Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Lab of Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, Shandong University, No. 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China.
Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 21;6:33687. doi: 10.1038/srep33687.
One of the main azole-resistance mechanisms in Candida pathogens is the upregulation of drug efflux pumps, which compromises the efficacy of azoles and results in treatment failure. The combination of azole-antifungal agents with efflux pump inhibitors represents a promising strategy to combat fungal infection. High-throughput screening of 150 extracts obtained from endolichenic fungal cultures led to the discovery that the extract of Phialocephala fortinii exhibits potent activity for the reversal of azole resistance. From P. fortinii cultures, a total of 15 quinone derivatives, comprising 11 new derivatives and 4 known compounds, were obtained. Among these compounds, palmarumycin P3 (3) and phialocephalarin B (8) specifically modulate the expression of MDR1 to inhibit the activity of drug efflux pumps and therefore reverse azole resistance. The present study revealed Mdr1 targeting as an alternative mechanism for the discovery of new agents to fight antifungal drug resistance.
念珠菌病原体中唑类耐药的主要机制之一是药物外排泵的上调,这降低了唑类药物的疗效,导致治疗失败。唑类抗真菌药物与外排泵抑制剂的联合使用代表了一种对抗真菌感染的有前途的策略。从内生真菌培养物中获得的 150 种提取物的高通量筛选导致发现 Phialocephala fortinii 的提取物具有逆转唑类耐药的强大活性。从 P. fortinii 培养物中总共获得了 15 种醌衍生物,包括 11 种新衍生物和 4 种已知化合物。在这些化合物中,掌状霉素 P3(3)和石蒜醇 B(8)特异性调节 MDR1 的表达,以抑制药物外排泵的活性,从而逆转唑类耐药性。本研究揭示了 Mdr1 靶向作为发现新药物对抗抗真菌药物耐药性的替代机制。