Coprisin-induced antifungal effects in Candida albicans correlate with apoptotic mechanisms

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• 作者：Juneyoung Lee^a ; ¹ ; Jae-Sam Hwang^b ; ¹ ; In-sok Hwang^a ; Jaeyong Cho^a ; Eunjung Lee^c ; Yangmee Kim^c ; Dong Gun Lee^a ; ^{dglee222@knu.ac.kr}
• 关键词：DPH ; 1 ; 6-diphenyl-1 ; 3 ; 5-hexatriene ; GUV ; giant unilamellar vesicle ; ROS ; reactive oxygen species ; DCM ; dichloromethane ; DMF ; N ; N-dimethylformamide ; Fmoc ; 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl ; HOBt ; 1-hydroxybenzotriazole ; DIC ; diisopropylcarbodiimide ; NMP ; N-methyl
• 刊名：Free Radical Biology and Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：105_08915849
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：1-15 June, 2012
• 卷：52
• 期：11-12
• 页码：2302-2311
• 文件大小：1408 K

摘要

Coprisin is a 43-mer defensin-like peptide from the dung beetle, Copris tripartitus. Here, we investigated the induction of apoptosis by coprisin in Candida albicans cells. Coprisin exerted antifungal and fungicidal activity without any hemolytic effect. Confocal microscopy indicated that coprisin accumulated in the nucleus of cells. The membrane studies, 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene, calcein-leakage, and giant unilamellar vesicle assays, confirmed that coprisin did not disrupt the fungal plasma membrane at all. Moreover, the activity of coprisin was energy- and salt-dependent. Next, we investigated whether coprisin induced apoptosis in C. albicans. Annexin V-FITC staining and TUNEL assay showed that coprisin was involved with both the early and the late stages of apoptosis. Coprisin also increased the intracellular reactive oxygen species level, and hydroxyl radicals were included at high levels among the species. The effect of thiourea as a hydroxyl radical scavenger further confirmed the existence of the hydroxyl radicals. Furthermore, coprisin induced mitochondrial membrane potential dysfunction, cytochrome c release, and activation of metacaspases. In summary, this study suggests that coprisin could be a model molecule for a large family of novel antimicrobial peptides possessing apoptotic activity.