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Article: Antifungal Activity of Baicalein Against Candida krusei Does Not Involve Apoptosis

TitleAntifungal Activity of Baicalein Against Candida krusei Does Not Involve Apoptosis
Authors
Kang, KFong, WPTsang, PWK
KeywordsBaicalein
Candidakrusei
Mitochondrial membrane potential
Reactive oxygen species
Issue Date2010
PublisherSpringer Verlag Dordrecht. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0301-486X
Citation
Mycopathologia, 2010, v. 170 n. 6, p. 391-396 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11046-010-9341-2
AbstractThe present study was designed to evaluate the antifungal activity of baicalein against Candida krusei isolates. Using a broth microdilution assay, baicalein exhibited potent in vitro antifungal activity against C. krusei isolates with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 2. 7 μg/ml. Flow cytometric study indicated that baicalein depolarized mitochondrial membrane potential in a concentration-dependent manner. However, mechanistic analyses showed that the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level was virtually unchanged, and massive DNA fragmentation was not observed in C. krusei isolates after baicalein treatment even at a concentration which was apoptotic in C. albicans. Taken together, we conclude that the antifungal activity of baicalein in C. krusei isolates occurs through perturbation in mitochondrial homeostasis without causing elevation of the intracellular ROS level and does not involve apoptosis. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/124457
ISSN
0301-486X
2023 Impact Factor: 3.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.743
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000283510800003
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Research Fund for the Control of Infectious DiseasesRFCID 08070142
Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR
Funding Information:

This research was supported by a research grant to PWK Tsang from the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases (RFCID 08070142), the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR. We thank Prof. L. P. Samaranayake (The University of Hong Kong) for providing C. krusei CK25 and Dr. J. Morschhauser (The University of Wurzburg) for C. albicans SC5314 used in this study.

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dc.contributor.authorFong, WPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsang, PWKen_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe present study was designed to evaluate the antifungal activity of baicalein against Candida krusei isolates. Using a broth microdilution assay, baicalein exhibited potent in vitro antifungal activity against C. krusei isolates with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 2. 7 μg/ml. Flow cytometric study indicated that baicalein depolarized mitochondrial membrane potential in a concentration-dependent manner. However, mechanistic analyses showed that the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level was virtually unchanged, and massive DNA fragmentation was not observed in C. krusei isolates after baicalein treatment even at a concentration which was apoptotic in C. albicans. Taken together, we conclude that the antifungal activity of baicalein in C. krusei isolates occurs through perturbation in mitochondrial homeostasis without causing elevation of the intracellular ROS level and does not involve apoptosis. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
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dc.subjectBaicaleinen_HK
dc.subjectCandidakruseien_HK
dc.subjectMitochondrial membrane potentialen_HK
dc.subjectReactive oxygen speciesen_HK
dc.titleAntifungal Activity of Baicalein Against Candida krusei Does Not Involve Apoptosisen_HK
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