Satish R. Malwal, Rocio Garcia-Rubio, Milena Kordalewska, Hoja Patterson, Chi Zhang, Jorge D. Calderin, Ruijie Zhou, Akanksha M. Pandey, Erika Shor, David S. Perlin, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Rutilio Fratti, Carol Nacy and Eric Oldfield*,
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Broad-Spectrum Activity and Mechanisms of Action of SQ109 on a Variety of Fungi
We investigated the activity of the tuberculosis drug SQ109 against 16 fungal pathogens: Candida albicans, C. auris, C. glabrata, C. guilliermondi, C. kefyr, C. krusei, C. lusitaniae, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Rhizopus spp., Mucor spp., Fusarium spp., Coccidioides spp., Histoplasma capsulatum and Aspergillus fumigatus. MIC values varied widely (125 ng/mL to >64 μg/mL) but in many cases we found promising (MIC ∼ 4 μg/mL) activity as well as MFC/MIC ratios of ∼ 2. SQ109 metabolites were inactive. The activity of 12 analogs of SQ109 against Saccharomyces cerevisiae correlated with protonophore uncoupling activity, suggesting mitochondrial targeting, consistent with the observation that growth inhibition was rescued by agents which inhibit ROS species accumulation. SQ109 disrupted H+/Ca2+ homeostasis in S. cerevisiae vacuoles, and there was synergy (FICI ∼ 0.26) with pitavastatin, indicating involvement of isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway inhibition. SQ109 is, therefore, a potential antifungal agent with multitarget activity.
期刊介绍:
ACS Infectious Diseases will be the first journal to highlight chemistry and its role in this multidisciplinary and collaborative research area. The journal will cover a diverse array of topics including, but not limited to:
* Discovery and development of new antimicrobial agents — identified through target- or phenotypic-based approaches as well as compounds that induce synergy with antimicrobials.
* Characterization and validation of drug target or pathways — use of single target and genome-wide knockdown and knockouts, biochemical studies, structural biology, new technologies to facilitate characterization and prioritization of potential drug targets.
* Mechanism of drug resistance — fundamental research that advances our understanding of resistance; strategies to prevent resistance.
* Mechanisms of action — use of genetic, metabolomic, and activity- and affinity-based protein profiling to elucidate the mechanism of action of clinical and experimental antimicrobial agents.
* Host-pathogen interactions — tools for studying host-pathogen interactions, cellular biochemistry of hosts and pathogens, and molecular interactions of pathogens with host microbiota.
* Small molecule vaccine adjuvants for infectious disease.
* Viral and bacterial biochemistry and molecular biology.