Abstract:
:The effect of fungichromin (FC) on the formation of Candida albicans biofilm was assessed using 2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfo-phenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide (XTT) reduction method, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Results showed that FC revealed an inhibitory effect on the formation of C. albicans biofilm in a dose-dependent manner with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 10 µg/mL. Over 80% of biofilm formation was inhibited by FC at the concentration of 40 µg/mL when compared with the control. Similarly, real-time PCR showed that the expression of the genes such as ALS1, ALS3, HWP1, EFG1, HYR1, CPH1 and BCR1 appeared to be remarkably affected by FC at the concentration of 20 µg/mL during the biofilm formation. In addition, FC could also induce the apoptosis of C. albicans cells in a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, FC displayed potent activity against the formation of C. albicans biofilm in vitro and played an important role in reducing the incidence of device-associated infections.
journal_name
Biol Pharm Bulljournal_title
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletinauthors
An D,Wang X,Li J,Jiang S,Ma X,Zhang H,Shi H,Sun H,Ye L,Li Jdoi
10.1248/bpb.b16-00380subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-12-01 00:00:00pages
1948-1954issue
12eissn
0918-6158issn
1347-5215journal_volume
39pub_type
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