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Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid

Mycophenolic acid (MPA) targets the inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) of human lymphocytes. It is widely used as an immunosuppressant to prevent rejection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients who, incidentally, are at risk for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). We hypothesized that MPA...

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Autores principales: Hoffmann, Claire V., Nevez, Gilles, Moal, Marie-Christine, Quinio, Dorothée, Le Nan, Nathan, Papon, Nicolas, Bouchara, Jean-Philippe, Le Meur, Yannick, Le Gal, Solène
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682270
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7100849
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author Hoffmann, Claire V.
Nevez, Gilles
Moal, Marie-Christine
Quinio, Dorothée
Le Nan, Nathan
Papon, Nicolas
Bouchara, Jean-Philippe
Le Meur, Yannick
Le Gal, Solène
author_facet Hoffmann, Claire V.
Nevez, Gilles
Moal, Marie-Christine
Quinio, Dorothée
Le Nan, Nathan
Papon, Nicolas
Bouchara, Jean-Philippe
Le Meur, Yannick
Le Gal, Solène
author_sort Hoffmann, Claire V.
collection PubMed
description Mycophenolic acid (MPA) targets the inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) of human lymphocytes. It is widely used as an immunosuppressant to prevent rejection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients who, incidentally, are at risk for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). We hypothesized that MPA exerts selective pressure on P. jirovecii microorganisms considering its in vitro antifungal activity on other fungi. Thus, we analysed impdh gene in P. jirovecii isolates from SOT recipients. P. jirovecii specimens from 26 patients diagnosed with PCP from 2010 to 2020 were retrospectively examined: 10 SOT recipients treated with MPA and 16 non-SOT patients without prior exposure to MPA. The P. jirovecii impdh gene was amplified and sequenced. Nucleotide sequences were aligned with the reference sequences retrieved from available P. jirovecii whole genomes. The deduced IMPDH protein sequences were aligned with available IMPDH proteins from Pneumocystis spp. and other fungal species known to be in vitro sensitive or resistant to MPA. A total of nine SNPs was identified. One SNP (G1020A) that results in an Ala261Thr substitution was identified in all SOT recipients and in none of the non-SOT patients. Considering that IMPDHs of other fungi, resistant to MPA, harbour Thr (or Ser) at the analogous position, the Ala261Thr mutation observed in MPA-treated patients was considered to represent the signature of P. jirovecii exposure to MPA. These results suggest that MPA may be involved in the selection of specific P. jirovecii strains that circulate in the SOT recipient population.
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spelling pubmed-85371172021-10-24 Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid Hoffmann, Claire V. Nevez, Gilles Moal, Marie-Christine Quinio, Dorothée Le Nan, Nathan Papon, Nicolas Bouchara, Jean-Philippe Le Meur, Yannick Le Gal, Solène J Fungi (Basel) Article Mycophenolic acid (MPA) targets the inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) of human lymphocytes. It is widely used as an immunosuppressant to prevent rejection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients who, incidentally, are at risk for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). We hypothesized that MPA exerts selective pressure on P. jirovecii microorganisms considering its in vitro antifungal activity on other fungi. Thus, we analysed impdh gene in P. jirovecii isolates from SOT recipients. P. jirovecii specimens from 26 patients diagnosed with PCP from 2010 to 2020 were retrospectively examined: 10 SOT recipients treated with MPA and 16 non-SOT patients without prior exposure to MPA. The P. jirovecii impdh gene was amplified and sequenced. Nucleotide sequences were aligned with the reference sequences retrieved from available P. jirovecii whole genomes. The deduced IMPDH protein sequences were aligned with available IMPDH proteins from Pneumocystis spp. and other fungal species known to be in vitro sensitive or resistant to MPA. A total of nine SNPs was identified. One SNP (G1020A) that results in an Ala261Thr substitution was identified in all SOT recipients and in none of the non-SOT patients. Considering that IMPDHs of other fungi, resistant to MPA, harbour Thr (or Ser) at the analogous position, the Ala261Thr mutation observed in MPA-treated patients was considered to represent the signature of P. jirovecii exposure to MPA. These results suggest that MPA may be involved in the selection of specific P. jirovecii strains that circulate in the SOT recipient population. MDPI 2021-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8537117/ /pubmed/34682270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7100849 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hoffmann, Claire V.
Nevez, Gilles
Moal, Marie-Christine
Quinio, Dorothée
Le Nan, Nathan
Papon, Nicolas
Bouchara, Jean-Philippe
Le Meur, Yannick
Le Gal, Solène
Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid
title Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid
title_full Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid
title_fullStr Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid
title_full_unstemmed Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid
title_short Selection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Mutants in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Implication of Mycophenolic Acid
title_sort selection of pneumocystis jirovecii inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase mutants in solid organ transplant recipients: implication of mycophenolic acid
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682270
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7100849
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