Puupehenone, a Marine-Sponge-Derived Sesquiterpene Quinone, Potentiates the Antifungal Drug Caspofungin by Disrupting Hsp90 Activity and the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway

Puupehenone, a Marine-Sponge-Derived Sesquiterpene Quinone, Potentiates the Antifungal Drug Caspofungin by Disrupting Hsp90 Activity and the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway

Fungal infections cause more fatalities worldwide each year than malaria or tuberculosis. Currently available antifungal drugs have various limitations, including host toxicity, narrow spectrum of activity, and pathogen resistance. Combining these drugs with small molecules that can overcome these l...

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Main Authors: Siddharth K. Tripathi, Qin Feng, Li Liu, David E. Levin, Kuldeep K. Roy, Robert J. Doerksen, Scott R. Baerson, Xiaomin Shi, Xuewen Pan, Wen-Hui Xu, Xing-Cong Li, Alice M. Clark, Ameeta K. Agarwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-01-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
hsp90
caspofungin
cell wall integrity pathway
potentiation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00818-19

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00818-19

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