ABSTRACT
We investigated the inhibitory activity of synthetic isocyanurate-based as well as linear mono- and trihydroxamate siderophore-drug conjugates against
Candida
spp. The conjugated drug was 13C-desketoneoenactin (DE). The MICs of siderophore-drug conjugates were determined in the absence and presence of 2,2′-dipyridyl to restrict iron availability. The ability of various siderophore types to promote growth in an iron-restricted medium was also assayed. Addition of a siderophore portion to the drug strongly impaired the inhibitory activity of DE. However, the activity of the drug conjugates was increased by up to 16-fold in iron-depleted medium for species having their growth strongly promoted by most hydroxamate-type siderophores (
C. albicans
,
C. stellatoidea
, and
C. pseudotropicalis
). The uptake of
55
Fe from ferrichrome and from two siderophore-drug conjugates was improved when
C. albicans
cells were grown in a low-iron medium. In the same assay, unlabeled ferrichrome was able to compete with the uptake of
55
Fe from both conjugates, indicating a common mechanism of uptake. A
C. albicans
strain lacking the siderophore transporter CaSit1/CaArn1 was not able to use ferrichrome or the synthetic ornithine-based trihydroxamate siderophore for growth promotion and was much less susceptible to the siderophore-drug conjugates than its isogenic parent strain. In summary, the ability of some
Candida
spp. to use ferrichrome-like siderophores for growth promotion explains the selective activity of hydroxamate-drug conjugates, and this activity seems to be related to the presence, in
C. albicans
, of the siderophore transporter CaSit1/CaArn1. New conjugate designs are necessary to fully restore or improve the initial DE activity.
摘要
我们研究了合成的异氰脲酸酯以及线性单羟基和三羟基氨基甲酸酯苷酸-药物共轭物对念珠菌的抑制活性。
念珠菌
13C-desketoneoenactin (DE)。在没有和有 2,2′-二吡啶限制铁的情况下,测定了嗜苷酸盐-药物共轭物的 MICs。此外,还测定了各种类型的嗜苷酸盐在铁限制培养基中促进生长的能力。在药物中加入嗜苷酸盐部分会大大削弱 DE 的抑制活性。然而,在缺铁培养基中,对于大多数羟酰胺类嗜苷酸盐能强烈促进生长的菌种(白念珠菌)来说,药物共轭物的活性最多可提高 16 倍。
白僵菌
,
白僵菌
和
C. pseudotropicalis
).吸收
55
铁铬和两种苷元-药物共轭物中铁的吸收率在
白僵菌
细胞在低铁培养基中生长时,其对 55 Fe 的吸收率有所提高。在同一试验中,未标记的亚铁铬能够与白僵菌细胞对 55 Fe 的吸收竞争。
55
铁的吸收,这表明两种共轭物具有共同的吸收机制。A
白僵菌
菌株不能利用亚铁铬或合成的基于鸟氨酸的三羟基氨基甲酸酯苷酸促进生长,而且对苷酸盐-药物共轭物的敏感性比其同源亲本菌株低得多。总之,一些
念珠菌
菌属能利用类似亚铁铬的嗜铁素促进生长,这解释了羟氨酸盐-药物共轭物的选择性活性。
白僵菌
中存在嗜苷酸盐转运体 CaSit1/CaArn1。有必要设计新的共轭物来完全恢复或提高最初的 DE 活性。