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1.	de Oliveira, Andressa Souza, et al. (författare) Antifungal activity of sustainable histone deacetylase inhibitors against planktonic cells and biofilms of Candida spp. and Cryptococcusneoformans 2023 Ingår i: Medical Mycology. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1369-3786 .- 1460-2709. ; 61:8 Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract The limited therapeutic options for fungal infections and the increased incidence of fungal strains resistant to antifungal drugs, especially Candida spp., require the development of new antifungal drugs and strategies. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi), like vorinostat, have been studied in cancer treatment and have antifungal effects, acting alone or synergistically with classical antifungals. Here we investigated the antifungal activity of two novel sustainable HDACi (LDT compounds) based on vorinostat structure. Molecular docking simulation studies reveal that LDT compounds can bind to Class-I HDACs of Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, and Cryptococcus neoformans, which showed similar binding mode to vorinostat. LDT compounds showed moderate activity when tested alone against fungi but act synergistically with antifungal azoles against Candida spp. They reduced biofilm formation by more than 50% in C. albicans (4 µg/mL), with the main action in fungal filamentation. Cytotoxicity of the LDT compounds against RAW264.7 cells was evaluated and LDT536 demonstrated cytotoxicity only at the concentration of 200 µmol/L, while LDT537 showed IC50 values of 29.12 µmol/L. Our data indicated that these sustainable and inexpensive HDACi have potential antifungal and antibiofilm activities, with better results than vorinostat, although further studies are necessary to better understand the mechanism against fungal cells.

de Oliveira, Andressa Souza, et al. (författare)
Antifungal activity of sustainable histone deacetylase inhibitors against planktonic cells and biofilms of Candida spp. and Cryptococcusneoformans
2023
Ingår i: Medical Mycology. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1369-3786 .- 1460-2709. ; 61:8
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The limited therapeutic options for fungal infections and the increased incidence of fungal strains resistant to antifungal drugs, especially Candida spp., require the development of new antifungal drugs and strategies. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi), like vorinostat, have been studied in cancer treatment and have antifungal effects, acting alone or synergistically with classical antifungals. Here we investigated the antifungal activity of two novel sustainable HDACi (LDT compounds) based on vorinostat structure. Molecular docking simulation studies reveal that LDT compounds can bind to Class-I HDACs of Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, and Cryptococcus neoformans, which showed similar binding mode to vorinostat. LDT compounds showed moderate activity when tested alone against fungi but act synergistically with antifungal azoles against Candida spp. They reduced biofilm formation by more than 50% in C. albicans (4 µg/mL), with the main action in fungal filamentation. Cytotoxicity of the LDT compounds against RAW264.7 cells was evaluated and LDT536 demonstrated cytotoxicity only at the concentration of 200 µmol/L, while LDT537 showed IC50 values of 29.12 µmol/L. Our data indicated that these sustainable and inexpensive HDACi have potential antifungal and antibiofilm activities, with better results than vorinostat, although further studies are necessary to better understand the mechanism against fungal cells.

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