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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2015

Cyclopalladated Compound 7a Induces Apoptosis- and Autophagy-Like Mechanisms in Paracoccidioides and Is a Candidate for Paracoccidioidomycosis Treatment.

Denise C Arruda, Alisson L Matsuo, Luiz S Silva, Fernando Real, Natanael P Leitão, Jhon H S Pires, Antonio Carlos F Caires, Daniel M Garcia, Fernanda F M Cunha, Rosana Puccia and 1 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015. 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
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Denise C ArrudaDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Núcleo Integrado de Biotecnologia, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, UMC, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil.
Alisson L MatsuoDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Luiz S SilvaDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fernando RealDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Natanael P LeitãoDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Jhon H S PiresDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Antonio Carlos F CairesCentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Bioquímica, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, UMC, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil.
Daniel M GarciaCentro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Bioquímica, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, UMC, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil.
Fernanda F M CunhaNúcleo Integrado de Biotecnologia, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, UMC, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil.
Rosana PucciaDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil ropuccia@gmail.com.
Larissa V G LongoDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina-Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversidade de Mogi das Cruzes · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), caused by Paracoccidioides species, is the main cause of death due to systemic mycoses in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Therapeutic options for PCM and other systemic mycoses are limited and time-consuming, and there are high rates of noncompliance, relapses, toxic side effects, and sequelae. Previous work has shown that the cyclopalladated 7a compound is effective in treating several kinds of cancer and parasitic Chagas disease without significant toxicity in animals. Here we show that cyclopalladated 7a inhibited the in vitro growth of Paracoccidioides lutzii Pb01 and P. brasiliensis isolates Pb18 (highly virulent), Pb2, Pb3, and Pb4 (less virulent) in a dose-response manner. Pb18 was the most resistant. Opportunistic Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans were also sensitive. BALB/c mice showed significantly lighter lung fungal burdens when treated twice a day for 20 days with a low cyclopalladated 7a dose of 30 μg/ml/day for 30 days after intratracheal infection with Pb18. Electron microscopy images suggested that apoptosis- and autophagy-like mechanisms are involved in the fungal killing mechanism of cyclopalladated 7a. Pb18 yeast cells incubated with the 7a compound showed remarkable chromatin condensation, DNA degradation, superoxide anion production, and increased metacaspase activity suggestive of apoptosis. Autophagy-related killing mechanisms were suggested by increased autophagic vacuole numbers and acidification, as indicated by an increase in LysoTracker and monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining in cyclopalladated 7a-treated Pb18 yeast cells. Considering that cyclopalladated 7a is highly tolerated in vivo and affects yeast fungal growth through general apoptosis- and autophagy-like mechanisms, it is a novel promising drug for the treatment of PCM and other mycoses.

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AnimalsAntifungal AgentsApoptosisAutophagyCadaverineCandida albicansCaspasesChromatinCryptococcus neoformansDNA FragmentationDose-Response Relationship, DrugFungal ProteinsGene ExpressionLungMaleMiceAntifungal AgentsCadaverineCaspasesChromatinFungal ProteinsmonodansylcadaverineOrganometallic CompoundsPalladiumSuperoxides

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PMID26349827
PMCPMC4649154
OpenAlexW2097125718

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