Uchida Ryuji, Namiguchi Shingo, Ishijima Hiroyuki, Tomoda Hiroshi
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University.
Drug Discov Ther. 2016 Feb;10(1):44-8. doi: 10.5582/ddt.2016.01013.
The silkworm infection assay is a useful method for directly evaluating the in vivo therapeutic effects of drug candidates. In the present study, 3 known trichothecenes, trichodermin, epiisororidin E, and verrucarin A, were evaluated as antifungal agents in the silkworm-Candida albicans assay. Trichodermin and epiisororidin E yielded effective therapeutic effects, while verrucarin A exhibited no efficacy in this assay system. These results strongly suggest that trichodermin and epiisororidin E are the lead compounds for developing a new antifungal agent.
家蚕感染试验是直接评估候选药物体内治疗效果的一种有用方法。在本研究中,三种已知的单端孢霉烯族毒素,即木霉菌素、表异蛇孢菌素E和疣孢菌素A,在家蚕-白色念珠菌试验中被评估为抗真菌剂。木霉菌素和表异蛇孢菌素E产生了有效的治疗效果,而疣孢菌素A在该试验系统中没有显示出疗效。这些结果有力地表明,木霉菌素和表异蛇孢菌素E是开发新型抗真菌剂的先导化合物。