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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2002

Effect of auristatin PHE on microtubule integrity and nuclear localization in Cryptococcus neoformans.

Tanja Woyke, Robert W Roberson, George R Pettit, Günther Winkelmann, Robin K Pettit

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.Advances in applied microbiology · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tanja WoykeCancer Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287, USA.
Robert W Roberson
George R Pettit
Günther Winkelmann
Robin K Pettit
University of Tübingen · DEArizona State University · US

Funding

Molecular Target Focused Discovery of Anticancer DrugsR01CA090441 · NCI · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI PETTIT, GEORGE R · 2001 to 2010
$4.8M
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATORR35CA044344 · NCI · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI PETTIT, GEORGE R · 1989 to 2000
$795k
Molecular Target Focused Discovery of Anticancer DrugsR56CA090441 · NCI · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI PETTIT, GEORGE R · 2007 to 2007
$498k
NCI NIH HHS CA44344-08-12NCI NIH HHS CA90441-01NCI NIH HHS R01 CA090441NCI NIH HHS R56 CA090441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanism of action of the fungicidal peptide auristatin PHE was investigated in Cryptococcus neoformans. Since auristatin PHE causes budding arrest in C. 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 optimized C. neoformans microtubule immunolabeling procedure enabled detailed visualization of the microtubule cytoskeleton in auristatin PHE-treated C. neoformans. The effect of auristatin PHE on C. neoformans microtubule 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.

Indexed as

Cryptococcus neoformansDose-Response Relationship, DrugMicrotubulesNocodazoleOligopeptidesNocodazoleOligopeptidessoblidotin

Identifiers

PMID12435680
PMCPMC132747
OpenAlexW2139693671

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