title: Biological properties of aureobasidin A, a cyclic depsipeptide antifungal antibiotic.
abstract: Aureobasidin A (AbA) is a novel cyclic depsipeptide antifungal antibiotic. The antifungal activity of AbA was studied in vitro and in vivo in comparison with clinically effective antifungal agents, amphotericin B and fluconazole. AbA was highly active in vitro against many pathogenic fungi, including Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis and Histoplasma capsulatum. The activity was superior to amphotericin B in most cases. AbA exhibited fungicidal action toward growing cultures of C. albicans. It was highly tolerated by mice and showed good efficacy in the treatment of murine systemic candidiasis when given orally or subcutaneously. AbA's fungicidal action in mice with candidiasis was more effective than fluconazole and amphotericin B.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Laboratories, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takesako
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haruna
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiratani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D047630:Depsipeptides; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D047630:Depsipeptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; C071398:aureobasidin A