Tommaso Felicetti

Dr. Tommaso Felicetti

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia
+1
orcid

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

View All Publications
8 February 2017 in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
AAAndrea Astolfi
Andrea Astolfi
Tommaso FelicettiTommaso Felicetti
Tommaso Felicetti
Nunzio IraciNunzio Iraci
Nunzio Iraci
GMGiuseppe Manfroni
Giuseppe Manfroni
SMSerena Massari
Serena Massari
VCVioletta Cecchetti
Violetta Cecchetti

1 August 2018 in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
Tommaso FelicettiTommaso Felicetti
Tommaso Felicetti
RCRolando Cannalire
Rolando Cannalire
DPDonatella Pietrella
Donatella Pietrella
GLGniewomir Latacz
Gniewomir Latacz
ALAnnamaria Lubelska
Annamaria Lubelska
SSStefano Sabatini
Stefano Sabatini

25 July 2017 in RSC Advances
Verified
Journal Article
Open access
PDF file
SSStefano Sabatini
Stefano Sabatini
MPMiranda Piccioni
Miranda Piccioni
Tommaso FelicettiTommaso Felicetti
Tommaso Felicetti
SMStefania De Marco
Stefania De Marco
Giuseppe ManfroniGiuseppe Manfroni
Giuseppe Manfroni
DPDonatella Pietrella
Donatella Pietrella
The emergence of multidrug resistant microorganisms has triggered the impending need of developing effective antibacterial strategies. Staphylococcus epidermidis and the more virulent S. aureus are able to colonize and form biofilms on implanted medical devices causing clinical acute and chronic infections. The aim of the present work was to assess the effect of NorA efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) on S. aureus and S. epidermidis biofilm formation by using known synthetic NorA EPIs and thus giving support to the hypothesis that efflux pumps could play an intriguing role in Staphylococcus biofilm formation. In particular, three 2-phenylquinolines (1a–c) and a pyrazolobenzothiazine (2), our previously reported NorA EPIs, at concentrations lower than MIC showed a good ability in reducing biofilm formation in S. aureus (ATCC 29213) and S. epidermidis (ATCC 35984). Then, to assess if biofilm formation inhibitors could be combined with an antibacterial to limit biofilm production, the two best compounds 1c and 2 were tested with ciprofloxacin (CPX) and the results showed an excellent synergistic effect against Staphylococcus strains with a biofilm formation inhibition over 60% at low concentrations. Further, to confirm the involvement of the NorA efflux pump in the biofilm production, NorA EPIs 1c and 2 were tested against a modified S. aureus strain overexpressing the NorA efflux pump (SA-1199B) and results highlighted a strong decrease in biofilm mass. In conclusion, cytotoxicity assays on HeLa and HepG2 cells showed that concentrations useful to inhibit biofilm formation in Staphylococcus strains in combination with CPX were lower than the toxic concentrations for human cells.

22 September 2020 in ChemMedChem
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
PDF file
Tommaso FelicettiTommaso Felicetti
Tommaso Felicetti
GMGiuseppe Manfroni
Giuseppe Manfroni
VCVioletta Cecchetti
Violetta Cecchetti
RCRolando Cannalire
Rolando Cannalire

1 November 2017 in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
RCRolando Cannalire
Rolando Cannalire
DMDiana Machado
Diana Machado
Tommaso FelicettiTommaso Felicetti
Tommaso Felicetti
SCSofia Costa
Sofia Costa
SMSerena Massari
Serena Massari
VCVioletta Cecchetti
Violetta Cecchetti

1 October 2021 in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
MPMaria Chiara Pismataro
Maria Chiara Pismataro
Tommaso FelicettiTommaso Felicetti
Tommaso Felicetti
Chiara BertagninChiara Bertagnin
Chiara Bertagnin
MNMaria Giulia Nizi
Maria Giulia Nizi
ABAnna Bonomini
Anna Bonomini
Serena MassariSerena Massari
Serena Massari