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Dexamethasone increases susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus to hydrogen peroxide via down-regulation of Afyap1 gene expression in vitro.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Glucocorticoid is speculated to be able to have Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) being more susceptible to reactive oxygen species (ROS) by inhibiting Afyap1, the transcription factor activating protein-1 (AP-1) homologue in A. fumigatus, which may provide a clue to expand the clinical use of glucocorticoid in patients with fungal infections. In this study, we used dexamethasone to determine the direct effect on oxidative killing susceptibility of A. fumigatus in vitro, as well as the expression level of Afyap1 gene and its target genes (catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) genes). METHODS:A. fumigatus spores were treated with different concentrations (0, 0.02, 0.2 mg/ml) of glucocorticoids and assigned to four groups (A: 0.5 hour, B: 2 hours, C: 7 hours, D: 16 hours) according to the time of treatment. The H2O2 oxidative killing assay was done, using the standard method-spot test, in each group of A. fumigatus. We measured the oxidative killing susceptibility as well as the expression level of the gene Afyap1, CATA, SOD1 and SOD2 in A. fumigatus at each group. The antifungal susceptibility to itraconazole and amphotericin B in each group of A. fumigatus was also measured with M38-A2 method. RESULTS:The oxidative killing susceptibility of A. fumigatus was increased, consistent with the reduction of Afyap1, CATA, SOD1 and SOD2 gene expression level after being treated with dexamethasone for 0.5 hours. However, these observations were disappeared along with being treated for longer time. The antifungal susceptibility to itraconazole and amphotericin B in the A. fumigatus strains treated with dexamethasone indicated no change, compared with those without dexamethasone treatment. CONCLUSION:Dexamethasone can have A. fumigatus being more susceptible to ROS when treated for shorter period (0.5 to 2 hours) via the reduction of Afyap1 gene expression as well as the down-stream enzyme-coding gene expression.

journal_name

Chin Med J (Engl)

journal_title

Chinese medical journal

authors

Xu H,Li LJ,Wan Z,Li RY,Liu W

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-11-01 00:00:00

pages

3773-7

issue

eissn

0366-6999

issn

2542-5641

journal_volume

124

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Dexamethasone increases susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus to hydrogen peroxide via down-regulation of Afyap1 gene expression in vitro.