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Rocha OB, do Carmo Silva L, de Carvalho Júnior MAB, de Oliveira AA, de Almeida Soares CM, Pereira M. In vitro and in silico analysis reveals antifungal activity and potential targets of curcumin on Paracoccidioides spp. Braz J Microbiol 2021; 52:1897-1911. [PMID: 34324170 PMCID: PMC8578512 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-021-00548-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The search for new compounds with activity against Paracoccidioides, etiologic agents of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), is extremely necessary due to the current scenario of the available therapeutic arsenal. Treatment is restricted to three classes of antifungals with side effects. Curcumin is a polyphenol with antifungal effects that is extracted from Curcuma longa. The present work aimed to evaluate the activity of curcumin in different species of Paracoccidioides and to evaluate the potential molecular targets of curcumin using computational strategies. In addition, interactions with classic antifungals used in the treatment of PCM were evaluated. Curcumin inhibits the growth of Paracoccidioides spp. exerting a fungicidal effect. The combination of curcumin with amphotericin B, co-trimoxazole, and itraconazole showed a synergistic or additive interaction. Molecular targets as superoxide dismutase, catalase, and isocitrate lyase were proposed based on in silico approaches. Curcumin affects the fungal plasma membrane and increases the production of reactive oxygen species. Therefore, curcumin is a good alternative for the treatment of PCM.
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- Olívia Basso Rocha
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Avenida Esperança, s/n, ICB2, Sala 206, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Avenida Esperança, s/n, ICB2, Sala 206, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Avenida Esperança, s/n, ICB2, Sala 206, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Avenida Esperança, s/n, ICB2, Sala 206, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil
- Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Avenida Esperança, s/n, ICB2, Sala 206, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás, Avenida Esperança, s/n, ICB2, Sala 206, Goiânia, Goiás, 74690-900, Brazil.
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de Ramón-Carbonell M, Sánchez-Torres P. Significance of 195 bp-enhancer of PdCYP51B in the acquisition of Penicillium digitatum DMI resistance and increase of fungal virulence. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 165:104522. [PMID: 32359549 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Two sterol 14α-demethylase genes from Penicillium digitatum, PdCYP51A and PdCYP51B, were evaluated and revealed that 95% of Imazalil (IMZ)-resistant isolates carried a 195-bp insertion in the PdCYP51B promoter. We functionally characterized both sterol 14α-demethylases by overexpression. Molecular analysis of overexpression mutants showed that the introduction of PdCYP51B insertion is more stable than the five-tandem repeat PdCYP51A sequence previously described that confers DMI fungicide resistance. The both enhancers can coexist in P. digitatum isolates that initially contained the 195-bp PdCYP51B insertion but the introduction of 195-bp PdCYP51B enhancer promoted the loss of the five-tandem repeat of PdCYP51A. The incorporation of 195-bp PdCYP51B resulted in an increase of DMI fungicide resistance in mutants from already resistant isolates and confers resistance to DMIs in mutants from sensitive isolates. Transcription evaluation of the both genes showed noticeable induction in all overexpression mutants, except for those coming from the five-tandem repeat PdCYP51A sequence, whereas PdCYP51A expression dropped dramatically. Only PdCYP51B exhibited up-regulation during citrus infection compared to axenic growth, and the role of PdCYP51B in fungal virulence was further reinforced since strains with low virulence showed increased infectivity in overexpression mutants. This study suggested the predominant role of the PdCYP51B enhancer in the acquisition of DMI resistance and fungal virulence, by replacing homologues genes with same putative function.
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- Marta de Ramón-Carbonell
- Valencian Institute for Agricultural Research (IVIA), Plant Protection and Biotechnology Research Center, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- Valencian Institute for Agricultural Research (IVIA), Plant Protection and Biotechnology Research Center, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain; Department of Food Biotechnology. Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spanish National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), Calle Catedrático Agustín Escardino 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
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Rozhon W, Akter S, Fernandez A, Poppenberger B. Inhibitors of Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis and Signal Transduction. Molecules 2019; 24:E4372. [PMID: 31795392 PMCID: PMC6930552 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24234372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Chemical inhibitors are invaluable tools for investigating protein function in reverse genetic approaches. Their application bears many advantages over mutant generation and characterization. Inhibitors can overcome functional redundancy, their application is not limited to species for which tools of molecular genetics are available and they can be applied to specific tissues or developmental stages, making them highly convenient for addressing biological questions. The use of inhibitors has helped to elucidate hormone biosynthesis and signaling pathways and here we review compounds that were developed for the plant hormones brassinosteroids (BRs). BRs are steroids that have strong growth-promoting capacities, are crucial for all stages of plant development and participate in adaptive growth processes and stress response reactions. In the last two decades, impressive progress has been made in BR inhibitor development and application, which has been instrumental for studying BR modes of activity and identifying and characterizing key players. Both, inhibitors that target biosynthesis, such as brassinazole, and inhibitors that target signaling, such as bikinin, exist and in a comprehensive overview we summarize knowledge and methodology that enabled their design and key findings of their use. In addition, the potential of BR inhibitors for commercial application in plant production is discussed.
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- Wilfried Rozhon
- Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Liesel-Beckmann-Straße 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Liesel-Beckmann-Straße 1, 85354 Freising, Germany
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High-Copy Overexpression Screening Reveals PDR5 as the Main Doxorubicin Resistance Gene in Yeast. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0145108. [PMID: 26690737 PMCID: PMC4687100 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Doxorubicin is one of the most potent anticancer drugs used in the treatment of various cancer types. The efficacy of doxorubicin is influenced by the drug resistance mechanisms and its cytotoxicity. In this study, we performed a high-copy screening analysis to find genes that play a role in doxorubicin resistance and found several genes (CUE5, AKL1, CAN1, YHR177W and PDR5) that provide resistance. Among these genes, overexpression of PDR5 provided a remarkable resistance, and deletion of it significantly rendered the tolerance level for the drug. Q-PCR analyses suggested that transcriptional regulation of these genes was not dependent on doxorubicin treatment. Additionally, we profiled the global expression pattern of cells in response to doxorubicin treatment and highlighted the genes and pathways that are important in doxorubicin tolerance/toxicity. Our results suggest that many efflux pumps and DNA metabolism genes are upregulated by the drug and required for doxorubicin tolerance.
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Best NB, Hartwig T, Budka JS, Bishop BJ, Brown E, Potluri DPV, Cooper BR, Premachandra GS, Johnston CT, Schulz B. Soilless plant growth media influence the efficacy of phytohormones and phytohormone inhibitors. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107689. [PMID: 25485677 PMCID: PMC4259294 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Plant growth regulators, such as hormones and their respective biosynthesis inhibitors, are effective tools to elucidate the physiological function of phytohormones in plants. A problem of chemical treatments, however, is the potential for interaction of the active compound with the growth media substrate. We studied the interaction and efficacy of propiconazole, a potent and specific inhibitor of brassinosteroid biosynthesis, with common soilless greenhouse growth media for rice, sorghum, and maize. Many of the tested growth media interacted with propiconazole reducing its efficacy up to a hundred fold. To determine the molecular interaction of inhibitors with media substrates, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and sorption isotherm analysis was applied. While mica clay substrates absorbed up to 1.3 mg of propiconazole per g substrate, calcined clays bound up to 12 mg of propiconazole per g substrate. The efficacy of the gibberellic acid biosynthesis inhibitor, uniconazole, and the most active brassinosteroid, brassinolide, was impacted similarly by the respective substrates. Conversely, gibberellic acid showed no distinct growth response in different media. Our results suggest that the reduction in efficacy of propiconazole, uniconazole, and brassinolide in bioassays when grown in calcined clay is caused by hydrophobic interactions between the plant growth regulators and the growth media. This was further confirmed by experiments using methanol-water solvent mixes with higher hydrophobicity values, which reduce the interaction of propiconazole and calcined clay.
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- Norman B. Best
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Plant Soil and Nutrition Research Unit, USDA ARS, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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The A395T mutation in ERG11 gene confers fluconazole resistance in Candida tropicalis causing candidemia. Mycopathologia 2014; 179:213-8. [PMID: 25398256 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-014-9831-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The mechanism of fluconazole resistance in Candida tropicalis is still unclear. Recently, we isolated a fluconazole-resistant strain of C. tropicalis from the blood specimen of a patient with candidemia in China. In vitro antifungal susceptibility of the isolate was determined by using CLSI M27-A3 and E-test methods. The sequence of ERG11 gene was then analyzed, and the three-dimensional model of Erg11p encoded by ERG11 gene was also investigated. The sequencing of ERG11 gene revealed the mutation of A395T in this fluconazole-resistant isolate of C. tropicalis, resulting in the Y132F substitution in Erg11p. Sequence alignment and three-dimensional model comparison of Erg11ps showed high similarity between fluconazole-susceptible isolates of C. tropicalis and Candida albicans. The comparison of the three-dimensional models of Erg11ps demonstrated that the position of the Y132F substitution in this isolate of C. tropicalis is identical to the isolate of C. albicans with fluconazole resistance resulting from Y132F substitution in Erg11p. Hence, we ascertain that the Y132F substitution of Erg11p caused by A395T mutation in ERG11 gene confers the fluconazole resistance in C. tropicalis.
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Functional roles of YPT31 and YPT32 in clotrimazole resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae through effects on vacuoles and ATP-binding cassette transporter(s). J Biosci Bioeng 2013; 115:4-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 08/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Hartwig T, Corvalan C, Best NB, Budka JS, Zhu JY, Choe S, Schulz B. Propiconazole is a specific and accessible brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis inhibitor for Arabidopsis and maize. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36625. [PMID: 22590578 PMCID: PMC3348881 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroidal hormones that play pivotal roles during plant development. In addition to the characterization of BR deficient mutants, specific BR biosynthesis inhibitors played an essential role in the elucidation of BR function in plants. However, high costs and limited availability of common BR biosynthetic inhibitors constrain their key advantage as a species-independent tool to investigate BR function. We studied propiconazole (Pcz) as an alternative to the BR inhibitor brassinazole (Brz). Arabidopsis seedlings treated with Pcz phenocopied BR biosynthetic mutants. The steady state mRNA levels of BR, but not gibberellic acid (GA), regulated genes increased proportional to the concentrations of Pcz. Moreover, root inhibition and Pcz-induced expression of BR biosynthetic genes were rescued by 24epi-brassinolide, but not by GA(3) co-applications. Maize seedlings treated with Pcz showed impaired mesocotyl, coleoptile, and true leaf elongation. Interestingly, the genetic background strongly impacted the tissue specific sensitivity towards Pcz. Based on these findings we conclude that Pcz is a potent and specific inhibitor of BR biosynthesis and an alternative to Brz. The reduced cost and increased availability of Pcz, compared to Brz, opens new possibilities to study BR function in larger crop species.
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- Thomas Hartwig
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Dekeczer S, Kertesz D, Parnes H. Synthesis of [14α-methyl-3H]-24,25-dihydrolanosterol. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.2580330308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bellamine A, Lepesheva GI, Waterman MR. Fluconazole binding and sterol demethylation in three CYP51 isoforms indicate differences in active site topology. J Lipid Res 2004; 45:2000-7. [PMID: 15314102 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m400239-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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14alpha-Demethylase (CYP51) is a key enzyme in all sterol biosynthetic pathways (animals, fungi, plants, protists, and some bacteria), catalyzing the removal of the C-14 methyl group following cyclization of squalene. Based on mutations found in CYP51 genes from Candida albicans azole-resistant isolates obtained after fluconazole treatment of fungal infections, and using site-directed mutagenesis, we have found that fluconazole binding and substrate metabolism vary among three different CYP51 isoforms: human, fungal, and mycobacterial. In C. albicans, the Y132H mutant from isolates shows no effect on fluconazole binding, whereas the F145L mutant results in a 5-fold increase in its IC(50) for fluconazole, suggesting that F145 (conserved only in fungal 14alpha-demethylases) interacts with this azole. In C. albicans, F145L accounts, in part, for the difference in fluconazole sensitivity reported between mammals and fungi, providing a basis for treatment of fungal infections. The C. albicans Y132H and human Y145H CYP51 mutants show essentially no effect on substrate metabolism, but the Mycobacterium tuberculosis F89H CYP51 mutant loses both its substrate binding and metabolism. Because these three residues align in the three isoforms, the results indicate that their active sites contain important structural differences, and further emphasize that fluconazole and substrate binding are uncoupled properties.
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- Aouatef Bellamine
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA.
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Bellamine A, Mangla AT, Dennis AL, Nes WD, Waterman MR. Structural requirements for substrate recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 14α-demethylase: implications for sterol biosynthesis. J Lipid Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32344-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Hamamoto H, Hasegawa K, Nakaune R, Lee YJ, Makizumi Y, Akutsu K, Hibi T. Tandem repeat of a transcriptional enhancer upstream of the sterol 14alpha-demethylase gene (CYP51) in Penicillium digitatum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:3421-6. [PMID: 10919801 PMCID: PMC92165 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.8.3421-3426.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We investigated the mechanism of resistance to demethylation inhibitors (DMI) in Penicillium digitatum by isolating the CYP51 gene, which encodes the target enzyme (P450(14DM)) of DMI, from three DMI-resistant and three DMI-sensitive strains. The structural genes of all six strains were identical, but in the promoter region, a unique 126-bp sequence was tandemly repeated five times in the DMI-resistant strains and was present only once in the DMI-sensitive strains. Constitutive expression of CYP51 in the resistant strains was about 100-fold higher than that in the sensitive strains. We introduced CYP51, including the promoter region, from a DMI-resistant strain into a DMI-sensitive strain, which rendered the transformants DMI resistant and increased CYP51 expression. We also found that if the number of copies of the repeat was reduced to two, resistance and CYP51 expression also decreased. These results indicate that the 126-bp unit acts as a transcriptional enhancer and that a tandem repeat of the unit enhances CYP51 expression, resulting in DMI resistance. This is a new fungicide resistance mechanism for filamentous fungi.
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- H Hamamoto
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
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Yoshida Y, Aoyama Y, Noshiro M, Gotoh O. Sterol 14-demethylase P450 (CYP51) provides a breakthrough for the discussion on the evolution of cytochrome P450 gene superfamily. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 273:799-804. [PMID: 10891326 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Biodiversity is the most characteristic feature of cytochrome P450. Finding of CYP51 distributing widely in biological kingdoms provided breakthroughs for the discussion on the evolution and diversification of P450. Molecular phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that CYP51 appeared in the prokaryotic era and distributed into most kingdoms concomitant with phylogenetic divergence. This is the first evolutionary evidence indicating the prokaryotic origin of P450. Modification of substrate specificity of eukaryotic CYP51s occurred independently to adapt to the different sterol precursors existing in each kingdom. Formation of CYP51 variants through the mutation of active site and the selection of the advantageous ones from them were demonstrated by the emergence of azole-resistant CYP51s in Candida albicans under the environments rich in azole antifungal agents. These findings illustrate the most probable core process of P450 diversification consisting of modification of active site and selection of the resulting variants through interaction with endogenous and exogenous chemicals.
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- Y Yoshida
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, 663-8719, Japan
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Bellamine A, Mangla AT, Nes WD, Waterman MR. Characterization and catalytic properties of the sterol 14alpha-demethylase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:8937-42. [PMID: 10430874 PMCID: PMC17711 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.16.8937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Sterol 14alpha-demethylase encoded by CYP51 is a mixed-function oxidase involved in sterol synthesis in eukaryotic organisms. Completion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome project revealed that a protein having homology to mammalian 14alpha-demethylases might be present in this bacterium. Using genomic DNA from mycobacterial strain H(37)Rv, we have established unambiguously that the CYP51-like gene encodes a bacterial sterol 14alpha-demethylase. Expression of the M. tuberculosis CYP51 gene in Escherichia coli yields a P450, which, when purified to homogeneity, has the predicted molecular mass, ca. 50 kDa on SDS/PAGE, and binds both sterol substrates and azole inhibitors of P450 14alpha-demethylases. It catalyzes 14alpha-demethylation of lanosterol, 24, 25-dihydrolanosterol, and obtusifoliol to produce the 8,14-dienes stereoselectively as shown by GC/MS and (1)H NMR analysis. Both flavodoxin and ferredoxin redox systems are able to support this enzymatic activity. Structural requirements of a 14alpha-methyl group and Delta(8(9))-bond were established by comparing binding of pairs of sterol substrate that differed in a single molecular feature, e.g., cycloartenol paired with lanosterol. These substrate requirements are similar to those established for plant and animal P450 14alpha-demethylases. From the combination of results, the interrelationships of substrate functional groups within the active site show that oxidative portions of the sterol biosynthetic pathway are present in prokaryotes.
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- A Bellamine
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA
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Höltje HD, Fattorusso C. Construction of a model of the Candida albicans lanosterol 14-alpha-demethylase active site using the homology modelling technique. PHARMACEUTICA ACTA HELVETIAE 1998; 72:271-7. [PMID: 9540459 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-6865(97)00036-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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On the basis of all hitherto known P450 X-ray structures and applying standard homology modelling procedures a three-dimensional model of the lanosterol-14 alpha-demethylase active site was constructed. The modelled active site nicely hosts the natural substrate lanosterol and the substrate-enzyme complex displayed stability in a 70 ps molecular dynamics simulation. The importance of Thr 122 of lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase for hydrogen bond formation with the 3-hydroxyl group of lanosterol was found to be a characteristic feature of the interaction geometry.
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- H D Höltje
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Urban P, Mignotte C, Kazmaier M, Delorme F, Pompon D. Cloning, yeast expression, and characterization of the coupling of two distantly related Arabidopsis thaliana NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases with P450 CYP73A5. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:19176-86. [PMID: 9235908 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.31.19176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Two NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase-encoding cDNAs were isolated from an Arabidopsis cDNA library by metabolic interference in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant disrupted for its endogenous cpr1 gene. ATR1 encodes a protein of 692 amino acids, while ATR2 encodes either a 712-residue protein (ATR2-1), or a 702-residue protein (ATR2-2) depending on the choice of the initiation codon. Comparative analysis of ATR1 and ATR2-1 indicates 64% amino acid sequence identity and the absence of conservation in the third base of conserved amino acid codons. The two Arabidopsis reductases are encoded by distinct genes whose divergence is expected an early event in angiosperms evolution. A poly(Ser/Thr) stretch reminiscent of a plant chloroplastic targeting signal is present at the ATR2-1 N-terminal end but absent in ATR1. The cDNA open reading frames were expressed in yeast. The recombinant polypeptides were found present in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum membrane and exhibited a high specific NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity. To gain more insight into the respective functions of the two reductases, the Arabidopsis cDNA encoding cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (CYP73A5) was cloned and co-expressed with ATR1 or ATR2 in yeast. Biochemical characterization of the Arabidopsis ATR1/CYP73A5 and ATR2-1/CYP73A5 systems demonstrates that the two distantly related Arabidopsis reductases similarly support the first oxidative step of the phenylpropanoid general pathway.
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- P Urban
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire du CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Ito T, Aoyama Y, Ishida K, Kudoh M, Hori K, Tsuchiya S, Yoshida Y. Selectivity of isoprenoid-containing imidazole antifungal compounds for sterol 14-demethylase P450 (P450(14)DM) and 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase P450 of rat liver microsomes. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 48:1577-82. [PMID: 7980623 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90202-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The imidazole antifungal compound AFK-108 (1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6- dienyloxy)ethyl]-1H-imidazole) has been shown to be a potent inhibitor for yeast lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (P450(14)DM), interacting specifically with the sterol side-chain recognition part of the substrate site through its geranyl moiety. AFK-108 acted as a potent inhibitor for rat liver P450(14)DM, while its farnesyl (AFK-110) and prenyl (AFK-122) homologues were weak inhibitors. This indicates that AFK-108 interacts with rat liver P450(14(DM in the same manner as with the yeast enzyme. However, the difference between the potency of AFK-108 and the homologues was greater in rat P450(14)DM than in the yeast enzyme. AFK-108 and its homologues partially inhibited 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase activity of rat liver microsomes. The order of potency was AFK-122 > AFK-108 > AFK-110, indicating that some steric hindrance of the isoprenoid moiety might affect their potency. The inhibitory effect of AFK-108 for P450(14)DM was considerably higher than for 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase P450, while the inhibition of AFK-110 and AFK-122 on these enzymes was of the same order of magnitude. These results suggest that azole compounds interacting with the side-chain recognition site of P450(14)DM may be good candidates as antifungal agents selective for fungal P450(14)DM.
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- T Ito
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Hyogo, Japan
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Truan G, Epinat JC, Rougeulle C, Cullin C, Pompon D. Cloning and characterization of a yeast cytochrome b5-encoding gene which suppresses ketoconazole hypersensitivity in a NADPH-P-450 reductase-deficient strain. Gene X 1994; 142:123-7. [PMID: 8181746 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90366-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cytochrome P-450 (Cyp) 51 or lanosterol-C14-demethylase is the main target for antifungal compounds of the triazole family like ketoconazole (Kz). Disruption of the associated NADPH-P-450 reductase-encoding gene (YRED) is not lethal, but decreases by about 20-fold the Kz resistance (KzR) of wild-type (wt) Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transformation of a YRED-disrupted strain by a yeast genomic library based on a multicopy vector allowed us to identify a suppressor of Kz hypersensitivity. Deletion analysis of the 5-kb cloned fragment indicated that yeast cytochrome b5-encoding gene (CYB5), which encodes a 120-amino-acid (aa) protein, is required and sufficient for the suppressor effect. The encoded polypeptide shares about 30% aa identity with mammalian cytochromes b5 (Cyb5). CYB5 disruption and tetrad analysis demonstrate that yeast Cyb5 is not required for growth in a Yred+ strain. Determination of the microsomal content of b-type cytochromes by differential spectra indicated the presence of a strongly decreased or null Cyb5 level in the disrupted strain. This confirms that we have cloned the gene encoding the major microsomal form of Cyb5 which appears not to be essential. Minor Cyb5 isoforms could also be present in yeast or other redox proteins could substitute for the pleiotropic roles of Cyb5 in the sterol and lipid biosynthesis pathways.
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- G Truan
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Loper JC. Cytochrome P450 lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51): insights from molecular genetic analysis of the ERG11 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992; 43:1107-16. [PMID: 22217856 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(92)90339-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Eukaryotes characteristically express a cytochrome P450-catalyzed sterol 14α-methyl demethylase as an essential step in the production of membrane sterols. Lanosterol 14α-demethylase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the best characterized representative of these enzymes among fungi and provides a model system for the molecular genetic analysis of the reaction. The gene for this P450 and the gene for the S. cerevisiae NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase have been examined by mutational inactivation and for their regulation of expression. Our results have contributed to a better understanding of sterol biosynthesis in relation to mechanisms of resistance to fungicidal demethylase inhibitors, and promote the rationale for using S. cerevisiae in the further characterization of structure function relationships among sterol 14α-demethylases.
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- J C Loper
- Department of Molecular Genetics University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0524, USA
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Aoyama Y, Ishida K, Hori K, Sakaguchi A, Kudoh M, Yoshida Y. Inhibition by a novel azole antifungal agent with a geranyl group on lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase of yeast. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 44:1701-5. [PMID: 1449529 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90062-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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AFK-108 (1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6- dienyloxy)ethyl]-1H-imidazole) is a new imidazole derivative characterized by a geranyl substituent showing strong antifungal activity. Azole antifungal agents are known to be potent inhibitors of lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (P450(14)DM) of fungi. The role of the geranyl group of AFK-108 on interaction of AFK-108 with the target was studied by using Saccharomyces cerevisiae P450(14)DM as the model enzyme. AFK-108 and some of its derivatives bound to oxidized P450(14)DM with one-to-one stoichiometry and inhibited the demethylase activity. AFK-108 derivatives having the longer farnesyl or the shorter prenyl group showed lower affinity than AFK-108 for the enzyme. AFK-108 caused 100% inhibition at the equivalent concentration to P450(14)DM in the reaction mixture (0.07 microM), while the farnesyl derivative inhibited the activity by 60% at the same concentration. AFK-108 interfered with the binding of CO to the ferrous P450(14)DM. However, the interfering effect of the prenyl derivative was lower than that of AFK-108. Another AFK-108 derivative having the saturated 3,7-dimethyloctyl group was also a weaker inhibitor than AFK-108. These experiments suggest that the geranyl group of AFK-108 interacts with the substrate binding site of P450(14)DM that recognises the side chain of the substrate. AFK-108 is the first example of an azole derivative interacting with the side chain recognising region of the substrate binding site of P450(14)DM.
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- Y Aoyama
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Hyogo, Japan
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Active site topology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (CYP51) and its G310D mutant (cytochrome P-450SG1). J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42190-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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