Table 1 Antibacterial and cytotoxicity properties of OIM compounds

From: Carbene formation as a mechanism for efficient intracellular uptake of cationic antimicrobial carbon acid polymers

No.

Oligomer

Minimum inhibitory concentration, MIC (µg/mL)

Geometric mean of IC50a (µg/mL)

Selectivity index, SIb

S. aureus

ATCC 29213 (+)

E. faecium

ATCC 19434 (+)

K. pneumoniae

ATCC 13883 (−)

A. baumannii

ATCC 19606 (−)

P. aeruginosa

PAO1

(−)

E. coli

MG1655

()

E. cloacae

ATCC 13047

()

Geometric mean (Geo-MIC)

24-h (Geo-IC50,24)

72-h (Geo-IC50,72)

Geo-IC50,24/Geo-MIC

Geo-IC50,72/Geo-MIC

1

OIM1-6-CH

12

2

4

4

24

4

1632

4.0

>1024

57.7

>256.0

14.4

2

OIM1-6-C2(CH3)

256

>512

256

128

128

512

>512

344.6

1002.2

>1024

2.9

>3.0

3

OIM1-6-C2(Cl)

16

>512

32

32

256

64128

256512

118.5

748.6

479.7

6.3

4.0

4

OIM1-6-C2(CF3)

32

>512

64

64

128

128

256

128.0

693.4

727.0

5.4

5.7

5

OIM1-6-C4(CH3)

24

8

16

16

816

8

64

10.1

>1024

675.3

>101.4

66.9

6

OIM1-6-C4(Cl)

2

4

4

8

4

4

8

4.4

≥1024

267.5

≥232.7

60.8

7

OIM1-6-C4(F)

2

32

16

4

32

32

64

16.0

365.1

66.9

22.8

4.2

8

OIM-1-6-(BZ)

8

64

8

64

64

8

32

23.8

39.5

135.8

1.7

5.7

9

OIM1-8-CH

2

8

4

24

2

4

4

3.4

385.1

31.3

113.3

9.2

10

OIM1-8-C2(CH3)

8

>512

32

16

32

32

64

43.1

835.5

781.6

19.4

18.1

11

OIM1-8-C4(CH3)

2

48

4

24

2

4

4

3.4

>1024

387.2

>301.2

113.9

12

OIM1-8-2D

2

4

2

4

16

8

8

4.9

758.9

419.5

154.9

85.6

13

OIM1-8-2D-4NBZate

4

16

4

4

8

8

16

7.3

1000.5

720.0

137.0

98.6

14

Gentamicin

≤1

64

≤1

8

≤1

≤1

≤1

2.4

>1024

>1024

>426.7

>426.7

15

Colistin

128

>512

8

2

2

2

512

23.8

791.4

630.5

33.3

26.5

16

Ciprofloxacin

12

4

≤1

≤1

≤1

≤1

≤1

1.3

187.2

202.2

144.0

155.6

  1. aGeometric mean of half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) is calculated from the IC50 of 3 cell lines: 3T3 fibroblast cells, human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells and liver hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells. The complete IC50 data are shown in Supporting Table S1, and the raw cytotoxicity data are shown in Supporting Fig. S2.
  2. bSelectivity index (SI) is the ratio of Geo-IC50 of a specific timepoint to Geo-MIC.