A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi.
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| Title: | A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi. |
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| Authors: | Zhang, Fan, Zhao, Miao, Braun, Doug R., Ericksen, Spencer S., Piotrowski, Jeff S., Nelson, Justin, Peng, Jian, Ananiev, Gene E., Chanana, Shaurya, Barns, Kenneth, Fossen, Jen, Sanchez, Hiram, Chevrette, Marc G., Guzei, Ilia A., Zhao, Changgui, Guo, Le, Tang, Weiping, Currie, Cameron R., Rajski, Scott R., Audhya, Anjon |
| Source: | Science (pre-March 2025). 11/20/2020, Vol. 370 Issue 6519, p974-978. 5p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: | Antifungal agents, Mycoses, Microbiota, Metabolomics, Drug traffic |
| Abstract: | New antifungal drugs are urgently needed to address the emergence and transcontinental spread of fungal infectious diseases, such as pandrug-resistant Candida auris. Leveraging the microbiomes of marine animals and cutting-edge metabolomics and genomic tools, we identified encouraging lead antifungal molecules with in vivo efficacy. The most promising lead, turbinmicin, displays potent in vitro and mouse-model efficacy toward multiple-drug–resistant fungal pathogens, exhibits a wide safety index, and functions through a fungal-specific mode of action, targeting Sec14 of the vesicular trafficking pathway. The efficacy, safety, and mode of action distinct from other antifungal drugs make turbinmicin a highly promising antifungal drug lead to help address devastating global fungal pathogens such as C. auris. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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