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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Pitavastatin Calcium Confers Fungicidal Properties to Fluconazole by Inhibiting Ubiquinone Biosynthesis and Generating Reactive Oxygen Species.

Wanqian Li, Yanru Feng, Zhe Feng, Li Wang, Malcolm Whiteway, Hui Lu, Yuanying Jiang

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wanqian LiDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.
Yanru FengDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.
Zhe FengDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.
Li WangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.
Malcolm WhitewayDepartment of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6619-7983
Hui LuDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8422-0427
Yuanying JiangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.

Funding

Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission 202101070007-E00094National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFC2300404National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC2303004National Natural Science Foundation of China 82020108032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluconazole (FLC) is extensively employed for the prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal infections (IFIs). However, the fungistatic nature of FLC renders pathogenic fungi capable of developing tolerance towards it. Consequently, converting FLC into a fungicidal agent using adjuvants assumes significance to circumvent FLC resistance and the perpetuation of fungal infections. This drug repurposing study has successfully identified pitavastatin calcium (PIT) as a promising adjuvant for enhancing the fungicidal activity of FLC from a comprehensive library of 2372 FDA-approved drugs. PIT could render FLC fungicidal even at concentrations as low as 1 μM. The median lethal dose (LD

Indexed as

Candida albicansfluconazole tolerancepitavastatin calciumreactive oxygen speciesubiquinone biosynthesis

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PMID38929106
PMCPMC11200976

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