title: [Post-antibiotic effect and post-exposure polyene antagonism of azole antimycotics in Candida albicans: dependency on lipophilia].
abstract: With the lipophilic azoles itraconazole (ICZ), ketoconazole (KCZ), and miconazole (MCZ) two effects, occurring in parallel, on Candida albicans were observed: Firstly, these azoles caused a growth inhibition which persisted for at least 24 hours (post-antibiotic effect, found regularly with KCZ and MCZ, with ICZ only occasionally). Furthermore, the fungicidal activity of amphotericin B (AMB, 1 mg/1) after exposure to the azoles was reduced. In contrast, to this, fluconazole (FCZ) produced neither of these effects. Additional experiments indicate that both actions of the three lipophilic azoles may be related to their noncovalent binding to lipophilic cytoplasmatic components of the yeast cells. In the case of fluconazol such bonds seem to be much weaker. Presumably, the amount of the relatively hydrophilic fluconazole, which will be bound to the cell, is too low as to produce long lasting post-exposure effects like those caused by the lipophilic azoles.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie II, Friederich-Schiller-Universität Jena, BR Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheven
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Scheven
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Senf
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000633:toxicity*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D004347:Drug Interactions; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000633:toxicity*; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008055:Lipids; D008825:Miconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D017964:Itraconazole; D008825:Miconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole; D007654:Ketoconazole
vernacular_title: Postantibiotischer Effekt und postexpositioneller Polyen-Antagonismus von Azol-Antimykotika an Candida albicans: Abhängigkeit von der Substanz-Lipophilie.