INTERACTION OF AZOLE ANTIFUNGAL ANTIBIOTICS WITH CYTOCHROME P-450-DEPENDENT 14-ALPHA-STEROL DEMETHYLASE PURIFIED FROM CANDIDA-ALBICANS
INTERACTION OF AZOLE ANTIFUNGAL ANTIBIOTICS WITH CYTOCHROME P-450-DEPENDENT 14-ALPHA-STEROL DEMETHYLASE PURIFIED FROM CANDIDA-ALBICANS
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DOI:
10.1042/bj2660475
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发表时间:
1990-03-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
ADAMS, DJ
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作者:
HITCHCOCK, CA;DICKINSON, K;ADAMS, DJ
The interaction of azole antifungal antibiotics with purified Candida albicans cytochrome P-450-dependent 14.alpha.-sterol, demethylase (P-450DM) was measured spectrophotometrically and by inhibition of enzyme activity. Ketoconazole and ICI 153066 (a triazole derivative) formed low-spin complexes with the ferric cytochrome and induced type II difference spectra. These spectra are indicative of an interaction between the azole moiety and the sixth co-ordination position of P-450DM haem. Both azoles inhibited the binding of CO to the sodium dithionite-reduced ferrous cytochrome, and inhibited reconstituted P-450DM activity by binding to the cytochrome with a one-to-one stoichiometry. Similarly, total inhibition of enzyme activity occurred when equimolar amounts of clotrimazole, miconazole or fluconazole were added to reconstituted P-450DM. These results correlated with the inhibition of P-450DM in broken cell preparations, confirming that all five azoles are potent inhibitors of ergosterol biosynthesis in C. albicans.