacterial agent. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 29(6):639-647

    Fukuda Y, Takahata M, Mitsuyama J (2006) Pharmacodynamic evaluation of tosufloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in an
    in vitro model simulating serum concentration. J Infect Chemother. 2006 Feb;12(1):1-8 PMID 16506083

    Takahata M and Nishino T (1997) Antibacterial activities of tosufloxacin against anaerobic bacteria and the electron micrograph of its bactericidal effects. Chemother. 43(3):153-158 PMID 9142454

    Theis T, Johal AS, Kabat M, Basak S, Schachner M (2018) Enhanced neuronal survival and neurite outgrowth triggered by novel small organic compounds mimicking the LewisX glycan. Mol Neurobiol. 55(10):8203-8215 PMID 29520715