Effect of auristatin PHE on microtubule integrity and nuclear localization in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Effect of auristatin PHE on microtubule integrity and nuclear localization in Cryptococcus neoformans.
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auristatin PHE 对新生隐球菌微管完整性和核定位的影响。
DOI:
10.1128/aac.46.12.3802-3808.2002
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Pettit,RobinK
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作者:
Woyke,Tanja;Roberson,RobertW;Pettit,GeorgeR;Winkelmann,Günther;Pettit,RobinK
The mechanism of action of the fungicidal peptide auristatin PHE was investigated inCryptococcus neoformans. Since auristatin PHE causes budding arrest inC. neoformans(T. Woyke, G. R. Pettit, G. Winkelmann, and R. K. Pettit, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.45:3580-3584, 2001), microtubule integrity and nuclear localization in auristatin PHE-treated cells were examined. Iterative deconvolution in conjunction with an optimizedC. neoformansmicrotubule immunolabeling procedure enabled detailed visualization of the microtubule cytoskeleton in auristatin PHE-treatedC. neoformans. The effect of auristatin PHE onC. neoformansmicrotubule organization was compared with that of the tubulin-binding agent nocodazole. Both drugs produced complete disruption first of cytoplasmic and then of spindle microtubules in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Sub-MICs of auristatin PHE caused complete microtubule disruption within 4.5 h, while 1.5 times the nocodazole MIC was required for the same effect. For both drugs, disruption of microtubules was accompanied by blockage of nuclear migration and of nuclear and cellular division, resulting in cells arrested in a uninucleate, large-budded stage. Nocodazole and the linear peptide auristatin PHE are remarkably different in structure and spectrum of activity, yet on the cellular level, they have similar effects.