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Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species
Immunosuppressive drugs are administered to a number of patients; e.g., to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Immunosuppressive drugs impair the immune system and thus increase the risk of invasive fungal disease, but may exhibit antifungal activity at the same time. We invest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31795350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040273 |
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author | Schmidt, Stanislaw Hogardt, Michael Demir, Asuman Röger, Frauke Lehrnbecher, Thomas |
author_facet | Schmidt, Stanislaw Hogardt, Michael Demir, Asuman Röger, Frauke Lehrnbecher, Thomas |
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description | Immunosuppressive drugs are administered to a number of patients; e.g., to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Immunosuppressive drugs impair the immune system and thus increase the risk of invasive fungal disease, but may exhibit antifungal activity at the same time. We investigated the impact of various concentrations of three commonly used immunosuppressive compounds—cyclosporin A (CsA), methylprednisolone (mPRED), and mycophenolic acid (MPA)—on the growth and viability of five clinically important Aspergillus species. Methods included disc diffusion, optical density of mycelium, and viability assays such as XTT. MPA and CsA had a species-specific and dose-dependent inhibitory effect on the growth of all Aspergillus spp. tested, although growth inhibition by MPA was highest in A. niger, A. flavus and A. brasiliensis. Both agents exhibited species-specific hyphal damage, which was higher when the immunosuppressants were added to growing conidia than to mycelium. In contrast, mPRED increased the growth of A. niger, but had no major impact on the growth and viability of any of the other Aspergillus species tested. Our findings may help to better understand the interaction of drugs with Aspergillus species and ultimately may have an impact on individualizing immunosuppressive therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-69635202020-01-30 Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species Schmidt, Stanislaw Hogardt, Michael Demir, Asuman Röger, Frauke Lehrnbecher, Thomas Pathogens Article Immunosuppressive drugs are administered to a number of patients; e.g., to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Immunosuppressive drugs impair the immune system and thus increase the risk of invasive fungal disease, but may exhibit antifungal activity at the same time. We investigated the impact of various concentrations of three commonly used immunosuppressive compounds—cyclosporin A (CsA), methylprednisolone (mPRED), and mycophenolic acid (MPA)—on the growth and viability of five clinically important Aspergillus species. Methods included disc diffusion, optical density of mycelium, and viability assays such as XTT. MPA and CsA had a species-specific and dose-dependent inhibitory effect on the growth of all Aspergillus spp. tested, although growth inhibition by MPA was highest in A. niger, A. flavus and A. brasiliensis. Both agents exhibited species-specific hyphal damage, which was higher when the immunosuppressants were added to growing conidia than to mycelium. In contrast, mPRED increased the growth of A. niger, but had no major impact on the growth and viability of any of the other Aspergillus species tested. Our findings may help to better understand the interaction of drugs with Aspergillus species and ultimately may have an impact on individualizing immunosuppressive therapy. MDPI 2019-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6963520/ /pubmed/31795350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040273 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Schmidt, Stanislaw Hogardt, Michael Demir, Asuman Röger, Frauke Lehrnbecher, Thomas Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species |
title | Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species |
title_full | Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species |
title_fullStr | Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species |
title_full_unstemmed | Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species |
title_short | Immunosuppressive Compounds Affect the Fungal Growth and Viability of Defined Aspergillus Species |
title_sort | immunosuppressive compounds affect the fungal growth and viability of defined aspergillus species |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31795350 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040273 |
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