Antifungal effect of Hevea brasiliensis latex with various fungi. Its synergistic action with amphotericin B against Candida albicans - Antimyzetische Wirkung von Hevea brasiliensis-Latex auf verschiedene Pilze und seine synergistische Wirkung mit Amphotericin B auf Candida albicans

Mycoses ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 476-481
Author(s):  
R. Giordani ◽  
P. Regli ◽  
J. Buc
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Hevea Brasiliensis ◽  
Synergistic Action ◽  
Antifungal Effect

scholarly journals Sublethal Injury and Resuscitation of Candida albicans after Amphotericin B Treatment

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1200-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Liao ◽  
Robert P. Rennie ◽  
James A. Talbot
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Antifungal Agents ◽  
Sybr Green ◽  
Sequential Treatment ◽  
Tetrazolium Salt ◽  
Fungal Cell ◽  
Sublethal Injury

ABSTRACT Amphotericin B treatment was previously shown to inhibit Candida albicans reproduction and reduce the fluorescence of vitality-specific dyes without causing a corresponding increase in the fluorescence of the mortality-specific dyes bis-(1,3-dibutylbarbituric acid)trimethine oxonol and SYBR Green Ι. In the present study, we have confirmed these results and have shown that the numbers of CFU are reduced by 99.9% by treatment with 0.5 μg of amphotericin B per ml for 10 h at 35°C. This reduction was not due to fungal cell death. First, the level of reduction of the tetrazolium salt 2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-5-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-2H-tetrazolium hydroxide increased in the presence of concentrations of amphotericin B that caused greater than 90% reductions in the numbers of CFU. Second, fungal cells treated with amphotericin B at a concentration of 0.5 μg/ml were resuscitated by further incubation at 22°C for 15 h in the continued presence of amphotericin B. Third, recovery of the ability to replicate was prevented by sequential treatment with 20 μg of miconazole per ml, which also increased the fluorescence of mortality-specific dyes to near the maximal levels achieved with 0.9 μg of amphotericin B per ml. Sequential treatment with fluconazole and flucytosine did not increase the levels of staining with the mortality-specific dyes. Itraconazole was less effective than ketoconazole, which was less effective than miconazole. The practice of equating the loss of the capacity of C. albicans to form colonies with fungal cell death may give incorrect results in assays with amphotericin B, and the results of assays with caution with other antifungal agents that are lipophilic or that possess significant postantifungal effects may need to be interpreted.

scholarly journals Dectin-2-Targeted Antifungal Liposomes Exhibit Enhanced Efficacy

mSphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Ambati ◽  
Emma C. Ellis ◽  
Jianfeng Lin ◽  
Xiaorong Lin ◽  
Zachary A. Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Aspergillus Fumigatus ◽  
Effective Dose ◽  
Cryptococcus Neoformans ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Antifungal Drugs ◽  
Extracellular Matrices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Life Threatening

ABSTRACT Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus cause life-threatening candidiasis, cryptococcosis, and aspergillosis, resulting in several hundred thousand deaths annually. The patients at the greatest risk of developing these life-threatening invasive fungal infections have weakened immune systems. The vulnerable population is increasing due to rising numbers of immunocompromised individuals as a result of HIV infection or immunosuppressed individuals receiving anticancer therapies and/or stem cell or organ transplants. While patients are treated with antifungals such as amphotericin B, all antifungals have serious limitations due to lack of sufficient fungicidal effect and/or host toxicity. Even with treatment, 1-year survival rates are low. We explored methods of increasing drug effectiveness by designing fungicide-loaded liposomes specifically targeted to fungal cells. Most pathogenic fungi are encased in cell walls and exopolysaccharide matrices rich in mannans. Dectin-2 is a mammalian innate immune membrane receptor that binds as a dimer to mannans and signals fungal infection. We coated amphotericin-loaded liposomes with monomers of Dectin-2’s mannan-binding domain, sDectin-2. sDectin monomers were free to float in the lipid membrane and form dimers that bind mannan substrates. sDectin-2-coated liposomes bound orders of magnitude more efficiently to the extracellular matrices of several developmental stages of C. albicans, C. neoformans, and A. fumigatus than untargeted control liposomes. Dectin-2-coated amphotericin B-loaded liposomes reduced the growth and viability of all three species more than an order of magnitude more efficiently than untargeted control liposomes and dramatically decreased the effective dose. Future efforts focus on examining pan-antifungal targeted liposomal drugs in animal models of fungal diseases. IMPORTANCE Invasive fungal diseases caused by Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus have mortality rates ranging from 10 to 95%. Individual patient costs may exceed $100,000 in the United States. All antifungals in current use have serious limitations due to host toxicity and/or insufficient fungal cell killing that results in recurrent infections. Few new antifungal drugs have been introduced in the last 2 decades. Hence, there is a critical need for improved antifungal therapeutics. By targeting antifungal-loaded liposomes to α-mannans in the extracellular matrices secreted by these fungi, we dramatically reduced the effective dose of drug. Dectin-2-coated liposomes loaded with amphotericin B bound 50- to 150-fold more strongly to C. albicans, C. neoformans, and A. fumigatus than untargeted liposomes and killed these fungi more than an order of magnitude more efficiently. Targeting drug-loaded liposomes specifically to fungal cells has the potential to greatly enhance the efficacy of most antifungal drugs.

Copolymer-nanocapsules of zinc phenyl-thio-phthalocyanine and amphotericin-B in association with antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (A-PDT) applications against Candida albicans yeasts

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 102273
Author(s):  
Rodrigo P. Evangelista ◽  
Camila F. Amantino ◽  
Rosemeire C.L.R. Pietro ◽  
Rodrigo Sorrechia ◽  
Rodolfo D. Piazza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Photodynamic Therapy ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

Artemisinin elevates the ergosterol levels of Candida albicans to synergize with amphotericin B against oral candidiasis

2021 ◽  
pp. 106394
Author(s):  
Chengguang Zhu ◽  
Binyou Liao ◽  
Xingchen Ye ◽  
Yujie Zhou ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Oral Candidiasis

scholarly journals Potentiation of antifungal effect of amphotericin B by squalene, an intermediate for sterol biosynthesis.

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
AKINORI MASUDA ◽  
SHIN-ICHI AKIYAMA ◽  
MICHIHIKO KUWANO ◽  
NOBUO IKEKAWA
Keyword(s):  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Sterol Biosynthesis ◽  
Antifungal Effect

scholarly journals Black and white teas as potential agents to combine with amphotericin B and protect red blood cells from amphotericin B-mediated toxicity

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Oliveira ◽  
N. M. Khalil ◽  
E. Carraro
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Fungal Infections ◽  
Black Tea ◽  
Additive Effects ◽  
Antifungal Effect ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Fungicidal Substance

Abstract Amphotericin B is a fungicidal substance that is treatment of choice for most systemic fungal infections affecting immunocompromised patients. However, severe side effects have limited the utility of this drug. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal effect of the combination of amphotericin B with black tea or white tea and protective of citotoxic effect. The present study shows that white and black teas have additive effects with amphotericin B against some species Candida. In addition, the combination of white and black tea with amphotericin B may reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B to red blood cells. Our results suggest that white and black tea is a potential agent to combine with amphotericin for antifungal efficacy and to reduce the amphotericin dose to lessen side effects.

A new look at the antibiotic amphotericin B effect on Candida albicans plasma membrane permeability and cell viability functions

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Chudzik ◽  
Mateusz Koselski ◽  
Aleksandra Czuryło ◽  
Kazimierz Trębacz ◽  
Mariusz Gagoś
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Viability ◽  
Membrane Permeability ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Plasma Membrane Permeability ◽  
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