title: Interactions between statins and Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF) to inhibit the germination of sporangiospores of different sensitive Zygomycetes.
abstract: This study reports on the antifungal activities of statins combined with an antifungal compound secreted by Penicillium chrysogenum, PAF. Several species belonging in the class Zygomycetes are considered to be agents of human or animal mycoses; other species have significance as postharvest plant pathogens. In the present work, four species (Rhizopus stolonifer, Mortierella wolfii, Syncephalastrum racemosum and Mycotypha africana) that exhibited different sensitivities to lovastatin and PAF in previous experiments were investigated. The efficiencies with which four statins (lovastatin, simvastatin, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin) inhibited sporangiospore germination in the absence or in the presence of a constant concentration of PAF were studied. PAF and lovastatin acted synergistically on the sporangiospore germination of Mycotypha africana, and similar effects of the combinations PAF-rosuvastatin and PAF-atorvastatin were observed on S. racemosum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. galgoczi@gmail.com
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galgóczy
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Papp
authors.forename: Gyöngyi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lukács
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leiter
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pócsi
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vágvölgyi
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D006538:Heptanoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008148:Lovastatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010408:Penicillium chrysogenum / Q000378:metabolism*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium; D019821:Simvastatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D006538:Heptanoic Acids; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011758:Pyrroles; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000068718:Rosuvastatin Calcium; D008148:Lovastatin; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D019821:Simvastatin