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The emericellipsins a-e from an alkalophilic fungus emericellopsis alkalina show potent activity against multidrug-resistant pathogenic fungi

A. Kuvarina, I. Gavryushina, A. Kulko, I. Ivanov, E. Rogozhin, M. Georgieva, V. Sadykova,
2021

Novel antimicrobial peptides with antifungal and cytotoxic activity were derived from the alkalophilic fungus Emericellopsis alkalina VKPM F1428. We previously reported that this strain produced emericellipsin A (EmiA), which has strong antifungal and cytotoxic properties. Further analyses of the metabolites obtained under a special alkaline medium resulted in the isolation of four new homologous (Emi B-E). In this work, we report the complete primary structure and detailed biological activity for the newly synthesized nonribosomal antimicrobial peptides called emericellipsins B–E. The inhibitory activity of themajor compound, EmiA, against drug-resistant pathogenic fungi was similar to that of amphotericin B (AmpB). At the same time, EmiA had no hemolytic activity towards human erythrocytes. In addition, EmiA demonstrated low cytotoxic activity towards the normal HPF line, but possessed cancer selectivity to the K-562 and HCT-116 cell lines. Emericillipsins from the alkalophilic fungus Emericellopsis alkaline are promising treatment alternatives to licensed antifungal drugs for invasive mycosis therapy, especially for multidrug-resistant aspergillosis and cryptococcosis. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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  • A. Kuvarina
    Laboratory for Taxonomic Study and Collection of Cultures of Microorganisms, Gause Institute of New Antibiotics, st. Bolshaya Pirogovskaya, 11, Moscow, 119021, Russian Federation
  • I. Gavryushina
    Moscow Government Health Department Scientific and Clinical Antituberculosis Center, st. Stromynka, 10, Moscow, 107014, Russian Federation
  • A. Kulko
    Laboratory of Neuroreceptors and Neuroregulators, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, RAS, st. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation
  • I. Ivanov
    Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-12, Moscow, 119234, Russian Federation
  • E. Rogozhin
  • M. Georgieva
  • V. Sadykova
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  • Journal of Fungi
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  • MDPI AG
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  • scopus