Differential potentiation by nystatin of the effect of antibiotics on yeast and mammalian cells.
The effect of the polyene antibiotic nystatin, used in combination with several other antibiotics, on the membranes of Candida albicans SC#8169 (yeast) cells and of Chinese hamster ovary and 3T3 (mammalian) cells was investigated. It was concluded from determinations of the viability of the yeast cells and from measurements of deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis by the mammalian cells that nystatin acts synergistically with several antibiotics on yeast cells, but not on CHO and 3T3 cells. This selective action of nystatin may prove useful in chemotherapy.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002477:Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D051379:Mice; D009761:Nystatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009761:Nystatin