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| Summary | Gut microbes (genus: Prevotella) increase Methotrexate's activity. |
| Gut | |
| Methotrexate (PubChem CID: 126941) | |
| Prevotella (Tax ID: 838) | |
| 24192039 | |
| increase activity | |
| The dihydrofolate reductase (DHF) inhibitor, methotrexate, is widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Methotrexate resistance in some patients may be due to the high abundance of Bacteroides in the gut microbiota. Patients with gut microbiotas characterized by high abundance of Prevotella vs. low abundance of Bacteroides, are better responders to oral methotrexate therapy. The abundance of these genes, suggests a possible DHF reductase enzymatic activity, which competes with methotrexate binding site and metabolism. Bacterial DHF reductase was suggested to compete with methotrexate binding site and metabolism, but the absence of such enzyme in Prevotella in contrast of Bacteroides explains why the former increases the drug action while the latter inhibits it. |
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